Work Day #2: The day was beautiful today and everybody felt it. There were 8 plus adults out at New Day today and at least 5 kiddos out there this afternoon. The kids were so much help! Luke, "the man" as he referred to himself (7 years old) was eager to swing the shovel with the big men, dig dirt and water plants. He named a tomato plant "droopy" because it got a little dry but assured me that "it would pop back up again real soon." Sierra was helping with some signage, and Autry - in her star spangelled banner jump suit - was carefully shoveling one small shovel at a time into the wheel barrow ... until she discovered that it was fun to cover yourself in compost. Thanks to Keep Austin Beautiful, we had a fresh load of dirt, still steaming. This entertained the kids for hours (literally) while we all chipped in to fill a few more beds. Thanks to Doug for generously loaning us your wheelbarrow and to Belinda for donating one! We are so grateful. The beds are almost all done and spoken for. We only have one 1/2 bed left and we have a sponsor so if if anyone knows anybody that could really use the bed to grow food, please let us know.
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