SierraScape December 2010 - January 2011
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by Ginger Harris
Urban Agriculture Committee Chair

We met three Tuesday mornings in October at Gateway Math, Science & Technology Elementary School on Jefferson Ave. not far from Downtown St. Louis, where member Bill Bennett teaches. In mid-October we finished the outdoor garden work. Now we're working inside the school's wonderful green house, helping students prepare for a winter crop of lettuce and radishes for the school cafeteria, and later to prepare plants for Mother's Day.

While we work, we discuss other projects we're promoting: testing soil for a "backyard" farmer's market in Sheila Pryor's Pine Lawn neighborhood; finding suppliers for Allona Morris' farmers' market in Velda City; and cheering on Audrey Wattler's spearheading of a community garden in Fenton. So we're discontinuing monthly evening meetings at the Sierra Club office in Maplewood.

Our schedule for Tuesday 10:00 a.m. "service meetings" at Gateway School will be:

Nov. 9, Nov. 23
Dec. 7, Dec. 21
Jan. 4, Jan. 18
Feb. 1, Feb. 15
Mar. 1, Mar. 15, Mar. 29
Apr. 12, Apr. 26

We'll resume our outdoor work in the Spring, to keep the four vegetable beds organic, pesticide-free and herbicide-free. Let me know if you want to join us so I can give you specifics on how to get there. 314-994-7106.