Another workday, one step closer...

We had another workday on Saturday - beautiful sunny day with a little breeze - perfect for being outside and working with your hands.

We'd love to have more people come out and help, so feel free to grab your drill and join us for our next workday.

Right now we are taking a little break, while trying to get some of the big things done on site.  The grading has been done for two smaller greenhouses, and we'd like to get the trenching done as soon as possible.

Once the trenches are done, it's simply a matter of putting the posts in the ground, backfilling them, and then we can raise the structures and prepare the floor afterwards and pull in the boxes we've made.

It would be so great to have this project all completed, up, filled with good soil by the time of our Grand Opening on September 10th!  But it won't happen without people coming out and lending an hour or two at a time!

We've got a trencher booked for tomorrow - so if any of you know how to drive a mini excavator and dig perfectly straight trenches, give me an email (or leave a comment here!)

Guess what happened today?

Seriously, today started out as a pretty big bummer.  Volunteers were pretty thin on the ground, and then all of the sudden there were men and machines and the terrain was being totally transformed!

I don't want to leave anyone out, and i'm afraid i will, but still, a shout out to the Nigel and Natalie Parton family (including my right hand men Malachi and Isaiah and right hand girl Eliana), to Noel Corser, to Alex Reavie who contacted Mike Radley Industries, Ltd who did the grading, Jamal Nasrabati, Holly LaRochelle, Brian Carnell (who taught me to use the saw!  Awesome!) - and to Glen Barrow who kindly came out to restart the generator for me (there's a choke?  who knew?)

This is getting pretty exciting?  See what i mean?.....

Oh, before pictures (after the jump) - please please pretty please take our survey?  Just so nobody is left hangin' at the work site?  Our next workday is an evening one - 5-9 pm. on  Tuesday, July 13th and i'm pretty sure you will be surprised when you come out!

We're planning the Grand Opening in early September, too - so anyone with grand ideas or a flair for decorating (which i do not have!), please come on out to a meeting one of these days and share your great ideas - or leave me a comment here or email me :)

And now, pictorial grandeur:

Rise and Shine!

Well, everyone...

I am proud to report that we have put together half of the boxes we'll need for the greenhouse!

Our workday on Wednesday (from 9 till about supper time) went great, but a little slower with less volunteers on site.  Thanks to everyone who came out or who lent equipment!  It was another beautiful day for being outside, smelling the freshly cut lumber and making something come together with your own hands and your own neighbours!

I wanted to remind everyone that today (Friday July 9th) is another workday - It looks like there may be rain today, but we are still planning to get out there at noon, and there is a chance some of the ground work will be done this week for the actual greenhouse!  We're working on it!  For now, though, if we can get the boxes built and if people are willing to lend us a few hours, it will sure make it a lot faster!

We are planning to arrive at noon, BUT we've had bad news this morning, and we really need a generator or two.  If anyone has one they can lend us, even if you can't come for the build, we'll be sure to get it back to you at the end of the day!  Please phone Stephanie at 817=5542!

Here are some pictures of our Wednesday build day - i can't wait to show you a picture of the greenhouses standing, but really, won't it be more exciting to be there as it goes up?  We're getting close!

Hope to see you out today!  And even if you can't make it, but you've got friends who could come, or teenagers who are looking for something to do - send them to us!

Upcoming events for the Hinton Community Garden Society!

Hi everyone!

We had a meeting on June 29 at - you're always welcome to come and vote or share your ideas, if you have the time... We'd love to have more imput, especially if you have some creative, green ideas, and we could sure use some help (probably more in the fall) with writing for grants - if either of those are your strengths, please come out!  

Our next meetings will be in the Teck Coal Room of the Library - 

Thursday July 8 at 7 p.m.

Thursday July 15 at 7 p.m.

our next workdays will be (at the greenhouse site between the curling rink and the Hinton Centre)

Wednesday July 7 starting at 9 a.m.

Friday July 9, starting at noon

Tuesday July 13, from 5-9 p.m.

Saturday July 17th starting at 9 a.m.

What we'll be needing for the workdays depends on how many people we get out, but two things we will need for sure in making boxes is generators, and hammer drills.  Once we start building the greenhouses, we'll need the big freestanding ladders... If you have any of this equipment and would be willing to lend it, please email Casey at Casey.Petkau@Century21.ca and let him know!

Also, if you have any compound mitre saws that you are willing to bring out, it would mean we can work twice as fast to have two saws going - again, Casey is the man to talk to!

If you are free for even a few hours on the workdays, feel free to come on down and pick up a drill or a carpenter's pencil, or a board...

If you drive past the property, you can see the piles of boxes there already - we're getting so close!

Hope you're having a great summer

stephanie