This fall is full speed ahead with cold frame creation. Later this week the second garden bed will be filled with compost and planted with spinach and beets and other winter veggies. October 3rd we are planning on spending the day foraging for materials for coldframes, raised beds, and stone herb spirals. We'll be looking to gather lumber, stones, glass, plastic, and insulating material for these projects...so check your basements and attics!
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| Some neat fungus growing in our yard |
Gail has spearheaded a project in the Morningside Community Gardens growing flax for research into sustainable linoleum products. This weekend we'll be putting a fence around the fields to deter deer browsing. We can expect to harvest the flax sometime around October 15th.
Early in Novemer we will be putting on a Household Compost Tumbler Workshop where we will build small compost tumblers to take home and put in your apartment, so you won't want to miss that!
At the start of next semester we will do the unthinkable and write a constitution to qualify for funds from ESF. Woo-hoo! If you come help, I promise to bake gingerbread cookies. We'd also like to write a grant to get funding for building an unheated greenhouse on our property! Just imagine the possibilities!
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| Wildflowers blooming in the backyard |
I'm excited for this year, and I hope you are too. If you haven't come by yet, please come by soon...and if you would like to be included on our e-mail update list please send me your contact information at eamurp02 AT syr DOT edu.
Elizabeth
