Greetings, Beausol locavores:
As I will explain below, we need to get ALL the reusable CSA bags back this week. Please be sure to return them to the drop site at Meredith BEFORE Tuesday, to Brian, or have them on your doorstep on Thursday - as the appropriate case may be. Thank you. I hope those of you who used them found them convenient and helpful.
The Crop Mob cavalry has come and gone. They did a wonderful job of catching us up on a good bit of work. The 25 or so young folks weeded and mulched five big perennial beds and planted garlic, lettuce and collards. It is was a very good day that I thought we were going to have to cancel when the rain started last week. (A total of an inch and three-quarters.)
I don't know if spiders hibernate, but the seemingly hundred-fold increase in webs I have noticed (and walked into!) the last couple of weeks indicate to me that they are "stocking up" or fattening up for the winter. Maybe it's just the morning dew that makes them stand out like nets of diamonds hung throughout the farm.
Looking back at the last couple of years' newsletters for this time of year, solidified my memory that this year's gardens are slowing down MUCH faster than the last two.
We have considered how much produce we have distributed this year, how much produce is in the fields ready to harvest and what the weather and next week looks like. And we have come to a very difficult decision:
WE ARE CUTTING THE SEASON SHORT AND MAKING THIS WEEK'S DELIVERY THE LAST DELIVERY FOR THE 2009 MAIN SEASON CSA.
This week we will double up on as much stuff as we can. There will be lots of sweet potatoes and garlic to tide you over for a while. We will significantly boost the basil from last week's bounty by giving you a whole plant of basil! You can dry the basil leaves or freeze the partially or completely prepared basil, as I mentioned last week. We will also cut bigger stems of the perennial herbs (oregano, thyme and rosemary) for you to dry for winter use. Happily, the fall planted mustard greens for the winter shares is ready to thin sooner than I had expected so we will distribute those thinnings. There are still many peppers on the bushes, but they are not ripening nearly as fast they have been - as you may have noticed, so this week we will load you up with green peppers. (Then you will see, as good as the green peppers are, why I normally only harvest and eat ripe peppers instead of green peppers.) The okra is still producing, though more slowly. And the eggplants are putting out fewer and smaller fruit as you also may have noticed. And the last planting of edamame is finally ready to harvest.
As my beautiful bride, Deb, mentioned last week, we had an alien stalking our fields last week wielding ray guns: me. Laser levels only work in low light so I had to wait until dusk to begin my work of
analyzing the greenhouse site.... something I should have done BEFORE we planted some of the winter crops or ordered the greenhouse. The chosen site ended up having too much slope (not only do I have a
terrible sense of time and distance, but apparently also of slope): two feet end to end and two feet side to side - four feet of drop on one diagonal! Bummer! That just won't work. So the best
alternative site will cover part of beds already planted for the winter. So, I need to harvest some "teen-age" lettuce and cilantro and dill. So those will go into the shares this week also.
In the flower beds, without the presence of the tuberoses, the flowers are also diminishing much faster than usual. This week we will do a rather interesting thing that we hope will please you. During the
season, some of the flowers we grew dry well. We were able to dry some statice, yarrow, "Harry Lauder walking stick" (a variety of hazel) and broom corn. The eucalyptus is also about ready to cut.So we'll offer the flower shares TWO bouquets this week: one with fresh flowers and one of dried flowers. The dried bouquet should last well into the winter, if not longer!
We feel it has been a generally successful season. We hope you have enjoyed the produce and flowers this year. We have enjoyed growing them.
We believe CSA is indeed about community supporting local agriculture - we also believe it as about building community, building ties to each other and to the land every one of us depends on for our health.
We feel very confident that everyone has benefited from our relationship this year..... our relationship to the land and to each other.
Lastly, we want to deeply and sincerely thank you for participating in our farm this year. We very much appreciate your membership in our CSA, our personal community and for being a part of our family this year. Thank you for supporting our farm, family and locally grown food - and flowers.
As our CSA season closes, we suggest you to visit the "local producer only" farmers markets in Pittsboro, Carrboro, Chapel Hill, Hillsborough, Western Wake County, Cary, North Hills and Wake Forest. [And we do still have a few winter CSA shares available.] Be aware of the legislative processes and issues at both the state and federal level that affect small and family farmers and let your representatives know you support locally and organically grown food.
Sincerely,
Harry and Deb
Monday, September 28, 2009
Getting Around Raleigh While Perserving the Environment
Getting Around While Saving the Environment
1.) Enjoy a nice stroll and walk to your destination
2.) Biking to your destination will build those leg muscles in no time
3.) Carpool with your friends and expand your social life
4.) Take the bus, it’s easy and cheap…The CAT line is even free with your camcard
Bus Routes
Raleigh Greenway
http://raleighgreenway.blogspot.com/
http://www.raleighpublicrecord.org/featured/2009/05/11/raleighs-greenway-outlook/
http://www.raleighpublicrecord.org/featured/2009/05/11/raleighs-greenway-outlook/
Monday, September 14, 2009
Beausol Gardens 2009 CSA newsletter #20
Greetings, Beausol locavores:
Here at Beausol Gardens, things continue to progress and the cast of characters continues to change. There are many more different butterflies supping at our flowers: fritillaries and sulphurs and others joining the swallowtails and hawk moths. The silverspotted skippers have made way for other strange and beautiful skippers. Weirdly beautiful caterpillars are fat and sluggish, looking for a place to pupate.
Titmice are joining their cousin chickadees dining at our feeders. Hawks are circling and calling... are they staking winter hunting territories or summoning mates (or both)?
I am finding green tree frogs in the strangest places: on the okra, in the flower garden. More leaves are coloring non-green. Even the weeds are changing guard: the grasses and "summer" weeds are being joined by "winter" weeds, like henbit and others.
We planted and transplanted spring flowers this weekend so they will overwinter properly for next year's CSA bouquets. The first 2010 seed catalog arrived. We are often planning ahead. Soon we will be planting onions, garlic and strawberry plants for next year.
I ordered a "hoophouse" (unheated greenhouse) last week. Hopefully it will arrive and we can erect it and plant into it quickly for the winter CSA. With the addition of this resource, we should be able to provide more tender crops earlier in the season. Once we have developed a new "greenhouse growing skill set" we may be able to expand our "summer CSA" further into the spring and fall... vacations may be becoming scarce.
It is probably appropriate to remind us all of some of the aspects of CSA:
In addition to building a community of mutual benefit, producing safer and healthier food and fresher flowers, supporting farmers, and improving our environment, farmers and members share the risk inherent in agriculture. The words "member" and "share" are carefully chosen. CSA members are participants, buying a portion of the season's production: a share of the farm.
Typically, we have hundreds of tuberose stems to include in bouquets during this time. This year we even purchased and planted an additional 1000 tuberose bulbs to join the hundreds we saved from last year. The plants are beautiful and healthy. They are not blooming. The bouquets in late summer should be heavenly scented with several tuberose stems. Sadly, instead of hundreds, we have cut only a couple dozen stems with very few more in sight. Last year at this time we were still having 90 degree days and had excess snap beans, peppers AND tuberoses we could take to the farmers' market after filling the shares.
So all this brings me to an apology for the "skimpy" bouquets that we will have for the remainder of the season. We are working on a couple of options to assure you have some type of bouquet for the last four weeks (including this week - the last (23rd) delivery will be on Oct. 6 and 8) of the CSA.
I can't say I am missing last September's 90 degree weather, but this beautiful cooler weather is definitely slowing things down.
So, this week we will have more peppers. We should also have some hot variety jalapeño peppers this week, I think. There may be some snap beans. And eggplant, okra, herbs and few more cherry tomatoes. The bouquets will have zinnias, gomphrena, celosia, sunflowers, ornamental grasses, solidago, ageratum and verbena.
See you soon,
Harry
Here at Beausol Gardens, things continue to progress and the cast of characters continues to change. There are many more different butterflies supping at our flowers: fritillaries and sulphurs and others joining the swallowtails and hawk moths. The silverspotted skippers have made way for other strange and beautiful skippers. Weirdly beautiful caterpillars are fat and sluggish, looking for a place to pupate.
Titmice are joining their cousin chickadees dining at our feeders. Hawks are circling and calling... are they staking winter hunting territories or summoning mates (or both)?
I am finding green tree frogs in the strangest places: on the okra, in the flower garden. More leaves are coloring non-green. Even the weeds are changing guard: the grasses and "summer" weeds are being joined by "winter" weeds, like henbit and others.
We planted and transplanted spring flowers this weekend so they will overwinter properly for next year's CSA bouquets. The first 2010 seed catalog arrived. We are often planning ahead. Soon we will be planting onions, garlic and strawberry plants for next year.
I ordered a "hoophouse" (unheated greenhouse) last week. Hopefully it will arrive and we can erect it and plant into it quickly for the winter CSA. With the addition of this resource, we should be able to provide more tender crops earlier in the season. Once we have developed a new "greenhouse growing skill set" we may be able to expand our "summer CSA" further into the spring and fall... vacations may be becoming scarce.
It is probably appropriate to remind us all of some of the aspects of CSA:
In addition to building a community of mutual benefit, producing safer and healthier food and fresher flowers, supporting farmers, and improving our environment, farmers and members share the risk inherent in agriculture. The words "member" and "share" are carefully chosen. CSA members are participants, buying a portion of the season's production: a share of the farm.
Typically, we have hundreds of tuberose stems to include in bouquets during this time. This year we even purchased and planted an additional 1000 tuberose bulbs to join the hundreds we saved from last year. The plants are beautiful and healthy. They are not blooming. The bouquets in late summer should be heavenly scented with several tuberose stems. Sadly, instead of hundreds, we have cut only a couple dozen stems with very few more in sight. Last year at this time we were still having 90 degree days and had excess snap beans, peppers AND tuberoses we could take to the farmers' market after filling the shares.
So all this brings me to an apology for the "skimpy" bouquets that we will have for the remainder of the season. We are working on a couple of options to assure you have some type of bouquet for the last four weeks (including this week - the last (23rd) delivery will be on Oct. 6 and 8) of the CSA.
I can't say I am missing last September's 90 degree weather, but this beautiful cooler weather is definitely slowing things down.
So, this week we will have more peppers. We should also have some hot variety jalapeño peppers this week, I think. There may be some snap beans. And eggplant, okra, herbs and few more cherry tomatoes. The bouquets will have zinnias, gomphrena, celosia, sunflowers, ornamental grasses, solidago, ageratum and verbena.
See you soon,
Harry
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Wangari Maathai: Biography and Visit to Meredith College
Wangari Muta Maathi was born in Kenya in 1940. In 1964 she obtained her Biological Sciences degree from Mount St. Scholastica College. In 1966 she earned her Master of Sciences degree from the University of Pittsburgh and she pursued her doctoral studies in Germany at the University of Nairobi. She thus became the first woman in East and Central Africa to earn a doctoral degree of any kind. Maathai became the chair of the department of Ventinary Anatomy at the University of Nairobi in 1976. From 1976-1987 she was active in the National Council of Woman in Kenya. It was here that she introduced planting trees with woman in order to conserve the environment and improve the quality of life. Her incitive turned into a movement known as the Pan African Green Belt. Throughout her journey Wangari endured jailings, beatings and personal loses. Wangari Maathi will be visiting Meredith College on October 1,2009. This is part of Meredith's presidential lecture. The location of the event will occur in the McIver Amphitheater at 7pm. Make Plans To Attend!!!
Monday, September 7, 2009
Beausol Gardens 2009 CSA newsletter #19
Greetings Beausol Locavores:
This newsletter is late due to the holiday weekend... it feels like just another string of work days with additional, different demands... so my biological clock is off... again.
Summer continues to wind down. There are fewer lightning bugs out in the evening. The cicadas have pretty much finished the aerial portion of their lives. The crop pests don't seem to be letting up: the Japanese beetles and Colorado potato beetles are long gone, but the
grasshoppers are very much still active, the harlequin bugs are bothering the fall broccoli, the squash vine borers (not usually a big bother here) performed a brilliant blitzkrieg attack that took out the third and fourth summer squash plantings. The pickle worms have arrived. They are invading the last of the cucumbers as the vines succumb to the downy mildew after a most heroic summer.
The dogwoods are taking on a reddish cast. The elms have a decidedly a yellowish tone. The praying mantis females are looking to become widows.
I tilled under the buckwheat cover crop, depriving the honeybees of a rich foraging ground. Out at the farm I mentioned last week where I attended a Crop Mob work day I noticed lots of soldier beetles (a beneficial beetle - about a half-inch long with a dirty-yellow "shell"
with a large oblong black spot on each half) foraging for pollen on their buckwheat flowers. Oddly, I did not see a single honeybee there. I did not think to ask how their "fruit" crops did this summer without pollinators.
This newsletter is late due to the holiday weekend... it feels like just another string of work days with additional, different demands... so my biological clock is off... again.
Summer continues to wind down. There are fewer lightning bugs out in the evening. The cicadas have pretty much finished the aerial portion of their lives. The crop pests don't seem to be letting up: the Japanese beetles and Colorado potato beetles are long gone, but the
grasshoppers are very much still active, the harlequin bugs are bothering the fall broccoli, the squash vine borers (not usually a big bother here) performed a brilliant blitzkrieg attack that took out the third and fourth summer squash plantings. The pickle worms have arrived. They are invading the last of the cucumbers as the vines succumb to the downy mildew after a most heroic summer.
The dogwoods are taking on a reddish cast. The elms have a decidedly a yellowish tone. The praying mantis females are looking to become widows.
I tilled under the buckwheat cover crop, depriving the honeybees of a rich foraging ground. Out at the farm I mentioned last week where I attended a Crop Mob work day I noticed lots of soldier beetles (a beneficial beetle - about a half-inch long with a dirty-yellow "shell"
with a large oblong black spot on each half) foraging for pollen on their buckwheat flowers. Oddly, I did not see a single honeybee there. I did not think to ask how their "fruit" crops did this summer without pollinators.
I went into our hives to check on the bees this weekend and found no honey or pollen stored in one hive and no buckwheat honey in the other. They must have eaten all the buckwheat nectar as it was collected. I started feeding the one hive and will start feeding the other soon.
We had a group of homeschoolers, ages 8 and younger, to the farm last Friday. What fun! I do not see how teachers maintain their energy day after day. Whew!
The night temperatures in the sixties are definitely slowing the crops down. PIcking okra every other day seems to be sufficient. There are fewer eggplant needing harvesting each day. The second tomato crop is also starting to slow down. The wonderful peppers don't seem to notice the weather.
The winter crops are all doing splendidly. They are, very happily, all up with a great germination rate! It will soon be time to put the garlic back in the ground, plant next spring's strawberries, transplant the remaining seedlings and direct seed next years spring flowers.
That's about it for now.... time to get back out into the fields.
This week's shares will be full of peppers again. We'll add some eggplant, tomatoes, okra and herbs to the mix. The gladiolus are done and the tuberoses are a monumental disappointment this year. We usually depend on their intense fragrance at this time. The plants are healthy but they are not flowering. The flower bouquets will have zinnias, celosia, sunflowers, verbena, ageratum, gomphrena and solidago.
See you soon.
Harry
We had a group of homeschoolers, ages 8 and younger, to the farm last Friday. What fun! I do not see how teachers maintain their energy day after day. Whew!
The night temperatures in the sixties are definitely slowing the crops down. PIcking okra every other day seems to be sufficient. There are fewer eggplant needing harvesting each day. The second tomato crop is also starting to slow down. The wonderful peppers don't seem to notice the weather.
The winter crops are all doing splendidly. They are, very happily, all up with a great germination rate! It will soon be time to put the garlic back in the ground, plant next spring's strawberries, transplant the remaining seedlings and direct seed next years spring flowers.
That's about it for now.... time to get back out into the fields.
This week's shares will be full of peppers again. We'll add some eggplant, tomatoes, okra and herbs to the mix. The gladiolus are done and the tuberoses are a monumental disappointment this year. We usually depend on their intense fragrance at this time. The plants are healthy but they are not flowering. The flower bouquets will have zinnias, celosia, sunflowers, verbena, ageratum, gomphrena and solidago.
See you soon.
Harry
Alternative Transportation: Easier than you think!
This summer I decided to tackle two methods of alternative transportation I've been curious about, but have not tried since living in Raleigh: riding the bus and biking. Each was something I shied away from before moving to my current location in the Five Points area. My disclaimer is that both systems in Raleigh need much improvement and depending on your location, biking may not feel safe if you are inexperienced (this was me in my previous neighborhood near Jones Franklin Rd).
I decided my first foray with the bus would be to take it from my apartment to Crabtree Valley Mall. The mall is only about 10 minutes from my apartment, but I saw this as an opportunity to ease into figuring out bus schedules. Luckily my bus route (#16, Oberlin) goes directly to the mall, then to Rex, then loops back to Moore Square Station. Basically all buses travel to Moore Square Station (inbound) and back out again (outbound) on their designated routes.
My advice is to first check out the system-wide map to figure out which bus, or buses, travels down your road. Next pick a place you want to go! If you aren't familiar with bus routes, you may want to pick a location close to where you live, preferably a location on your bus route. Then you can check out the time tables specific to each route on the city of Raleigh transit site. Remember, if you are going towards downtown (Moore Square Station on the map), this is Inbound. Away from downtown is Outbound. The time tables won't show all stops on the route, just the major intersections. Your stop time will fall in between the two closest stops. My rule of thumb for ensuring I don't miss my bus is to be at my stop at the time listed for the previous stop. So, for example, if my stop lies in between the 2nd and 3rd listed stops, I make sure I'm at my bus stop at the time listed for the 2nd stop. Don't forget to check the times coming back, you don't want to wait at the bus stop for an hour! Bus riding involves more planning and patience than hopping in your car to zoom off when you're running behind. The payoff is much more rewarding. It's free to students with college IDs, so you'll automatically save money by choosing the bus.
This summer I also got into the habit of riding my bike around town. I understand biking, more so than riding the bus, is not an available option for everyone. I previously lived in a location that was not suitable for biking. I lived near Jones Franklin, which is a narrow but very busy road. I never rode my bike around in that area, but as soon as I moved to my new place on Oberlin, I made it first on my list of things to do in my new location. Oberlin is a great road for biking because while it can be busy, it's mostly got wide lanes. I also happen to live about 2 miles from many of my favorite places: a grocery store, my favorite coffee shop, movie theater, and pizza place. 2-3 miles is my range limit for how far I am able to bike before collapsing :) Biking on the road with cars was something I was (and still am at times) apprehensive about doing.
The most important thing is to wear a helmet! It is extremely dangerous to ride without a helmet, no matter how uncool you think it may be. Other rules of the road are to always ride with traffic, not against. Think of yourself as another vehicle on the road versus a pedestrian. This also means obeying all traffic signals, signs, and lights. Even if the intersections is clear but the light is red, you must stop. If the light won't change because no cars are around, get off and walk your bike across the intersection. Don't feel like you have to ride on the shoulder, this is not true! If the roads around you do not offer separate bike lanes, then you are entitled to ride in the car lane as well. Use common sense, though; you may not want to take up the middle of the lane on a busy road, since this can annoy the drivers you're sharing the road with. I try to ride close to the shoulder so that cars have room to pass if they choose, but I don't ride in the shoulder.
Technically it isn't legal to ride your bike on the sidewalk, but again use common sense. If you think the road is too busy and the sidewalk isn't teeming with pedestrians, then choose the option that will keep you safe. Just don't make a habit of riding on the sidewalks: the last thing you want is to hit a pedestrian! Some cities are hardcore about keeping cyclists off the sidewalk while others will overlook it.
The other thing is to watch out for the drivers around you, who may become annoyed at cyclists. Part of biking is to educate others. The road is not only for cars! Show drivers that cyclists belong on the road by biking safely. Another thing to keep in mind is to signal when turning. Signal for a left turn by sticking your left arm straight out; signal for a right turn by sticking your left arm up at a 90 degree angle. Using your left arm increases the chance that drivers on either side of the road will see your signal. The final rule is to always have a light and reflectors when biking at night. It is also helpful to wear light clothing. You want to make yourself as visible as possible when biking at night!
Biking is a fun way to get around and get in shape. It is also a growing trend in the area, with activities and groups working to gain recognition for cyclists. A couple of activities that I know of geared towards gaining confidence in biking are the Critical Mass rides every last Friday of each month, around 5PM. They meet at the NCSU Bell Tower. This is an opportunity to ride in a group with other cyclists, and learn the rules of the road. Activities geared more to social gathering are the Bike First Friday events. Every first Friday of each month a large group meets again at the Bell Tower to bike First Friday. Even walking around for First Friday is a great way to meet new people while taking in some great art from local artists. The local art + food scene in Raleigh are two of the best things about living here!
Hopefully this post will inspire you to read up more on the methods of alternative transportation the Triangle has to offer! My final offering is a great resource for all things transportation + trip planning: Go Triangle. Go there to find out how to get nearly anywhere in the Triangle with public transportation.
I decided my first foray with the bus would be to take it from my apartment to Crabtree Valley Mall. The mall is only about 10 minutes from my apartment, but I saw this as an opportunity to ease into figuring out bus schedules. Luckily my bus route (#16, Oberlin) goes directly to the mall, then to Rex, then loops back to Moore Square Station. Basically all buses travel to Moore Square Station (inbound) and back out again (outbound) on their designated routes.
My advice is to first check out the system-wide map to figure out which bus, or buses, travels down your road. Next pick a place you want to go! If you aren't familiar with bus routes, you may want to pick a location close to where you live, preferably a location on your bus route. Then you can check out the time tables specific to each route on the city of Raleigh transit site. Remember, if you are going towards downtown (Moore Square Station on the map), this is Inbound. Away from downtown is Outbound. The time tables won't show all stops on the route, just the major intersections. Your stop time will fall in between the two closest stops. My rule of thumb for ensuring I don't miss my bus is to be at my stop at the time listed for the previous stop. So, for example, if my stop lies in between the 2nd and 3rd listed stops, I make sure I'm at my bus stop at the time listed for the 2nd stop. Don't forget to check the times coming back, you don't want to wait at the bus stop for an hour! Bus riding involves more planning and patience than hopping in your car to zoom off when you're running behind. The payoff is much more rewarding. It's free to students with college IDs, so you'll automatically save money by choosing the bus.
This summer I also got into the habit of riding my bike around town. I understand biking, more so than riding the bus, is not an available option for everyone. I previously lived in a location that was not suitable for biking. I lived near Jones Franklin, which is a narrow but very busy road. I never rode my bike around in that area, but as soon as I moved to my new place on Oberlin, I made it first on my list of things to do in my new location. Oberlin is a great road for biking because while it can be busy, it's mostly got wide lanes. I also happen to live about 2 miles from many of my favorite places: a grocery store, my favorite coffee shop, movie theater, and pizza place. 2-3 miles is my range limit for how far I am able to bike before collapsing :) Biking on the road with cars was something I was (and still am at times) apprehensive about doing.
The most important thing is to wear a helmet! It is extremely dangerous to ride without a helmet, no matter how uncool you think it may be. Other rules of the road are to always ride with traffic, not against. Think of yourself as another vehicle on the road versus a pedestrian. This also means obeying all traffic signals, signs, and lights. Even if the intersections is clear but the light is red, you must stop. If the light won't change because no cars are around, get off and walk your bike across the intersection. Don't feel like you have to ride on the shoulder, this is not true! If the roads around you do not offer separate bike lanes, then you are entitled to ride in the car lane as well. Use common sense, though; you may not want to take up the middle of the lane on a busy road, since this can annoy the drivers you're sharing the road with. I try to ride close to the shoulder so that cars have room to pass if they choose, but I don't ride in the shoulder.
Technically it isn't legal to ride your bike on the sidewalk, but again use common sense. If you think the road is too busy and the sidewalk isn't teeming with pedestrians, then choose the option that will keep you safe. Just don't make a habit of riding on the sidewalks: the last thing you want is to hit a pedestrian! Some cities are hardcore about keeping cyclists off the sidewalk while others will overlook it.
The other thing is to watch out for the drivers around you, who may become annoyed at cyclists. Part of biking is to educate others. The road is not only for cars! Show drivers that cyclists belong on the road by biking safely. Another thing to keep in mind is to signal when turning. Signal for a left turn by sticking your left arm straight out; signal for a right turn by sticking your left arm up at a 90 degree angle. Using your left arm increases the chance that drivers on either side of the road will see your signal. The final rule is to always have a light and reflectors when biking at night. It is also helpful to wear light clothing. You want to make yourself as visible as possible when biking at night!
Biking is a fun way to get around and get in shape. It is also a growing trend in the area, with activities and groups working to gain recognition for cyclists. A couple of activities that I know of geared towards gaining confidence in biking are the Critical Mass rides every last Friday of each month, around 5PM. They meet at the NCSU Bell Tower. This is an opportunity to ride in a group with other cyclists, and learn the rules of the road. Activities geared more to social gathering are the Bike First Friday events. Every first Friday of each month a large group meets again at the Bell Tower to bike First Friday. Even walking around for First Friday is a great way to meet new people while taking in some great art from local artists. The local art + food scene in Raleigh are two of the best things about living here!
Hopefully this post will inspire you to read up more on the methods of alternative transportation the Triangle has to offer! My final offering is a great resource for all things transportation + trip planning: Go Triangle. Go there to find out how to get nearly anywhere in the Triangle with public transportation.
Tuesday, September 1, 2009
Angels for the Environment
The Student Activities Fair the first week of classes proved to be successful in attracting new members! Angels for the Environment had record attendance at the first meeting. Some things that were discussed in the first meeting included nominations for the new officers and the upcoming social event—Tie-Dyeing!
A4E is going to hold a tie-dye event where students will bring articles of clothing they want to dye (washed prior to event!), and we will tie-dye for them, along with telling them about the cool stuff in store for Angels for the Environment. It will be a great way to meet other students. We are aiming for Friday, September 18. We are hoping to do this all day, so we need people who want to volunteer! We also need drying racks (for laundry, just the cheap, wooden ones), large tubs (for soaking water), and any tie-dye you may be willing to donate. If you have any of these things and are willing to let us borrow them, please let me know by email!
And finally, the next meeting is scheduled for September 11 at 10am in SMB 260.
Please be sure to drop by and bring a friend!
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