Lots of good stuff discussion happened , both within Jeff's Work Day group (which I was in) and in the reconvening meeting, where each smaller group shared its thoughts with the larger one. Notes are rough, as will probably be usual, but hopefully useful 

 Rick: Discussion groups:

• something monthly, perhaps on Sunday afternoon

• How do I save seeds? How do I start gardens? How do I start technical processes to get that going?

Carol: Gardening with Children

• Traded resources for one person—maybe not full-fledged and big events

Phil: Seed sharing and resistant strains

• productive gardening for food banks etc

• Winter squash keeps longer! Sumemr squash more susceptible.

• Phil has a bunch of varieties immune for the fall

• 6 Varieties of tomatoes

Kevin: High tunnels/hoop-houses

• What works, what doesn't? You wanna build one? Purchase one as a kit? How do you do that?

• Work days or tours for those sorts of things?

Jim McCue: Composting

• I take in everything; not just a certain realm of stuff

• Talking about philosophy and

Jeff non Newman: Bees and Chickens

• Preparing for bees

  • community buy ins, legal matters for that

  • Local ordinances

• If not honeybees, what else

• Chickens! Chicken coop tour in PGH—coordinate with that?

Jeff Newman: Workdays

• Need for hands-on skills

• People willing to work on people's projects

• More tight knit groups as well, who help out each others

• Classes

  • Soil remediation

  • basic classes

  • cobbling/clay or something? [didn't hear for sure]

• Using our manpower to OFFER

• Creating a network for this stuff, a CURRICULUM, getting measurable outcomes and tangible outcomes.