Yesterday, The Open Door held their annual Volunteer lunch in appreciation of the many hours of work offered by volunteers; I took a few pictures …
The big rock
Margaret wanted to plant a Buddleia in the garden, but found a rock below the soil surface … she worked to dig around it, find it’s edges, and planned to pull it out – but the rock kept getting bigger! Margaret got me to come and help, and many more hours were spent – we had to remove a “smaller” rock to get at this one; that smaller one took us 3/4 hour to remove, and was almost impossible to lift! This bigger rock might have been as big as a car for all we could tell … it’s still there now!
After these pictures, we re-buried the rock; we put that “smaller” one on top as a feature, and planted the Buddleia behind! Hope it likes it there 🙂
Clear fish pond
Well, that didn’t take long! After setting up the pump/filter/UV lamp last weekend, the pond is completely clear and ready for another year – actually it was clear in less than a week, but rain put me off taking photos earlier!