Watering

Today, Jim, Robbie and I showed up. Jim brought two garbage cans and two plastic storage containers that he had filled with water in the bed of his pickup. He and Robbie transported all the water to the Southern Forest on wheelbarrows. I had left a garbage can hidden in the area. The intent was to use it during the fall and winter to collect rain water. But the guys transferred some of the water into this can for future use.

Most of the plants from the fall 2015 work party appear to be doing fine. One gooseberry did not. I'm not sure if it's the location or simply needed more water than provided by rain. There was a fern that wasn't doing well either and that I attributed to the location since all the other ferns we planted last fall appeared healthy.

The area needs weeding again. Many of the plants had morning glory climbing around them. Also, a fallen locust branch was obscuring a twinberry and a snowberry. Jim emailed later to say he and Robbie removed that after I left.

There's an aven in this photo. Before I watered it, I did pull out as much morning glory as I could.