Fence Building–Again this Saturday!

Hey everyone!!

We had a building day on Saturday thanks for the help from LEAP, the Music Appreciation floor, and some great faculty and staff including John Wilson, Andy Smith, Dave Brandes, and Annette Diorio for all the help!  We got about half of the fence posts up, so we’re planning on having another building day this coming Saturday, May 9th at 7AM.

Thanks to Mr. Jim Krivoski for buying doughnuts! 😀

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These fence posts are native black locust trees from Prof. John Wilson’s farm.

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We finished one side and most of the other.   This is where the gate is going to be located.

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Professor Wilson, Sean Murphy, Scott Stinner working on the corner.  In the back: Annette Diorio, Britta Moore, and little Jack working on putting up some posts.

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Paul Creme, Zeus Wu, and Prof. Andy Smith digging a hole.

Saturday Building Day!!

Hey everybody!

It’s official, Saturday morning, May 2nd at 9AM: LEAP, SEES, Music Appreciation Floor, Phi Psi, and lots of faculty and staff and families will be coming together to put up our fence posts, put up the deer fence, mark off the community plots, and perhaps do some weeding and other site prep.
If you’d like to come help out, come to Metzgar Sat. morning or send me an email for more info: bellj@lafayette.edu!

Thanks and hope to see ya there!

Jenn

Site Preparation and such

Hey everyone,

Today Prof. Brandes and I went out to Metzgar bright and early to mark the location of the perimeter fence posts.  The campus plant operation staff are going to dig the holes for us hopefully very soon.  After we finished, I stayed for a couple hours to start pulling some weeds.  Unfortunately they’re really starting to grow already.

If everything goes smoothly this week, we hope to have a fence-building day on this Saturday, May 2nd at 9AM.  If you’d like to come help, send me an email at bellj@lafayette.edu.

If we have a lot of people and it goes quickly, we’ll mark the community plots, pull some weeds, and start some planting too! 🙂

Jenn

It’s time for some Community Gardenin’

The campus wide community garden email has gone out and I’ve received a bunch of forms and payment already!  Thank you so much for supporting our project.  I’ve put the names of those who I’ve received forms from on the About the Gardeners section of the site.  It’s really energizing to see so much support from all around campus!  Here’s a picture I took of our future plots on Sunday afternoon.  Can’t wait!  🙂

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Project Update! Good News All Around.

Hey everyone!

Most of the seeds have officially arrived!  I picked them up just in time for the LEAP meeting on Wednesday.  We’re still waiting on a few packets, but they’re here for the most part.  Also, apparently the field has been plowed as of Monday afternoon: so we’ll be putting in the fence posts and planting very soon!!

Prof. Brandes is going to Metzgar tomorrow morning (Sat.) with some students to survey.  And Prof. Derek Smith has been working with Dining Services and the campus legal staff to work out serving the veggies in the dining halls.

Things are a happenin’! 😀
If you’d like to help out with planting/fence posting let me know and I can add you to the garden club email list!

Jenn

Earth Week Events!

LEAP Photo Contest
Description: LEAP invites all students, faculty, and staff to participate in its first Earth Week photo contest! The contest seeks photograph submissions that spotlight the natural environment, such as wildlife or the landscape. The contest will be open until midnight on Saturday, April 18th. The top 12 photos will be featured in a 2010 calendar. http://moodle.lafayette.edu/course/view.php?id=3122

KEYNOTE: U.S. Environmental Policy, Kate Sheppard from Grist Magazine
Date: Friday April 17th
Location: Hugel 103
Time: 12 PM (Free Food!)
Description: Kate Sheppard from Grist Magazine (Ithaca ’06) will be here to discuss United Sates environmental policy being shaped by our legislators in Washington D.C.

Environment & Religion, Rev. John Colatch, Rabbi Daniel Swartz, Professor Herman Tull
Date: Monday April 20th
Location: Kirby 104
Time: 6 PM (Free Food!)
Description: College Reverend John Colatch, Rabbi Daniel Swartz of Temple Hesed Scranton, PA, and Visiting Professor of Religious Studies Herman Tull will be here to discuss how the environmental movement has been shaped by religion.

Environmental Poster Display
Date: Wednesday April 22nd
Location: Farinon
Time: 12 PM
Description: Come join your fellow students as they display their environmentally-themed research posters in Farinon.

Earth Day Celebration
Date: Wednesday April 22nd (Rain Date: April 23rd)
Location: The Quad
Time: 4 PM
Description: Come join LEAP as we celebrate Earth Day on the Quad! We will have a solar panel display, compost display, crafts, Frisbee, volleyball, WRJH, and homemade snacks!

Movie Night in Farinon: Planet Earth
Date: Thursday April 23rd
Location: Farinon Atrium
Time: 9 PM
Description: LEAP will conclude the celebration by having a movie screening of Planet Earth in the Farinon atrium. All are welcome to watch this exciting movie.

Farm Auction!

dsc00481This past Saturday, Professor Dave Brandes, Professor John Wilson, their sons Owen and Jack, and myself went to the 25th Annual Hilltop Sales and Service Spring Auction.  We got there at 9AM sharp and it was freeezing and windy, but we got some neat stuff!dsc004882

Here’s what we got:

-Wheelbarrow $6

-Lawnmower (old fashioned bladed kind) $2

-Planting pots of all sizes $2

-Auctioneer making fun of me for being excited about the lawn mower..priceless

Total: $10.60!! 🙂

The auction was a lot of fun and we got some great stuff for cheap.  Owen in particular loved the all the tractors!  And both Owen and Jack braved the cold weather extremely well!dsc00483

Now we need to find shovels, hoes, and stuff at another auction and hopefully we can get a great price again!  If anyone knows of good places to buy implements for cheap, feel free to leave a comment here.

Jenn

Dickinson Farm Director, Jenn Halpin’s Visit!

Jenn Halpin came today and gave a presentation about the Dickinson Farm program.  It was a GREAT presentation and I think it really got everyone excited about our gardens here.  She was here all afternoon for visits and meetings. Here’s what we did:dsc00312

First, Jenn H. arrived and gave a brown bag presentation in Hugel 103.

Then, we had lunch with Professors Dave Brandes, Art Kney, Andy Smith and Annette Diorio at Gilberts for a Q & A for them!

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Then, we had a meeting with Dining Services, including Joe Binotto and Bob Meyer where we talked about serving vegetables in the dining halls.

Finally, we met with garden team students interested in helping starting the garden for more Q&A.

It was a great learning experience and we’re so grateful Jenn H. came and gave us advice!  Now we’ll have to go out there and visit sometime!

Jenn