Thanks a lot to Grant Wood for making the sheet mulching experiment happen.
Tuesday, July 19, 2011
Sheet mulching
Following some pictures of the current field project. And information about the sheet mulching we are currently trying out.
Thanks a lot to Grant Wood for making the sheet mulching experiment happen.
Thanks a lot to Grant Wood for making the sheet mulching experiment happen.
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Next field orientation Thursday July 7th at 4:30pm at the field lab
Likely the last for this years U of S horticulture club field project.
Likely the last for this years U of S horticulture club field project.
Friday, June 24, 2011
2011 Field Project Update!
Hello everyone,
Sorry there has not been much news about the Field Project on here yet... I just learned how to use it.
The Field Project is well underway this year! We were able to get into the field much sooner than last year, and everything has been planted. We have about 14 rows of plastic mulch laid down with all our hot crops in them (pepper, eggplant, tomatoes, pumpkins, melons, etc) and then another bunch of rows with all kinds of veggies.
All interested members must have a field orientation before they get involved in the Field Project. There have already been several this year and there will only be another one if there is demand. If you are still interested in getting involved, please email us at:
hortclubfield@gmail.com
That is the update for now... so if you have interested friends who are students, please send them our way. Enjoy your summer,
Clare, Grant, Veronica, Tariq
Field Managers
Sorry there has not been much news about the Field Project on here yet... I just learned how to use it.
The Field Project is well underway this year! We were able to get into the field much sooner than last year, and everything has been planted. We have about 14 rows of plastic mulch laid down with all our hot crops in them (pepper, eggplant, tomatoes, pumpkins, melons, etc) and then another bunch of rows with all kinds of veggies.
All interested members must have a field orientation before they get involved in the Field Project. There have already been several this year and there will only be another one if there is demand. If you are still interested in getting involved, please email us at:
hortclubfield@gmail.com
That is the update for now... so if you have interested friends who are students, please send them our way. Enjoy your summer,
Clare, Grant, Veronica, Tariq
Field Managers
Monday, June 13, 2011
Message from field project manager Clare:
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In trying to accommodate all of the responses I received about when an orientation would work, I have decided to schedule the last orientation for tomorrow, Tuesday June 14th at 5:15pm at the Horticulture Field Lab.
The field lab is located at 2909 14th st. East, between Preston and Arlington, with a big metal gate and sign that says "Horticulture Research Facility" (or something like that).
Please bring your $15 membership fee is you have not already paid this year (membership fee covers Sep.2010-Aug.2011)
and also a completed membership form (attached).
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location in google map
Hopefully see some of you there,
Thomas
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In trying to accommodate all of the responses I received about when an orientation would work, I have decided to schedule the last orientation for tomorrow, Tuesday June 14th at 5:15pm at the Horticulture Field Lab.
The field lab is located at 2909 14th st. East, between Preston and Arlington, with a big metal gate and sign that says "Horticulture Research Facility" (or something like that).
Please bring your $15 membership fee is you have not already paid this year (membership fee covers Sep.2010-Aug.2011)
and also a completed membership form (attached).
**************************************
location in google map
Hopefully see some of you there,
Thomas
Wednesday, May 18, 2011
Hello everyone,
The fields have dried up quite nicely and have actually been tilled, staked and partly seeded! This is great news and an improvement over last year. This is a reminder that:
Thursday May 19th (tomorrow) at 5pm will be the first field orientation (which every memeber who wants to be part of the field project must do every year) at the Horticulture Field Lab (2909 14th st East... between Preston and Arlington). This will be the first of several orientations, but please try to make it so that we can get help out in the field as soon as possible.
If you are not an active member for this year yet (from Sep.2010), please bring your completed registration form (attached) and $15 for the season.
Look forward to seeing you there,
Clare
The fields have dried up quite nicely and have actually been tilled, staked and partly seeded! This is great news and an improvement over last year. This is a reminder that:
Thursday May 19th (tomorrow) at 5pm will be the first field orientation (which every memeber who wants to be part of the field project must do every year) at the Horticulture Field Lab (2909 14th st East... between Preston and Arlington). This will be the first of several orientations, but please try to make it so that we can get help out in the field as soon as possible.
If you are not an active member for this year yet (from Sep.2010), please bring your completed registration form (attached) and $15 for the season.
Look forward to seeing you there,
Clare
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Plant sale for Japan relief was a great success.
Check the following videos:
And some pictures here:
Big thanks to the University of Saskatchewan for providing the space, thanks a lot to all people that came out and helped, to all that helped with the cutting, to all that helped with the plant propagation, to all that helped with the plant transplanting, and to all that bought some plants.
I was also talking about mushrooms containing ergothioneine in the second video, as presented by Professor Manabu Nukina at the conference where we handed over the money. Ergothioneine has anti-oxidative properties. Check his homepage:
http://www.tr.yamagata-u.ac.jp/~mnukina/
For more information about the event:
http://uofshorticultureclub.blogspot.com/
http://www.kuruk.de/index.php?id=73
Do not forget to buy and eat some seaweed if you life in or close to effected areas:
http://www.kuruk.de/index.php?id=71
Keep up to date about the atomic crisis here:
http://www.naturalnews.com/031894_Fukushima_meltdown.html
And some pictures here:
Big thanks to the University of Saskatchewan for providing the space, thanks a lot to all people that came out and helped, to all that helped with the cutting, to all that helped with the plant propagation, to all that helped with the plant transplanting, and to all that bought some plants.
I was also talking about mushrooms containing ergothioneine in the second video, as presented by Professor Manabu Nukina at the conference where we handed over the money. Ergothioneine has anti-oxidative properties. Check his homepage:
http://www.tr.yamagata-u.ac.jp/~mnukina/
For more information about the event:
http://uofshorticultureclub.blogspot.com/
http://www.kuruk.de/index.php?id=73
Do not forget to buy and eat some seaweed if you life in or close to effected areas:
http://www.kuruk.de/index.php?id=71
Keep up to date about the atomic crisis here:
http://www.naturalnews.com/031894_Fukushima_meltdown.html
Monday, March 21, 2011
"indoor ornamental plants" and "vegtable" sale in Arts tunnel 22.03.2011
Hello everybody,
The "indoor ornamental plants" and "salad, herbs, cucumbers, and maybe tomatoes" sale will happen this Tuesday 22.03.2011 from 9:30 to 15:30 in the Arts tunnel. More than 50% of the earnings will go towards Japan crisis relief (see details below). Helping and volunteering will be highly appreciated.
Here the time plan:
9:00 - 10:00 cut vegetables and wash them in the greenhouse (you need to have had the greenhouse orientation to help with this)
9:30 - 10:30 moving vegetables and plants from the greenhouse to the Arts tunnel
9:30 - 15:30 sale in the Arts tunnel
15:30 - 16:00 move left overs to the greenhouse and clean up greenhouse
Please let me know if you can help, when and where you would like to help, and whether you can provide logistic by providing a truck or car (very important) for moving the stuff (contact me here). Then I will give you more detailed directions. To not let me know beforehand is fine, you still can come out and help. You can also contribute by coming out and buying something or letting your friends know about this event.
Location of the Arts tunnel, that is the tunnel between arts and Murray Building. E.g. enter arts turn two times left going down the stairs left to A&W (worst food at UofS):
map
Crisis relive recipient:
More than 50% of the earnings will go towards Japan. We will give the earnings to Japanese professors from the effected areas that will distribute the earnings directly. This Japanese professors are work mates of Karen and visit the Agriculture department next weeks. No middle mans, direct and maximum impact of the money (great opportunity to have a direct impact, and maybe we could even donate some seaweed to help people to deal with the atomic crisis.)
Wear a smile and you might win a price.
Take care everyone,
Thomas
The "indoor ornamental plants" and "salad, herbs, cucumbers, and maybe tomatoes" sale will happen this Tuesday 22.03.2011 from 9:30 to 15:30 in the Arts tunnel. More than 50% of the earnings will go towards Japan crisis relief (see details below). Helping and volunteering will be highly appreciated.
Here the time plan:
9:00 - 10:00 cut vegetables and wash them in the greenhouse (you need to have had the greenhouse orientation to help with this)
9:30 - 10:30 moving vegetables and plants from the greenhouse to the Arts tunnel
9:30 - 15:30 sale in the Arts tunnel
15:30 - 16:00 move left overs to the greenhouse and clean up greenhouse
Please let me know if you can help, when and where you would like to help, and whether you can provide logistic by providing a truck or car (very important) for moving the stuff (contact me here). Then I will give you more detailed directions. To not let me know beforehand is fine, you still can come out and help. You can also contribute by coming out and buying something or letting your friends know about this event.
Location of the Arts tunnel, that is the tunnel between arts and Murray Building. E.g. enter arts turn two times left going down the stairs left to A&W (worst food at UofS):
map
Crisis relive recipient:
More than 50% of the earnings will go towards Japan. We will give the earnings to Japanese professors from the effected areas that will distribute the earnings directly. This Japanese professors are work mates of Karen and visit the Agriculture department next weeks. No middle mans, direct and maximum impact of the money (great opportunity to have a direct impact, and maybe we could even donate some seaweed to help people to deal with the atomic crisis.)
Wear a smile and you might win a price.
Take care everyone,
Thomas
Monday, January 17, 2011
Horticulture club update
Hello everyone,
The day cycles are getting longer again and there is a lot of interesting stuff going on and coming up.
Saturday the 22.01.2011, there will be a tropical fruit and vegetable seminar starting somewhere between 11:00 - 14:00. Like for the plant propagation seminar, the person doing the teaching will be Mr. Nair. There are a maximum of 17 spaces, so sign up by getting into contact with me. The open places will be given out on a first come first serve basis. Time and location will be fixed later and send out to the signed in people.
Don't forget about the next greenhouse orientation on the 24.01.2010 at 17:00 in the greenhouse. You need the orientation to be able to participate in the greenhouse project. For everybody not knowing what's the greenhouse and whats going on there, here some videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8frNWk9ENc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DclAiw18WFk
Also make sure to let me know whether you want to participate in the greenhouse project so I can put you on the greenhouse project mailing list.You can contact me e.g. via my contact formula on my website:
http://www.kuruk.de/index.php?id=11
Karen, one of the most active horticulture club members, is on the organizing committee (actually, chairing the committee) for the First Saskatchewan Food Summit (March 2-3, 2011) at TCU Place. (---Note: Deadline for early bid registration is Jan. 31.):
http://www.ccde.usask.ca/ExtensionDivision/noncredit/AFH/foodsummit.htm
The will be freely accessible material about the conference later, soeven you don't sign up for the Saskatchewan Food Summit, it might be interesting to keep an eye on that topic.
Also check the Gardening Classes offerings by Saskatoon School of Horticulture.
For any people participating in any of the horticultures projects please make sure you signed in for the club and paid the annual fee of 15 $ (roughly lasting from 09.2010 till 09.2011), to either the horticulture club president or your project's leader. To my best knowledge the currently ongoing horticulture club projects include greenhouse project, the presentation/seminar series, and cherry wine making. The cherry wine making project is already full. Note: you won't need to pay the fee for just being on the mail list. You can add a filled membership form to your payment, or just let the person you paying the money to take down your name.
Sincerely,
Thomas
The day cycles are getting longer again and there is a lot of interesting stuff going on and coming up.
Saturday the 22.01.2011, there will be a tropical fruit and vegetable seminar starting somewhere between 11:00 - 14:00. Like for the plant propagation seminar, the person doing the teaching will be Mr. Nair. There are a maximum of 17 spaces, so sign up by getting into contact with me. The open places will be given out on a first come first serve basis. Time and location will be fixed later and send out to the signed in people.
Don't forget about the next greenhouse orientation on the 24.01.2010 at 17:00 in the greenhouse. You need the orientation to be able to participate in the greenhouse project. For everybody not knowing what's the greenhouse and whats going on there, here some videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8frNWk9ENc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DclAiw18WFk
Also make sure to let me know whether you want to participate in the greenhouse project so I can put you on the greenhouse project mailing list.You can contact me e.g. via my contact formula on my website:
http://www.kuruk.de/index.php?id=11
Karen, one of the most active horticulture club members, is on the organizing committee (actually, chairing the committee) for the First Saskatchewan Food Summit (March 2-3, 2011) at TCU Place. (---Note: Deadline for early bid registration is Jan. 31.):
http://www.ccde.usask.ca/ExtensionDivision/noncredit/AFH/foodsummit.htm
The will be freely accessible material about the conference later, soeven you don't sign up for the Saskatchewan Food Summit, it might be interesting to keep an eye on that topic.
Also check the Gardening Classes offerings by Saskatoon School of Horticulture.
For any people participating in any of the horticultures projects please make sure you signed in for the club and paid the annual fee of 15 $ (roughly lasting from 09.2010 till 09.2011), to either the horticulture club president or your project's leader. To my best knowledge the currently ongoing horticulture club projects include greenhouse project, the presentation/seminar series, and cherry wine making. The cherry wine making project is already full. Note: you won't need to pay the fee for just being on the mail list. You can add a filled membership form to your payment, or just let the person you paying the money to take down your name.
Sincerely,
Thomas
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