Peter Finch loves to garden.

There are dozens of people just like you, staring at a screen, right now, wondering if this could really possibly happen, and I am here to tell you YES!!  IT CAN!!  RUN TO YOUR WINDOWS OPEN THEM AND STICK YOUR HEAD OUT AND YELL "I'M MAD AS HELL AND I'M NOT GOING TO TAKE IT ANY MORE!!!  WHO WANTS TO GARDEN!!!??"*

APRIL FOOLS DAY NEWSLETTER PALM SUNDAY 2012

The Garden is the ideal classroom.

It's also the ideal way to defrag our fragmenting society:

Last year we hosted a gardening fundraiser.  17 people helped, and over 100 came through, and now around 50 are receiving an email, thinking "oh, I remember those hippies."

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR REMINDING US THAT PEOPLE REALLY DO CARE.

(each team is grouped according to the 3 Sisters Planting Logic:
 Support (corn), Nutrients(beans), Protection(squash)

1. Writing The Guide To Maximum Intention Gardening (Pamphlet Version)

Jon Mears was the teacher and director of content.

Mike Hulter was the researcher and compiler and author.

Jeff Pickerill was the enabler and the encourager and the editor.

                      2. Fairbanks Gardens

Cory Roby was the teacher, telling us all how to run and do what and such.

Mike Hulter was the student, doing most of the digging, and all of the research.

and Ben Raymond was the enabler, having his name on the lease and inviting us.

                       3. Karstens Gardens

Jeff Pickerill was the teacher, planning out and researching new techniques.

CJ Kelly was the student, also bringing 

Josh as the toddler mascot all gardens are required to host.

and Karsten Mueller is the enabler, owning the land and letting us use it.

                       4.Soft Lunch

Tyler and Ricki brought plants

Karen brought seeds

Mary's Heirlooms sent us seeds

The Hulters let us use their kitchen

Nick Tovik (Norton Canning Pickle Company) catered

Jeff Pickerill worked a 12 hour day with me 

and bought a $60 bottle of champagne.

Jacob Savage brought out his whole jamming coalition 

of electric jazz reggae funk souls.

Colt Hayhurst and Frank Buchannan played a Gypsy Jazz set

Quinn the Drummer (someone send this to him.  Matt?)  

Matt Young on his National Guitar, 

Chad "The Beard" of McFinley's Jam Coalition 

Tyler James of the Kryptonite Jamming Coalition, 

And Tony and Tiffany for driving out from Berkeley to play a set, 

And Conor for driving out to give a 12 hour business consultation meeting the night before, and Megan Aufdermauer for making us take ourselves seriously by doing an anthropology study on us, and the dozens and dozens who came by, and the dozen or so that signed up, and the dozen or so who stuck around long enough to sign up just so we'd have another one, and on and on and on.  

                       5.Mearshire

Jon Mears and Ulu Mears and Eli Mears have invited me to learn in a 5 week immersion internship on Mini Farming.  I have accepted the challenge and am undergoing the whatnot involved as we speak.

There are too many people involved.  I mean, not enough people involved.  hmmm...  send me feedback.  And if you have no feedback, than forward this to someone who might.

DesignScienceIndustries@hotmail.com

 SOFT LUNCH ONE  :::: OVERVIEW

On February 26^th we threw a fundraiser in Felton, CA.  We managed to raise $225, over 100 people showed up, and over 20 people signed up for various levels of participation offering space to garden, skills, and plain old energy.  We had an amazing time and served free spaghetti, displayed informational posters, and had over a dozen musicians come through and play.  The day started with 8 or so local acoustic musicians who took turns switching up and regrouping, and ended with a 2 hour set from Jakob and his Savages, a 5 piece electric jazz reggae ensemble featuring members of Sketchy Business and King Kracken.  If the “Welcome to Felton” sign is accurate, we pulled in 2% of Felton’s populous.