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October 3, 2008
Olivia White Hosice Garden Project
We spent most of our workday today in the beds on the corner of Turquoise and Switzer Canyon Dr. Northland Hospice has a large sign on that corner which was placed there even before the home was completed. Since that time the juniper and moonshine yarrow have grown taller than the sign which could no longer be seen. We moved moonshine yarrow and one juniper and pruned the juniper and the ponderosa just behind the sign. Next time your in the neighborhood take a look at the corner. Of all days none of our regular men showed up. Leslie Penick, Karen Kent, Linda Guarino, Nancy Palmer, Vicki Goodwin and Crys Wells did the difficult work of digging up the yarrow and juniper and using a pick axe to dig new holes in the rocky beds. We all got our exercise for the day, but the result was worth it.
Other activities for the day included some watering (mostly new beds and transplants), potting up frost tender herbs to bring inside, and of course eating. We all brought a sweet treat today and after that difficult work decided that we would eat deserts for lunch.
New in the garden:
Lots of fall color throughout - low grow sumac, blaze maples, burning bush, aspen
"In the garden, Autumn is, indeed the crowning glory of the year, bringing us the fruition of months of thought and care and toil. And at no season, safe perhaps in Daffodil time, do we get such superb colour effects as from August to November."
- Rose G. Kingsley, The Autumn Garden
Thanks:
To our regular crew of women for a day of serious digging and weeding
Come join us for our last month in the garden for 2008. Still on the agenda is:
Mulching the roses and other parts in the garden
Working on a design for the rock garden
Putting away hardscape for the season
Finishing gathering hollyhock seeds
Deadheading some perennials
Planting some fall bulbs
Staining some benches ?
Weeding
Finishing the drip in front of the home.
We will be in the garden every Thursday Morning 8-12pm weather permitting. We have 2 Saturday workdays scheduled on Oct. 11 and 25 9-12pm. Come with a hat and sun screen and any tools you like to use. Park in the First Cogregational Church lot on Turquoise.
Thanks,
Loni Shapiro
Posted by maxmaddy at October 3, 2008 5:29 AM