Sunshine Community Gardens

17 June, 2021

www.sunshinecommunitygardens.org

Gardener's Picture page

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A Bountiful Garden Harvest from June 12, 2021

Vegetable Face - grown, harvested, designed and photographed by Kerry Drake

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Mosquitos Biting You?

Ila Falvey suggest you read Wizzie Brown's informative article about Mosquito repellent. Wizzie Brown is Travis County Extension Program Specialist - Integrated Pest Management

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Compost Chronicles

Compost Photos by Randy Thompson

Chop your Plants or They can Take Root in the Compost Pile

Things which don't belong in the Compost: Items in the bucket!

Randy says: "The compost is not a dump. Please no masks, pet bags, tools, metal posts, plastic and things other than chopped plants."

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Needed Service Hour Tasks - Repeat of June 9, 2021

To help keep gardeners aware of wha service hour tasks are needed, an attempt will be made to keep this list current.

Priority (Tasks specifically needed)

1. Maintaining common paths.
2. Mowing (A lot of mowing has been done but with the warm weather, the grass will grow fast.) Mowing outside and inside of fence line along 49th St and Sunshine Dr count as TSBVI hours.)
3. Removing hackberries fence line along 49th St. and Sunshine Dr. (TSBVI) (Try to remove as deep below ground as possible.) Weeding inside greenhouses.
4. Weeding granite paths in TSBVI garden and in raised bed area. (TSBVI)
5. Digging up khaki weed. (TSBVI) (Board has authorized to count as TSBVI hours)

TSBVI

1. Removing hackberries and Johnson grass growing in cyclone fence around Sunshine. (Please try to dig out as much of the roots as possible. Hackberries should be cut off as deep below ground level as possible.)
2. Cleaning street curb gutters of dirt and debris build up. (At places in the curb gutter along Sunshine Dr. and 49th St., soil and debris has built has up and grass beginning to grow. Scrape off with shovel and put in wheelbarrow. If debris is gravel can be put in low places in parking lot. Otherwise, put in dumpster.)
3. Weeding granite paths in raised bed area and edging border. (Try to get out roots - particularly the bermudagrass along west side by garden plots.)
4. Weeding paths in TSBVI garden and wood chip areas on west side. (This is normally needed. Try to get out roots. Be sure to smooth out paths after weeding to facilitate TSBVI students moving around garden.)
5. Mowing between fence and street along 49th St. and Sunshine Dr. along and 10' inside fence. (Frequent mowing will be needed this time of year.)
6. Picking up trash in compost area and along fence lines.

Regular

1. Mowing (Please check area around trailer and greenhouses. Frequent mowing will be needed this time of year.)
2. Maintaining common paths.
3. Mowing and cleaning up overgrown/messy areas in common areas.

Note: TSBVI hour tasks can also count as regular hours.

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Weekly Weeder Seeking Co-Editor

Are you looking for an alternative for manual labor for your SCG Service Hours? Do you enjoy knowing what's going on in the garden? If the answers to either of these questions is "yes," please consider becoming a co-editor of the Weekly Weeder. The Weekly Weeder is an email newsletter which uses Mailchimp to send out garden information to more than 750 subscribers each week. While Sunshine Community Gardens also uses social media to present stories, information and photographs, there are a number of gardeners who shy away from social media and other folks in the community who rely on the Weeder to get this information about Sunshine. If you are interested in a co-editor position or need more information, please email Holly Gilman at holllyjgilman@gmail.com.

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