Week 17, 8/21/2023 Ashton House Project GREEN Gardens

Hi All,

Our Monday work session began early for many volunteers.  With very hot temperatures expected there was lots of activity around AHPGG long before 9 a.m.  15 volunteers were in attendance August 21.  Many thanks for braving the heat.  We did our best to stay in the shade and enjoyed light breezes for the two hours.  As always it’s wonderful to see our gardening friends and catch up with each other’s news.  Our volunteers were:  Linda Schreiber, Dhyana Kaufman, Susan Ahrens, Rina Sjolund, Lisa Haverkamp, Jim Peters, Monica Hoherz, Hetty Hall, Erin Buscher, Linda Bergquist, Evelyn Frey, Chris Ostrander, Jo Pattschull, Bill Blair, and moi.  One volunteer stayed an extra 2 hours.  Another volunteer returned in the afternoon to turn off sprinklers and put away hoses.  Ed Rinderspacher dropped by to discuss future plans for the AHPGG.  We were able to get lots accomplished and leave large piles of debris for Parks and Recreation staff to remove to the landfill. 

Our pictures of the week show tarps full of debris and very heavy.  Our grateful thanks go to Steve Erickson and crew who weekly clear away our debris to the Johnson County Landfill.  Since this is Week 17, this is the seventeen time for this task to be completed.  My hope is Steve shares our Project GREEN gratitude with his crew.  Often times we don’t realize how heavy the tarp has become. With four volunteers we do our best dragging the bundle to a location where City employees can remove it.   It’s Smile Time when opening the garage door the following Monday and finding our last week’s tarps neatly folded and put away.

Here are our numbers after working at the AHPGG for seventeen weeks:  Weeks 1 – 16 + Week 17 –  644 1/2 hours + 33 hours = 677 1/2 hours for 2023 Project GREEN volunteers!  Is it possible we can reach 700 hours by the end of August???  Many thanks for watering, weeding and watering, weeding some more.  Have I mentioned Project GREEN volunteers are the BEST???  

We will meet on Monday, August 28 from 9 – 11 a.m.  Until then, happy gardening.  Diane    

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