[Green] Happy news and a question

[Maggie & Steve Meyer]

Dawn,
I am so sorry to hear about your poison ivy. I, too, got poisoned at the
riverbank at an earlier date. I used a product called IVarest, which is
both an antihistamine and an analgesic. It helped.
Dr. Maggie

On Tue, May 18, 2021 at 8:07 PM Dawn Hewitt via Green <green at fuusm.org>
wrote:

> Thank you, Rebecca!
>
> Poison ivy has indeed sprouted: on my left hand and on my chin. Tiny
> blisters, but still itchy. I'll survive.
>
> I'm sorry to say that I have no experience with expandable/retractable
> hoses. Lightweight is a great idea.
>
> Yes, I do think we should offer mystery daffodil bulbs at the Flower
> Communion service, maybe suggesting $.25 per bulb, which could be collected
> on the honor system.
>
> Do we need to establish a watering schedule for the riverbank?
>
> --dawn
>
>
>
> On May 18, 2021 5:20 PM Rebecca Phillips via Green <green at fuusm.org>
> wrote:
>
>
> Hello, all,
>
> For anyone who did not know, Phase One of the Harmar Riverbank Pollinator
> Project is now planted, thanks to the CITF grant of which Michael Chisholm
> made us aware and the hard work of Andrew, Dawn, George, Jim, Maggie, Ray,
> and Vic. I went down today to check on the site and found that the new
> plantings seem to be settling in well--and no new poison ivy has sprouted!
> And more good news: the city has corrected the water pressure problem we
> had on Sunday, so I was able to water everything with a hose. Have not
> purchased one to dedicate to the site yet, but someone donated a giant
> plant container that will actually make a perfectly fine hose caddy.
>
> Does anyone have experience with the expandable or retracting garden
> hoses? I am thinking that we should look for something lightweight.
>
> And a question: upon separating the first of the daffodils we removed, I
> now have fourteen large pots of them at my place, probably over 200 bulbs.
> I took two kitchen trash cans of bulbs to the volunteer working on the
> Harmar School riverbank and estimate that we still have over a thousand
> left (maybe more--there are three forty-pound bags and two large containers
> at my place). Realistically, how many do we want to return to the site?
> Should we perhaps make them available at the flower communion and ask for a
> donation to the church? Other ideas?
>
> Rebecca
>
> "If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need."--
> Cicero
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