Somerville Garden Club Meeting TONIGHT; Plant Sale on 9/20

[kjc.livejournal.com]

Howdy folks,

I'm the communications nerd for the Somerville Garden Club (SGC).

We have monthly meetings that are free, open to the public, and wheelchair accessible every second Wednesday of the month, 7pm, at the TAB Building, 167 Holland St., second floor.

In case you don't have a calendar handy, that's TONIGHT.

Our website: http://www.somervillegardenclub.org/

Each meeting includes announcements, volunteer sign-ups for various activities, a round table for asking any plant or dirt-related question your heart desires (we have experts on everything from orchids to hostas to vermiculture), a lecture, and a raffle for various garden items (mainly plants) to close out the evening. Memberships are available for $25 each and there are sample newsletters for visitors to enjoy.

Tonight's lecture will be "A Place to Take Root: The Evolution of the Common Flower Pot" by author and historian Susan Tamulevich, tracing the development of the flower pot from ancient Egypt to today's green roofs.

THEN, on Saturday, 20 September 2008, the SGC will be holding our annual PLANT SALE from 9am-1pm, right smack dab in the middle of Davis Square.

Details are on the main website and also on their own page (which includes drop-off locations if you'd like to donate plants and details on how to volunteer if you can't make tonight's meeting to sign up) here: http://www.somervillegardenclub.org/plantsale.html

Meet-up reminder

[anomie666.livejournal.com]

Tomorrow night is our monthly DS meet-up. It is taking place at Joe Sent Me in North Cambridge starting at 7pm. JSM is about a 5-10 minute walk from Davis Square. You can either walk up the Minuteman Bikeway to where it passes Mass Ave and make a left or walk up Dover Street to Mass Ave and make a right. It is located at 2388 Mass Ave.

You are certainly free to bring friends/ significant others, just let me know how many people you are bringing and I can revise our "estimate" as needed.

Call for volunteers: East Somerville Main Streets business district survey

[slinkr.livejournal.com]

The East Somerville Main Streets group is running a survey at the end of September to get some better info on how to develop our local business district (lower Broadway, between Sullivan and McGrath). We need some volunteers to help out. Here are the details from the East Somerville Main Streets Blog (http://eastsomervillemainstreets.blogspot.com/2008/09/survey-says.html):

We need volunteers! East Somerville Main Streets will be conducting a neighborhood survey at the end of September and we're looking for some friendly people to stand out on the street and ask passersby to fill out a survey. The information will help us better serve our local businesses and support their work, while giving us ideas about what sorts of new businesses would compliment our current business mix.

The survey runs from September 20th-30th and includes day, evening, and weekend shifts. If you enjoy talking to people and want to help your neighborhood be the best it can be, please consider helping us! For more information or to sign up for a shift, please email us at info@eastsomervillemainstreets.org.

Acoustic Folk Music Series Moves to Somerville

[notlobmusic.livejournal.com]

NOTLOB ACOUSTIC CONCERT SERIES AT CLARENDON HILL PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, WITH THE SUPPORT OF ARTSOMERVILLE, PRESENTS JOHN FLYNN, GREG GREENWAY, THE FOLK BROTHERS, MARY MCCASLIN & GEOFF BARTLEY w/ DIANE WILMONT

• September 20 ~ Greg Greenway & John Flynn, hosted by Naomi Arenberg, Producer/Host of “Folk on WGBH”.
• November 1 ~ The Folk Brothers (also appearing 11/2 in Cummington)
• November 15 ~ Mary McCaslin & Geoff Bartley w/ Diane Wilmont

Venue:

Clarendon Hill Presbyterian Church, 155 Powder House Boulevard, Somerville.

Doors 7:30pm
Concert 8:00pm
Suggested donation $15 ($10 for Tufts undergrads with id)

For more information about the upcoming season please read…

Website
Mailing/News List
Blog
Artist Information

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[pearlythebunny.livejournal.com]

I have this cryptic scrawl on my calendar:
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Not already!

[ron_newman]

This morning, the Richardson's Ice Cream window at the Somerville Theatre displays a sign: "Closed for the winter"

Electrician recommendation?

[whodameg.livejournal.com]

I’m looking for an electrician to do a service upgrade on my house – does anyone have a recommendation? I didn’t see any recent memories.

Gutter replacement contractor?

[boblothrope.livejournal.com]

Can anyone recommend a contractor to replace the gutters on a house?

I've called 2 companies so far, one big and one small, and both aren't even returning my calls.

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[snakeyesboy.livejournal.com]

I checked out Harvest co op in Cambridge today.  I hate to say it but I was pretty underwhelmed.  I'll clarify by saying that among other things, I really value small co ops for items such as cage free hormone free organic eggs, hormone free organic dairy, and my #1 important thing, grass fed beef.  Harvest had some of those but not a wide selection, and no grass fed beef that I could find.  They did have something labeled 100% vegetarian fed beef but that is not really what I am after.  Where else can I find grass fed beef in the area?