Welcome back to another year of gardening! Plans are well underway to make this a successful gardening year, despite the end of our partnership with Grow Pittsburgh.
We are in the process of creating a Bandi Schaum web site, but we do have an email account for members to contact the Steering Committee: bandishaum@gmail.com. All gardeners should be visiting the blog regularly for updates and calendar information: http://bandishaum.wordpress.com/.
Carla Garfield reminded gardeners of the new garden sign-up and contract procedures and explained the necessity of a few changes in procedures. We can now manage the plots more efficiently and avoid having empty and/or neglected plots. By now, all gardeners who had garden plots last year have been contacted.
Reminder: gardeners must bring a check or $10 cash with them when they come to pick up their city contracts, sign the BS rules, and choose their volunteer positions. Checks should be made out to SSSNA.
Duquesne students will be volunteering to spread mulch on April 12th. We need volunteers to run a car shuttle from Carson Street to the garden.
Planting Day is May 17th. We need volunteers to plan a planting day party. Rain date is May 18th.
Everyone is on their own for seedlings/seeds; we won’t be getting any from Grow Pittsburgh this year. We’re sure gardeners will share their extras with each other.
Gardeners are encouraged to mark off the plants they’ve put in near the fence so that the perimeter maintenance and mowing volunteers don’t cut them down.
Next Steering Committee meeting is April 2nd at 6:30 at Delanie’s Coffee at 18th and Carson. Next General Membership meeting is April 16th at the garden; rain location is CCI.
