Cuddy Garden Weekend Duty April 1-3

Chris Potten and Nik Rogers

April 1

 The turf at Cuddy’s was very moist and we were careful not to tread on it. The temperature is 7 Degrees and cloudy today. We thought it wise to start the task of removing the woody perennials out of the hoop house.  There was weeding to be done in the sales yard and this was a tedious task. We grabbed the hoes and had a hoedown, leveling and raking out the weeds from the rocks and putting the refuse in the compost bin. The plants in the hoop house had various water saturations, so spot watering was completed. Metal tables were moved and set up in the potting area where we will soon start to use.  It should not be too far away as the weather long term is becoming more moderate. The perennial plants were watered and organized by Genus in the sales area.       

 

April 2

We continued to empty the greenhouse today, and did a heavy weed cleanup in the greenhouse. We removed a lot of the fallen leaf debris, and cleaned up the pots to make them look better. We cut some perennials back.  We topped up some of the pots which were low on soil. The sign was put out with our coordinator who gave us some additional tasks.  We unwrapped some new hoses. At 2pm we were hit by a snow squall and the temperatures dropped.  We were unable to do any work outside as it was blinding snow and humongous flakes.  We cleaned up some bait traps and were working diligently on the tasks to be completed as per our weekend duty list. The pots behind the potting house were organized, and we placed some of the pots under the tables in the potting house.   

 

April 3

At arrival today there was snow falling and the temperatures were quite a bit colder than the two previous days. The picnic table was moved outside today as the Certified Landscape Technician training would begin next week. There was a huge windstorm which knocked many branches down and we picked some of them up around the property.  At close it is snowing heavily and the ground is covered.  The tools and equipment were placed back in the shed.  

 

 

 

 

Final thoughts:

We were unable to move the mulch off the magnolia garden because it was frozen solid.  The area to seed was too wet and muddy as it had been raining. Then it was frozen solid again and the soil was unworkable. The water line froze up on us so we had a little difficulty watering in some plants, frozen solid the whole third day.