Community Gardening - Service

September 2, 2020 (COVID days)

During COVID the in person restrictions vary as things go from bad to being managed and then to bad again. We had a window to get in some service work for the Acadia Community gardens.

With the over abundance of Yellow Raspberry bushes at Karl's the plan was to transplant all the raspberries that were escaping their original beds. 

Team Members

Jack, Philip, Bowen, Ashton, Michael, Ephraim  - Young men
Sam, Sherry - Young women
Karl, Rob, Bishop - Leaders

Photo Library

20200902_192749.jpg (4374477 bytes) Assessing the situation. Taste pretty good.  20200902_192753.jpg (2818206 bytes) Looks like we got a team of Ninja's in here. 20200902_194507.jpg (3254231 bytes) At the community garden site now, digging out the new homes.  20200902_194513.jpg (2781189 bytes) We expanded the area from our original project a couple years back.
20200902_194730.jpg (4487988 bytes) What should you know about transplanting raspberries? How deep should the hole be?  20200902_194823.jpg (4854707 bytes) They'll need a good watering. 20200902_194923.jpg (4536429 bytes) Top them off with some of their original soil.  20200902_195245.jpg (2497706 bytes)  A misty spray works best. 
20200902_195248.jpg (4263163 bytes) Cleanup, and put away all the buckets. 20200902_195400.jpg (5187566 bytes) Roll up and put away the hose.  20200902_195409.jpg (5534245 bytes) How hard could this be?  20200902_195422.jpg (5066902 bytes) Hard, Hard. dang spigot. 
20200902_195426.jpg (4348600 bytes) Too much spray leaking out here.  20200902_195620.jpg (4625736 bytes) Our senior gardener finally takes care of it.     
       
And now for the real dangerous part of the activity - The monkey bars and Grounders    
20200902_200638.jpg (2825367 bytes) Such balancing skills here  20200902_200647.jpg (3273423 bytes) Phillip takes the splits. 20200902_200942.jpg (2948655 bytes) Some of the boys take to the aerial tier.   20200902_200948.jpg (4086026 bytes) Bishop steadies himself while catching his breath. 
20200902_201042.jpg (3092319 bytes) The aerial advantage may not hold out here. Sam's locked onto him. 20200902_201044.jpg (3247192 bytes) The gap is closing and the maneuvers are getting complicated. 20200902_201047.jpg (3338124 bytes) Running out here and need Ashton needs to drop down. Can he do it?  20200902_201912.jpg (4637903 bytes) One escape path is bottle-necking. 
20200902_201945.jpg (4135338 bytes) Phillip misses seeing Sam on the slide.  20200902_201954.jpg (4236284 bytes) Her arms clamp on while stealthily ascending.  20200902_202454.jpg (3631295 bytes) Threat seems to have passed.  20200902_202459.jpg (3464538 bytes) Brothers engage. 
And then we went home. Nice bit of service edible benefits.