City Riparian, Day Zero

Submitted by Lynn on Thu, 10/12/2006 - 3:55pm.

I'm exhausted and the build hasn't even started yet.

I spent all day and night Tuesday, all day and night Wednesday and a good chunk of this morning dealing with the server problem, just in time for the start of work on the garden this morning. Leonard was here bright and early with a chipper to chew up the remains of the apple tree, which now sits in a big pile in the driveway along with a truckload of tree shreds from a service. A bunch of volunteers started clearing out the garden in preparation for tomorrow's build.

Plants are arriving: A fig, currants, a male kiwi, grapes, Oregon grape, salal, a nectarine, two apples--one of them a Cox's Orange Pippin, one of my favorites, the other a Melrose, another favorite. Two beautiful trees, I'm excited; I actually clapped my hands and squealed when Leonard told me about the apples. A honeysuckle. Ferns. Strawberries. One by one, two by two, they're trickling into the yard, these plants.

I spent the afternoon clearing out the dirty, messy gazebo so I'll have a space tomorrow for feeding people. I'm fixing two kinds of porridge--vegan and vegetarian/omnivore--and two kinds of soup--vegan and omnivore.

And now I am completely and utterly exhausted. This is exciting and wonderful and I'll be glad when it's over. Smiling

UPDATE: I finally found my card reader, so here are some pix of the end of day 0.



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Anhata's picture

Did you get your nap?

Submitted by Anhata on Thu, 10/12/2006 - 5:35pm.

Hope you got a nap in at some point!

Did JJ get any further with the swingset?

Anhata
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Lynn's picture

no and no

Submitted by Lynn on Thu, 10/12/2006 - 7:17pm.

But we got a lot done nevertheless. We're ready. I just have to put the porridge on to cook in the crockpots (thanks again for the loaner) and we're good to go. I'm getting excited.

Lynn Siprelle, Editor

JJ's picture

9:20 and material is still arriving

Submitted by JJ on Thu, 10/12/2006 - 8:29pm.

we just took delivery of another 40 plants, and about a yard of topsoil.

there are three more deliveries scheduled tonight.

sheesh. Leonard doesn't ever quit.

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Woo Hoo!

Submitted by Anhata on Thu, 10/12/2006 - 9:09pm.

Leonard rules. If only I had that much energy...

You should put up a copy of the garden design (unless it's proprietary, which I can't see why it would be).

I looked at it tacked up to your kiosk and I'm very very impressed, looks awesome. I didn't realize you'd have five garden beds...I'm green with envy, I tell you, green.

Anhata
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knittingwoman's picture

garden

Submitted by knittingwoman on Fri, 10/13/2006 - 3:16pm.

Your yard is HUGE. I haven't even heard of either of those kinds of apples. What a great adventure.

Lynn's picture

50 x 100

Submitted by Lynn on Fri, 10/13/2006 - 3:32pm.

Size of a standard city lot here. It's enormous, way more than I could take care of without this food forest. Once it's grown up it's going to be much more low maintenance. For a good look at the plan see today's post.

Lynn Siprelle, Editor

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