Meeting Recap

Hey Everyone,

Here are a few things we discussed at Sunday's meeting for those of you who couldn't make it:

Our Information Meeting will be held on Thursday, November 5th from 5-6 pm in Room 110 of Moon Library. We will be discussing our organization's purpose, achievements, visions, activities, and different ways to be involved.

We plan to continue clean-up and construction days in order to ready the lawn and gardens for next Spring. The dates will be announced later.

Our pending mission statement:
The EcoHouse is a community of individuals committed to a sustainable lifestyle. 821 Comstock is the focal point where the common goal is to reduce impact on the environment. This location is not only a residence but a demonstration area and a community resource.

-Brad

Getting ready for winter

Thanks to Ryan and Brad for building our cold frame this weekend! We used 1x12x8 pine boards to make the frame and laid some re-purposed windows and fiberglass atop the frames to keep the winter veggies warm. Right now we have three lettuces (red romain, green romain, and black seeded simpson), radish, and spinach (space). Our cold frame will make the garden bed at least a zone or two warmer than the actual temperatures and we should be able to grow cold tolerant veggies, like the leafy salad greens, throughout the winter here. This article by Eliot Coleman is chock full of cold frame info if you'd like to read more.



Also, some bulbs were planted this weekend. Big thanks to the Wescott Bulb Project for many Narcissus which hopefully will bloom by our stairs in the spring! Last weekend Jenny came by and brought us a bounty of plants that she split from her family's collection. These guys are overwintering in one of the garden beds right now before moving to their permanent homes next spring (unless we decided to like some of them where they are).

Last, but not least, a reminder that we have a meeting planned for sunday at 4:00 pm to discuss holding an information session on campus. If you happen to have any returnables you want to bring by the house when you come that would be swell. Hoping to see you all Sunday!

Live well & be well,
Elizabeth

Work & Alchemical Nursery

Fall is in full swing and the landscape club along with the ecohousers are working hard to get the yard ready for winter! If you are free this Sunday at 2:00 pm please come by the house to lend a hand. If you have a shovel, rake, trowel or handy garden tool you might want to bring that by. I think there are weeds to pull and plants and bulbs to plant!

Also, last weekend at the Wescott Center's Bulb Festival I happened to run into some pretty cool folks from an organization called Alchemical Nursery. They're based here in Syracuse and are strong advocates of permaculture, natural building technology and urban homesteading. They have a great website with lots of information and links to check out at http://www.alchemicalnursery.org/. Rumor has it that they are also starting an ecohouse on the westside and I, personally, am very interested in seeing what they do!

Hope your weekends are going well and that I will be seeing at least some of you tomorrow!

Be well & live well,

Elizabeth

Pictures!

Clean-Up Day, Sunday Oct. 4th 2-5pm

Hey Everyone,

This Sunday, we will be running a joint clean-up with the Landscaping Club to remove non-native and invasive plant species from the property. Clean-up will start at 2pm, food will be provided, but feel free to bring something to share.