Sunshine Community Gardens

30 May 2019

www.sunshinecommunitygardens.org

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Tomato Tasting Event - June 8th

Tomato tasting will be Saturday, June 8 at 9 am. Please bring some ripe tomatoes to share with your fellow gardeners so we can all gain knowledge of those varieties we did not personally grow. We will have bags in the trailer in the days leading up the tasting. Mark the variety so we can prepare the scoring sheets in advance.

We need a few volunteers to help with Tomato Tasting setup. If you wish to volunteer, please let Randy (jartdaht@gmail.com) or Kay (scg.plots@gmail.com) know.

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Sunshine Potato "Show & Tell"

Sat. June 8th, 9:00 A.M. in conjunction with Tomato Tasting Potato Growers - Share your growing experience and Show your potato crop! Wanna be growers - Come learn from others, learn the what and how! As a companion event to our Tomato Tasting, we are offering everyone the opportunity to share information about potato growing at Sunshine or from your other gardens (home, community, etc).

Current Potato Growers:

Fill out the simple form (blank forms on the main room table in the trailer, fill in the information and be on hand to share your potato experience with other interested gardeners).

Leave a few potatoes of each type with the form as part of the show and tell, including one to cut on Saturday, to show the texture, flesh color, etc.

Coordinators will arrange a table of samples with the information for all to learn from on Sat AM, June 8. Please leave your samples in the trailer by 4:00 on Friday, June 7 (you can bring them Sat AM before 8 if you cannot make the Friday deadline).

Wanna Be Growers:

Come to Sunshine Gardens for the combined Tomato Tasting and Potato Show and Tell - see what your fellow gardeners have produced, learn their methods and see samples of their potato crops.

Call Gail Reese - 512 451-0913 if questions regarding the Potato Show and Tell

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Please Care For and Properly Store Our Tools

Gardeners, straight rakes, hoes, or digging forks marked with one single yellow stripe indicates the tool has a lighter metal handle. There are two handle weights: one is heavier and the other one marked with the yellow is lighter.

We have had some complaints that the metal handles are too heavy. When talking with various gardeners, some did not realize there are lighter metal handle. Few of our members realize how lucky we are at Sunshine to have the wonderful tools, wheelbarrows and mowers. We are the only Community Garden I know with such a large supply of different tools for gardening.

Other news: Our Members do not read. We are having issues with gardeners not hanging up the tools the right way. Even with detailed words and a photo showing exactly how to hang the tool they put it upside down.

Please give Bob a break and follow the photos showing how to store the tools properly.

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Upcoming Events at Zilker Botanical Garden

Native and Adapted Perennials for Central Texas - see Article below

Saturday, June 8, 2019 - 10:00am to 12:00pm

Dear Master Gardeners and Interns,

I just wanted to remind you of the upcoming gardening seminar. Master Gardener Reeve Hobbie will share dozens of his favorite tried and true perennials that thrive here with minimal care in our climate and soils.

Reeve's collection of beautiful slides and plant descriptions will also highlight how perennials add color and texture to your landscape.

The seminar will be held on June 8, 2019, from 10 AM to 12 PM at the Austin Area Garden Center in Zilker Botanical Garden.

Invite your friends and neighbors to join you. And remember, you can earn CE hours.

Thanks,
Peggy Hart

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June Last Month to Complete Spring Service Hours

All spring season service hours (TSBVI and regular) must be completed by the end of June. Unworked hours will be billed: TSBVI: $50/hr; First Two Regular: $30/hr; Subsequent Regular: $10/hr. Several workdays will be scheduled in late June to help gardeners complete their hours. Watch future Weeders and your email for additional information about the workdays and tasks needed to be done.

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Mural to be Painted on TSBVI Shipping Container

Remember that TSBVI shipping container many of us painted on last summer? Below is a photograph of the drawing for the upcoming mural to be painted on the container. Harrison Gay, lifelong friend of Marie Taylor in Zone 6, has graciously offered his services to paint a colorful mural onto the beige storage container in the southwest corner of the Gardens near the chicken coop area. He is an elementary teacher who has done other murals and projects around town. The board voted to pay for materials, and his labor is free. TSBVI has signed off on the project.

Harrison will commence work on the mural (weather permitting) on June 8 & 9. If you happen to see what appears to be a highly skilled tagger/graffiti artist, you will know the story behind the sight. Please come over to thank him for his kind offer.

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