FALL WORKDAY

Sat. October 1 (9:00- 12:00)

Contact: Karen Wilkens, karenewilkens@yahoo.com

Cooler weather should be coming soon (I hope) and that means we’re gearing up for our fall Cluster workday!  This year the workday will be on Saturday October 1 from 9 – 12, and the rain date will be Sunday the 2nd.  Please mark it on your calendars and come on out!

We’ll meet at the marina for a Cluster provided breakfast at 9:00 and then break to work on projects.  We’ll meet back at the marina at 12 to share some lunch and revel in all that we accomplished.  The Cluster will provide drinks and sandwiches of some sort or hot dogs and buns with the fixings, if someone volunteers to bring a grill.  We ask that anyone who would like to join for lunch, please bring a dish to share – dessert, salad, side dish, whatever you can dream up or whatever your specialty may be!

Here are this year’s projects and the tools needed for each one.  You’ll want to have gardening or work gloves for all of these tasks.  Look over the list and pick a couple of favorites.  We’ll divvy up the work the morning of. 

	Projects	Tools
1	Weed the mulched hillside at the WV entrance in front of the pool at North Shore	Weeding tool
2	Cut down the dead yew by the electrical box near the pool	Pruning shears, large clippers, hand saw
3	Cut back and shape the overgrown bushes by the pool	Clippers, pruning shears
4	Cut down the weed tree and remove the euonymus by the Van Gogh Bridge sidewalk	Small hand saw, shovel, clippers
5	Weed/clean-up along the sidewalk between 11430 and 11432 WV	Weeding tool, pruning shears
6	Cut back and shape the large bushes blocking the view of the lake close to the dog bag dispenser by the marina	Clippers, pruning shears
7	Plant pachysandra around the tree to the left of the tot lot	Small shovels
8	Fill in areas on the bank between the sidewalk and driveway near 11412 with pachysandra and mulch	Small shovels
9	Tame/cut back hedgerows consuming the dogwood by the stairs in front of 11424 OL	Large clippers, pruning shears
10	Trim the grasses, remove tree suckers, weed, etc. in the berm area in lower OL parking lot near the orchard	Weeding tool, pruning shears
11	OL entrance and continue work to reclaim over grown area near the front OL entrance	Shovels, clippers, pruning shears
12	Cut back overgrowth and weed plants around the base of the tree to the left of the carport near the OL entrance sign	Weeding tool, pruning shears, clippers
	Projects	Tools
13	Prune bushes and plants behind upper OL trash bin area so plants will fill in better next spring	Pruning shears, shovels
14	Clear and cut back encroaching trees from the walking path behind the upper OL trash bin area	Hand saw, large clippers, pruning shears
15	Trim/shape yews along 11466 – 11478 OL	Clippers, pruning shears
16	Weed the swale/area by the RA path at intersection with the boyscout bridge path	Weeding tool
17	Cut back and weed plants growing in the reclaimed border area near the playfield	Clippers, pruning shears, shovels, weeding tool
18	Plant ivy and/or spread pine straw along path leading to and away from the boyscout bridge	Shovels, scissors
19	Trim back the yew that is over growing the light pole between 11497 and 11499 WV
20	Final planting of periwinkle in Waterview Square	Big and small shovels, gardening gloves
21	Cut back dead limbs of cherry laurels in front of 11467 and along-side the carport	Pruning shears, large clippers, gardening gloves
22	Spread pine straw along the path leading to the bridge over the grand canyon	Scissors
23	Remove uneven stepping stones between 11463 and 11465 WV and replace with topsoil, plantings (i.e. mondo grass) and pine straw	Shovels
	Non-gardening work to be done
24	Sand and paint handrails by 11460, 11462, 11464, and 11440 OL	Supplies provided by the cluster
25	Clean carport gutters	Broom, ladder

Just like at this year’s spring workday, we’ll be collecting cans of paint that need to be taken to the landfill.  One of our neighbors has volunteered to make a run for all of us!

Looking forward to seeing you all out there!

Capital Improvements:

Paint handrails by me and Debby; Sand and paint handrails by 11460, 11462, and 11464

Clean gutters

COT: remove lowest branch of the dogwood in the center of the upper waterview parking lot

Waterview Cluster:Upper

Final planting of periwinkle in Waterview Square

Cut down the dead yew

Cut back dead limbs of cherry laurels in front of 11467 and along-side the carport

Weed the new mulched area at the WV entrance in front of the pool at North Shore

Waterview Cluster Lower

Cut down the weed tree and remove the euonymus by the Van Gogh Bridge sidewalk

Cut back and shape the overgrown bushes by the pool

Playfield vicinity:

Cut back and weed plants growing in the reclaimed border area near the playfield (Joan Kenney)

Weed the swale/area by the RA path at intersection with the boyscout bridge path (get house number)

Cut back and shape the large bushes blocking the view of the lake close to the dog bag dispenser

Orchard LaneUpper

Prune bushes and plants behind the trash bins so they will fill in better next spring

Cut back in-growing trees from the walking path behind the trash bins

Transplant hydrangeas etc at the front OL entrance (Joan Kenney)

Cut back overgrowth and weed plants around the base of the tree to the left of the carport near the sign

Remove dead cherry laurel (possibly return to Meadows Farms if have receipt)

Trim/shape yews on the Dillard’s row

OrchardLower

Fill in areas on the bank between the sidewalk and driveway near 11412 with pachysandra and mulch

Tame/cut back hedgerows consuming the dogwood by the stairs in front of Jim Traylor’s house #?

Prune holly bushes in front of 11404 Orchard Lane

Trim the grasses, remove tree suckers, weed, etc. in the berm area in the parking lot near the orchard (Liz and Jeff Denton)

Contract Cardinal, Perfect Landscape, or Meadows Farm:

Treat the soil, plant pachysandra, and mulch the eroding playfield slope near the Traylor’s

Plant Zelkova tree in median

Notes for Cardinal:

Whatever you did by the path by the tot lot looks great. Stayed put and looks nice. Can we do it in more places?

Mow ivy early and often

Kill poison ivy near bamboo

Trim the abelia along carport in upper Orchard Lane

Trim the yews by the Dillard’s going forward