We had a productive one hour work session on Friday to put down landscaping cloth and mulch in the garden’s center area. Those in attendance included Jill, Bob, Georgia, Pat, Dane (yes, some young muscle!), Joe and Marti. We used up the available cloth and covered maybe a third of the to-be-mulched area. I’ll call Gary on Monday to request some more landscaping cloth. He is able to buy it at wholesale costs and then pass along the bill to us without a markup. We also moved some of the river stones to surround the center boulders and repositioned one of the rocks in the front left berm.
Here is recent snapshot of Garden with partial mulching completed.
You’ll also noticed some temporary signs up in garden. I put these up for a couple of reasons … first, in response to a broken beer bottle we found a week or so ago and, second, to identify to interested folks what is going on at on this site. Cindy notified the Wintergreen police to keep an extra eye out at site for beer-guzzling, bottle-breaking types. Here is photo of sign at entrance ...
Next step … complete the mulching in central and path areas. I’ll be away next week. If Gary is able to get cloth next week, I’ll let you know and someone can organize a work session, or we’ll just wait until week of May 19th when I’ll schedule a session. (Do I hear someone suggesting I go away for two or three weeks? :-)
When we plant berms, what do you think of using a different type/texture of mulch to cover plantings … i.e., to add a contrast from the walking area?
Marti
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