[Green] Fort Street Update

[gbanz42 at suddenlink.net]

Rebecca,

    I have not had many signs made. When I've asked, people have recommended Marty's on Third St.


---- Rebecca Phillips via Green <green at fuusm.org> wrote: 
> Thanks, George! I was planning on donating my honorarium from Saturday's wedding to FUUSM--may just use it for incidentals and more plants for this project.
> 
> What shop would you recommend for a sign and frame? We also have a small sign highlighting native plants that Cindy Brown donated; I need to get a frame for it as well.
> 
> Rebecca
> 
> "If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."-- Cicero
> 
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> From: Green <green-bounces at fuusm.org> on behalf of gbanz42--- via Green <green at fuusm.org>
> Sent: Monday, June 28, 2021 10:00 AM
> To: Green Sanctuary List for Environment Issues <green at fuusm.org>
> Cc: gbanz42 at suddenlink.net <gbanz42 at suddenlink.net>
> Subject: Re: [Green] Fort Street Update
> 
> Good idea about the sign, Rebecca. Do you need help financing the effort?
> 
> 
> ---- Rebecca Phillips via Green <green at fuusm.org> wrote:
> > And while we are probably not yet a mature enough planting to map ourselves as part of the Homegrown National Park, what do you think about having this sign printed to have at Harmar Days?
> > https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5e601a118f2947710b9793da/t/603ebd5c72233268d35fcb63/1614724444751/kd_HNP_OTM_SIGN_030121_FA_smQR.pdf
> >
> > "If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."-- Cicero
> >
> > ________________________________
> > From: Rebecca Phillips
> > Sent: Sunday, June 27, 2021 9:32 PM
> > To: green at fuusm.org <green at fuusm.org>
> > Subject: Fort Street Update
> >
> > Hello, all,
> >
> > I am pleased to report that our plantings are doing well. Unfortunately, so are the invasives. A small team of us has been meeting at 7:45 on Tuesday mornings to tackle the nasties, and more team members are always welcome. If anyone is interested in setting up a subcommittee to plan further work on the site, I would be most grateful. As the site expands, it will benefit from a planning team.
> >
> > Needs that I have noticed (so there are probably others):
> >
> >   *   Watering schedule. Hot, dry weather is hard on young plants.
> >   *   Removing plants that have grown up between the sheets of solarization plastic. Some are actually desirables, like silphium, but we can only use so many eight-foot yellow daisies. I have whacked some back but have not attempted to clamber around alone.
> >   *   Extra black plastic for patching. Does anyone have any you are willing to part with?
> >   *   Weights for the plastic--more of the flat cat litter or similar jugs (heat and sun have caused some to deteriorate and leak, and at least one got hit by a lawn mower), bricks, blocks, or rocks
> >
> > Other news:
> >
> >   *   The soapwort we left to hold the soil has spread a bit too aggressively. I have messaged Andrew about replacing it with some "enthusiastic" native plants currently sitting around on my patio. If the available species are okay, we will need a planting party.
> >   *   An acquaintance stopped me at the farmers market and handed me a $20 donation for plants for the project.
> >   *   Harmar Days may be spilling over onto Fort Street. Who might be available to staff a table with information on native pollinator plantings and the Homegrown National Park project?
> >
> > And a question: what is the best place to get informational signs printed? And the best place for sign holders?
> >
> > Rebecca
> >
> > "If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."-- Cicero
> 
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> George Banziger
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> Marietta, OH 45750-1111
> 740-434-5685
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George Banziger
202 Lawton Road
Marietta, OH 45750-1111
740-434-5685
cell: 740-434-3354