Don’t forget that the 18th Annual Ryan Meadows Garage Sale is going on Sat June 3 from 9-4 pm.
You can visit the Facebook site at Ryan Meadows Neighborhood Sale. We have maps available on this site under Community Content -> Garage Sale -> Maps or just click Sale Maps.
The Santa Clara/River Road Implementation and Planning Team have been working the last couple of years refining community input and researching options so that a neighborhood plan can be created that will reflect the vision of residents for the area for the next 20 to 30 years. Now that the City Council has given the permission and resources to begin the actual plan, SCRRIPT will need to be restructured so as to have a leadership group to guide the process. The June meeting of the Santa Clara Community Organization will consider this development and be asked to give its input and approval.
7:00 p.m.
Messiah Lutheran Church
3280 River Road
On June 3, at 2 pm, there will be a workshop and demonstration of soil building at the Santa Clara Community Garden, 4110 River Road in the Santa Clara neighborhood of Eugene. Composting of several different types will be described, including: lasagna (layers), deep lasagna, hugelkultur (wood), vermiculture (worms), and Master Gardener Bonnie Houston will demonstrate how to building a hot compost pile. Other OSU Extension Service Master Gardeners will assist, including translation to Spanish. The workshop will take about 90 minutes, and is free to the public.
Santa Clara Community Garden is a partnership between Santa Clara Community Organization, St. Matthews Episcopal Church, and Huerto de la Familia. The garden is located about two miles north of Beltline Road, at St. Matthews Episcopal Church, next to a bus stop for easy access. The address is 4110 River Road in Eugene.
Contributions to the community garden for tools, development, and workshops may be made to the Santa Clara Community Organization (SCCO Garden Fund). Please see the community garden website for more information: http://
Luper Cemetery will be open 9 am to 4 pm May 27, 28, 29 so people can walk the grounds and take a self-guided tour. Special presentations will be made by Mountain Man Ken & Marmie Beagle (Great-great granddaughter of wagon train leader James McClure) on Sunday afternoon and Monday morning. Ken has researched the Mountain Men of the early 1800’s and has replicated an authentic hand crafted Mountain Man outfit based on his research. He will explain the clothing & gear and also talk about the history of the Mountain Men and how they were utilized by the wagon trains during their immigration west. Marmie will model a typical prairie dress of that era. James McClure and 17 other 1853 wagon train pioneers are buried at Luper Cemetery. Ken will give short talks on Sunday, May 28 at 1:00, 2:00, & 3:00 p.m. and on Monday, May 29 at 10:00 and 11:00 a.m.
In early May, Scout Troup 182 and Santa Clara neighbors all pitched in to prepare the cemetery site paths with fresh wood chips. Many volunteers helped to clear the ice storm damage earlier in the year. Contributions from Sperry Tree Service, Lane Forest Products, and others are much appreciated in preparation for Memorial Day.
Luper Cemetery (also known as Irving or Baker Cemetery) was founded in the mid-1800s. Eighteen of the interred arrived in 1853, by way of the Oregon Trail and the Free Emigrant Road across central Oregon. The story of The Lost Rescue, written by Daniel Owen, about the wagon train rescue party, will be on sale to benefit Luper Cemetery, Inc., the non-profit organization that helps take care of this Oregon historic site. Over 160 people are buried at Luper Cemetery.
DIRECTIONS to Luper Cemetery: From Eugene, take River Rd. north to Beacon Drive, on the north boundary of Santa Clara, and follow signs west. From Junction City, take River Rd. south, turn west onto Beacon Drive and travel about a ½ mile to a white metal gate, on the north side of Beacon Drive. Proceed through the gate approximately 1/2 mile to the parking lot and cemetery entrance. The cemetery may be accessed every day from dawn to dusk by walking the half-mile gravel road from West Beacon Drive to the cemetery. Please check www.lupercemetery.com for more information about the cemetery, and other resources.
Greetings all,
Tim and Deneen Foelker are building a hugelkulture in their Santa Clara yard on Saturday, May13th, 1:00-4:00 PM. As such, there will be an open garden. If anyone would like to come watch, hang out, help out, or learn more about composting in general, please drop by. There will be refreshments, community, plenty to explore in the garden(s), for those who want to help we have gloves, tools, and instruction.
We think we have plenty of wood and other materials for a fair-sized hugel bed, but if you still have storm-wood, or other materials that you’d like to donate to the cause I can swing by with my trailer. Just give a call, 541-689-8897, for a pick up.
P.S. If you bring an instrument there may also be jamming on the “porch” during the build. And there may be some fresh herbs to harvest and take home.
“Hugelkultur are no-dig raised beds with a difference. They hold moisture, build fertility, maximize surface volume and are great spaces for growing fruit, vegetables and herbs. Hugelkultur, pronounced [Hoo-gul-culture], means hill culture or hill mound.”
Date: Saturday, May 13th, 1:00-4:00 PM
Location:
Tim & Deneen Foelker
4792 Herman Street
Eugene, OR
541-689-8897
hugel@protechworks.com
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What is hugelkultur?
Creating a hugelkultur garden bed is a relatively simple process:
Select an area with approximately these dimensions: 6 feet by 3 feet
(Ours will be 15′ x 6′)
Gather materials for the project
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Fallen logs, branches, twigs, fallen leaves (the “under-utilized” biomass from the site). Avoid using cedar, walnut or other tree species deemed “allopathic” (i.e., prevent competing plant growth).
Nitrogen rich material (manure or kitchen waste work well and will help to maintain a proper carbon to nitrogen ratio in the decomposing mass within the hugelkulter bed).
Top soil (enough to cover the other layers of the bed with a depth of 1 – 2”) and some mulching material (straw works well).
Lay the logs (the largest of the biomass debris) down as the first layer of the hugelkultur bed. Next, add a layer of branches, then a layer of small sticks and twigs. Hugelkultur beds work best when they are roughly 3 feet high (though this method is forgiving, and there is no fixed rule as to the size of the bed. That is where the “art” comes in!)
Water these layers well
Begin filling in spaces between the logs, twigs and branches with leaf litter, compost, manure, and kitchen scraps.
Finally, top off the bed with 1 – 2” of top soil and a layer of mulch.
The hugelkulter bed will benefit from “curing” a bit, so it is best to prepare the bed several months prior to planting time (prepare the bed in the fall for a spring planting, for example, in temperate northern climates), but hugelkultur beds can be planted immediately. Plant seeds or transplants into the hugelkulter bed as you would any other garden bed. Happy hugelkulturing!
Learn more at: https://www.permaculture.co.uk/articles/many-benefits-hugelkultur
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