Hi guys! Kaylee and I had a wonderful week this week.
We started our week by labeling where our pollinator garden will go on our site. We used some resources from DMACC to make this possible. We used ropes, tape measures, and spray paint to label 6′ by 10′ rectangles to represent where our planters would go. We used DMACC’s woodshop and constructed 5 6’x10′ planters using treated lumber. We all thought building the planters was fun, and we were glad we could use our woodworking skills!
On Tuesday, with the help of DMACC staff, we moved the planters from the woodshop to the site by putting the planters onto the back of a flatbed pickup truck. We were glad we didn’t have to carry the planters because they were very heavy! After we moved the planters to the site, Jasper Construction Services Inc. dropped off our soil order for our pollinator garden. We then lined up our planters and attempted to pound them into the ground. We found that pounding the planters into place with a sledgehammer was getting us nowhere. Not sure what to do, we turned to DMACC to see if they had any ideas. DMACC sent someone out with a skid loader to push all the planters into place; we were very grateful for this because using a sledgehammer would have taken up the whole day!
On Wednesday and Thursday, we prepared for the Marion County Fair Poultry Skillathon. We organized and designed activities for different age groups to compete against each other. We also checked out the fairgrounds and cannot wait for the fair to start!
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