The day of rest... (sort of)

While I got a few small things done at the garden this past Sunday, a nice gentleman by the name of Morris King walked up and introduced himself. He had a camera in his hand and was taking pictures of our rain catcher... which initially had me worried. Turns out he is responsible for keeping the brambles on the north edge of the lot down, as someone actually owns that parcel (it was news to me!). Fortunately, he said it was OK with his boss that we had located some of our stuff there (including our rain tanks). Whew...

He then proceeded to be so kind as to help knock down the weeds that had grown up along the road on the west side of the lots (I thought the city was responsible for this sort of thing! Well, we can't wait for the city to do everything, can we???). Here is how overrun it looked before we got to work:

Overall, he was very positive about it all, saying that we had to 'work together' to make the community better. He gave me a trash bag and I helped by picking up the trash that accumulated on that side, too.

I ended up with a lot of interesting rubbish, including a tire iron, a bottom of a boot, and an old phone book:

[ Now that's what I call the 'Real Yellow Pages.' Heh ;) ]     And here's what we made that area look like in the end:

Before he left, I told him about our garden's web blog, and he agreed to let me take a photo of him. He told me to plan to see him again on Friday, and that he'd help a little with keeping up the area surrounding our plot every time he came around. Thanks again, Mr. King!!!