November - Oregon State University Extension Service

Adaptive Garden Committee
The Adaptive Demonstration Garden at Grass-
Roots Garden is becoming accessible. The money
has been raised through Food for Lane County,
some budget shuffling by Merry Bradley of the
GRG, and private donations from a church member,
the Bodner Charitable Trust and MGs.
Pat Patterson, MG
The three boxes were replaced on that area with
their water systems, filled and planted. We also
hope to have good informative signs on all the installations.
Kudos to Food for Lane County, to Merry Bradley,
MG and Garden Manager, to St. Thomas Church
and to all the great volunteers who are bringing
this project to fruition!
The picture shows the groundwork all laid out, also
done by volunteers, and prepared for the laying of
pavers which will make the area fully accessible.
The men doing the job are Rich Neil (wife is 2009
MG) and Rick Hasbrock.
A photo on October 28 shows how much progress
has been made. Great work!
November To-Do List
From the Ground Up Farming Program
http://extension.oregonstate.edu/lane/gardens/todo_list_november
http://smallfarms.oregonstate.edu/southvalley/events
It's back! Hopefully by popular demand. The Backyard
Gardener program is making another attempt
at becoming a useful service to the gardening public
AND a fundraising vehicle for Extension. You
may have remembered reading about this last
spring and summer. We were looking for Master
Gardeners to sign up to be willing to travel to
client’s gardens to give them a one hour mini-class
on a selected aspect of their garden. So there will
be sign-up sheets at the Extension office to fill in.
Backyard Classroom is Back
Jeff Muir, MG
We need at least 20 veteran master gardeners with
various expertise and 20 newer gardeners who
want to get involved in a great learning experience.
Once we get our cadre of experts, we will have a
training session and then offer this program to the
public. If you remember signing up for this in the
past and still want to participate contact Jeff Muir
at jeffmuir1@gmail.com.
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Lane County Master Gardeners TM Association