The Garden Collective

Thursday September 27^th, 2012

GC Meeting Structure

Summary: Double Wammy intro to mini outside workshop (garlic needs to sit) guest speaker so it’s as if we have two plants of the week.

• Announcements
  • SGA
    • Budget Forms in $500
    • Locker
    • Storage Space
• Sustainability Conference
  • Lots of Ideas
    • One is to do random acts of kindness to simply build our identity as a community focused group.
• Blog, Tumblr, and FB
• Introductions
  • Matt
  • Mike
  • Loiri
  • Jess
  • Kristen
  • Keith
  • Anna Clark
  • Rosemary
  • Plant
    • The Pumpkin
      • Growing
        • Rows (like kale) as vines on the ground
          • Trim – take off the small vines
      • March-April
      • Long Season – 1 harvest the whole year
      • Super healthy plant
        • JESS- their all over south Africa
  • Harvesting
    • Classic NE
      • Next year at MassArt
  • Pumpkin Pie!
  • Activity
    • Garlic Intro
      • Mike Zaia
        • Organically Berlin MA (salamanpond mall)
        • Good for you
          • Lowers cholesterol
          • Fights acne
          • Fights heart disease
      • Harvest
        • Grow in growned
        • Hang upside down
      • You can eat every part of the plant
      • Ward off aphids
        • Same for Colorado potatoe beetle too
• Aphids Poison Recipe
  • Dishwashing soap
  • Local-In
    • SOWA Market on Sundays- Only one more month and the rest of the harvest season.
    • Up-Coming
      • October!
      • Self Watering Containers!
      • Moving all donated equipment into storage!
      • Maybe pumpkin carving??? BYOP
      • Member Announcements
        • Mike
          • Garden Company Boss can come and talk about installing gardens