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October 20, 2006
Olivia White Hospice Garden Workdays 10/26 & 10/28
On Thursday some of our regular crew (Nancy Palmer, David Hockman, Leslie Pennick and Marcia Lamkin) ignored the temperatures and worked on garden clean-up. We managed to put away some stone birdbaths, cleaned tomato pots, filled the new sitting raised bed with soil, mulched the roses and caulked the new greenhouse. Leslie continues to get compost and mulch for us from Fort Tuthill with her truck. Tim Hainsworth stopped by with a load of unused bagged soil from Mary Lou Parliman. This was used to help fill the sitting raised bed. Amanda Welles also stopped by to check on her drying herbs from the tea garden. They will be processed next week for teas for the home.
Last week while Laura and I were at the Highlands Garden Conference Nancy Palmer and Leslie Pennick continued work on the Faerie Garden. They added side rock walls to prevent erosion into the new steps. Next season some ground covers - probably thyme -
will be planted between the rocks.
Thank you:
Mary Lou Parliman for some much needed soil for our new raised bed.
Leslie Pennick for many loads of mulch/compost throughout the season.
Nancy Palmer for your creative rock work in the Faerie Garden, mulching and getting birdbaths ready for winter.
David Hockman for your heavy duty lifting and multiple skills (caulking this week).
Marcia Lamkin for mulching and helping to fill the new raised bed.
John Gordon and Community Service Crew for a load of compost.
Plans for next week:
Continue general garden clean-up
Mulching
Planting some fall bulbs
Waterproofing the standing raised bed
Finishing caulking
Plans for 10/28 - Make a Difference Day
Painting the greenhouse
Filling in bed/moving rock to prepare for moving the greenhouse further east
Waterproofing benches
Planting bulbs
As usual we will provide water and snacks. Bring a hat, gloves and sun screen. We will be in the garden on both days from 8am-12pm. Come for any part of that time. It will probably be our last workday in the garden. Park in the 1st Congretational Church lot on Turquoise just past Switzer Canyon Drive or on the street on Turquoise. If you plan to attend on Saturday please let me know, so we have enough snacks.
Rather than a garden poem this week, I would like to mention the loss of two special garden friends. We lost a special garden friend on September 28th - Andrea Josephs. Her plants will live on in many of the gardens of Flagstaff including Olivia White Hospice Home. Her plants and garden expertise will be missed in Flagstaff, although her home was opened to those who wanted to dig up remaining plants. The garden volunteers will dedicate a brick for the gazebo floor in her honor this year.
The second loss was of Lewie the cat from the Arboretum. He passed over the rainbow bridge at the age of 20 on October 7th. He provided so many stories and so much fun for many of the Arboretum gardeners, and neighbors when he retired to live with Jeff and Wendy Hines. When I was a vegetable gardener at the Arboretum he provided some much needed rodent control to allow us to successfully garden there. He also provided continuing entertainment for the staff,
volunteers and visitors. He will be missed but always be a significant part of the history of the Arboretum.
Hope to see you this week.
Loni Shapiro
Posted by maxmaddy at October 20, 2006 5:14 AM