Sunshine Community Gardens

8 October, 2020

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Do You Need Service Hours?

Jim Willmann reports that Zone Coordinators want you to know what tasks are available for you needed Service Hours:

Priority (Tasks specifically needed)

1. Removing grass growing (and debris collected behind) in curb gutter along 49th St. (TSBVI) (Will need flat shovel and wheelbarrow to remove and haul away debris)
2. Digging up khaki grass. (TSBVI) (Board has authorized to count as TSBVI hours this fall)
3. Weeding granite paths in raised bed area. (TSBVI) (Please try to get out roots - particularly the Bermuda grass.)
4. Removing hackberry trees in south fence line between compost area and TSBVI warehouse parking lot. (TSBVI) (Try to get out as much of root as

   Priority (Tasks specifically needed)

   1. Removing grass growing (and debris collected behind) in curb gutter along 49th St. (TSBVI) (Will need flat shovel and wheelbarrow to remove and haul away debris)
   2. Digging up khaki grass. (TSBVI) (Board has authorized to count as TSBVI hours this fall)
   3. Weeding granite paths in raised bed area. (TSBVI) (Please try to get out roots - particularly the Bermuda grass.)
   4. Removing hackberry trees in south fence line between compost area and TSBVI warehouse parking lot. (TSBVI) (Try to get out as much of root as possible. Removed hackberries go in dumpster.)

   TSBVI

   1. Removing hackberries growing in cyclone fence around Sunshine. (South fence line between Sunshine and TSBVI has some starting to get big. Please try to dig out as much of the roots as possible.)
   2. Mowing between fence and street along 49th St. and Sunshine Dr. along and 10' inside fence. (Frequent mowing will be needed this time of year.)

   Regular

   1. Mowing (Please check area around trailer and greenhouses. With rain and cooler weather, Frequent mowing will be needed this time of year.)
   2. Maintaining common paths

   Note: TSBVI hour tasks will count as regular hours.

   possible. Removed hackberries go in dumpster.)

TSBVI

1. Removing hackberries growing in cyclone fence around Sunshine. (South fence line between Sunshine and TSBVI has some starting to get big. Please try to dig out as much of the roots as possible.)
2. Mowing between fence and street along 49th St. and Sunshine Dr. along and 10' inside fence. (Frequent mowing will be needed this time of year.)

Regular

1. Mowing (Please check area around trailer and greenhouses. With rain and cooler weather, Frequent mowing will be needed this time of year.)
2. Maintaining common paths

Note: TSBVI hour tasks will count as regular hours.

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Texas A&M Agrilife Extension has Great Resources for Us

Vegetable Problem Solvers

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension's Vegetable Resources page has many Fact Sheets (on specific vegetables), Guides, and "Problem Solvers". Here are some of our favorite problem solving resources:

• Cucurbit Problem Solver (squash, gourds, cucumbers)
• Tomato Problem Solver
• Vegetable Garden Insects Field Guide
• Vegetable & Herb Disease Control Products for Texas - a free pdf from the AgriLife Bookstore
• Vegetable Seeds and Seed Information for optimum seed germination temperatures and seed longevity.

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Zilker Botanical Garden Is Now Open

The recommendation on the garden's Facebook Page:

"Stroll the Garden. Experience Healing."

You can get tickets Online only at www.zilkergarden.org.

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Reuse rather than recycle 4 inch pots (other pots too)

Your 4 inch pots (and others) can be reused. Please do not throw them out but stack them in the Hoop House.

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Aerobic Compost Tea Brewing in the hoop house

There will be compost tea on a continuing basis until Oct 15 (maybe longer).. When it runs out it takes about 24 hours to brew it again. Look for the sign "Compost Tea Today" as that means it is available. If you happen to use the last of the tea then please remove the sign.

Compost tea is reported to improve your soil.

The two key reasons to use compost tea are:

1. Impart microbial life into the soil or onto the foliage of plants
2. Add soluble nutrients to the foliage or to the soil to feed the organisms and the plants present.

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Keeping the Garden and its Equipment Safe

Closing Locks on Front Gate and Tool Shed - It is Different

The combination locks on the front gate and tool shed were recently changed. The new locks close differently than combination locks many of us are familiar with. Unlike other locks, the shackle/shank can be closed only when the numbers are set to the combination for opening the lock. Once the shackle/ shank is closed the numbers must be twirled to lock the lock. Otherwise, lock can be opened simply by pulling up on shackle/shank.

So if you are locking up the front gate or tool shed, follow this procedure:

1. be sure numbers are set on combination to open the lock
2. close the shackle/shank
3. twirl the numbers

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