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Contact:
Donald Coates 250-752-8521 Day 250-752-6088 Evenings
Wish
List
-A
Secure garden shed or one that can be made secure.
-Rakes,
shovels, hoes, cultivators.
-Six
feet high chain link fencing, posts, equipment size gate,
human size gate.
-Seedlings
(Flowers and/or Vegetables)
-Perennials
(Rhubarb, Rasperries, Strawberries, etc.)
-Seeds
-Water
timers
Our
Sponsors Thanks
to Windsor
Rentals
for fencing wire, Buckerfields
for a rake, shovel, and numerous bedding plants. Also to Whiskey
Creek Nursery
for help and bedding plants and a huge bag of onion sets, Marshall & Lamperson
for legal advice, Rodway &
Perry for
legal services, Dolly's
Home Hardware
for a hose and a sprinkler, and WholeShow.com
for web space & services. A very big THANK YOU to Nicole
& Kevin at Iritex
Pumps & Irrigation for the donation of 400
feet of 1" Heavy Wall PVC pipe, a ball valve, glue, cleaner,
and a faucet. They even delivered it to the site. What a class
act.
Buckerfield's
- 248-3243
Iritex
Pumps & Irrigation - 248-7028
Marshall & Lamperson
- 752-5615
Rodway &
Perry - 752-9526
Whiskey
Creek Nursery - 752-3505
WholeShow.com
Windsor
Rentals - 752-3955
Dolly's
Home Hardware - 752-9833
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May
1st, 2002
Gardening
for Good" is truly a grassroots organization dedicated to
growing food in our local community for donation to local food
banks. It is also dedicated to the cause of fostering the
formation of additional chapters in any community with the
resources, desire and inclination.
We hope
to document the process we have followed, the errors we make,
and share both our successes and our bounty. We will publicize
our corporate sponsors and praise our volunteers.
Please
return later as we progress in our formation of the first
chapter, Chapter 100 - Qualicum Beach
May 7,
2002
If you like
to garden, and would like to make a difference, please come to
the Inaugural meeting of Gardening for Good. Gardening for
Good is a group of volunteers growing vegetables and flowers
to be donated to local food banks. Volunteers will help others
plan, construct, fund raise, and maintain a local garden
solely for the donation of its bounty. A piece of land locally
has been donated for our use, and time is of the essence to
bring it into production.
A
sub-committee will also be struck at a later date for the
purpose of helping and guiding other communities to form their
own local chapters of Gardening for Good.
The first meeting will be
held at 7:00 P.M., on Tuesday, May 14/02 at 841 Hemsworth Road
(At the end of Garden Road, off Berwick). If possible, please
bring a chair.
May 15, 2002
We had our first meeting
yesterday. A small but vigorous group was in attendance. A
basic set of tasks were decided upon and assigned to each
attendee. Briefly, we discussed how to increase the membership
and promote the cause, fund sources, sponsorship, contact
lists, tasks, and a the next meeting date. We will meet again
next Wednesday, May 22, at 7:00 P.M., at 841 Hemsworth Road
(At the end of Garden Road E., off Berwick), to review our
progress and decide what should be the next course of
action.
At the end of the meeting,
we had a look at the location for the garden.
I have posted a map
for the location of the next meeting. Please feel free to
attend, and if you can bring a chair it would be much
appreciated. If you wish, please RSVP:
May 22, 2002
At our second
meeting we concentrated our conversation on fundraising and
membership enhancement. Legal liability of directors were
discussed, with free legal information provided by Mr. Douglas
Marshall, of the
firm Marshall & Lamperson in Qualicum
Beach. Five Directors volunteered, which is the required number
to form a non-profit society, so we will proceed with that.
The legal services to set up the Society have been gratefully donated by
Mr. Scott Rodway of the legal firm
Rodway &
Perry in Qualicum Beach.
The garden
plot has been tilled and the beginnings of running a water
line
have been made. The next step is to finish the water line,
give the garden plot a final tilling, and build a fence around
the plot to keep the sheep, deer, and rabbits out. After that,
the planting will start. If you have any extra seedlings or
perennials (Veggies or flowers), please feel free to donate
them.
Our next
meeting will be on June 4th, at 7:00
P.M., and a member of the
food bank is scheduled to attend. Please join us as well.
Location and phone numbers as per usual.
We had
a work bee on Saturday, June 8th and planted a variety of
veggies. We also layed out the perimeter of the plot,
installed fence posts on two sides, and installed temporary
wire. A clearing through the trees was completed so a water
line could be run. We will have another work bee this
comong Saturday, June 15th from 9:00 to 12:00 AM to hopefully
finish the critical jobs of initial planting, fencing, and
water supply. The water supply is now critical to the planting
in place.
July
12, 2002
Well,
you may be able to tell from the time lapse, that we have been
very busy. Fence height has been increased to keep the deer
out, onions, potatoes, tomatoes, squash, corn, carrots,
eggplant, zuccini, beans, radishes, and even a few marigolds
and sunflowers are planted, sprouted, and thriving. The onions
are impressive. We have over 5000 planted, and you can see
their increased growth every day. They will be an excellent
item for donation to the food bank, as they may be used in so
many dishes, and they keep so well. I have taken a few
pictures, and as soon as I get time, I will post them. I know
they will never convey the hope they contain, but at least it
will give you the idea. We have some rhubard and strawberry plants
donated to us, so we will be putting in some cedar 4' x 4'
raised beds soon for them, and for any other perrenials we
receive.
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