Sunshine sometime Weekly Weeder

06.05.12
www.sunshinecommunitygardens.org


TOMATO TASTING AT SUNSHINE COMMUNITY GARDENS

SATURDAY, JUNE 9th

11:00 AM
The newly elected directors of Sunshine Community Gardens will be introduced.

There will be no formal All Gardeners Meeting this Saturday. The scheduled vote on the site rules and by-laws updates has been postponed.

Shortly after 11:00 AM
An informal tomato discussion will be held, lead by Randy Thompson. Every fall, Randy asks gardeners to send back ratings of the tomato varieties they planted and uses the information to make the tomato seed orders for the spring plant sale.

About 12:00 noon
The Tomato Tasting will begin. Gardeners are invited to bring several of their favorite tomatoes that they would like to share. If you can bring tomatoes for the tasting, please let Ila Falvey (Ila.falvey@gmail.com) know what kind you plan to bring.

After the Tomato Tasting
Following the tasting, there will be a potluck, if you choose to join in and bring a dish.
A caprese salad with bread and drinks will be provided.

AND MORE! There will be music and prizes!

NO ALL GARDENERS MEETING THIS SATURDAY

The All Gardeners Meeting that had been schedule for Saturday, June 9, has been postponed until later this summer. Voting by the gardeners on proposed changes to the By-Laws and Site Rules has also been postponed -- so we can have more time to enjoy the Tomato Tasting.

ELECTION RESULTS

Seventy-eight gardeners voted in the elections last week.

The new Directors are:

Michael Hall
Kay McMurry
Emily Tisinger

And the Nomination Committee members are:/b<>

Scott Morris
Bryan Spaulding
Marge Trachtenberg

WORKDAY - SATURDAY, JUNE 9, 9:00-11:00 AM

June 30 is the deadline for completing and logging Spring season Service Hours.

There are many maintenance tasks around the garden that need to be done. Mowing, pulling weeds, picking up trash, cleaning up the tool shed, just to name a few. Work on the pathways between blocks of plots, for example between B1 and C1 or between C6 and C7, can be counted toward service hours. (Yes, yes, plot blocks B and C are long gone, but I didn't want to point to an actual path as the example.) And the Micah 6 garden needs more volunteers, see below.

Please make it easier for us to tally up your hours, and log them online in the Virtual Green Binder.

MICAH 6 - MORE HELP IS NEEDED

We still need volunteers to help with the Micah 6 Garden.

We need people to help harvest on Thursday and Saturday mornings.

Volunteers are also needed to drop off food at the Micah 6 pantry on Saturday mornings. This would be a once a month commitment. The University Presbyterian Church, where the pantry is located, is only an 8 minute drive from Sunshine.

Contact Linda Francescone, lfrances16@hotmail.com

GARDENING SEMINAR - How to Rid Your Garden of Pesky Insects

Thursday, June 14, 10am-12pm
Travis County AgriLife Extension Office
1600-B Smith Road

Help your gardening by knowing more about the insects which live there. Learn about friend and foe in the insect world, and then learn the less toxic and less expensive methods to control harmful insects. Free and open to the public.

CALENDAR OF EVENTS
  • Workday - June 9, 9:00 - 11:00am
  • pre-Tomato-Tasting Tomato Discussion - June 9, 11:00am
  • Sunshine Tomato Tasting - June 9, 12 noon
  • Board Meeting - June 12, 6:00pm
  • June 30th - Deadline for Spring Season Service Hours

Contact Information

Jack McEvoy, President - scgpresident@gmail.com
Jeff Schulz, Vice President - vice-pres@sunshinecommunitygarden.org
Suzanne Bradford, Treasurer - scg4814treasurer@gmail.com
Sue Brownlee, Secretary - scgsecretary@gmail.com
Michael Hall, Director - fibercable@austin.rr.com
Kay McMurry, Director
Emily Tisinger, Director - etisinger@austin.rr.com

Coordinators & Chairs

Zone 1, Patsy Painter - patsy_painter@yahoo.com
Zone 2, Katy Davis - katydavis@austin.rr.com
Zone 3, Sheila Bartholomew - sheilab@concrete.com
Zone 4, Alan Marburger - alanmarburger@gmail.com
Zone 5, Mary Gifford - mgifford@austin.rr.com

Zone 6, Annik Jackson - anij@aol.com
Zone 7, Diana Dworaczyk - dianadworaczyk@aol.com
Zone 8, Felicia Kongable - feliciako@yahoo.com
Zone 9, Cheryl Hazeltine - cph@austin.rr.com
Zone 10, Emily Tisinger - etisinger@austin.rr.com

Plant Sale -Michael Hallfibercable@austin.rr.com

TSBVI Liaison & Volunteer Coordinators
Mike Meyer meyermic2001@yahoo.com
Carpentry & Repairs - Robert Jarry - r.jarry@sbcglobal.net
Compost - Steve Uecker - steven_uecker@hotmail.com
Tools & Wheelbarrows - Bob Easter - beaster1@austin.rr.com
Maintenance Coordinator - Ila Falvey - ila.falvey@gmail.com
Website Coordinators - Kathleen Neville and Larry Olsen - lolsen@suddenlink.net

Record Service Hours Online - the Virtual Green Binder

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