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A Message From the Director Hello! In reading through some of the responses from our recent survey, I realized that I've never done a formal introduction of myself or the other library staff. This month, you'll meet me and next month I'll share a bit about each of our staff members and what they do here at the library. My name is Susan Cackler and I've worked here at the library since 2007. I took on the newly created role of Library Supervisor and Programs Coordinator in 2017 and became the Library Director late last summer. If you've attended a Summer Reading Program or a story time or most of the other programs at the library, you've seen me in action in my programming role, which I have continued into my current role. I also manage staff, the budget, the building, oversee collection development and purchasing, as well as represent our library on committees in the Washington County Cooperative Library Services. And I write this monthly newsletter! If you didn't get a chance to take the survey, we've extended it so click here to let us know how we can best serve you. |
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One Book One Coast Events at the Banks Library Thursday, April 16 Gyotaku fish printing and book handout
Teens from 3:15-4:30 pm Adults 6:30pm - 8:00 pm Learn about this traditional art form and try your hand at making a fish print. Also, we will be distributing copies of "They Called Us Enemy" by George Takei at this event as part of the One Book One Coast program. Thursday, May 28: Book Discussion of "They Called Us Enemy" Teens 3:15- 4:30 pm Adults 6:30 pm to 8 pm Sunday, May 31: 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm Live-Stream Author Talk via YouT ube with George Takei. We'll meet at the library and have snacks while we watch as a group. No need to have attended previous events to participate with us. |
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Teen and Tween ProgramsThursdays starting at 3:15 pm and wrapping up by 4:30. April 2: Tween Crafternoon- Yarn Landscapes April 9: Drop-in Tabletop Games for grades 8 to 12 April 16: Teen Art Lab for ages 14 to 18 - Gyotaku Fish Prints (part of One Book One Coast program) Also Teen Service Saturday the second Saturday of the month from 10 am to noon. |
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 After School STEAM EventsTuesdays after school. No registration necessary. Open to elementary-age children. Programs start at 3 pm and generally wrap up at 4 pm. April 7: STEM - Science of Taste April 14: Pokémon TCG April 21: Art Lab- Gyotaku Fish Prints April 28: Drop-in and play Pokémon |
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Growing Tomatoes in the Pacific Northwest Thursday, April 9 at 7 pm Join us and Washington County Master Gardener Jorie Helwig to learn how to successfully grow tomatoes in the Pacific Northwest climate. Here is a list of gardening books for extra inspiration! And don't forget to check the Seed Library for some seeds to get your garden going. (And mark your calendar for our next Plant Swap on Saturday, May 9! Share vegetables and other plants with the community) You can check out the Seed Library here: https://www.cityofbanks.org/banksseedlibrary |
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The Speedy Vegetable Garden
by Mark Diacono
Typically, vegetable gardening is about the long view: peas sown in spring aren't harvested until summer, and tomatoes started indoors in February can't be eaten until July. But it's not true for all plants. Some things can be planted and eaten in weeks, days, even hours. The Speedy Vegetable Garden highlights more than 50 quick crops, with complete information on how to sow, grow, and harvest each plant, and sumptuous photography that provides inspiration and a visual guide for when to harvest. Sprouted seeds are the fastest. Microgreens can be harvested in weeks: cilantro, 14 days after planting; arugula and fennel in 10 days. And a handful of vegetable varieties grow more quickly than their slower relatives, like dwarf French beans (60 days), cherry tomatoes (65 days), and early potatoes (75 days). The Speedy Vegetable Garden puts fresh, seed-to-table food at your fingertips, fast!
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No Dig: Nurture Your Soil to Grow Better Veg with Less Effort
by Charles Dowding
Stop digging and start to truly understand the needs of your soil for bumper harvests of healthier crops. Charles Dowding has spent a lifetime perfecting his no dig sysem of growing. At its core is an awareness that soil vitality is a dynamic process involving a web of organisms which we can easily feed and support, enabling our plants to grow strong and healthy, in a weed-free environment. With clear, step-by-step instructions on how to set up a no dig plot and detailed cultivation advice for more than 80 crops, this book will revolutionize the way you grow.--Back cover
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The Comic Book Guide to Growing Food: Step-By-Step Vegetable Gardening for Everyone
by Joseph Tychonievich
Like having your own personal gardening mentor at your side, The Comic Book Guide to Growing Food is the story of Mia, an eager young professional who wants to grow her own vegetables but doesn't know where to start, and George, her retired neighbor who loves gardening and walks her through each step of the process. Throughout the book, cheat sheets sum up George's key facts and techniques, providing a handy quick reference for anyone starting their first vegetable garden, including how to find the best location, which vegetables are easiest to grow, how to pick out the healthiest plants at the store, when (and when not) to water, how to protect your plants from pests, and what to do with extra produce if you grow too much. If you are a visual learner, beginning gardener, looking for something new, or have struggled to grow vegetables in the past, you'll find this unique illustrated format ideal because many gardening concepts--from proper planting techniques to building raised beds--are easier to grasp when presented visually, step by step--
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The Beginner's Cut Flower Garden: Grow, Nourish, and Create Bliss Year-Round
by Elizabeth Brown
The Beginner's Cut Flower Garden is the perfect book for gardeners who are dipping a toe into growing cut flowers for the first time. Both an inspirational and practical guide to dreaming a cut flower garden into existence, Brown offers thoughtful, step-by-step, seasonally inspired narratives and activities paired with stunningly beautiful photographs of her cut flower garden on the coast of Maine. With the poetry of a classic horticultural guide and the accessibility of a contemporary garden club, Brown brings a collaborative, welcoming spirit to the process of growing flowers: we're all beginners here.
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Storytime Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 10 am Tuesday Learners- This program emphasizes developing the skills young folks need to enter school. Wednesday Wigglers - This program engages our youngest learners with movement, songs, crafts and stories.
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Digital Navigator Program available at Banks Library Wednesdays at 10 am to noon
Every Wednesdsay, a digital navigator will be available by registration or drop-in to assist with technology questions or challenges. Bring your device, or log on to one of our public computers. Call or reply to this e-mail to schedule a slot. The digital navigator will be at the Banks Library on Wednesdays from 10 am to noon. The program is a partnership between the ACC and WCCLS.
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