Foodlums Minutes 2/26/10

At the February 19th meeting, some new officers were elected:President- Tehya RiceV.P.- Paul ThompsonTreasurer- Katelyn Tschida
Garden Managers- Jeff Glowa and Dane HaverlyGUEST SPEAKER!-County horticulturist, Erin LaFave, came to talk with us and has a lot of really stellar resources to share with us and suggestions for our garden including putting up chicken wire or snow-fencing fences to keep rabbits out and planting plants that go well together in food together- She shared more specifics about the MASTER GARDENER course-- it runs for 12 weeks, once a week for 3 hours. It's held on campus and usually starts up mid-March.Free Clinic Garden-Looking for free seeds (perennials and root vegetables)

Cooking for the warming house
-Saturday some people will be preparing food for the warming house-- where people w/o homes in Eau Claire can go at night so they aren't cold
-The warming house already has a meal lined up for this saturday, but we can still make baked goods (cookies? banana bread? healthy energy bars? FUN!)
- In Oak Ridge, specific time TBD

Dane, Jeff, and Chris met for some garden steering-Some ideas they would like to implement this year are:-- splitting the garden into sections for donating, personal use, and experimental-- creating a map to identify plants instead of (or in cooperation with?) markers-- putting in a drip-irrigation line for more efficient watering-We talked about planting foods that we have a definite purpose for (i.e. tomato fest, chili making, etc...). -Vegetables we are all in agreement on are cabbage, beans, potatoes, and tomatoes. -Way to go, you threee, for putting a fire under our pants. Excitement for the garden was shared by all.

Maple Syrup
-We need to be watching for sugar maples that we can tap
- Zac heard that in the city, because of streets and warmer conditions, we should tap 2 weeks before one would normally tap in the country.

Keep your eyes peeled for tapable maples!!
-Briana