Garden Club Meeting Summary -- April 8, 1998
The following is a summary of the topics discussed at our April 8 meeting. Please contact me at ext. 2014 or at mcdunn@slac.stanford.edu with questions or comments. See the updates below.
Compost
The group decided to try to purchase another load of mushroom compost. Last year the cost was $330. If we can get it again at or near this price, it will be ordered and paid for from the dues fund. I will contact the vendor. I will also contact G. Irwin to see if we can get another load of sawdust/manure.
Rototilling
Gene Alvarado (ext. 2135, MS 91) offered to do the rototilling of plots this year. Please contact Gene directly if you want your plot(s) tilled. You must pay Gene yourself. This will not be paid out of the garden fund.
Dues
- The garden fund has been depeleted, finally, to less than $250. The gardeners agreed to an increase in dues to $10 for a 10' x 20' plot.
- Dues must be paid no later than Thursday, April 30, or you plot will be turned over to someone on the waiting list. Please send a check payable to "Karen McClenehan and Bernie Lighthouse" to Ruth McDunn, MS 68, or off drop cash (exact change only) to her office in Building 40 (Central Lab), room R110.
- Plot codes and dues are listed by your name in the roster. If there are errors in the plot diagram or the roster, please let me know.
Use it or Lose it
Plots must be actively worked by Monday, May 18, or you will lose the plot -- even if you have paid your dues. We continue to have folks on the waiting list. I'll be walking the garden are on Monday, May 18, at noon and will contact the gardeners who will lose their plots. You are all welcome to join me for the walk-through.
Miscellaneous
- Remember to lock the shed up when you are finished. The lock was fixed, so it operates much better now. I'll try to make a sign to post on the shed to remind everyone to lock up when done.
- P.A. Moore will contact Facilities to have the weeds surrounding the plots cut down, the dumpster emptied, and the leftover junk (i.e., the old shed) hauled away.
- Rich Torres will contact transportation about having the wheel barrow tires pumped up.
Updates since the Meeting
- 4/9/98
- P.A. Moore reports that Al Kientzler surveyed the garden area and he will have the dumpster emptied, the other "junk" removed, and the gardners will cut the weeds, hopefully all by the end of next week
- 4/15/98
- Please remove, cutoff, or drive in the thin metal rods we are using in the garden to mark the plots. These are considered to be impalement hazards and must be taken care of ASAP. I'm trying to find caps for the rods, but so far, no luck.
- 4/15/98
- Please make rental checks out to Karen McClenahan & Bernie Lighthouse. Our new account is set up in their names to avoid the $9 monthly charge.
- 4/15/98
- The mushroom compost, all 30 yards of it, is scheduled to be delivered tomorrow - 4/16/98 - in the late morning. This will be paid for out of club dues.
mcdunn
04/12/03
