New Home Found - Materials
and Volunteers Needed
Dec.
19th: Thanks very much to B&D Landscaping for assisting with our soil
needs! And thank you to homeowner Kevin of Kewerra who has provided us
with suitable edging for our raised beds. Both of you have allowed us
to progress our pond project in leaps and bounds. The ponds are in and
ready for rainfall and frogs.
We have at last found
what we hope will be a long-term rental property. To make this location
successful for our operations, we can use some help with various setup
and logistical tasks. A big focus here in light of our failed fundraising
efforts this past year is to find ways of cutting costs and possibly generating
small amounts of income.
Current list of needed
goods:
- ladder - minimum
1.8 m tall
- native plants,
esp. butterfly/moth attracting shrubs
- styrofoam boxes,
esp. those with matching lids
- ice cream containers
- water storage containers
that have only had water in them previously
What's happening:
- We will need people
with vehicles and spare time during the day to shuttle frogs from receiving
vets to us in Edmonton, and to pick up sick and injured frogs from those
who can't get them to a receiving vet.
- We are expanding
our bug breeding operations to hopefully allow some local sales to try
to bring in more money. The tanks need daily maintenance and occasional
cleaning. This would be suitable for younger enthusiasts to participate;
several students who each come in after school one day a week would
be ideal.
- The more food we
can grow here ourselves, the less money we will be spending on food
for our bug tanks. There are several fruit trees here already but they
need some pruning and attention to make them productive. Someone with
arborist or orchardist experience would be helpful.
- Our ponds are in
and the raised beds are ready for plants but we need the plants! A mixture
of leaf shapes and sizes is useful but wildlife attracting plants are
preferred.
- Space is at a premium
in this location so we need to find creative ways of accommodating function
with storage. Cabinet makers or anyone with basic carpentry skills is
needed to help make various units for storage. Wood donated by suppliers
or hardware shops would be a great bonus, too.
If you can help with
any of the items above, please contact us on 4045-0373 after 12 noon.
last edited:
Dec. 22nd, 2008
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