Friends of the Harbor Cleanup
Saturday May 23rd 10:00 - 12:00 @ Harbor
Tools Needed:
- Gardening Gloves
- Gardening tools (hand shovel, hand rake, pruning snips)
- Wheelbarrow/wheeled garden cart
- 5 Gallon Buckets
- Shovels/Rakes/Pitch Forks
- Tree pruning (loppers/pole saws/chain saws)
- Hedge Trimmers
- Pool Skimmer Net/Fishing Net
- Grass Seed
- Potting Soil
- Home-harvested perennial divisions
Harbor Projects:
- Planter Beds (Porta Potty area, tree areas along driveway, harbor entrance)
- Weed
- Prune dead branches from bushes/trees
- Trim bush branches that are touching the ground
- Plant marigolds at harbor entrance in bare spots
- Plant donated perennials in empty circle
- Mulch
- Prune dead branches from evergreen next to boat launch
- Rake dried mud/break up dried mud around fire pit area to allow grass to grow
- Plant grasses in pots next to fire pit (mix up dirt, add potting soil)
- Put new flicker tape on boat launch chain (this keeps the geese from entering the harbor)
- Empty, clean, organize, inventory the shed
- Use nets/pool skimmers to remove floating junk from edges of harbor
- Lightly sand and touch up paint on wood benches (reddish brown paint)
- Touch up paint on sign (black paint)
- Remove broken cleats
- Unearth rocks around fire pit, they should be above the ground not in it
- Cut down buckthorn by port a potty, stack branches on curb
- Lay grass seed in bare spots (not in areas roped off by caution tape)
- Put in 4X4 post next to evergreen hedge at Harbor Entrance (rope to be added later). Paint Black
- Weed
- Prune dead branches from trees
- Remove trees trying to grow amongst the bush
- Mulch