Tuesday, January 25, 2011

rainwater-catchment system



Planning to install one of these by the CWB, can't wait! As long as Jim Knowlan gives us the green light that is... I don't think there are any zoning issues, it's such a simple system! And easily within our budget.

Wednesday, January 5, 2011

spiral from space


A google earth view of the garden and the Center for Well-Being some time last summer. It's obviously quite shady at this time of day, mid-afternoon? I think we have since removed a few more trees from the west corner of the site. (The photo is oriented with N^, E>)

Tuesday, January 4, 2011

Spring 2010: senior internship @ the garden


Every spring, Ross seniors get four wednesdays to work on some kind of project or internship. I led one on campus with about 7 other seniors doing work in the garden and some planning. This mostly entailed digging up (guess what?) stumps. We listened to music and the weather was generally good so it wasn't too bad...

I thought this picture of Fred with the powerwasher was pretty funny... We all took turns using it to get the dirt out of the roots of each stump so we could lift them into my dad's car. (This whole process makes us look like we hated the trees with a passion.) Now almost all the stumps we dug up are in his studio waiting to be transformed into sculptures.





Joy, camaraderie, blisters.


















The view from the café last May..