A lot got packed into this Tuesday. Four activities were pursued including: 1) Bill Dobner managing the compost operation; 2) Introducing new volunteer Callie Shaffer to the Tuesday Crew and garden; 3)  Introducing ~25 members of the new Master Gardener Class of 2026 to CVBG, and 4) doing the regular work of the garden! Doing the latter were: Dale Harshberger, Katie Shank, Anna Wiktor-Becker, and Callie Shaffer. Anna, Dale, Katie and Callie working in the Native Section near

Since it was looking like volunteering at CVBG would be put on hold for a week or two due to the projected rains, we focused on getting some additional plants installed in the garden. The relatively easy part was adding some native yarrow ( Achillea   millefolium ) in the native sections between the 2 entrances, and a hybrid red variety in Lillian’s Meadow. While we were up the hill, we also planted some “chalk sticks” in the senecio genus in the lower end of the S. African S