tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19291825526871761682024-03-13T05:53:30.020-05:00Southwestern Community GardenOur goal is to incorporate the Southwestern and Georgetown local community in sustainable food production that increases knowledge of gardening and benefits local food banks through donations of fresh produce.Garden Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04309127008854510544noreply@blogger.comBlogger31125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929182552687176168.post-45595574245521525312010-11-27T23:32:00.003-06:002010-11-27T23:43:51.217-06:00Compost Haikus from the Campus!<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>charlieBloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06268042413819556881noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929182552687176168.post-6388988175673552192010-11-15T19:50:00.000-06:002010-11-15T19:50:07.360-06:00Students aim to "Grow 1000" bags of food for local charitiescharlieBloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06268042413819556881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929182552687176168.post-60625713993994885782010-11-15T19:49:00.000-06:002010-11-15T19:49:43.248-06:00SU Community Garden bridges disciplines, relationshipscharlieBloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06268042413819556881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929182552687176168.post-25064935094381566302010-10-02T23:21:00.005-05:002010-10-02T23:45:27.695-05:00SU SHARES 1000<!--[if gte mso 9]> Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE <![endif]--><!--[if gte mso 9]>charlieBloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06268042413819556881noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929182552687176168.post-32969023997723192602009-06-24T11:17:00.003-05:002009-06-24T11:25:21.342-05:00Cooking from the GardenThe Austin American Statesman just started a new monthly feature on cooking from the garden. The first installment covers basil: Finding cool ways to utilize garden's abundance of basil. It's a very timely article, since my basil in the community garden is flourishing now. Last week, I made basil pesto, which I served with angel hair pasta. I used the recipe I found here, and it worked great.Rebecca Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07338367920469942849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929182552687176168.post-53287766307448901592009-05-03T11:40:00.003-05:002009-05-03T11:49:30.185-05:00Listserv Established for Community GardenGavin Van Horn has established a listserv to keep us informed on the latest in gardening plans. Just click on this link: http://www.southwestern.edu/mailman/listinfo/su-garden to sign up for the mailing list.An e-mail will then be sent to Gavin, the moderator, to approve the addition to the mailing list addressees.Please share the blog and the listserv with anyone on campus who is interested in Garden Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04309127008854510544noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929182552687176168.post-13844104044877265842009-04-09T14:56:00.003-05:002009-04-09T15:02:43.532-05:00Thank you to Physical Plant and Bob Mathis!!!!The drip irrigation for the hill side is complete. Mulching has been and is being done. Bob Mathis has gotten the eggplants and tomatoes that were in the green house planted as well. Hats off to Physical Plant and others for this being done.This Saturday will be a leisure day in the garden...hope to see some of you over this extended weekend!Garden Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04309127008854510544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929182552687176168.post-18140081510398305572009-04-05T21:15:00.002-05:002009-04-05T21:19:29.478-05:00COVER YOUR LESS HEARTY PLANTSGeorgetown TX 540 AM CDT SUN APR 5 2009THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR SOUTH CENTRAL TEXAS.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT...A RED FLAG WARNING IS IN EFFECT FROM 7AM TO 10 PM. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA THIS MORNING. BEHIND THE FRONT NORTHERLY WINDS OF 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS TO 35 MPH AND RELATIVE HUMIDITIES FALLING INTO THE TEENS WILL CREATE CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065003384676733394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929182552687176168.post-64236164293027649322009-04-02T09:02:00.000-05:002009-04-02T09:04:17.156-05:00Save our Squash Saturday Workday, 4-4-09Save Our Squash --Buffeted by wind and parched from the sun, the hillside squash are calling for a rescue effort. Remedy: drip irrigation is slated to go in this Saturday, and we'll need to join together for this effort! Please come and show the squash some love. Also, we'll be transplanting healthy "extra" plants from the greenhouse for our fallen comrades in the field (the squash that are Garden Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04309127008854510544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929182552687176168.post-77467952317958095522009-03-25T15:19:00.002-05:002009-03-25T15:28:52.252-05:00Saturday, March 28th - Spring into the Garden!!Alright, Spring Break has brought some rain, some sun, and a community garden that's yearning for helping hands. The squash have sent out a red alert that they need to get out of the greenhouse and into the ground. The melons, more temperamental than squash, are getting moody.It's time to dig. Bob (Mathis) has begun planting the hillside, but if we have a lot of people chip in on Saturday it Garden Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04309127008854510544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929182552687176168.post-48368574264214069192009-03-12T20:24:00.003-05:002009-03-12T20:26:11.596-05:00Rain Rain (don't) go away! :)According to the National Weather Service, Georgetown has received 2.79 inches of rain (between 5:35 AM on the 11th and 6:35 AM on the 12th). It means that we need to be sure our mulch hasn't washed away and that the moisture that's fallen doesn't escape. So, take a few minutes and visit your plot and make sure the mulch coverage is still as it should be.Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065003384676733394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929182552687176168.post-53356801743493371852009-03-05T14:20:00.001-06:002009-03-05T14:24:18.636-06:00Community Garden Plant Sale in Austin!!Hi, All--If anyone would like to load up on veggie plants, attached is the plant list for the Sunshine Community Gardens plant sale! The sale is this Saturday, 9a - 2p, at the Sunshine site in Austin.http://www.sunshinecommunitygardens.org/index.php?p=plantsaleLots of cool varieties of tomatoes, eggplants and peppers (that's what on the list), as well as various herbs and ornamentals. This saleGarden Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04309127008854510544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929182552687176168.post-24245084415269711252009-03-05T13:13:00.001-06:002009-03-05T13:15:39.086-06:00March 7th, Saturday Workday PlansGreen Folk,For everyone interested, garden work will be back in full swing this Saturday at the usual time (@ 10-1pm). Some things that will be probably be happening:-getting the hillside ready for planting by making mounds for the squash-turning compost into the eastside community bed-putting the four olive trees in the groundOf course, it's also a good time to work on your own plot, to absorb Garden Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04309127008854510544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929182552687176168.post-28500962201566433542009-02-27T20:51:00.000-06:002009-02-27T20:52:17.051-06:00Thought for the Week"Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has."Margaret Mead(1901 - 1978)Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065003384676733394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929182552687176168.post-30705142572313887112009-02-26T08:56:00.005-06:002009-02-26T09:04:33.764-06:00Feb. 28th - Saturday 10 am ...............Another Great Gardening Day!!!The weekend is almost here again. We will meet in the garden at the usual 10AM time this Saturday, Feb. 28th, 2009. Bob Mathis will have a list of things for us to do. It is really beginning to look like a garden. I don't know about you, but I get more excited about it each week. Hope to see more of you there.JeanetteGarden Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04309127008854510544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929182552687176168.post-66255472968426921152009-02-23T19:10:00.000-06:002009-02-23T19:11:05.976-06:00Oh Deer!!!The good news: they gave us almost a month. They seduced us into believing that a community garden would be as easy as planting and watering. It was all part of their plan. Let the humans grow our food for us ... wait for it ... wait for it ... now feast! What am I talking about, you wonder? The invasion of the deer has commenced. In my humble garden plot, the strawberries were decimated, Gavinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17356090035205462144noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929182552687176168.post-86663927066716055622009-02-18T20:27:00.003-06:002009-02-18T20:29:26.092-06:00Rain / MistThe National Weather Service is reporting no rain for the past three days, but there have been more than 30 hours during those three days that the dew point and the air temperature have been within 9 degrees of one another, resulting in a great misting over the land. With weather like that, I think our lettuce and spinnach will do great! Now, if we can think of a way to keep the rabbits from Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065003384676733394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929182552687176168.post-39818912389703832172009-02-18T14:50:00.000-06:002009-02-18T14:52:08.492-06:002-17-09 Saturday Workday & Party Plans!Here's what we might expect as far as garden projects this Sat...For Sat, 10-1:-install drip irrigation-weed the communal beds, which will then be cultivated-dig up the soap berry (?) trees-dig a fire pit for the celebration-build one more raised bed garden with available materials?-weed the rest of the hillside for squash planting-get seeds into greenhouse traysFor the evening celebration:-bringGarden Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04309127008854510544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929182552687176168.post-90384541081881951782009-02-14T15:00:00.002-06:002009-02-14T15:16:28.026-06:00Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009Preparing the first seedbed in the greenhouse. Two more will follow. These rocks were given after the Arts Festival last weekend. You may have to strain your eyes to see, but there is a sprout poking up through the mulch. This is *the* community garden. The clearing of it has begun, and the roto-tiller in the background will be brought to bear against it during the Feb. 21 meeting.Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065003384676733394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929182552687176168.post-43801117780561242762009-02-12T09:50:00.002-06:002009-02-12T10:04:52.780-06:00Meeting this Saturday, February 14, 10 AM in gardening areaHere's a tentative planning "to-do" list...1) Plant starter seeds for March/April plantings that will go in the greenhouse. NOTE: -Bob M. is going to bring a lot of seeds, so if people don't have any ... you get 'em free!2) Brainstorm needed "groups/committees"3) Weed the rest of the hillside4) Begin work on a drip irrigation Garden Bloggerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04309127008854510544noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929182552687176168.post-61096124592053793602009-02-11T23:08:00.002-06:002009-02-11T23:13:56.068-06:00Diggers, Meeting this Saturday, February 14, 10 AM in gardening area.Diggers, Meeting this Saturday, February 14, 10 AM in gardening area. Here's a tentative list of what's going on ...having people plant starter seeds for March/April plantings that will go in the greenhous -Bob M. is going to bring a lot of seeds, so if people don't have any ... you get 'em free!get people thinking what, if any, "group" (see below) they might like to throw some additional Rebecca Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07338367920469942849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929182552687176168.post-43447751783984345392009-02-09T13:25:00.002-06:002009-02-09T13:28:49.803-06:00According to the National Weather Service (http://www.weather.gov/data/obhistory/KGTU.html), our garden got 9/10ths of an inch of rain between 3:55 and 5:55 AM this morning. Such a slow rain will hopefully help get those roots established for those who planted on Saturday, and will help get the soil moist for those who didn't. All of the individual plots ended up with mulch on them, so perhaps Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065003384676733394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929182552687176168.post-38873374989970136862009-02-07T15:14:00.001-06:002009-02-07T15:16:10.962-06:00Now on Facebook!Southwestern Community Garden Club is now on Facebook as a way to attract more attention and to disperse more information about the project. The purpose of the Facebook group is to pull more viewers to the blog. Join today and let your friends know how you're spending your Saturdays! :)Paulhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07065003384676733394noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929182552687176168.post-40157781400322506152009-02-07T14:16:00.003-06:002009-02-07T14:48:05.337-06:00Workday on February 7, 2009First, Zack from McIntire's Nursery gave us a quick lesson on gardening. He spoke about what we need to add to our soil and about what we can grown now. We then assigned individual beds to groups of 4 to share.Next everybody started working. We had close to 30 people today, including Southwestern students, staff, faculty and other volunteers from the community. This picture was taken from theRebecca Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07338367920469942849noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1929182552687176168.post-37013618565802666072009-02-07T13:40:00.007-06:002009-02-07T14:15:53.130-06:00Workday on January 30, 2009We've had two workdays since I last posted, so I'll add updates for each.January 30, 2009When I arrived there was a herd of pirate bikes and a crowd of people working. Here's what we did. There's a picture for each step.1. We laid newspaper in each bed. (See the first picture)2. We filled each bed with dirt.3. We laid plastic on the path.4. We put mulch on the path.5. Here's a view of the Rebecca Davishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07338367920469942849noreply@blogger.com0