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 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 

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