<html><head><base href="x-msg://20/"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">Haven't heard from Katherine, Suzanne or Jennifer yet, but assume they had some luck. when are we meeting again? I misplaced my notes...must have been those "poison" jelly beans.<br><div><div>On May 11, 2011, at 9:25 AM, Paula Jenson wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; font-family: Helvetica; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; 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: 0px; font-size: medium; "><div class="hmmessage" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma; ">Great! thanks, andrea and I have heard back from two folks to whom I distributed the cards! so the numbers are rising! did you hear anything about how our presence at the Tilth sale went?<br>paula<br><br><hr id="stopSpelling">From:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:amfaste@comcast.net">amfaste@comcast.net</a><br>Date: Tue, 10 May 2011 09:44:55 -0700<br>To:<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:urbancropcircle@lists.sustainableballard.org">urbancropcircle@lists.sustainableballard.org</a><br>Subject: Re: [UrbanCropCircle] Spring Green<br><br>Nice notice, Paula. I will forward to FYI list as well. Did connect with one of the volunteers, who is distributing green fest posters and some of our postcards for the garden tour. Yeah!<br><div><div>On May 9, 2011, at 10:50 AM, Paula Jenson wrote:</div><br class="ecxApple-interchange-newline"><blockquote><div class="ecxhmmessage"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Dear UCC gardeners,</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">I hope spring finds you all enjoying the possibilities of growing, this time of year offers.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Missing our monthly exchanges, I have been involved in several new growing adventures.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Please note and think about participation, I would love to see and barter with you all.</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><span> </span>From<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Sustainable Ballard</b></div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> </p><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Our next monthly gathering is our<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Spring Barter Fair</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>where all things spring, garden and food will be bartered.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Seedlings, pots, plants, perennial divisions, weeding- time, food, bouquets, canned goods etc. Also any white elephants in your closets, or things to share.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Come meet your neighbors and see what the deals may be!</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; text-align: center; ">There will also be a presentation by the newly funded<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><b>Backyard Barter<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></b>folks whose web site is about to be launched to keep the sense of community barter alive all year long! (Check them out at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.backyardbarter.org" target="_blank">www.backyardbarter.org</a>)</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><b>May 23rd at the Sunset Hill Community Center</b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">3003 NW 66th St</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">6:30 potluck come share food and chat, or $5 donation</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">7:00 -9:00 Fun and presentation</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">I will be bringing starts of tomatoes and plants and the more folks who participate the better it is for all.<span> </span></div><div style="border-top-width: medium; border-right-width: medium; border-bottom-width: 1pt; border-left-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: none; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 1pt; padding-left: 0in; "><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0in; padding-right: 0in; padding-bottom: 0in; padding-left: 0in; border-top-width: medium; border-right-width: medium; border-bottom-width: medium; border-left-width: medium; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-bottom-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; ">Presented by the Food and Garden Guild of SB, we do need help with set up, greeting, and take down.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Just show up with or with out g oodies,to see what neighbors and fellow gardeners have to offer.</div></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> Then in June:<br></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "><b>Third Annual Edible Garden Tour</b></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">June 25th 10-3</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Starting from the Ballard Community Center</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">This year’s tour will explore all possibilities of edible endeavors in the SW quadrant of Ballard.<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>Starting at the Ballard Community Center the walkable route will take participants by planted parking strips, raised beds, container plantings, chickens, bees, water collection/diversion sites, all to admire and inspire. Ticket/maps are $10 each, kids free.<span> </span></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">For this tour I am the garden scout and am still looking for more gardens in the area (south of 65<sup>th</sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>and west of 26<sup>th</sup>).<span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span>If you know of a site please let me hear.<span> </span>Also for this we need volunteers to help with support of participants who do get a basket of goodies and offers to help weed depending on #’s, distribution of posters around Ballard starting in late May, and help day -of in the booth.</div><div><span> <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></span><br class="ecxwebkit-block-placeholder"></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">Paula Jenson</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">206-789-4648</div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; ">7318 23<sup>rd</sup><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Ave NW</div><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> </p><p class="ecxMsoNormal" style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; "> </p></div>_______________________________________________<br>UrbanCropCircle mailing list<br><a href="mailto:UrbanCropCircle@lists.sustainableballard.org">UrbanCropCircle@lists.sustainableballard.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.sustainableballard.org/listinfo.cgi/urbancropcircle-sustainableballard.org">http://lists.sustainableballard.org/listinfo.cgi/urbancropcircle-sustainableballard.org</a><br></blockquote></div><br><br>_______________________________________________ UrbanCropCircle mailing list<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:UrbanCropCircle@lists.sustainableballard.org">UrbanCropCircle@lists.sustainableballard.org</a><a href="http://lists.sustainableballard.org/listinfo.cgi/urbancropcircle-sustainableballard.org">http://lists.sustainableballard.org/listinfo.cgi/urbancropcircle-sustainableballard.org</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>_______________________________________________<br>UrbanCropCircle mailing list<br><a href="mailto:UrbanCropCircle@lists.sustainableballard.org">UrbanCropCircle@lists.sustainableballard.org</a><br><a href="http://lists.sustainableballard.org/listinfo.cgi/urbancropcircle-sustainableballard.org">http://lists.sustainableballard.org/listinfo.cgi/urbancropcircle-sustainableballard.org</a><br></div></span></blockquote></div><br></body></html>