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Hello Gardeners One and All,<br>As you may have noted or not, the UCC is on the wane, and at this point I am no longer willing to put in the time/effort to plan the monthly meetings, I rather be in the garden, and I hope you all too are there.<br>I would, however, like to share my two newest dirty adventures and hope some of you may have some suggestions or inclination to join in.<br>1. <u>The Edible Garden Tour</u> For the third year SB is planning a tour of edible gardens in Ballard and this year we are concentrating on SW Ballard, namely the area south of 65th and west of 28th. As a garden scout, I have taken on the job of finding about 10 gardens in walkable distance from the BCC where we plan to begin. We have already planted a community garden there with kids from the CC , and other options are the rain gardens on 30th and the Thyme Patch Park, but I really don't know that area well, and need some imput. Wanted are any garden attempts, container, vertical, rain diversion, etc....The date is the 25th of June, and at this point I am just passing out cards asking people to consider opening their plots. <br><br>2. <u>Spring Barter</u> the other upcoming garden related event is the May meeting of SB where the theme is to be exchange of all things , but think mainly garden/ food etc. I am bringing seedlings but in the past many preserves, canned goods, tools etc and even white elephants have gone over well.<br><br>I am still at pjjenson1@hotmail.com, 7318 23rd ave nw, and would love to hear from you. come by and see the garden and have a cup of tea...<br>paula<br><br><hr id="stopSpelling">From: carolannisaac@msn.com<br>Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 16:31:18 -0700<br>Subject: [UrbanCropCircle] Lead and Vegetable Growing<br>To: <br><br>
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<div>Hi Gardeners,</div><div><br></div>The University of Massachusetts tested a soil sample for me in March, and found enough lead in it to indicate it is not fit for growing vegetables whose edible part is the leaves or the root. <span class="ecxApple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma,Verdana,Arial,sans-serif; color: rgb(42, 42, 42);"><a href="http://www.umass.edu/plsoils/soiltest/" style="line-height: 17px; font-weight: inherit; text-decoration: underline; color: rgb(0, 104, 207); cursor: pointer;" target="_blank">http://www.umass.edu/plsoils/soiltest/</a></span><div><br></div><div>Fortunately I used that section for things that are edible when grown in soil with a "moderate" amount of lead in a depth if the first seven inches. The area is along a fence that had been painted red more than 35 years ago, probably much more than that, and was pressure washed about eighteen years ago which scattered the paint chips into the soil below it.<div><br></div><div>The lab gave a list of things that can be grown in soils with a moderate amount of lead in it: tomatoes, squash, peas, sunflowers, corn, i.e. fruiting plants whose 'fruits' you eat. </div><div><br></div><div>Metals don't apparently go into the fruiting parts.</div><div><br></div><div>I received an eight page printout be email for $10 plus what it cost me to prepare and mail the sample, - one cup of dry, well-mixed soil in a zip lock bag.</div><div><br></div><div>I received so much useful information, I intend to do it on another spot this month to find out its health and what amendments it needs - same routine.</div><div><br></div><div>All Resilience and a Germinating Spring,</div><div>Carol</div>
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