Big Infrastructure Movement Last Week

We hired Staggs Electrical (their office is just down the street from our current site) to put in electrical lines to the garden. While trenching, we came across a perfect water line to tap into, so this week we not only got electrical lines but also all the water lines over to the garden! We want to give a big shout out to Staggs; they were generous with their support in helping figure things out and switching it up a bit, as we changed the plan. Really nice people! This is the first really big infrastructure project, and in the next few weeks, there will be many more - road access, swales and irrigation.

Giving More Thanks

Donors:

• Ginnie & Peter Haas Jr Fund

• Ron and Sharon Keating

• Daniel Shanahan

• The Parishes

• Terry and Joanne Dale*

• Anonymous

• Cauntay Family Fund

• Joellen and Henry Denicola

• Jan Fong Memorial Fund (This fund is helping pay for 2 interns to work with us through the installation.)

*We’ll talk more about their contribution in an upcoming post!

In-kind Donations:

• Lynmar Estate - provided two days of their crew and tractor to help move soil

• Grab n grow and Soiland - Compost and mulch

• Atlas tree - Woodchips

• Sebastopol Rotary Club - donation for fruit trees and hedge rows

• Generous Partners:

Besides Staggs Electrical, we have also hired other companies to help, such as Coggins Fence and Nucleus Design. They have been nice to work with! Additionally, Harmony Farms is offering an ongoing discount on all supplies we buy there as well. We are very grateful to work with them all!

- Sara McCamant, Garden Program Manager