Last Class

What a flurry of activity.
I have not had the opportunity to be at any of this years classes, so when I arrived just before 2pm and found the nursery garden filled with people already assembled and working at assigned tasks I was excited and elated.
Linda, Marilyn and Brian have really stepped up to the plate and without their collective hard work I'm sure we would not be as far along as we are.

Alan has problems with his young pup and as a result was late arriving to this class.

When I spoke with Linda I got my assigned spot in Block D clearing straw from one of the rows and turning over the soil looking for deep roots to clear away, prepping this bed for onion planting.  Because I have had no involvement so far I was virtually anonymous and this cleared me to just be one of the volunteers. There were already three others doing the same task in this Block.  When my row was completed I let the others continue and went on to help two others repair and rebuild two very long cold frames along the back of the beds.  One placed old shingles along the floor to keep the weeds down and we laid old skids over top to place the potted plants for frost protection.  Once this task was completed I moved over to the potting area where there were 4 volunteers potting dahlias to be placed into the cold frames.
There were also 3 or 4 loading hay into the trailer and dropping it off near Block C and 3 working on planting some vegetables in Block C.
People started packing up around 4:15pm and once the potting volunteers started to leave I headed over to check on the peony beds and pull some of the dandelions and other unwanted plants form the area.  I also checked on the rhubarb which needs to be divided.

I hope with the momentum continues. . . . . . .