September 15th 2014 Update

NEWS UPDATE

September 15th, 2014

Hi Garden Collective Friends! 

Here are some upcoming meetings that you need to be aware of!

Wigle Park Community Garden

(McDougall/Erie, Windsor, Ontario)

Planning Meeting

September 23rd, 2014

12 to 130 pm

Light Lunch Provided

Attend if you plan on Building with us!

WEC Community Garden Collective

Monthly Meeting

September 30th, 2014

530 pm to 730 pm

LOCATION TO BE ANNOUNCED

Fruit Tree Delivery

October 20th, 2014

Most likely the pick up dates will be on the

21st and 22nd of October

Our PRESS RELEASE planting day where we will get 

photo ops done with the trees will probably be 

on October 28th or 29th

Details to follow when I hear back about PRESS

Public Consultation - City of Windsor - Community Gardens

 PUBLIC CONSULTATION ON 

COMMUNITY GARDEN POLICY

CITY OF WINDSOR

28 August 2014

6-8 PM

New Song Church (Cafe Room)

 999 Drouillard Road

Windsor Ontario

30 August 2014

8-1 PM

Downtown Windsor Farmers Market

Charles Clark Square

Windsor Ontario

The NEW date for City Consultation on 

Community Garden Policy.

 This date was moved due to a delay in the 

administrative process.

Feel free to sign up on Facebook to let us know you are attending the meeting!

Garden Trolley Tour 2014

Garden Trolley Tour 2014

We had a great time! 

Hope you join us next Garden Trolley Tour!

Spring into Winter? Give us back our Spring!!

THIS IS NOT A JOKE!

Good Day Community Gardeners:

Well, if you are like me, you're ready to check into a secure room at a hospital for the chronically sick of cold and winter. I've had enough. I'd probably sell my soul to the devil right now just to get rid of the snow, wind, and ice.

A few updates...
www.wegarden.ca is our WEBSITE. It is updated daily with our news, calendar events, helpful documents. Big thanks to our IT extra-ordinary, Rob Ross. Please send info to him and he will collect it and put it in the appropriate locations.

I was fortunate to attend a SNOWY conference in Niagara Falls this February. As a conference attendee, they granted me access to ALL the presentations at the Ontario Fruit and Vegetable Association conference. I've picked out some very good presentations on Pest Control, Disease Identification, Nematodes, and a few other things. Rob has put them in the Big Ol' Document Garden. Also, I received a free ebook on Cooperative Farming that I have made available. 

Importance of Pollinators: Ecological Keystone
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9hzDZ9eI76FcDFrcnBHZ3VpZUE

Plant Disease Diagnosis
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9hzDZ9eI76FTVlWMzI4TzR0TWc

Vegetable Disease Diagnostic Workshop
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9hzDZ9eI76FTGszSmJFMXBzaE0

Cooperative Farming Handbook
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9hzDZ9eI76FQmpQNWJsdTVsLVE


I had some questions about CONTAINER GARDENING. 
Here's a great video that sums up a number of points I was sharing. CONTAINER GARDENING VIDEO

Keep in mind some KEY DATES:

April 7th/2014 - Change The World - Youth Challenge 2014 kicks off our 20 Garden Visits by Windsor Essex High School kids! What a time that will be! Our press release and first day is at Ford City Community Garden.

April 27th/2014 - Earth Day - Malden Park
We'll have a WEC Community Garden Table there. Bring money for yummy food and other goodies. We'll be doing a seed exchange as well.

May 31st/2013 the Downtown Windsor Farmers Market opens and we have vendors that sell potted plants, flowers, herbs and seeds. Come down to Charles Clark Square from 8 am to 1 pm, Saturdays, till Thanksgiving. Ford City Farmers Market opens later in June.

Our Windsor Essex County Community Garden Trolley Tour will be on Sunday, July 13th/2014. Schedule TBA later. Tickets will be limited.

Also, we have a number of new gardens looking for members. Please contact us on the website if you want to join a new or existing community garden in Windsor Essex.

If you hear of any good gardening news, let us know!

Steve Green

Pallet Gardens and Pallet Collection

How to turn a Pallet into a GARDEN!

GUIDE FOR PALLET COLLECTORS

What Every Pallet Buyer Needs
to Know About Heat Treating

 If you intend to put edibles in your pallet, be sure to find one that was heat treated as opposed to fumigated with pesticides.

If you're shipping goods out of the United States, heat treating (HT) of your pallets for fumigation purposes needs to be part of your shipping procedures.

Since March of 2002, the IPPC (International Plant Protection Committee) has set guidelines for regulating wood packaging material in international trade. The ISPM-15 Standard applies to both softwood (coniferous) and hardwood (non-coniferous) packaging. Both types of wood must be either heat treated to 56 degrees Celsius for thirty minutes or fumigated (MB) with methyl bromide.

Because the ISPM-15 Standard is ever changing and can often be confusing, select a pallet provider with experience in International Shipping. This not only applies to ISPM-15 regulations, but also to acceptable size requirements. While the U.S. operates in inches, other countries around the globe use metric measurements. Not being in compliance with these measurements can result in your entire shipment being rejected and returned. A knowledgeable and reliable pallet provider can guide you through these requirements.

According to the WTO (World Trade Organization), the following countries have begun to enforce the ISPM-15 Standard:

Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, China, Columbia, Costa Rica, European Union, Guatemala, India, Mexico, New Zealand, Nigeria, Panama, Philippines, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, and Turkey. Shipments from United States to Canada are exempt.

When your shipments are treated properly and are in compliance, they will be allowed to display the IPPC certification symbol.

This symbol will include:

• A two letter ISO country code. For instance, AU for Australia or US for the United States.
• The 000 portion of the symbol represents the unique certification number issued for AQIS (Australian Quarantine and Inspection Service) to the treatment provider or wood packaging manufacturer. Inclusion of this certification number ensures that the wood packaging material can be traced back to the treatment provider or manufacturer.
• YY is the treatment abbreviation.
• HT is the code for heat treatment to a minimum of 56 degrees Celsius for a minimum of 30 minutes.
• MB is the code for methyl bromide fumigation.