<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;">The smoke shouldn’t overly affect your gardens Sandy but you may find that some of the fruit will take on the smell.<div><br></div><div>Here in Australia with the massive fires in 2019 nearly all the grapes had to be destroyed at the wineries as the porous fruit took on all the smokiness. All the rest of your plants should be fine though.</div><div><br></div><div>Good luck!<br><div>
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<div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On 9 Jun 2023, at 5:12 am, Pernitz, Sandy <Sandy.Pernitz@seattle.gov> wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><div><meta charset="UTF-8"><div style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><div><div dir="ltr">Water regularly so fire debris doesn’t cover otherwise no just have to wait it out. Wear an n-95 while watering. Look forward to hear what others say</div></div><div id="ms-outlook-mobile-signature"><div><br></div>Get<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://aka.ms/o0ukef" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Outlook for iOS</a></div></div><hr tabindex="-1" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; display: inline-block; width: 659.53125px;"><span style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; float: none; display: inline !important;"></span><div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" style="font-size: 11pt;"><b>From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Sally McCabe <<a href="mailto:SMcCabe@Pennhort.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">SMcCabe@Pennhort.org</a>><br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Thursday, June 8, 2023 12:13:52 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:president@communitygarden.org.au" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">president@communitygarden.org.au</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><<a href="mailto:president@communitygarden.org.au" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">president@communitygarden.org.au</a>>; Don Boekelheide <<a href="mailto:don.boekelheide@communitygarden.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">don.boekelheide@communitygarden.org</a>><br><b>Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Linda Appel Lipsius <<a href="mailto:linda@dug.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">linda@dug.org</a>>; Betsy Johnson <<a href="mailto:betsygardnerjohnson@gmail.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">betsygardnerjohnson@gmail.com</a>>; Lucy Bradley sheherhers <<a href="mailto:lucy_bradley@ncsu.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">lucy_bradley@ncsu.edu</a>>; Martinez, Carlos (Parks) <<a href="mailto:Carlos.Martinez@parks.nyc.gov" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Carlos.Martinez@parks.nyc.gov</a>>; Kate Hamilton <<a href="mailto:kate@maplekeys.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">kate@maplekeys.com</a>>; Bill Maynard <<a href="mailto:WMaynard@cityofsacramento.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">WMaynard@cityofsacramento.org</a>>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:gardeningmatters@gmail.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">gardeningmatters@gmail.com</a><<a href="mailto:gardeningmatters@gmail.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">gardeningmatters@gmail.com</a>>; Jack Hale <<a href="mailto:jack.hale@comcast.net" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">jack.hale@comcast.net</a>>; Pernitz, Sandy <<a href="mailto:Sandy.Pernitz@seattle.gov" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Sandy.Pernitz@seattle.gov</a>>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a><<a href="mailto:communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a>>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:info@portlandcommunitygardens.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">info@portlandcommunitygardens.org</a><<a href="mailto:info@portlandcommunitygardens.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">info@portlandcommunitygardens.org</a>>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:ljlawson@sebs.rutgers.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">ljlawson@sebs.rutgers.edu</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><<a href="mailto:ljlawson@sebs.rutgers.edu" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">ljlawson@sebs.rutgers.edu</a>>;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:amandamedmonds@gmail.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">amandamedmonds@gmail.com</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><<a href="mailto:amandamedmonds@gmail.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">amandamedmonds@gmail.com</a>><br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>New Community garden question and request</font><div> </div></div><div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 12px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; overflow-wrap: break-word;"><div style="background-color: rgb(255, 235, 156); width: 180px; padding: 2pt; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: bold; line-height: 12pt; font-family: Calibri; color: rgb(156, 101, 0); text-align: center; border: 1pt solid rgb(156, 101, 0);">CAUTION: External Email</div><div><div class="x_WordSection1"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">So we’re experiencing the wildfire stuff, and wondering what effect the smoke will have on our gardens. Although this is new to us, we know other folks have dealt with it, and will deal with it again. Any particular advice on what we should be doing once the air clears?</div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Sally</div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p><div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Sally McCabe (she/her)<br>Associate Director, Community Education<br>The Pennsylvania Horticultural Society<br>100 N. 20th Street<br>Philadelphia, PA 19103-1495</span></div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><a href="mailto:smccabe@pennhort.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">smccabe@pennhort.org</a></span></div></div></div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 10.5pt;"> </span></p><div><div style="border-style: solid none none; border-top-width: 1pt; border-top-color: rgb(225, 225, 225); padding: 3pt 0in 0in;"><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><b>From:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>president@communitygarden.org.au <president@communitygarden.org.au><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><b>Sent:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Wednesday, May 24, 2023 11:53 PM<br><b>To:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Don Boekelheide <don.boekelheide@communitygarden.org><br><b>Cc:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Linda Appel Lipsius <linda@dug.org>; Betsy Johnson <betsygardnerjohnson@gmail.com>; Lucy Bradley sheherhers <lucy_bradley@ncsu.edu>; Martinez, Carlos (Parks) <Carlos.Martinez@parks.nyc.gov>; Kate Hamilton <kate@maplekeys.com>; Bill Maynard <WMaynard@cityofsacramento.org>; gardeningmatters@gmail.com; Jack Hale <jack.hale@comcast.net>; Sally McCabe <SMcCabe@Pennhort.org>; sandy.pernitz@seattle.gov; communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org; info@portlandcommunitygardens.org; ljlawson@sebs.rutgers.edu; amandamedmonds@gmail.com<br><b>Subject:</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>Re: Community garden question and request</div></div></div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">You’ve done a great job with this Don. I too have no comments. We might have to get this from you to use over here if that’s ok?</div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><span id="cid:image001.png@01D99A1B.E3768490"><image001.png></span></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br><br></div><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;"><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">On 25 May 2023, at 1:34 am, Don Boekelheide <<a href="mailto:don.boekelheide@communitygarden.org" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">don.boekelheide@communitygarden.org</a>> wrote:</div></div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p><div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Thanks very much, Linda! You guys in Denver are nuggets of community garden gold (which reminds me - congrats on the game...)</div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">I also want to thank you again, Linda, for setting up the CG leadership forum. I highly recommend it to all on this email thread.</div></div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Don</div></div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">(Also good to know about that red pen. Good sharp-eyed editing is indispensable for decent writing, I think. Kate Hamilton, in Toronto, is also a pro in that department, who helped enormously with the last issue of Community Gardening.)</div></div></div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p><div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">On Tue, May 23, 2023 at 7:21 AM Linda Appel Lipsius <<a href="mailto:linda@dug.org" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">linda@dug.org</a>> wrote:</div></div><blockquote style="border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 1pt; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 0in 0in 0in 6pt; margin-left: 4.8pt; margin-right: 0in;"><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Great article, Don!</div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Shockingly, I have no comments (my team knows I love the red pen…). Like the community space, green space and inviting the community in. A few things we are working on here in Denver.</div></div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p></div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Happy spring, everyone.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji", sans-serif;">🌷</span></p><div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Linda Appel Lipsius</div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">CEO | <a href="https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=31323334-50bba2bf-31321b84-4544474f5631-271c17662c70ab6a&q=1&e=9aee5370-0c38-4eb6-91e2-84847f7c4def&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.dug.org%2F" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">Denver Urban Gardens</a> (DUG)</div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="mailto:linda@dug.org" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">linda@dug.org</a> | 720.250.7003 </div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://calendly.com/linda-dug/30min" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">https://calendly.com/linda-dug/30min</a></div></div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p></div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><br><br></div><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;"><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 12pt; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">On May 22, 2023, at 8:51 PM, Don Boekelheide <<a href="mailto:don.boekelheide@communitygarden.org" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">don.boekelheide@communitygarden.org</a>> wrote:</p></blockquote></div><blockquote style="margin-top: 5pt; margin-bottom: 5pt;"><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">What the heck, I finished a draft. So, check it out, if you want. </div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=31323334-50bba2bf-31321b84-4544474f5631-38b7fb7b36ab13ee&q=1&e=9aee5370-0c38-4eb6-91e2-84847f7c4def&u=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fdocument%2Fd%2F1B48UDJuoqwvWiM2yYNcpI-JTgWn4LtjpBfHjXV580eI%2Fedit%3Fusp%3Dsharing" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">10 steps to sustaining a community garden DRAFT</a></div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">It's very raw, just off the top, so feel free to make any suggestions you want. Maybe some of my suggestions stink. It needs to be much shorter. The order can change, and more important stuff (I said nothing about grant writing...) may need to bump my touchie-feelie draft suggestions.</div></div></div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Anyway, I'd be grateful for any suggestions.</div></div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">I'm hoping to have this edition of Community Gardening out by early June. So, it's quick turnaround. Sorry about that! </div></div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">And of course it's spring. Nobody who works with gardening has any time in the spring, who am I kidding? I know that!</div></div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Don</div></div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">PS: If Google Docs won't let you in, it should prompt you to tell me to give you access. I will, though it may take me a few hours before. I'm outside a lot (see above.) Beautiful weather here this week, not too hot yet. Sugar snap peas, in abundance.</div></div></div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p><div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">On Mon, May 22, 2023 at 9:25 PM Don Boekelheide <<a href="mailto:don.boekelheide@communitygarden.org" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">don.boekelheide@communitygarden.org</a>> wrote:</div></div><blockquote style="border-style: none none none solid; border-left-width: 1pt; border-left-color: rgb(204, 204, 204); padding: 0in 0in 0in 6pt; margin-left: 4.8pt; margin-right: 0in;"><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Hello,</div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">If you don't mind me calling this a convening of a Council of Wisdom, but I have a question or two, and a connection you might be interested in.</div></div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">My questions are this:</div></div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">First, the upcoming edition of ACGA's Community Gardening will feature an article about ACGA's famous "10 steps to starting a community garden." (Community Gardening is now the name of ACGA's magazine, formerly The Community Greening Review, and before that (with Sally McCabe as editor for much of its existence) The Journal of Community Gardening.)</div></div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">The steps are here, thanks to Dr. Lucy Bradley, now at NC State CES:</div></div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"><a href="https://forsyth.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/10-Steps-to-Starting-a-Community-Garden.pdf?fwd=no" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">https://forsyth.ces.ncsu.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/10-Steps-to-Starting-a-Community-Garden.pdf?fwd=no</a></div></div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Rather than rehash them, the original 10 are still pretty darn good (see question 2), so the story will propose 10 steps to SUSTAINING a community garden. Two questions about that: </div></div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Any key things jump into your mind about how to do that? </div></div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">And would you mind looking over the draft a little later this week? It won't be super-long, maybe 600-800 words. That way, you can add (and you'll be credited!) your thoughts and suggestions.</div></div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Thanks in advance.</div></div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Second question: Does anyone know where our original 10 steps originated? Was there a principle writer, or did ACGA's board come up with it, or a little of both?</div></div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Now, finally, for those of you interested, Linda Appel Lipsius, ED of DUG, has created a national leadership forum to discuss community gardening and related issues, using technological tools that weren't around when those first 10 steps were created. If you are interested and have time, please contact Linda, who is on this email. The meetings I've attended are truly inspiring. ACGA's current board members are taking part, so you can "meet" some of them there, too.</div></div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Best, and thanks (and I'm impressed with all you guys have accomplished, on behalf of community gardens, and simply in your lives. You are amazing and inspiring, all of you!)</div></div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Don</div></div><div><p class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;"> </p></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Don Boekelheide</div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">Editor (currently, anyway...)</div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">ACGA's Community Gardening</div></div><div><div style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;">(in case you want to read the latest edition, it's <a href="https://protect2.fireeye.com/v1/url?k=31323334-50bba2bf-31321b84-4544474f5631-e97073a12a810aef&q=1&e=9aee5370-0c38-4eb6-91e2-84847f7c4def&u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.communitygarden.org%2Fcommunity-gardening-magazine-2023-beta" target="_blank" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline;">here: Community Gardening</a>) Phone friendly.</div></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div></div></blockquote></div></div></div></div></div></div></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>