Impromptu Meeting

Hello helllloooooooooooooooooo>>>

If anyone is out there, we are still here! As Fall began to set in (this past tuesday September 22nd @ 4:22 pm to be exact) we began thinking of some of the goals/concerns/comments that we had for our Jardin. Last Friday 9/18, as we sat at shared some of our personal goals for the fall, and we began dialogue about the Jardin. Here are some of the notes that we took, along with a diagram of how we would like to expand our Jardin:

General Plans

• -Create beds on concrete slabs, clear around large slab to create planting space
• small beds for herbs on top of the concrete slabs (tbd)
• around concrete slabs we plan on putting larger plants, and herbs. (tbd)

Corn Space

• Take down the stalks
• re-mulch the area (to keep soil healthy for the winter/spring)

Comments on planting the 7 warriors Spring of '10:

• plant the three sisters together
• get the tree branches trimmed, in order to provide the maiz with better sunlight.
• create a timeline/schedule to be set for the Jardin, this can help us stay focused and have the ability to provide the Jardin with the maintenance required for the Jardin
• get a small fence lining for the yard

Ok, I also created a diagram of the space we have been granted permission to work in, If you can see it is color coded:

• Red- areas that are untouchable, the Casita, Driveway, A/C area, y el arbol.
• Green- Space for the Maiz: this is where we will continue to plant the maiz, and the rest of the seven sisters.
• Grey- Concrete areas, the concrete is NOT going to be removed, we are instead going to have to build on and around from those areas.
• Yellow- this is the area that we plan on building on top of concrete. we discussed some ideas on how we will go about this, more details to come once finalized.
• Blue- the are around the concrete area. we need to do TWO big things to this area. 1) Get rid of the wild vegetation growing there and 2) mulch the entire area.
• Lilac- areas that need just general cleaning

Well, there is more to come we planned a meeting/work day Saturday, OCTOBER 10th!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 2009 Please you have two weeks, to clear the schedule and make it happen. Please feel free to come out and join us as we begin to make further plans for this Jardin.

Peace