First Trees Planted!

Our first tree! Cupressus macrocarpa 'Fine Gold' planted in the Urban Edibles garden! Thanks to Carolyn for the donation.

Our second tree! Also in the Urban Edibles garden, this one is Pinus strobus 'Pendula' - Weeping White Pine, donated by Patty. Here it is getting a good root soak, then the roots were teased apart as much as possible. Ideally we would soak it overnight so we could remove more of the potting soil and really spread out the roots.

Donations of heather, sedum and peonies, temporarily put in the ground till they find a permanent home.

The first raised bed in the Vegetable Garden is almost done. Each of those blocks weighs about 50lb! 

 Greenhouse plants are thriving:

Fragrant Brugmansia

Pitcher plants

Awesome raincoat!

Mason Bee Housing

Last week Ron put up three mason bee houses along the west side of the garden (facing east, just the way the bees like it).

Mason Bee Condo

Here is the side view with some information. You can see the snazzy mechanism  for opening the protective screen.

Side view 

Here is a close-up of the inside. Smaller holes encourage production of male bees.

Cocoon box. Notice the different sized holes.

Here is an example of what we hope to see soon:

Red Mason Bee

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