Please take all recyclabes with you out of the garden that you bring into the garden, because:
– We “garbage people” cannot be expected to rummage through the garbage,
– We have no bags for recyclables, and
– We do not want to get a ticket.
Thank you,
Walli (taking care of garbage in May)
The National Gardening Association’s Mid-Atlantic Regional report for January has been released, with articles on Camelias and reminders to:
Read more at:
http://www.garden.org/regional/report/arch/3016
We lucked out!
It was a relatively hassle-free delivery, with the alternate side car-parkers cooperating.
The compost is rich, dark and delicious. And there is LOTS of it, we didn’t take the full truck load because it was just too much.
Fortunately the port-a-potty has been taken for the season, so we don’t have to worry that we are blocking it with our new mountain.
Please be careful as you pull the tarp away to grab your share. We used the tarp that was used when the fence was painted silver.
Therefore on the one side of the tarp there are lots of silver particles that shake off as you move it. This will contaminate the soil, PLEASE do your best to handle it delicately.
If anyone has a fresh / spray paint-free tarp that they can offer as an alternative to the one we used, please be generous and share it 🙂
Enjoy!
P.S. two issues:
1. If anyone knows the “generous” landscaper that keeps dropping off the white and HEAVY bags of bad soil for our use, please ask him to stop.
These bags are inhibiting our ability to open the delivery gate.
2. Tree guards are not yet installed and this is a good thing because the dump truck would not have been able to access the delivery gate.
Do we want to consider not installing this guard due to the likelihood that it will prevent future deliveries?
In My Garden
New Regional Blogs!
That Goes, This Stays in the Winter Garden
Resources
Shows & Events: Cast Your Vote for a 2008 Garden Hero
Books: Perennial Garden Care Tracy DiSabato-Aust’s “The Well-Tended Perennial Garden: Planting and Pruning Techniques”
Regional Reminders
* Dig Your Holiday Tree Hole Now
* Fertilize Spring and Summer Bulbs
* Leave Ornamental Grasses and Select Seed Pods
* Empty, Clean and Store Nonweatherproof Containers
* Pop In Pansies, Dwarf Evergreens
National News:
New Award-Winning Christmas Melon
Community Gardens Add Value to Inner City Homes
New Biopesticide Controls Tomato Blight and Mildew
Garden Gloves for Animal Lovers
Read the full newsletter at: http://www.garden.org/regional/report/current/13
Chip in! Mulch your tree! Help NYC grow.
Chip in and join the New York City Department of Parks & Recreation at MulchFest 2009! Stop by any of the 30 chipping sites in all five boroughs on January 10th and 11th from 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. with your Christmas tree and watch it get turned into mulch! You can even take home a free bag of fragrant mulch. Or just drop your tree off at another 60 locations citywide, and we’ll do the rest. Not only will it help make NYC greener, it will help your spring flowers grow too!
Call 311 or visit www.nyc.gov/parks for a list of citywide locations.
(Jean notes that although all sites take trees, only a few will give you the chips. These sites have an asterisk next to them (the Central Park site is NOT one of them), so if you want to take the mulch back, be sure the site is willing to do this.)
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Hi guys,
It’s official, we’re getting the soil highest grade according to Matt, Central Park’s expert in the matter. The vote was overwhelming: 2 against, 1 abstaining, all the rest for.
After some cajoling, the owner of the company agreed to deliver a little less for a little less…16 cubic yards for $464.
Lou went to the garden at 8 a.m. to ward off cars and welcome the delivery. Anne will head up the workday effort — first getting bricks and rock out of the communal beds (they’re just a few inches under) and digging up tender perennials before we put the soil down, and then replanting them. Lou has said he’ll help oversee distribution of the soil, and Ariel has said that she’ll help: basically 4 inches in the West communal gardens and herb garden, a pile in the back shade garden (that I’ll spread around when I get back), and about 1/3 inch topping for the lawn in the West garden. East garden will get the soil after the festival.
If you have time, pls. start moving the dirt this weekend, piling it up in spots so that it can be spread out after rocks & plants are removed.
Hurray for dirt!
Suzanne
Hi Garden Members,
Here is the official information.
Please help us make this a fun and community event by:
* Donating decorations / candy
* Donating baked goods to sell at the garden table
* Finding musicians and entertainers for kids to perform
* Coming to our workday on Saturday, October 18th at 10am to clean and decorate the garden
* Spread the word – pick up flyers on the workday to post in your building and on your block
West 104th Street Community Garden Fall Festival
Saturday, October 25th
11am – 4pm
Rain date:
Sunday, October 26th
11am – 4pm
Kids Halloween games and parade – costumes encouraged
1pm – 3pm
There will be:
* entertainment / music
* flea market along the sidewalk in front of the garden gates
* apples, cider and pumpkins for sale
* kids halloween treats, games, face painting
Vendors please call Julia at 212-316-2964
tables spaces are $15 – you must provide your own table
Community events help keep us in good standing with Green Thumb, please help us make this a successful event and get to know your fellow garden members and neighbors.
Thank you.
P.S. See you at the workday!
Saturday, October 18th
10am – we meet near the stage / gazebo
If you have not yet checked out our garden website,
please do and read the great article The Tale of Three Tails
to learn about our hardworking feline friends that keep our garden rat-free!
There are photos too, so you can see what the kitties look like.
Just click this link:
http://www.west104garden.org/cats.php
The National Gardening Association presents a new feature called “Regional Gardening News.” According to the website, “In each biweekly report, our experts share gardening advice, techniques, news, and events. Plus, you can interact with your regional editor through an In My Garden Blog, where you can post questions or comments about your editor’s columns.”
Visit today at http://www.garden.org/regional/report.
