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 13th 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
