Wednesday, May 13, 2009

Work Party


What a Day!!!

THANK YOU to everyone who helped with the garden on Saturday, May 9th. We had a fantastic turnout. We’ve gotten all the basics in place to get us up and running. We’ve also got lots of early garden starts…looks fantastic!

WATER SUPPLY – Allison, John, and Janette evaluated the existing drip system on Wednesday and made plans for upgrades. John very kindly purchased supplies and fixed our leaky main water line – THANK YOU ALL for your expertise.

Sue, Kathy, Linda, Ikue, and Ross stepped up and laid out the drip line irrigation—some impressive pinch hitting! Rick came by to troubleshoot…he put a lot of time in on that system last year.

We now have a drip system in place! While we expect to work out some kinks (we certainly did last year…), this is a HUGE first step to creating a dependable water system that will save HOURS of watering by hand.

COMPOSTING – Tom and Pat previously created an open compost bin from old wooden pallets. This is so much more effective than our old system. Ross and Ikue emptied and moved our old composter (it’s seen better days…). They also filled Tom’s new open compost bin—garden gold in the making. Julie purchased and assembled the ratproof, closed compost bin now located by the red tool shed. Be careful –tighten the lid firmly before you “tumble” it!

WEEDING – Linda, Ikue, and Ross dug some mean dandelions on the house front lawn. Joan and Julie had earlier worked on the dandelions as well. We are now ready to till (and then plant) the donation bed for Friendship Manor!

DOUBLE DIGGING and TOMATO PLANTING – Jonathan, Jaime, Sue, Julie, Joan and Cynthea helped double dig and plant our community tomato plot.



THANK YOU TO ALL WHO CONTRIBUTED


IT WAS A HECTIC BUT PRODUCTIVE DAY

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