Allison has been watering by hand ALL WEEK to keep things growing ... she could use some help ... anyone able to water either early morning or in the evening ... this would be fabulous! Allison is also working on making a clear delineation between the lawn and the herb garden and has been coordinating efforts with Layne and Bob.
Layne repaired the spigot and the white pipe, mowed the garden lawn, and put the grass clippings into the compost pile. If you get a chance, check it out, it is cooking up a storm! Layne has added the garden lawn to his mowing schedule and will be putting the grass clippings into the compost on a regular basis. Our job is to keep the lawn free of debris.
Rick and Joan cleaned up the pile of trash and recyclables that had accumulated at the west end of the garden lawn. That is all cleared away. They also spread out the drip system (not connected yet) in an effort to see what we have and where it needs to go. The main hose for the drip system is connected to the white pipe up in the north east corner behind the raised bed. Rick is going to purchase a female-to-female connector so we can connect the hose to the pipe, and then we will get the drip system in its correct place. We are doing this all by “discovery” – so if anyone has any actual information about where the hose was laid originally, that would be very helpful.
Rick spread out one of the drip systems on the lawn side of the garden just to get an idea of the size and thinking that it might be needed for the herbs. BUT if the herbs are being watered by the sprinklers, we may not need to worry about that at all. We should hear from Layne about that this week. We will roll up the lawn drip system on Monday.
Margie did more tilling and planting on Sunday, preparing the area nearest the playground for pumpkin planting. Margie has been awesome – tilling, planting, and advising. We wouldn’t have gotten as far as we have without Margie’s help.
A separate list of more things to do will follow.
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