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The Weekly Dirt View this email in your browser Hello Spring! Here's the Weekly Dirt: Mercer Volunteer Party We're in full swing at all our Farm sites, join us Saturday 4/19 from 10a-3p for a full day of fun in the sun at Mercer Court. Sign up here. Farm Ed Farm Ed is happening every Monday at 8:30am in the Botany Greenhouse. See a list of this quarter's topics below. Future Farmers Do you like kids and hanging out at the Farm? We need volunteers to help with 3rd grade field trips! No prior teaching experience necessary. We need folks Wednesdays, 5/7 and 5/21 from 12:30-2:00. If you are interested contact Lauren at laurbear2@gmail.com. Eat for Equity Check out this event from our friends at Eat for Equity: Benefiting Organization: May 1st Action Coalition  When: Sunday April 27th Where: El Centro de la Raza When: 11:30 am, we're doing brunch! Cost: sliding scale, suggested donation $20-25 (but we are always pay-what-you-can)   Thanks to everyone for making our first pizza bake of the year a big success! Check out more pics here. Spring Quarter Volunteer Hours Botany Greenhouse: -Monday: 8:30-12 Mercer Court Apartments: - Wednesdays: 10am-1pm - Friday: 12-3pm Center for Urban Horticulture: -Tuesday: 9a-12pm - Thursday: 3-6pm - Friday:2-5pm Work Parties (various): -Every other Saturday A big Thank You to the UW School of Public Health and Engineers without Boarders for lending their time and energy to help us break ground on our new greenhouse. Click here to see our progress. Spring Quarter Farm Ed Topics 4/14: Soil tests and how to read them 4/21: Soil organic content, bulk density, and field capacity 4/28: Grafting - tomato chimeras 5/5: Soil preparation: Double-digging, tilling, mulching, the pros and cons 5/12: Soil-plant relationships by plant family - what do different plants do and need? 5/19: The soil microbiome: meet the microbes 5/26: Memorial Day 6/2: Tackle the terminology - intensive, permaculture, organic, holistic, biodynamic, sustainable 6/9: Medicinal plants - come learn how rosemary can improve your memory and lemon balm can relax you, just in time for finals This is a Text Block. Use this to provide text...

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