Sky Holbrook and Jessica Genttner
Our weekend started out slow with a minor defeat when it came to having to retrieve metal barricades for the construction crew working beside the greenhouse. I volunteered to drive the tractor but swiftly accepted that I was not ready to back up with a trailer behind me. I was able to back the tractor out of the building but quickly threw in the towel and pulled forward when I become aware of all of the surrounding traffic and obstacles. Jeff came to the rescue and directed me out of the building through the other door and between the construction barricades.
After wasting a significant amount of time in the morning with the tractor defeat Jessica and I took a time out to create a plan to make up for the time we lost. We both agreed that we would only fall even more behind if I was to attempt using the tractor again so we agreed that we would set out on foot to conquer the daylily bed; which we would soon learn would become a much larger job then either of us were prepared for. We spent the remainder of the day working on both the daylily bed and the front entrance.
Saturday morning began by the two of us returning to the daylily bed but after just a few hours we both agreed that we would accomplish more by splitting up. I remained at the daylily bed and Jessica began working on the iris bed. By the end of the second day it seemed we were no further ahead than the day before. I still wasn’t able to complete the daylilies and Jessica was only able to weed half of the iris bed. We weren’t sure if we would be able to complete our weekend practical, so we ended the day by cleaning our tools and preparing for the next day.
We both returned to our tasks in the early morning with a strong determination to meet our goals and after countless hours cutting back daylilies, shearing to even heights, racking and weeding the garden was complete. I moved onto the next assignment and began completing jobs at a much faster rate. I was able to complete the pruning of the dogwood from the path, the lilac from above the garbage can, the sumacs leafless branches, and clear the walkway in front of K building from clove current. The day was coming to an end but Jessica and I knew we had only one job left to complete; the iris bed. Working along-side Jessica in the iris bed was a perfect way to end a weekend that seemed impenetrable. We weren’t able to complete the bed but it still felt like a triumph. We packed up our tools in the RTV and took off towards the tool room to clean them for the last time this weekend.
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