Early Fall 2015

Looking at the Strafford Edible Pocket Park early this September, it's hard to believe that it is still less than a year since work started. It already seems so well-established!

Below are a few developments in the last week of August and first week of September:

Eva's bench has now been installed. Beyond it is her blueberry patch, and behind it is the river. Wally poured footings and set the "legs," and soon the top was in place with help from the strong arms and keen eyes of Sherm and Mo Wilson.

   We had a very successful sale at the end of the summer - selling Global Warming Mums -                                         supplied by Vermont Organics Reclamation.

Above is our first and still best-looking plum. The trees have been in the ground for less than a year, so we're happy to see it. Below are cardinal flowers that are nearly as tall as Hannah's Apple Tree; also elderberries.

These are two wind chimes. The first, donated by Bob Bauer, has a wonderful sound but we must still attach a wind-catcher to make it ring! On the right are Woodstock Autism Chimes; all after-tax profits go to autism treatment and research. They were donated by Lisa Durstin.

Barbara is standing beside a huge, nasty pile of buckthorne. It's in Bob Bauer's backyard right now but will soon disappear in a puff of smoke. Cutting and hauling it out of the park was a nasty job, performed with good will by Mo and Sherm Wilson, Kemba Russell and Patrick Smith. We are super-grateful to them and to Bob for his patience and help.