[Green] Call for agenda items

[George Banziger]

Dawn,

    Great idea on compost bins. Should we add some nitrogen matter (e.g.,
animal waste--poopy stuff)?

George & Gwen Banziger; 740-434-5685; 740-434-3354 (mobile)


On Thu, Jul 11, 2024 at 5:44 PM Dawn Hewitt via Green <green at fuusm.org>
wrote:

> HI Jim,
>
> Sorry to be late to add something to the agenda, but it just came up today.
>
> Proposal: To build three *turnable* compost beds behind the RE building.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> 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.
>
> Thanks for chairing the meeting!
>
> --dawn
>
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> On Tue, Jul 9, 2024 at 9:15 PM jamesgrecni--- via Green <green at fuusm.org>
> wrote:
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>> Hi greenies, this is what I have so far for our July 21st meeting.
>> Please let me know if you have any other items for discussion.
>>
>> 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:
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>>
>> 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:
>>
>> 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
>>
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>>
>>    Thanks for your vigilance with the solar bench.
>>
>> I think that the placement of the solar bench is a call for the Green
>> Sanctuary Committee.  They'll be meeting soon.  George Banziger
>>
>>
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> 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.
>>
>> Huge gratitude to Jay for being willing to repair it after it is moved to
>> a more sensible location.
>>
>> —dawn
>>
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>> Please be prepared to weigh on these options or to offer your own ideas.
>> – Jim Grecni
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