• On a cold (45 degree) and blustery Saturday May 14, five of us planted annuals in the strip garden at Carmen and Marine. We installed: 3 flats of yellow/orange marigolds, 1 flat of white alyssum, 1 flat of blue ageratum, and 1 flat of orange celosia.  This is a traditional selection we have been installing for a number of years; the marigolds can be counted on to look good into the fall and the others have been worthy additions too, unless the summer is overly hot and dry.
  
  By good luck the rain held off during our two hours of planting, but then came down steadily later in the day and overnight to provide for a good start.   Many thanks go to Rick Basch, Marilyn Mulholland,and Joe and Barbard Trendl. It took considerable fortitude to even think about gardening at 9:30 that morning.  We "built some character" and expect that the garden will add some positive character to the neighborhood.
  
  

• The dried weeds and grasses from last season have been cut and removed to make way for new growth.  The rope fence and many of the stakes have been taken away to be replaced soon by a new rope fence.  New gates (made from green plastic fencing) will be installed as the existing ones are in poor condition.

• Spring 2008

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