Day 2 of Roof Repair

Crew is working on replacing the roof on the Fellowship Hall and the Sanctuary today.

If good weather continues on Wednesday, they will return.  

If it snows, they will have to wait for drier weather.

Sanctuary:

Fellowship Hall:

Sanctuary:

East side of Fellowship Hall:

 

New Roof! Day 1

 It turns out that the shingles that were installed on the roof 4 years ago were defective.  The shingle production company reimbursed the Fellowship for the defective shingles.  Now, Bulldog Roofing (https://bulldog-roof.com/) is installing a new roof.  First thing to do is to deliver 2 truckloads of new shingles and and put them on the ridge.  Bulldog will take the weekend off and then start in to work bright and early on Monday morning of next week.  The installation should take about 5 days.

2024 Super Duper Lawn Mowing Team

Here's the schedule I have for mowing the lawn:

Team 1 - 1st weekend of the month: 

 

Paul Brynteson and Steve Nelson

Team 2 - 2nd weekend of the month: 

 

Hans Jordan and Hiram Wolgemuth

Team 3 - 3rd weekend of the month: 

 

TK Smith and Scott Nelson

Team 4 - 4th weekend of the month: 

 

Barb Stirling and Phyllis Greene

If there are 5 weekends in a month, we'll skip that one.

If you need an inservice on how to use the equipment, let me know and I'd be more than happy to show you.  Sunday after services is always a good time.

 

We're all set for summer:  Two new battery-powered lawnmowers and a trimmer and blower.  Paul Brynteson tries out the new mower.  In addition, Steve Nelson built a rock spillway to prevent erosion as the rain water comes off the roof on the east side of the Sanctuary.  Thank you Steve and the rest of the Grounds Team who schlepped rocks from different places to help build this beautiful rock creation.  Click on the image to enlarge it.

A Big Thank You To All Our Members Who Showed Up For Our Grounds Clean Up Day!

 

It was a great day to work on the Fellowship grounds.  We cleaned gutters, racked leaves, divided and re-planted switch grass, racked pine needles and trimmed the branches of the 9 Sisters Pines, fluffed mulch, shoveled mulch and distributed mulch, weeded, composted the childrens' raised gardens, delivered yard waste to Western to be turned into compost, and much more.  A great time was had by all.

Participants:

Chris and Robyn Rathweg

Wendie Highsmith

Tom Briggs

Larry Arp

Paul Brynteson

Joan Mulcahy

Hans Jordan

Hiram Wolgemuth

T.K. Smith

Lucy Williams

Steve Nelson

Amanda Deringer-Downs

Kitty Kalebarn

David Burrous

 

Annual Spring Grounds Clean Up Day

Many Hands Make Light Work

Saturday, April 13, 2024

9:00 am to 12:00 pm

Come for an hour... come for three.

Kids are welcome.

• Gardening tools, if you have any.
• Rake, shovel, broom, clippers, bear claws, ladder, pruners, etc.
• Hat
• Sun block
• Gloves
• Water bottle
• Long sleeves

Check-in at the table on the west side of the Fellowship Hall.

We'll have a list of tasks at the check-in table and you choose the task(s) that you prefer.

For example:

• Check drip irrigation emitters under Larry Arp's most excellent guidance.
• Repairing/replacing broken emitters
• Weeding mulched areas next to building + parking lot islands
• Clean out gutters
• Rake pine needles under the 9 Sisters Pine Tree Alley
• Hauling tree limbs and pine needles to Western Disposal
• Inspect the pile of stuff on the west edge of property and decide if it is to be kept or disposed of. (old plastic playground parts, rubber mat,  etc.)  
• Mow grass as needed

• Paint or stain Free Library
• Fluff mulch
• imps out of established trees
• Sweep pine cones off sidewalks
• Any other tasks invented by the Grounds Teams:

From Larry Arp:  Jobs for April 13^th Grounds Day

• Pick up trash around parking lots and borders
• Fluff up Gorilla Mulch on parking lot islands and west entrance
• Remove extra irrigation emitters for trees and shrubs*
• Clean rain gutters and downspouts*
• Run new irrigation line for switch grass area by sanctuary*
• Subdivide and transplant switch grass by sanctuary*
• Move flagstone by wheelbarrow from south entrance to barn
• Pickup sticks and branches throughout
• Pull weeds at entrances, islands, and hell strip
• Level wood chips under swings in the playground
• Move much of the apple tree mulch to slopes around south parking lot*

*Larry will guide and assist 

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Third Annual Switch Grass Cutting

 Each year about this time, members of the BVUUF Grounds Team have to cut down the dead switch grass straw to encourage new growth.  This year's team was made up of Larry Arp, Hans Jordan, Paul Brynteson, Steve Nelson and David Burrous.