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October 7, 2006
Olivia White Hospice Home Workday 10/19/06
With a small crew of regulars, David Hockman, Elsie Ellis, Laura Davis and myself, we were able to water, clean and fill birdbaths and feeders, replant 5 oak trees, plant 5 fall asters, reorganize the shed and level and begin to fill the sitting raised bed.
The greenhouse is now in place and ready to be painted on "Make a Difference Day".
Laura and I will not be in the garden on 10/12 because we are headed to the Highlands Garden Conference. Regulars are welcome to come and work on their projects and we usually have weeding/watering to do.
Still blooming:
Many fall asters, roses (although again visited by the local white tailed deer), phlox, agastache, larkspur and much of the 1st inferno strip. Leaves are changing on the maples and several other shrubs, but with the expected rainfall we may loose them.
Plans for 10/19:
Continue work on the Faerie Garden hardscape
Continue filling the sitting raised bed
Plant some bulbs?
General garden clean-up
Mulching for winter
Upcoming on "Make a Difference Day" October 28 8am-12pm:
Paint the greenhouse
Waterproof the benches and standing raised bed
Plant bulbs
Mulch
Please come join us in the garden on Thurday 10/19 from 8am-12pm. We will be in the garden weekly from now until the end of October, weather permitting. Bring a hat, sunscreen and any tool you like to use. Park on Turquoise just past Switzer Canyon Dr. or in the lot at the First Congregational Church. Water and snacks are provided.
"The lost leaves measure our years: they are gone as the days are gone."
Richard Jefferies The Life of the Fields (1908)
Thanks,
Loni
Posted by maxmaddy at October 7, 2006 6:11 AM