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owners will have to present
what they intend to plant
and where in their 12-foot
by 12-foot plot. She said
that is a topic that mas-
ter gardeners will address
during the workshop.
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said there have been issues
with plot owners planting
too much of a certain type of
plant, like tomatoes, which
not only took over their own
plots, but spread into others,
as well. That resulted in plot
owners not harvesting all
their produce because they
couldn’t get to plants that
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others.
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ers coming and with the plan-
ning workshop, both will help
us learn how to plant proper-
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gardening in their own home
or container gardening, (the
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shop is free, lasts about 45
minutes and requires no expe-
rience in gardening or a mem-
bership with the community
garden. She said, in addition
to spacing, the master garden-
ers will talk about the types
of produce and plants that
grow best in the region, the
time it takes for certain crops
to grow, as well as basic tools
and tips for gardeners.
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other classes, including those
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cusing on how to use items
from the garden to eating
healthily. She said they are
also partnering this year with
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Hermiston Community Garden organizers say there will be a larger focus on education this year. Gardeners will have to submit plot plans before planting, and
classes will be offered.
the summer meals program,
where community garden
produce will be used to feed
local children.
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have sold about 20 of the plots
available. She said plots cost
$10, and people need to sub-
mit a gardening plan before-
hand. People can purchase a
plot by stopping at the Umatil-
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iston, or by attending the gar-
dening workshop on April 13.
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not be allowed to grow corn
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roots of those plants destroy
the drip lines of the garden.
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ple to not plant squash unless
they will tend to it daily as
squash bugs, which destroy
plants, can get out of control.
People who don’t want
a plot but are interested in
helping can sign up through
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garden.
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munity garden is also looking
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uals to donate a fence for the
garden.
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fence up, but we don’t have
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For more information
about the garden, contact
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umchs.org.
packages will include light-
ing, vendor power, fenc-
ing, underground irrigation
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and paving and sidewalks.
Frew said the docu- Multiple projects will be
ments soliciting bids to under construction during
design and build the rodeo the second half of the
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24 meeting, and future bid gether will require careful
coordination of the sched-
ule and contractors.
Brookshier said the
board is still working to
acquire the total funding
needed to complete the
project, which is currently
budgeted at $12,884,640.
“We’re still working
on getting our total need
put together on fund-
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respects, things right now
are moving pretty well.
We’re starting to see the
outlines of what our oper-
ational need will look like
as we go into the (2015-
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startup towards the spring
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pleased with the way the
bid packets are coming
together for the major por-
tions of the project. Again,
we’ve still got to make our
budget at this point, but
with that major need still
to totally come together,
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“With the master gardeners coming and with the planning workshop,
both will help us learn how to plant properly and space things (evenly),
even if they aren’t a community garden member.”
— Chelle Hankinson
Community garden coordinator and USDA manager