Martha's Table Meeting: April 12th

Rupa, Sarah, Catherine and I were present for the short meeting yesterday. A lot of people were sick or otherwise unable to make yesterday's meeting. However, by email or phone, most of those people told me about their preferences for scheduling of the work-hours, so we felt able to make some decisions, all, of course, open to changes. Here they are:

We will have our next meeting when there is soil in the two new beds that we will build. We will do our first planting and invite the Martha's Table people at that time. Because of the soil/UK/Sunnyside budget issues, we'll plan on this being around the third week of May.

Until then, Lara and Cath will plant some lettuce in the central communal plot.

Starting June 4, we'll begin our regular scheduled 'harvest hours' (anyone got a better name?). These will be Wednesdays from 8-9am. I'll bring a calendar to the next meeting and you can sign up for your times. Depending on how many of us want to host the harvest hour, we might not have to sign up for more than 1-2 each. We could also ask other Sunnyside gardeners to participate.

Our reasons for choosing this time were: it was convenient for many of us; Martha's Table is open at this time to receive the produce; produce is sweetest and crispiest in the morning; it will give MT three days to use up what we give them.

We will communicate with the rest of the group that they can donate any excess at this time. If people are away, or overwhelmed, they can contact the person who is scheduled to 'host' to ask them to harvest and donate what is ready. The hosting schedule will be posted on the blog. Can we also post people's phone numbers? Think about this so that we can make a decision at our next meeting.

It's really exciting that we are making the partnership happen this season!

See you all soon,
Mike