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Happy Friday! October has almost come to an end, which means winter is on its way! In the garden, the end of the season means there’s lots to be done in terms of preparing the garden beds for winter and getting any final in-garden tasks done before we shift our time to be more in the office and preparing for spring. One of those tasks, which happened this week, was cleaning out the greenhouses! They’ve now been hosed down to clear out any buildup, and are ready for winter. If you see Kate or Lyndsay around, say thanks to them for getting this big job done! Another exciting thing going on is that our two new work-studies are now hired! You may have already seen them helping out around the garden, they are Lucy and Henry and they’re both super lovely :-) We were also out in the garden this week to do some harvesting and continuing to work on disassembling pallets to reuse the wood in future projects! We had our biweekly board meeting on Tuesday, where we chatted about what we’ve been working on and what’s coming up! We always have lots of administrative tasks and whatnot going on in the background of the garden, and it’s so great to have such a dedicated team this year to work on these things with! This week we also worked on the 3rd edition of Sundew, the garden journal! We spent Wednesday afternoon collaging to put this one together, and I’m soooo excited to see how it turned out! This one’s supposed to be out on Friday, November 1st (but might even be printed a bit sooner, in time to come out on Halloween!). Keep an eye on our Instagram to see confirmed dates. This afternoon we had our Friday work party, a dedicated afternoon every week where we invite volunteers to come help staff with various tasks depending on the week! This week we focused on cleaning up and winterizing garden beds. The weather was chilly but it didn’t rain, so we’ll take that as a positive! We had a couple mini working groups doing some weeding, raking, and trimming. Thanks to everyone who joined us, the garden always feels a lot warmer with pals around<3 Coming up next week, we’ve got our Candle Making workshop (+ trick or treating) happening on October 31st! Join our board member Elyse on Halloween at 11am-12:30pm in SUB B028 to learn to make your own candles, and/or stop by our office anytime during the day until 4pm to grab a piece of candy! We can’t wait to see your costumes!   That’s it from me for this week, I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!
Happy gardening, Jessi
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