Farmer's Market, October 29th, 2005
Display: The solar-dryer "posters"--old, but at least colorful. EC's "Help Wanted" ad. Also main sign supported use of the News' "Ride Shared" classified ad section [two offers this week!], and listing other ways to save "gas" (dry by sun, share rides, ride bike…) It was still daylight-savings time; with the temperature about 32 degrees at dawn and agricultural production coming to a halt, only about half the slots were filled. I chose a spot I guessed would get the best sun, but the sun wasn't able to cut through the still-leafy trees around the Trail Tavern. Set-up continued until fingers were numbed with cold. The end is probably nigh, although EST will help.
Jackie Mulhall seemed to have gotten resigned to the data I'd sent her that showed that corn is unlikely to be a dream fuel. She's working on ways to close off unused rooms and so on.
Lynn Sontag reported that the Jerusalem artichoke tubers EC handed out in the Spring did very well. I reminded her that they keep best left right in the ground and covered with leaves (solely to allow digging as needed for salads). Another person who is a neophyte gardener also reported a good stand of artichokes.
A Cedarville Twp. woman was interested in the Ohio Solar Energy pamphlets. I mentioned Andy & Beth Holyoke's straw-bale house, and suggested she contact them.
Jerry P came by and vigorously insisted he will be most unhappy if it takes EC/Council so long to pass the vetted noise ordinance that Antioch would end up pleading a hardship so running the AC at night next summer. I responded by saying that it seemed to me we were definitely of one mind on that on the Commission, and I was ready to warn Antioch quite early in the year and strongly that they had to have a plan that did not require using the current AC setup at night in the summer no matter how hot it got. Jerry also worried that once the vetting was done there'd be no interest in going on to improve the ordinance. I pointed out to him that I'd been assured that would not be the case. {--> EC: if I have the pulse of EC wrongly represented here, do let me know, and Jerry as well]
Chet Reed asked last week about a hand-operated clothes-washer, and came by this week with his 3 small kids (they proved to be the only users of the chairs I'd set up). He was all ready to go check at Tree-Hugger for the item, the incentive being that his motor-driven washer had busted. It then developed that the dryer was still working, and he was using it. I can't recall exactly what I said, but he read the "Delaine" essay titled "Why I Like Using a Solar Dryer," and declared he should make the change to solar. I shared my opinion that doing the washing for 3 kids by hand is a lot less fun than doing the drying by hand.
Cyclists Uta Schenck and Amanda Calder came by, and I gave each some YS Bike brochures to hand out to acquaintances.
The day became quite lovely, and people were not disinclined to chat, but just not there in the numbers of high season. At tear-down time a recent Ant grad -- bio major -- who'd indicated interest in EC membership early in summer stopped by to renew issue -- I sed write the Clerk [-->ED: no sign of ad this week]
For this Saturday I was thinking of a sign about a "Solar Leaf Blower" (a rake) for this Saturday, but maybe it's time to stop; the weather is problematic at this point anyway.
Jackie Mulhall seemed to have gotten resigned to the data I'd sent her that showed that corn is unlikely to be a dream fuel. She's working on ways to close off unused rooms and so on.
Lynn Sontag reported that the Jerusalem artichoke tubers EC handed out in the Spring did very well. I reminded her that they keep best left right in the ground and covered with leaves (solely to allow digging as needed for salads). Another person who is a neophyte gardener also reported a good stand of artichokes.
A Cedarville Twp. woman was interested in the Ohio Solar Energy pamphlets. I mentioned Andy & Beth Holyoke's straw-bale house, and suggested she contact them.
Jerry P came by and vigorously insisted he will be most unhappy if it takes EC/Council so long to pass the vetted noise ordinance that Antioch would end up pleading a hardship so running the AC at night next summer. I responded by saying that it seemed to me we were definitely of one mind on that on the Commission, and I was ready to warn Antioch quite early in the year and strongly that they had to have a plan that did not require using the current AC setup at night in the summer no matter how hot it got. Jerry also worried that once the vetting was done there'd be no interest in going on to improve the ordinance. I pointed out to him that I'd been assured that would not be the case. {--> EC: if I have the pulse of EC wrongly represented here, do let me know, and Jerry as well]
Chet Reed asked last week about a hand-operated clothes-washer, and came by this week with his 3 small kids (they proved to be the only users of the chairs I'd set up). He was all ready to go check at Tree-Hugger for the item, the incentive being that his motor-driven washer had busted. It then developed that the dryer was still working, and he was using it. I can't recall exactly what I said, but he read the "Delaine" essay titled "Why I Like Using a Solar Dryer," and declared he should make the change to solar. I shared my opinion that doing the washing for 3 kids by hand is a lot less fun than doing the drying by hand.
Cyclists Uta Schenck and Amanda Calder came by, and I gave each some YS Bike brochures to hand out to acquaintances.
The day became quite lovely, and people were not disinclined to chat, but just not there in the numbers of high season. At tear-down time a recent Ant grad -- bio major -- who'd indicated interest in EC membership early in summer stopped by to renew issue -- I sed write the Clerk [-->ED: no sign of ad this week]
For this Saturday I was thinking of a sign about a "Solar Leaf Blower" (a rake) for this Saturday, but maybe it's time to stop; the weather is problematic at this point anyway.
posted by Tracy Logan at Saturday, October 29, 2005
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