Welcome!

Hey everyone,

       Welcome to our new blog! It's run by the Coe College Environmental Club. We're super excited about a new project we're working on here: permaculture. This is a national movement and we at Coe are trying to be a part of it. We're working closely with Fred Meyer of Backyard Abundance.

       Our project this year is to turn a boring patch of grass in front of Murray Hall into an awesome landscape that will feature native Iowa plants, perennial flowers, and maybe some fruit or nut trees. Really, the options are endless.

   

This is the spot in front of Murray. It used to have a pine-y bush. It will have the best things ever!

      We got approval from President Phifer to use this spot of land. He is almost as excited as we are about the project. The first step is to install sheet mulch, a thick layer of cardboard, compost and leaves (from campus trees), and wood chips. This should make a nice soil for the spring when we plant all sorts of beautiful things.
       Thanks to E-club's president Palmer and some other volunteers, we have a mound of cardboard in our club closet. Our big goals now are finding trucks to pick up compost, ordering mulch, finding tools, and getting volunteers! If you want to help out, we'll be in front of Murray on Sunday, November 4th at 1 PM. Bring warm gardening clothes, gloves, shovels, pitchforks, rakes, a fun attitude, and friends!