Saturday, June 18, 2011

Community Orchard of West Seattle

So today was the first of the volunteering sessions for this quarter.


This time we would be going to help out at a community orchard to help build out the orchard. From making bean tepees from bamboo poles, creating a new garden to take advantage of ground and metal shipping container heat, planting edible vegetables, to making the field pretty, we did it all!

Pretty worthwhile cause because most of the proceeds do end up going back to the community, and the lady that debriefed us was pretty enthusiastic about the whole thing.

So the 10+ of us worked through the rain, and in record time, completed beyond expectations of what they hoped for us to achieve.... Yes, we rock!


Hard at Work...


Planting Perennials...


Teepees Galore!...


Their website is here.

Afterwards, onwards to the usual happy hour to warm up near a nice fireplace with some ginormous pizzas.