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Reskilling\/Reusing Event October 2016<\/p>\n
Waiting for a Miracle song
\nAn Inconvenient Truth song<\/p>\n
Reading selections from DIRT, and Survival Tactics for the Zombie Apacolypse, and Bio-integrated Homestead<\/p>\n
Items on the table e.g. show and tell.<\/p>\n
Pictures from the collage discussed.<\/p>\n
Thoughts throughout the month:<\/p>\n
Theme song for reskilling:\u00a0 Eagles song: Heart of the matter –Forgiveness —
\nThe more I know, the less I understand
\nAll the things I thought I knew, I’m learning again
\nI’ve been trying to get down to the Heart of the Matter
\nBut my will gets weak
\nAnd my thoughts seem to scatter
\nBut I think it’s about forgiveness
\nEven if, even if you don’t love me anymore
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\nGary’s idea of laundrymat in poor nbhds:\u00a0 It’s heavy into remodeling, heavy into staffing up — by why not just add such a thing to the NBHD House…and why not long ago.\u00a0 The joy here: working with a group of people to hammer out what to do, how to do it, keeping on track, not losing energy, using microvolunteering.<\/p>\n
uses for spare land: biochar, drying house, raised beds, climbing wall, vertical garden, pallet fencing, wood shed, fruit tree plantation, compost pile, little library,\u00a0 wood chip dumping, stump dumping\/chopping<\/p>\n
Today is National ReUse Day :\u00a0 U of L is hosting bike mechanical fixit day; Buddhist center is hosting an Metro sponsored event.\u00a0 I asked LFPL if they have the rights to the REUSE film.<\/p>\n
I should get statements from Justin Mog and someone from metro or buddhist center.
\nGo door to door and ask portlanders what they have repurposed or reused lately.<\/p>\n
Hydroponics herbs during winter at UofL — go thru professor —\u00a0 Brian Barnes?
\nYarmuth: The only way to get things done is to do things in secret; the media love a food fight.<\/p>\n
UL Sustainability Day\/week:
\nA Bike Maintenance Workshop from 4pm-6pm in the Humanities Quad to celebrate National Reuse Day!<\/p>\n
The Left needs to group of issues.\u00a0 Girioux, Henry; Mcmaster Univ\u00a0\u00a0 america at war with itself<\/p>\n
UK Ag Ext Office: The Latest Dirt:
\nNewly planted plants, especially, need to be mulched. Freezing and thawing during a KY winter can \u201cheave\u201d or literally push recently planted plants out of the soil. The insulation that mulch provides reduces plant loss to the heaving of soil in winter. Mulch also keeps moisture consistent, helps control erosion and, of course, improves the look of your landscape. Just don\u2019t use too much! 3 inches of mulch is plenty.<\/p>\n
Winter cover crops can give your garden or landscape an \u201call natural\u201d start to next year by providing a variety of services for your gardening space. Some of the major benefits are: reduce winter weeds; add organic matter back to your soil; prevent soil erosion; add vital nutrients to your soil.
\nThe end of the season is a great time to spend on repairing that loose hoe handle, fixing a leaking hose line as well as cleaning and sharpening all the hand and mechanical tools you depend on all season. Removing soil and debris from your tools is yet another sanitation technique to make sure that some of the invisible bacteria living in the soil doesn\u2019t return the following year. Additionally, the winter months are a great time to learn a new skill, like sharpening your lawn mower blades\u2014it\u2019s easier than you think with this instructional video courtesy of Your Kentucky Lawn! Finally, winter is a great time to take stock of any lawn or garden chemicals you have in your shed and remove those that are expired, leaking or damaged. Most pesticide products have a recommended shelf life of 2 years.
\nCleaning up your garden and landscape is essential for preventing disease and insect problems next year. For the garden, pull out all dead plants and dispose of them in the trash or a hot compost pile. Diseased fruit and leaves should be removed as well, including leaves that are falling or about to fall, from this year\u2019s growth of shade trees. In addition to removing dead or diseased fruit and leaves, be sure to spend some time pruning your home orchard to promote healthy plant and fruit growth in 2017. If you intend to use leaves in the compost pile reduce the particle size by running the mower over fallen leaves.<\/p>\n
Does this qualify as re-use?
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