Garden Activities: February 10, 2026

The Tuesday Crew picked a single job to work on on this, a dreary cool day — though a nice day for working outside without overheating or becoming dehydrated. Bill Dobner, Beverly Kemmerling, Dale Harshberger, Katie Shank, Daryl Stutley, Nancy Taylor Walker, Ann Wright and myself were on site. The single job had been requested by contractor Jim Cyr a couple of weeks ago, and frankly I had forgotten until Bill reminded me this morning. The job was to pull the stinging nettle behind and between the sheds in the service area before they set seed. Even with 7 of us working, we were only able to weed the level parts around the sheds and in front of the pumping station where people need to walk and work. We’ll look at the hillside behind the sheds at a later time to see if is is feasible to complete the job. It was done last year, and the nettles were collected and used in cooking by one of the volunteers. 

Incidentally, while in the area, we trimmed the lower sprouts of the African sumac on the right side of the service gate (looking out). The higher sprouts will likely require the tree service. 

Daryl and myself trimming the sumac.

Bill working with the compost.

Katie, Daryl and Ann working around the "wood pile.”

Daryl, Ann, Beverly, Dale, Katie and me finishing up in front of the pumping station.

We actually didn’t get much further than the service area so didn’t check other areas of the garden, but we did get as far as Lillian’s Meadow and found a couple of things blooming.

Alstroemeria in the Chilean Garden.

It was nice to have this color against the backdrop of a cloudy day.

Daffodils in Lillian’s Meadow. 

What’s Blooming (courtesy Steve Davis):

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Many thanks to Nancy and Dale for their images.

Enjoy the garden!   KMM