Welcome Back!

Hi all,

I hope you had nice, relaxing spring breaks. Check out the 3-29-10 Update link under "Important Links" to see how the gardens are doing and what needs to be done in each one.

Now that the spring quarter has officially commenced, I would like to start getting an idea of everyone's gardening availability. There are two doodles I would like you to fill out as you finalize your schedules for this quarter, labeled Part I and Part II. If you're still shopping classes, hold off on filling out Part II. However, I would like everyone to fill out Part I as soon as you can.

In Part I of the availability doodles, all I'm asking for is how many hours per week each of you would like to work this quarter. This will give me a better idea of whether or not each of you are getting enough work.

For this quarter, I'd like to try assigning tasks to each of you, depending on how many hours of work you're all looking for, rather than leave things open for anyone. Instead of using the project spreadsheet, I will be releasing weekly updates similar to the current one linked to the blog so that we're all on the same page. I believe this will be a more effective way to ensure the gardens are being properly maintained. All the doodle links are on the blog under "Important Links."

Also, I am tentatively planning a composting work part this Saturday for those who want to join, pending the weather conditions. I will be turning at least one of the four active compost piles we have out on the farm and building a new one with all the nice weeds we have in the adding bin. I will probably be out there from 11am-3pm.

Nicole