<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div>Hi crop-circlers - </div><div>Thought this would be of interest to some of you - to get on the mailing list directly, email Gail. </div><div><br></div><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Gail Savina <<a href="mailto:gailsavina@gmail.com">gailsavina@gmail.com</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">February 25, 2009 1:46:44 PM PST</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="mailto:gailsavina@gmail.com">gailsavina@gmail.com</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>City Fruit update - Feb 09</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div></div><div class="gmail_quote"><img style="WIDTH: 110px; HEIGHT: 141px" height="96" src="http://lh5.ggpht.com/_GEWFse8czqc/SaW1q2lAarI/AAAAAAAAAIU/gwLPUv9McP4/s512/Feb%2014%20pruning%20080.jpg" width="74"> </div> <div class="gmail_quote"> </div> <div class="gmail_quote"><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Hi all –</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Central Area pruning instructor Kate Faulkner brought this forced apple blossom to last Sunday’s City Fruit pruning workshop – a strong reminder that our dormant season is nearly over.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">City Fruit launch!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></b>To celebrate spring and to cap off five months of ‘dormant stage’ planning, City Fruit is gearing up for a formal launch around Arbor Day, in April.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Look for more details in the March update.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Among the many people who have been working hard to get City Fruit up and running, I’d like to call out the following:<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>James and Glenn, Web site; <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Veronica, logo design; Susan, treasurer;<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Nancy, grant research and writing; <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Hazel, communications/ development; Lily, Good Shepherd demo orchard; <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Diana, Don, John, Lonnie, Carol, Jennifer, and Kate, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>pruning workshops. All of these volunteers are motivated by their commitment to fruit as a community resource.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Thank you!</font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">Get involved.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></b>Would <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">you</i> like to get involved?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Let us know what aspect of city fruit you’re interested in (send an email to </font></font><a href="mailto:gailsavina@gmail.com"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">gailsavina@gmail.com</font></a><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> ) and we’ll figure out how to make connections. For example, we would love to help you organize programs on fruit topics – grafting?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>best trees? general care of fruit trees? – in your own neighborhood. Let us know your interests, and we can help you get something set up.</font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">If you would like to help in the development of City Fruit as an organization, we could use some legal/accounting expertise in applying for our 501c(3) status, some database expertise, and some energy and event planning help.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Again, email </font><a href="mailto:gailsavina@gmail.com"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">gailsavina@gmail.com</font></a><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> . </font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Finally, stories and photos about city fruit are always welcome.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>(We’re going to have a Web site soon!) </font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">Fruit news </font></b></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Seattle Fruit Tree Society Spring Fair</i>, March 15, Center for Urban Horticulture. 10 am – 4 pm.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Focus on grafting, scions, root stock and talks. </font></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Tree mapping</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Map a fruit tree near a bus stop from your cell phone!??<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Students from the U-W “i-School” have adopted City Fruit as their client in a mobile project to map urban edibles, including fruit. </font></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Pruning workshops</i>.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>More than 30 people in the Rainier Valley, New Holly and the Central Area. participated in two-hour pruning ‘conversations’ with five wonderful pruning instructors.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span>Bottom line: pruning is a science <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">and </i>an art: you probably won’t do it the same as your neighbor does, and that’s okay.</font></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Jam rules!: </i>The Community Harvest of Southwest Seattle has a grant to research what’s involved with making jam to sell – regulations, kitchens, supplies, and finances. The report will be published on <a href="http://gleanit.org">gleanit.org</a> .<span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </span></font></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"> </font></p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">You are receiving this email because you are interested in city fruit – <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">and</i> in “City Fruit.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes"> Our motto is: Grow it. Pick it. Use it. </span>If you would prefer not to be on the distribution list, let me know. </font></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span></font></font> </p><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">Take care, </span></font></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-left: 0in; "><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes">Gail (Savina)</span></font></font></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes"></span></font></font> </p></div></blockquote></div><div apple-content-edited="true"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></div></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"> </div><br></body></html>