Gardening events are bountiful for Healthy Traditions project in March
The Tribal Healthy Traditions proj
ect seeks to improve the health of Siletz
Tribal members through educational
activities that promote the use of tradi
tional foods through hunting, gathering,
gardening, cooking, food preservation and
protecting our natural resources.
Invitation to join grant committee
The Healthy Traditions Steering
Committee is seeking Tribal members
who have interest in aboriginal Siletz
foods and have ideas of how to improve
the health of our Tribal membership.
The steering committee meets monthly
to discuss how to improve the health of
Tribal families and plans community
activities such as gathering, cooking,
canning, smoking, gardening, fishing,
hunting and more.
If you live outside of Siletz, contact
your area office about carpooling to the
meeting with staff. Our next meeting is
March 3, 1-2:30 p.m. at the Siletz Com
munity Health Clinic (second floor con
ference room).
Salem Seed Planting Day
March 15, 5:30-7 p.m.
Salem Area Office
Contact: Cecilia Tolentino,
Salem CHA, 503-390-9494
Coming soon! Sign up for a free plot
at the community garden located near the
Salem Area Office.
Tribal Portland Garden Club
March 16, 5:30-7 p.m.
Portland Area Office
Topic: Seed Planting & Garden Planning
Contact: Sherry Addis,
Office Supervisor, 503-238-1512
The Portland Area Office has started a
Garden Club for Tribal members to learn
about different garden topics, from seed
starting to harvesting.
For all seed planting days
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Garden events
Reminder: Start saving your food
grade containers such as yogurt contain
ers, paper towel rolls and egg cartons (see
photo below from Sharia Robinson) to
start seedlings for spring. Clear plastics
serve as mini-greenhouses for seedlings.
You also can make biodegradable seedling
containers out of newspaper.
Siletz Seed Planting Days
March 1, March 14 and March 24
Drop in anytime between 10 a.m.-7 p.m.
Siletz Tribal Community Center
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Seeds and soil provided, limited
containers; bring your recycled food
containers (see photo below).
Learn to start from seed and design
your garden for spring.
Bring a sample of dirt from your gar
den and learn to test your soil.
Plant seeds every two weeks and you
will have fresh veggies longer into
the season.
Courtesy photo by Loma Scott
Tre Jackson, Lauren McManus and Sean McManus plant seeds in small containers
with the help of Sharia Robinson during the grand opening of the Siletz Community
Health Clinic in 2010.
Some of the Northwest’s best garden
experts will offer gardening advice at the
Eugene Spring Home & Garden Show,
which runs March 10-13 at the Lane
County Fairgrounds (13th and Jefferson).
A variety of topics will include growing
fruit and veggie gardens, sustainable food
gardening in containers and small spaces,
compost presentations and much more.
Free admission and parking with a
canned food donation. Watch your local
newspaper for more information or go to
eugenehomeshow.com
Salmon canning class
Portland Area Office
March 11,10 a.m.-4 p.m.
Join us for this fun and yummy class
and soon your family might be as famil
iar with canned salmon as they are with
canned tuna. While we wait for the pres
sure canners to finish, participants will
learn to make salmon burgers from the
canned salmon.
Low tide reminder
Eugene Spring Home & Garden Show
Attend with the Healthy Traditions project
Meet us on March 13 at 10:30 a.m.
Participants will be entered into a raffle
for a garden gift!
Preregister with Adrienne Crooks,
Eugene CHA, 541-484-4234
March 21-23
FREE Compost Workshop
Sponsored by Extension Service Ag/Hort
March 19, lOa.m.-Noon
Bring Recycling Center
4446 Franklin Blvd., Eugene
Preregister with Adrienne Crooks
Check your tide table for times. You
can get tide tables at fishing supply stores
and online.
Youth services seed planting day
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Siletz Community Center
March 22
Drop in any time between 10 a.m. and
3 p.m. to plant your very own vegetable
to care for and watch grow. Supplies will
be provided.
Call to volunteers
Siletz Valley School is looking for
volunteers to help start a garden project
that will provide locally grown, fresh,
healthy produce for Siletz Valley stu
dents, staff and families. Contact: Cheryl
Schriver, 541-444-1100, cschriver@
siletzvalleyschools.org
Find Healthy Traditions events
information
Facebook
www.ctsi.nsn.us
Siletz News
Call 541-444-9627 to listen to our
upcoming events recording
Coming in April
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Siletz Community Garden
Salem Community Garden
Canning Classes
Our first -2 tide in months! Mussels
and clams, oh my!
For more information, contact Sharia
Robinson, Healthy Traditions project,
at 541-444-9627 or 800-922-1399, ext.
1627; or e-mail healthytraditions@ctsi.
nsn.us.
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