[Green] Happy news and a question

[Kelcey Jacobs]

I would certainly buy some bulbs.....but I may not be able to be at the
flower communion service.  We have a Quaker Friends gathering that
afternoon, but I'm hoping to attend UU that morning.

On Wed, May 19, 2021 at 8:29 AM Maggie & Steve Meyer via Green <
green at fuusm.org> wrote:

> 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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