
A
hardy band of Sprucetarians met at
Bounds Gardens at 0900 last Saturday:
Rick Otness, Carter Stout, Rick Woods, Tina Philpot, Bill Kelly, and
yours truly Ranger Fred. Mostly brute strength is
employed save the intellectual challenge of what plants to leave alone, and
what not. Typical scene: weeding,
clipping, and sweeping. Done in 75
minutes, like a piranha turning a water buffalo into a skeleton in minutes, we
don’t mess around.
Look at the roster of participants, four of the six are past presidents of RCD. Pretty high-powered group, not afraid to wake up, get their bones down to the garden and work. Like most of the spruce teams, this one was old: Carter was the youngster.
Now we're out to lower the age profile. Let me extend the prickly hand of fellowship, and invite you to join us on future dates - all at 9:00 am: 8/20/22, 10/22/22, 1/22/23, 3/18/23 and 5/20/23