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  Member Coordinator January 31, 2014 at 4:20pm

  Welcome and thanks for joining the Valley Permaculture Alliance (VPA) website!  VPA is a Phoenix based non-profit that offers classes, training, activities, tours, events and demonstrations.  Learn more about VPA on the ‘About Us’ page, and explore what this site has to offer.  We hope that you will participate fully in the many groups, forums, and other resources on this site.  Please take advantage of the wealth of knowledge readily shared by our members! 

  And thank you so much for your interest in volunteering with VPA.  There are many volunteer opportunities such as assisting with classes, with the seed library, in the office, and at events like the annual Tour de Coops and Mesquite Pancake Breakfast.  We encourage you to join the Volunteer Group (http://www.phoenixpermaculture.org/group/volunteer) to stay up to date with all the volunteer opportunities we have available or email volunteer@vpaaz.org.  You, the Volunteer, make it possible fo the VPA to accomplish our mission of inspiring sustainable urban living in the desert southwest.  And we look forward to getting to know you! 

  Want another way to connect with VPA? Look for us on Facebook.  (https://www.facebook.com/ValleyPermacultureAlliance) and Twitter (@vpapermie).

   

  If you have any questions or suggestions, please let us know. You can email Susan, the Class Coordinator at classes@vpaaz.org about classes and the website.  You can also reach Kate, the Volunteer Manager, via kate@vpaaz.org.

   

  Best wishes,

  Victoria

  Volunteer Membership Coordinator
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  Alison McKee January 30, 2014 at 4:15pm

  Rasa, just came in from a break from turning my compost.  We live in North Phoenix and have a little tractor to put bucket fulls in trucks or trailers.  We're also going to sell by the bag for people with small gardens.  My temp was dropping in my nearly finished pile and was holding at about 125 degrees for weeks.  For some reason, it heated back up again this week!  140 degrees at the beginning of the week.  But, it's back down to 125.   I've used it on some potted plants and have a neighbor that's been using it for about 2 months, LONG before it was ready.  No weeds or grass is coming up for either of us and my flowers are coming back to life after our hard freezes.  So, even though it's still a bit warm, I think we've cooked it pretty good.  We had temps up to 170 when I didn't get out to turn it one week.  When would you be looking to pick some up?  I'll be outside probably until dark.  You can either send me a msg here and I'll check it or, you can call me on my home # at 623-580-9224.  ~ Alison