BVUUF Grounds Teams

Friday, August 16, 2024

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.

Monday, June 3, 2024

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.

Saturday, April 13, 2024

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

Tuesday, March 26, 2024

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

Sunday, March 24, 2024

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.