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[meg]

Hi- I would love to be included in any gardening meetups that happen! My partner and I gradually getting our yard toward a future vision of food production/greater sustainability/etc. Thanks!

[kirida]

On proofreading: Read it out loud. It’s the best way to ensure your resume and coverletter is complete and you won’t kick yourself over a silly typo.

[kathy]

The initial look-over your resume receives is a quick scan to look for key words, objectives, accomplishments that directly apply to the job description. Sometimes it’s electronically scanned for key words. There’s a science to it. Try reading “What Color is My Parachute” That’s the book that helped me find a job. If you can get someone who is known to the people hiring to email your resume for you, it’s probably more effective than just emailing it to the jobs email address. Networking is the most effective way to get a job.

[Jiggers]

Is sending your resume online to an employer a good thing or bad? Any tips into getting both your cover letter and/or resume immediately noticed and not tossed?

[changingtimes]

I think the Y would be good! they have really good classes for older women. My Mother in Law goes and loves it!!! I myself like 24 hour fitness, just because it seems really clean compared to the Y. I havent tried Allstar but i have heard that they have a seperate Womens side which i think is pretty cool!

[changingtimes]

ok this is out of west seattle but the Seattle Tofu Company on Jackson near the Gais Bakery outlet is hands down my favorite place ever!!! and i am asian and have been all over seattle looking for good chinese restaurants! dont let the name scare you! they do have other options!! they serve dim sum made on the spot! and have chow fun and congee!!!

[NGKL]

Yesterday some of my mail (including my paycheck and Netflix movies!) was apparently misdelivered and the kind soul who received it put it in my box this morning. I can’t thank whoever it was enough!

[JimmyG]

I leave WS anytime between 0600 and 0715 and the bridge is normally at speed. The few days (maybe 4X/year) that I leave later it’s a nightmare.

Thank the stars and pagans and any other powers that be that I work south of Seattle and don’t have to take the bridge. My employer was seriously talking about moving our offices to downtown Seattle in 2 years. Luckily they decided against it.

[Ken]

Has part of WA been moved to CA? The current flyer is right in front of me and it says Washington grown 6 for $2.00

I know a few corn farmers on both sides of the cascades and they have barely got their stands started and most lost a lot of time due to wet weather. They worry that they won’t have any to harvest by July forth on the east side and later here on the west.

The corn is fresh and a super sweet variety but I was wondering if anyone noticed.

Details of corn varieties in WA and OR:

http://hort-devel-nwrec.hort.oregonstate.edu/corn-pr.html

[walfredo]

http://www.zogby.com/news/ReadNews.dbm?ID=1511

Very encouraging poll numbers. Obama with a large lead over McCain nationally, despite 1/3 Hillary supporters not currently supporting him.

Turns out the republicans might be more divided then they are letting on, and that settling on a nominee quickly didn’t heal all the primary wounds, specifically conservatives dislike on McCain…

Also nice to see Barack up 25 points in the national primary poll…

[ToddinWestwood]

This week I have had the unfoutunate task of going odwntown for Jury Duty. not that the Jury duty is bad, just gettig downtown.

I rode my motorcycle a couple days but still, getting over the W.S. Bridge is a nightmare at 7:30-8am. The bus lane has now become the 99 merge lane or a passing lane to the point where busses were getting back in the left 2 lanes to get by.

There is 3 ways out of W.S., the big bridge, the lower bridge and Roxbury to the first ave bridge.

How can we even think about losing the viaduct or building thousands of more residences in W.S. without curing our transportation woes first?

[inactive]

idler –

wow – that is s0 interesting. The workshop and the instructors sound great. Who wouldn’t want to learn how to make patterns and sew a slipcover from a woman who designed the Socket Wenches uniforms!!!

It is wonderful to know these artists are in West Seattle! I’ve bookmarked the site.

Thanks for sharing that. Very cool.

[idler]

There is a new sewing workshop in the old Gatewood Baptist church school building called Make It Workshop. You can take a class to learn to make a patter and sew it yourself or you can buy adult open workshop time. If they don’t have a class they will recommend a seamstress for you. You should check it out. I bet they could hook you up.

http://makeitworkshop.com/

[melsbees]

What’s the best gym/trainer in West Seattle for women over 59?

[inactive]

Fabu GenHillOne –

Great ideas! Appreciate it.

[GenHillOne]

Hancock has someone they work with – I watched them connect a customer with her via phone once (hurry before they close!). Also, Authentic Home did them through their old location and assuming that only their storefront has changed, they would be a good resource too.

[inactive]

I’ve got the bolts of material – just need someone to measure here at house and sew.

Know somebody here? Or close by?

As always, thanks

[austin]

The other great thing is that you can take the water taxi over and not have to park at all!

[Anonymous]

And pretty soon we’re going to hear the *but he wasn’t his pastor for 20 years* cry. It is still relevant, as the article you posted pin-pointed. McCain is actively seeking the endorsement of these people to appease the far-right conservative crowd. When called on it, his answer is , well I don’t agree with EVERYTHING they say but I’m grateful for their endorsement.

Where is the outrage over McCain not denouncing these idiots. I’ll take *god damn America* over *the holocaust was the Jews own fault*, any day.

[WSMom]

Okay, so I’ve been happily posting on the WSB and listening to some awesome tunes on Pandora Radio. You get to create your own radio station just by putting in the name of your favorite band. I’m loving my new “Death Cab For Cutie” station. No commercials either.

http://www.pandora.com/

[austin]

Hey Sue! And everyone! And hell yeah WSMom.

I consider myself a fairly novice gardener but have had excellent luck with tomatoes in pots the past couple of years. Due to my newness I usually acquire a few established plants (~12″) to put in my pots in the spring, and they thrive throughout the summer, bearing fruit from july to early october depending on your strain. I don’t have any in yet (tomorrow!) but if I had I would be still using a cloche for these cloudy sub-70s days. I don’t know the size of my pots in gallons; put your arms out in front of you to form an O and that’s about the size I’ve got, though I’ve done it in smaller. Wood, ceramic or metal doesn’t matter as long as it has some drainage. Tomatoes like soil with a neutral PH and I use regular potting soil with compost and a bit of organic tomato fertilizer when prepping it.

In addition to tomatoes I always grow a variety of basil or two since I use a LOT of basil and tomatoes in my cooking. Basil’s a tough plant and will put up with a lot as long as you pinch back the purple flowers before they can go to seed (going to seed will result in a lackluster flavor of your leaf). You can put basil in just about any kind of container with drainage.

Peppers of all types do well in containers but some varieties prefer a hotter, drier climate. I haven’t had a lot of jalapeno luck but my bells do quite well. It’s a little early for peppers though.

You might also consider putting out some nasturtiums and marigolds as a companion to your tomatoes. Flies and aphids avoid nasturtiums and nematodes and white flies are not friends with marigolds.

If you’re willing to venture into vegetable boxes / raised beds (a little more prep work than container gardening but significantly increased room to plant and move about) you might consider looking into carrots, pumpkins, squash, eggplant, corn, and potatoes (all good to go in the ground in the next now to month or two assuming we get some consistent warm weather in that time).

This reminds me, I have some work to do..

[WSMom]

Hi Sue:

I am not an expert, but here’s my method for growing massive quantities of tomatoes every year…

1) Place the plant in the sunniest spot you can find. With our mild climate, tomatos need as much direct sunlight as possible.

2) Water nearly every morning, unless we have significant rain, then you can skip a day, but pretty much I water the roots (not the plant) everyday.

3) Feed your soil with compost. Even folks in apartments can pretty easily have a worm bin, composted soil is amazing.

4) In mid-July or so, take your garden clippers and trim up your tomato plant to force the plant to use it’s energy to produce fruit not more leaves. I cut off the branches with no flowers on them. Here’s a link to show you what I’m talking about: http://www.gardenaction.co.uk/fruit_veg_diary/fruit_veg_mini_project_july_1b_tomato.asp

5) Grow at least one “Early Girl” variety of tomato plant. I’m a big believer in Early Girl’s because I know that I’ll have ripe fruit by August even if we have a cloudy rainy summer. It’s nice to plant other varietals for fun & flavor, but the Early Girls have won my heart by coming through year after year. Last year some folks complained that their tomatoes never ripened, I froze 25 gallons of tomatoes for use this winter (just used the last gallon a couple of weeks ago).

Talk to the people at West Seattle Nursery regarding containers, they have always steered me in the right direction.

I’m a believer in gardening to elevate my mood. Gardening forces me to be outside in whatever weather, it makes me feel good to know that I’m doing something that will benefit the health of not only my family, but in a small way, the earth by improving and enriching the soil. I’m a recent convert to gardening. I started out on Sept 12, 2001 planting a few lavender plants in my front yard while feeling very upset and worried about the state of our world. I remember digging and digging and pulling and pulling weed after weed while praying for the families in NYC and feeling so frustrated that we didn’t have a more reasonable administration to deal with this situation. Day after day, I ignored the laundry piling up and continued to pull up weeds and head to WS Nursery for cheap 4 inch pots of plants to go in place of the weeds. Slowly, I found I was feeling better, my yard was looking better, and that I actually didn’t have such a brown thumb after all. Honestly, if I can have a successful garden, anyone can.

[Huindekmi]

Nahhhh… He should choose Michael Bolton.

Maybe this topic should be moved to the West Seattle Jobs Offered forum.

[Sue]

I am a would-be gardener who would like to start a small container vegetable garden. Not sure what I’d like to plant, other than tomatoes since my husband is obsessed with them. :) Are there resources that any of you would suggest for a novice on finding out about how to go about growing veggies in containers, what types/size containers to use, and what varieties of plants do well in containers? I’d rather not invest the money in this to go ahead and kill everything. :) I’ve never tried growing my own vegetables before.

[blue]

Does anyone have any experience with a trustworthy and reliable dog walker? We will be on vacation and need someone to walk our two dogs twice a day, as well as feed them and give them some love. They will also need to check cat’s food occasionally and possibly water a plant or two if needed. No need to stay over in the house.

Any suggestions? Thanks.