Today, after a bit of planning, we started work on the 3 Squares Garden!!
Ted, Lenny, Joel, and Emily met at Lowes this morning at 9:00 to buy some supplies. About an hour later with some lumber, nails, screws and weed paper, we set out for James Island Elementary School to build some garden beds. We met Justin, Carissa, Michelle, Ginny, Joanna, the kiddos, and Ryan's power tools at the school and got ready to do some work.
Joel, Ted, and Lenny screwed the first few beds together. Then, Lenny and Ted abandoned us! They said they were going to get some dirt to fill the beds with, but at the time it felt like abandonment. Joel and I tested out marriage and put a few more beds together, and when Justin showed up, the three of us finished the beds.
Carissa, Michelle, and Ginny arrived just in time to learn how to load a staple gun! They successfully stapled the weed paper to the bottoms of ALL the beds AND they brought a cooler of water and gatorade to feed nourish the hungy troops.
Just as Joel missed the screw and drilled his finger and the foul language started to form on the tip of his tounge... the Hudsons piled out of the van and Joel held his tounge nicely! Joanna the the kids were super helpful and seemed to have a great time. The boys helped hammer nails to mark off one foot squares, and they did an excellent job. They even helped Lenny and Ted spread the dirt around the gardens.
So the end result of the day....
6 Beds
2 Beds full of dirt
4 Beds part full of compost
And a whole lot of fun!!!
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