Winter garden poem

Winter garden

by Matsuo Basho

 

Winter garden,
the moon thinned to a thread,
insects singing.
Translated by Robert Hass

COMPOST IS RESTING

Please do not add anything to the compost bin. 

The good bacteria are now doing the maturing job.
Happy winter to all the good bacteria!

Excellent team work!

Sunday's perfect weather (11.13) helped our 1710 garden clean-up day! 
With rakes, dustpans and plastic bags we collected dead leaves. We removed the furniture, fixed dangling wires and put away our sunshade. 

Thank you to:
Allison, Esme, Adam, Pauline who shared her rich ricotta and blueberry cake, Rusty, Liam, Stephen, Shurnette, Olisha, Dimitri, Sam, Claudia and Sue who energized all of us with coffee and delicious peanut butter cookies. 

Photos by Pauline Shapiro

 

Garden Clean Up

Leaves are falling, the garden parties are behind us for now and it's time to prepare our garden for the winter!

Let's get together Sunday November 13 to collect old leaves - we'll keep some for our compost -, remove our sunshade and put the furniture away (much to the chagrin of the felines that have elected our backyard as their kingdom...).

Let's meet in the backyard at 10:30am. Bring heavy duty gloves or any gloves; dress for the weather.

Those who can't join the working force are welcome to show their appreciation for the volunteers' commitment by warming their hearts with some coffee or tea! 

   See you on Sunday November 13 in the backyard!

Daffodil bulbs planting spree

Thanks to two residents over two dozen donated Daffodil bulbs

have made their way to our building. These bulbs must be planted soon to have wonderful results this coming spring.
A small group is meeting on Tuesday 10/4 at around 2:00pm. Want to join? Want to pitch in but at another time? Some bulbs can be planted later. What's your availability?

Leave a comment here to coordinate!