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<blockquote type="cite">On Jul 11, 2024, at 8:47 PM, George Banziger via Green <green@fuusm.org> wrote:<br>
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<div> Great idea on compost bins. Should we add some nitrogen matter (e.g., animal waste--poopy stuff)?</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jul 11, 2024 at 5:44 PM Dawn Hewitt via Green <<a href="mailto:green@fuusm.org">green@fuusm.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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<div>Sorry to be late to add something to the agenda, but it just came up today.</div>
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<div>Proposal: To build three <u>turnable</u> compost beds behind the RE building.</div>
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<div>In years past, Wendy, our hard-working building steward, hauled grass clippings and raked and blown leaves and other yard waste to Greenleaf -- in her own car--throughout the year as required. But last fall, we encouraged her to rake the leaves into chain-link
structures on site (under the tall evergreens behind the RE building). She appreciated the convenience, and filled all three "bins" with leaves and branches. But there was no easy way to turn the material in those tall, narrow bins. They were so full of brown
matter (dead leaves) that there was no room for green matter (fresh grass clippings, or vegetable food waste). Consequently, the leaves did not break down at all during the winter. In the past week or two, Roger (and YOU) emptied the chain-link bins and hauled
the leaves to Greenleaf. We hoped the bins would be friendly to insects that overwinter, and that vegetation that grew on FUUSM property could decompose on FUUSM property, building the soil. We failed. </div>
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<div>Maybe insects that overwintered in the leaves did end up in the soil, on site, but the leaf matter got hauled off, so no benefit to FUUSM's soil.</div>
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<div>Wendy proposed that if we had three square, adjacent, 2- or 3-foot tall bins, we could alternate brown and green matter and turn the contents, and we'd have more success with insect friendly biomass management onsite.</div>
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<div>Thanks for chairing the meeting!</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jul 9, 2024 at 9:15 PM jamesgrecni--- via Green <<a href="mailto:green@fuusm.org" target="_blank">green@fuusm.org</a>> wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi greenies, this is what I have so far for our July 21<sup>st</sup> meeting. Please let me know if you have any other items for discussion.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Just so everyone knows about the current recommendations for the solar bench, which was damaged by flood waters this spring, I am including these excerpts from recent emails:<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p>Jay has agreed that he can rebuild the solar bench but only if it is in a safer location. Roger and I have an idea:<u></u><u></u></p>
<p>Since the solar bench needs moved to safer ground I'm wondering how FUUSM folks would feel about moving it to the Washington Co. main library. There's been a discussion of creating a garden with some wooden sculptures and this could be a location. Or,
perhaps in front of the library. I'm hoping Roger and I will have a meeting in the next couple of weeks for a wrap up from May Art in Alley (to begin planning for 2025 as well) and it would be good, if you have no objection, to suggest the idea of a new home
for the solar bench. Annie Warmke <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"> Thanks for your vigilance with the solar bench.<u></u><u></u></p>
<p>I think that the placement of the solar bench is a call for the Green Sanctuary Committee. They'll be meeting soon. George Banziger<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I think the plan to move it to higher ground is wise—no one will object to that. The challenge, though, is that we worked with the City of Marietta on this project, and the library is Washington County property. Surely the city will understand
the need to move it to higher ground, but they might want it to stay on city property. If they let us move it to county property, and if the library and county commissioners are agreeable, then I think the library would be a great spot. <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">But this needs to be a Green Sanctuary discussion, and then we need to talk to municipal officials. Thank you for suggesting it, and it’s high time we get this bench moved and working again. <u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Huge gratitude to Jay for being willing to repair it after it is moved to a more sensible location. <u></u><u></u></p>
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