Garden Inspired artwork!

Hello Judkins!

Summer is coming, and now is the perfect time to get so garden inspired artwork showing!!
Lets see you judkins inspired art! I'll start with mine!

I create ribbon flowers, everytime I need inspiration I head over to judkins. So the pictures posted are my art inspired by our garden! I love flowers, and leaves, I love ribbon and fabric. SO combining the two seems natural to me.
these pictures highlight the best of what I am making currently.

Using vintage ribbon, buttons, and findings I am creating artwork showcasing my love of flowers and their structure.


Whats your art? How is it inspired by our garden?
What materials do you use?? Share with us and lets see what kind of artists we have in our garden!

Getting your hours in!

Ok so for you new gardeners last year was my first year at judkins.

There werent alot of workparties I could go to, so I didnt know how I was going to fill in my 8 hours by the deadline (I started in june).
Below are some ideas to help you fill up your time, and if anyone else has ideas or suggestions they should post here, leave comments or create their own lovely blog!!!

1. workparties if you can.
2. make cookies for workparties
3. pick-up coffee grounds (starbucks, tully's, mezza luna) there can never be enough so just keep getting them!
4. signage (our signage is pretty poor right now, so if you can create lovely signs for the bad weeds vs good weeds, bad bugs vs good bugs etc that works!)
5. help weed and water the food bank plot.
6. Talk to mark or kenya (or all the gardeners together at a meeting) about creating artwork for the shared spaces.
7. Take pictures!!!
8. publish blogs.
9. weed paths.
10. Bring a friend with you to workparties, their hours count too!

A couple of gardeners have talked about creating sellable items to raise funds for our patch, postcards and paintings. This is an amazing idea for creating funds for items like a retaining wall or a picnik table, AND it counts for your hours.

4 out of your 8 hours need to be done in judkins, I hope the above list helps out if you had any questions. Its really easy to get your hours done and often you can find your over in hours.
Since all these volunteer hours help out our lovely little garden dont stop at 8!!

I will be setting up a contest (with prizes) this coming month.
The top three judkineers with the most hours logged will recieve handmade prizes, get a blog written about them, have fresh cookies and otherwise be worshiped for their awesomeness.

I'll post the contest soon, keep an eye out for it and really start logging those hours.

Heat Spell and shared spaces

Hello all!
Looks like we are headed into a heat spell for the rest of the week.

Our food bank plot and front slope have plants that really need some babying right now so while your at the garden if you can take some time and water the food bank and front slope.

The food bank is coming along nicely, its raised beds full of young plants that are destined to go to st. Mary's which provides food the many (many) local people.
Our front slope has lots of little seedlings on it, including some squash for the food bank.

Dont forget to log your time into the binder!!

Hope your enjoying the weather!!

Flowers of the garden!

Springs flowers at Judkins P-Patch!

Pictures of Judkins Work Party May 3rd!

Judkins P-Patch work party, with tons of volunteers and judkineers turning out to clear lots of projects and get our garden going for the year! James the Giant peach ( is Above,) our compost Mistress.
My Partner Paul hard at work with Volunteers getting the path worked on!
Look at this amazing crowd of volunteers!
Volunteer Coordinator!
Judkineers hard at work!

Sean Showing Us the Path!
Amos in the morning!
Volunteer Coordinator!
Sean at the front Slope!

We had coffee, cookies, a great turnout and alot of fun! Come join us for the next one!

Compost rules! Or a message from James the GIant Peach!

HOT COMPOST INSTRUCTIONS:

FIRST OFF: NO DIRT, NO BINDWEED, NO CRAB-GRASS, NO BLACKBERRY

1. CHOP all your Dirt-Free green/wet plant matter to BITE SIZE PIECES
(the CLEAVER is in the shed, the Chopping Board is right infront of the
compost bin)

2. ADD the SAME amount of Brown, dry leaves (piled by the bins) to the
chopped greens...SO: 50% GREENS 50% BROWNs

3. Moisten and mix lightly. This green/brown blend should carry the same
moisture as a wrung out sponge.

THAT'S ALL!

ABOVE ALL: do NOT just throw your un-chopped weeds/plants into the bins,
not only is it disrespectful, as someone else will have to do your work,
but it messes up the ecosystem of the living hot compost system, causing
it to die and fail. Find a place in your own plot, (or your home yard
bin) to place your weeds if you are unwilling to chop them yourself.

THANKS!

Sincerly,
James the Giant Peach,
Compost Head-Mistress