This week, I reviewed the germination paper from last quarter. Aria has been taking germination measurements while I’ve been busy with other obligations.
We also had a meeting on Friday.
Meeting Notes and Facilitation
Harvest
Based on everyone’s availability we established regular harvest days: Mondays at 11am Thursdays at 11am The fruit yields are increasing, so regular harvest and monitoring is a necessity.
Print this Data Collection Sheet for Harvest: Marketable Yield Data Collection Sheet.docx
Send a photo of the data sheets, drop it on discord, or upload data to spreadsheet in the “Yield Data” tab. Summer 2024 Variety Trial, Solanum aethiopicum.xlsx Refer to the “Harvest” tab for procedures.
Field Trip
14 Aug Field Trip for the Int’l Rescue Committee’s Food Sovereignty Projects with Kezama Farm and the Tukwila Farmers Market Leaving at 2pm from the Evergreen Organic Farm.
Marketing
In order to market the garden eggs at The Evergreen Organic Farm Market stand or at the off-site market, we must provide educational materials. On Monday 08/12, students met to draft an informational pamphlet. Also, these can be used for the Culinary Breeding Network “Bitter is Better” Event in December.
So far, this pamphlet consists of a brief project background, seed origins, variety info, nutrition, recipes, and a qr code link to site. We need one more recipe added, and they must be recipes that we’ve tried. A pamphlet draft will be sent prior to finalizing and print.
Field Work
Ongoing field work tasks such as pruning, trellising, and weeding. There is trellis twine labeled in the supply shed.