2022 AGM - EVERYONE WELCOME

 

TAHSIS COMMUNITY GARDEN

AGM

6 PM

JUNE 28, 2022

Greetings to all Tahsis Community Garden members! The Annual General Meeting will be held in the garden at 6pm on Tuesday, June 28th, all members need to attend this very important meeting.

In addition to current members, this meeting is open to anyone wishing to join the group and is for all members of the public. Please come and check out all the work that has been happening in the garden and find out what the TCG is all about!

Project Squash

Not a community garden initiative, but two members are offering to lead Project Squash.  


Basically, if anyone is interested in growing winter squash on their sunny lawns, we will come by, assess the site, dig an 8" hole in your lawn and plant winter squash.  Your job is to water the plants over the season.  Come harvest time, each grower receives a percentage of their crop, and the rest are donated to local food initiatives (eg Good Food Box and/or Community Cupboard). 


If you are interested, please contact Silvie Keen or Cheryl O'Donnell.  We are using a Cumberland initiative as a model, see below for details.  

PAC Bazaar - Saturday, December 1st

The annual PAC Christmas Bazaar is this Saturday, December 1st in the school gym from noon til three.  

Stop by the Community Garden's table and say hello to Rita and Michelle.  It's a great time to renew memberships before the Dec 31st deadline, and to buy a raffle ticket and/or some wonderful, fresh garden-grown garlic. 
  

Presentation Nov 6: Community Composting Initiative

Rita Dawson, Vice President of the Tahsis Community Garden Society is presenting at the upcoming VOT council meeting.  

'Proposal for a Community Composting Initiative'

Rita Dawson, VP TCGS

Village of Tahsis

Council Meeting

Tuesday, November 6th at 7 pm

Municipal Hall

All members are encouraged to attend in support, with the added bonus of seeing the swearing in of our newly elected  Mayor and Council. 😃

Thank you Rita for the hours of research in pulling this together.

Solstice Celebration

We had a picture perfect night at the Community Garden for the Second Annual Solstice Potluck.  Members and guests had their fill of desserts (thankyou to the St.Denis family for bringing a non-dessert dish!).  Rita delivered a lovely garden blessing and we are all thankful for the exceptional space we have created. 

Roy & Juanita

Sweetie & Mum

Maureen examines a found treasure

Rita's Garden Blessing 

Cookie works the room

Dining al fresco

Here comes busy Brooke! 

Sarah's potatoes are coming along! 

Juanita has a look at the F2S garden

Another found treasure

Sharing the love

Terry & Lynda talking vegetables

Catherine & Lynda, enjoying the soft summer light

Beautiful Mt. McKelvie, our village watershed
as viewed from the Tahsis Community Garden

Organic Compost Delivered ⛟

Today the Tahsis Community Garden Society took delivery of about 24 yards of excellent, organic compost from the Comox Valley Regional District.  This black gold is Net Zero Waste compost.  Many thanks are in order:   

• Mark Tatchell and Janet St. Denis of the Village of Tahsis who brought the availability of free organic compost from CRVD to the Society's attention.  
• Stephanie Vidal of the Comox Valley Regional District who provided so much information and arranged it so we could pick it up on a day outside the normal time frame.  
• Rita Dawson, for working her magic with Carla of Tahsis Farm to coordinate the delivery of a sample load, for securing tarps and prepping the site, and stepping in as Event Photographer.  
• Tahsis Farmers Carla and Josh for bringing in the first sample load.  
• Kim Anderson, who spent hours on the phone searching for a trucker willing to load up and transport the compost all the way from Cumberland to Tahsis, and for handling the hire and ultimate delivery. 
• Silvie Keen, who roped in all the email and coordinated with CVRD to arrange the pick up amount and date, got the word out to members and made sure that Gary Markus Trucking got a cheque!
• Gary Markus Trucking, who towed the load and the trailer from Cumberland across the island and up and over 'the top' to our remote village.  
• Terry Fassbender, who rallied from the sick bed and helped guide in the truck and unload.  
• To everyone who has pledged and/or paid a contribution towards the trucking costs. (Please drop your contribution to Silvie, Kim or Maureen - you know where to find us)

And a special thanks to volunteers who came out today with a message from our garden President, Kim Anderson:   

Everything went off without a hitch today. The compost is here!  I wanted to send a huge shout out to those of you that were able to help out in the garden today! Thank you!  Don’t worry if you couldn’t make it today there is still lots to do!

Also a gentle reminder that we will be prioritizing where the compost goes so please do not take any for your personal bed. We will need all hands on deck when the times come to allocate it.

An extra special Thank You to all the Blackberry Slayers today!  I feel like I had body piercing from head to toe, so prickly!  Even Dan from across the street pitched in and whacked away at those suckers!

Thanks again everyone for a great day in the garden!

Here comes the truck!  

Happy! 

Approaching the back gate

Bringing in the payload

Juanita finds a prime vantage point

First Drop

Is that Kim in the back?

Black Beauty

and off he goes! 

Summer Solstice Potluck June 20

Summer Solstice

Potluck Dinner

Tuesday, June 20th

@ 6:00 PM

Tahsis Community Garden

Garden Members & Guests
Come and celebrate the first day of Summer!

All members welcome and are welcome to invite guests to participate in our potluck. We will have a fire in the burn ring.  Remember that the garden is a Trash Free Zone, bring real plates/utensils vs. plastics and disposables. Bug spray highly recommended. 

First Committee Meeting

We had our first official committee meeting over breakfast on Monday. A great group of people who are rarin' to go. I have all confidence the work will be done.

Community Garden Design Committee Meeting
Monday, November 16, 2009
9:30 Church Breakfast

Present: Michelle O., Juanita D., Judy B., Stephanie O.

The discussion dealt with the basics needed for the garden to begin. Many other details will make the garden a fun and easy place to work in, but this is what is needed to start.

1. LAND
The Garden needs a guarantee for use of the land for an extended period of time (perhaps 5 years)..Much work will be done and it won’t be worthwhile unless we have an extended period of time. Tena, could you get something in writing from the owner of the trailer court that would give us this promise? There also seems to be several spots to choose from. Could we get a description of what they are?

2. BEDS
We need to find a source for the wood to build raised beds. Several we suggested: Sharma’s mill, Ray Robinson, Building Centre, Bill V. mill. These will be investigated.
A standard bed would make the site look tidier. A workshop on bed building would be worthwhile.

3. SOIL
Judy B. will talk to the mayor about the soil available and how much there is. There is free soil available from the river bank. Michelle has some in her back yard to share. A soil test may be necessary and VIHA may be able to do that. Compost and manure will be needed to enrich the soil.

4. FENCING
There has been a verbal promise of help with the cost of fencing from the village council. Judy will ask the mayor for details. Future VIHA funding may be used for this item.

5. GREEN HOUSE
An onsite greenhouse might be useful in many ways. One could be constructed by volunteers.

Meeting adjourned at 10:45