Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Neck of the Woods CHAT Summer 2013 Part 2, 1 by Gitagal

Gitagal wrote:
Well, Paul---
Someone here on the MA just gifted me with a 1 year renewal to thank me for all
the plants she has received from me. Just returning the favor to someone else.

Just "Paying it forward"---she seems to be quite the gardener--loves collecting seeds,
loves growing unusual plants, etc. Like--we are "two peas in a pod".

I just sent a note to DG (under the "Contact Us" tab)--as I really do not know how it is done.

Never occurred to me to just click on her name. I think she has been a "member" since fall of 2012.


You know what I did today???
A group of us from the HD (7 or 8) went and re-landscaped the beds in front of a small Community center.
Wearing our "TEAM DEPOT" orange shirts--we worked from 9:30AM until 2Pm.
I am sure you may have seen a bunch of people (Team Depot) doing something wonderful
for someone--or some place.
Pulled up all the old plants and weeds and dug up3 different beds One of them--the biggest--
with the huge sign in it that said what this place was...
Planted 2 HUGE planters and 2 just lg. planters with pretty flowers (this was MY job!).
Turned out really pretty! I may sneak over there some day and see how they are doing...

The ASM in charge, Marquis, is not a gardener at all--but he was put in charge of this project.
He came to me Tuesday and said he needed some help deciding what plants to plant where.
He showed me the pictures of the locations--and that is all I had to go on.

So, Wednesday--the two of us walked the garden and i, basically, picked out what to plant where.
He could agree--or not--but I know better....
So--this AM we loaded up the Load-And-Go with he plants and soil and mulch .

Because one bed was sooo narrow--the shrubs we had planned to put in there would not work.
SO--Marquise and I went back to our HD to get more plants Came back and finished the job.

This was ALL volunteer work. Even our Store Manager, Curtis (the cutie) was there all day.

GO! Team Spirit!!!!

Here are a few pictures.....

--The beginning--the weeding...digging up bulbs--everywhere!
--The main bed to do--my fave when it was done.
--Me--planting a Black Eyed Susan in a bed
--The whole Team Depot. Curtis--our SM--is front left.
--The two organizers/planners--Marquis and me.