| Upcoming Farm Events and General Information Weekly: Tuesdays at the farm!
Lunch, discussion, and farming Pizza Bake
Friday, July 9
4 pm _____________ People at the farm this month: Monday - Friday
~8:30 - 1 ___________ UW Farm website
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Send all submissions for summer's monthly newsletter to uwfarm@u.washington.edu
During the summer, the newsletter will go out once a month. The next newsletter will go out at the beginning of August ___________ To Do List Everywhere: WATER, WATER, WEED!! (watering is best in the morning or late afternoon/ evening because the sun in the day will suck it all up, we are planning on making a watering chart but for now water the beds where the soil feels the driest the deepest.) Area A:
*Harvest:
-A7: fennel bulbs: pick and eat biggest one's, leave smaller one's to grow
-A1: Onions
-A6: Daikon Radish seed pods- try them they're really good!!
*Take out Pea plant in A5- roots and all.
*Extend long A beds
*Use a hose to scrape off aphids on underside of all quinoa leaves- careful of the seeds!
*Eat raspberries and strawberries Area B:
*Chop in all the cut up cover crop and roots
*B9- Stake up fava beans Area C:
*Harvest:
-C2- Beets
-C10- large brassica's- eat leaves!
*Sow in Buckwheat where peas were pulled up.
*C4- needs water, pick flowers off of Anise Hyssop plant
*In the Buckets with the beets alongside greenhouse- look for leaf minors- little white eggs underneath the leave's- rub them off!
*C11- Cut out the suckers from the fig tree coming up
*C12- direct seed Carrots
*Weed the stump by the fig tree that is cultivated for mushrooms- also water the log!
*Build a trellis for the kiwi plant growing under the False Quince tree! It really needs it!!
* Raccoon-proof the chicken tractor Area D:
*Weed around beds D13 and 14- where the wood-chips are
*add twine to all tomato trellises where the tomatoes are growing taller than they're supported
*Weed area to the right of the Farm sign by the Burk Milpa Bed:
*Harvest heads of Lettuce- plant more that is in the greenhouse
*Research the pest that is attacking the corn- it is forming symmetrical wholes in the leaves. (Beth says it might be Corn Morer...) | UW Farm Updates
*General Note: This is the launching of our new newsletter format. We realize that there may still be glitches that need looked over, and we would appreciate any feedback being sent to uwfarm@uw.edu. And give us a break - we're farmers! Happy Summer! Tuesdays at the farm
Message from farm director Nina Arlein:
"Anyone who wants to eat a big salad, talk about plants, and work should come to the farm on Tuesday. I will be there all morning and afternoon, and so will many of the interns. There is a lot growing so we will have a big harvest party and also eat up some of the peas and chard that were left in the fridge!" Pizza Bake This Friday, July 9
Friday the 9th of July we will be lighting the cob oven for our monthly pizza party. The oven will be started at 2:30 pm, and ready to cook pizzas around 4pm. Anyone is welcome to stop by, and we have so much ready to be eaten at the farm! Summer Work
People will be working at the farm from from 8:30 to about 1 most weekday mornings. Please check out the to do list in the lefthand column and stop by to help out!
Off Farm Stuff
Bike Ride and Picnic with Sightline Institute this Sunday Sightline is a Seattle-based nonprofit environmental research and communications center focused on sustainability in the Northwest region. Join us on your tandem, tricycle, racing bike, fixed gear, or trusty cruiser for a family-friendly, sunny Sunday ride ending with a picnic in Seward park! Sightline Institute's mission is to make the Northwest a global model of sustainability--strong communities, a green economy, and a healthy environment. We hope you can join us!
When: Sunday, July 11, 2010. The ride to Seward Park starts at 11:30am. The Ride: Meet at Mount Baker beach for a 3-mile group ride down a car-free Lake Washington Blvd to Seward Park. See a map of the route. The Picnic: Even if you do not ride with us, join us for the picnic! The picnic will be on the south side of Seward Park at Picnic Shelter 4.
We will have veggie sausages (donated by Field Roast Grain Co.), chips, and fixings. Pack in any other favorite sunny day picnic supplies, frisbees or field games. No program, no policy, just pedaling, picnicking and plenty of fun!
We have been asking people to RSVP so we can have an idea of how many people to expect, either using our facebook page or by emailing me at "nicole at sightline.org"
More information and directions:
Mount Baker Park: http://www.seattle.gov/parks/park_detail.asp?ID=419
Seward Park: http://www.seattle.gov/parks/parkspaces/sewardpark/directions.htm
Map of the ride: http://tinyurl.com/2bmg8to
Sightline Institute: http://www.sightline.org/ Seattle Urban Agriculture; a money-making model?
There was an excellent article in the Seattle Times recently that looked into the economic viability of urban farming in the Seattle area. The article looks at two Seattle-based organizations, Harvest Collective and Magic Bean Farm, that are trying to make this a reality. Read full article here.
Seattle Considering Allowing Homeowners to Raise up to 8 Chickens
This article, printed in the Seattle Times, discusses recent movements to raise the legal number of chickens that Seattle homeowners can own and raise to eight (it is currently set at three). The article looks at how this is related to Seattle's declared "Year of Urban Agriculture" and where this places our city within a national environmental context.
Rediscovery: An Environmental Educator's Institute
Adopt-a-Stream Foundation/Snohomish County Parks and Recreation
Tuesday - Wednesday August 17 - 18, 2010
The Rediscovery Environmental Educators Institute with Thom Henley offers educators a rare opportunity to fully immerse themselves in experiential learning skills, to develop keener insights into cross-cultural understanding and to discover new ways to bring environmental concepts and lessons into the classroom. Thom will draw from his extensive travel experiences and 30 years of working with youth on Rediscovery programs (www.rediscovery.org) to provide an indoor/outdoor workshop that is both insightful and stimulating.
Combining fun with learning, participants will explore:
- Skills for bonding a group and overcoming initial shyness.
- The history and theory behind outdoor experiential education.
- The seven basic concepts of ecology and group activities that demonstrate each.
- Energy burner activities to prepare hyperactive groups for more formal studies.
- Acclimatization exercises that help us all connect intimately, in heart-felt ways, with the natural world.
- Activities that expand our level of cross-cultural awareness and sensitivity for working in multi-cultural classrooms.
To learn more and register, visit the streamkeeper website here.
Seattle Tilth: Teach Young People How to Grow Food
Seattle Tilth is offering an intensive summer session of the Garden Educators Workshop in Seattle, July 19-23. This exciting workshop allows anyone interested in garden education to immerse themselves in the organic garden classroom during a full week of education. Spend five days at Seattle Tilth's community learning garden exploring a wide variety of skills and techniques for cultivating and maintaining a schoolyard garden. We highly encourage teams of three or more people from a school or garden project to attend this workshop to strengthen your program. Garden Educators Workshop - Summer Intensive
July 19-23 (Mon.-Fri.), 8 a.m.-3 p.m. At the Good Shepherd Center 4649 Sunnyside Ave N., Room 202, Seattle, WA 98103 $200 Early Bird Registration, $225 (after June 28) Advance registration and payment is required. Register and find more info on our website: http://seattletilth.org/learn/classes-and-workshops/garden-educator-workshops
Community Supported Plant Starts Program Coming Soon
This is regarding your future Lettuce, (Red) Spinach, Ruby, Cauliflowers, Kale, Romanesco, Cabbage, Brussels Sprouts, Collards, Cauliflower, Snow Crown Hybrid, Kohlrabi, Broccoli, and more. One day of sweat equity = hundreds of dollars of food!
Creative 4 Communities and Cascadian Edible Landscapes are excited to announce that they will be working to expand the Community Supported Plant Starts program - the first and only of its kind in the nation. Your support is much appreciated.
The Goal of this is to turn a 1 season gardener into a year-around gardener through Seattle-grown Plants. Simplified planning. Education. Convenient pick up location.
How it works Members Sign up in the beginning of the year and receive between 1- 4 seasonal flat of vegetable starts based on a farmers crop succession. Gardeners get a full flat of the right crops for the right time of the year, taking out the guess work as well as Garden Gnome News full of tips, stories from on the ground (and Ground Up), and some great pieces on food politics and more.
More important details include that in addition to healthy locally grown plant starts, members also receive Gnome News, our online newsletter, complete with seasonal garden tips. A flat of CSPS, properly spaced should fill about one 4x8' ft garden beds. One day of sweat equity has the potential to produce hundreds (or thousands) of dollars in food through the fall.
This summer, youth from Ground Up will be participating in the growing and caring of some of the plants. So if a high schooler happens to ask you if you want to purchase a mixed flat of veggies, please say yes. Sign Up Now!
- Click on this link to visit our web site
- Create an account
- Log in with the password
- You'll be asked to validate
- After validation, log in once more
- Click 'My Profile' to complete your profile
- Click 'My Membership' to purchase a membership
- Click 'My Crops' to specify your crop preferences.
Thanks for feeding yourself, your family, community, city, and region and have a great summer. |
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