Buildings & Grounds

Insects, Reverend Sue, and You!

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Several of our congregants have communicated a concern relative to Sue’s upcoming installation, namely that ticks, and perhaps mosquitoes will make a more lasting  impression than the service.  To deal with this potential threat here is what we are planning to do, and not do:

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Bearing Fruit at UUFE

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Kara Crissey, our very own certified professional Horticulturalist has asked that any member with a fruit-bearing pear tree arrange to bring her an 18″ clipping. she will graft it to our large bradford pear, and in a year or two we will have delicious pears! … read more.

Winter Weather Warmth!

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Talk about a steep learning curve!  As the stil-wet-behind-the-ears Buildings & Grounds Committee chair, it has been an interesting month.  With the cold snap our small oil-fired boiler has been put to the test.  Over the summer we had decided to buy some hard to … read more.

It never really was about the weeds

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The Art and Beauty and Soul of the Garden.  And of Ourselves.

I was at UUFE Autumn Weeding Day.  I was kneeling in front of a garden bed full of wiregrass.  A Zen moment before I attacked it with Ann Davis’s Japanese samurai mattock.

One Heavenly … read more.

Get Your Garden Gloves Out November 4

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Join the UUFE Fall Garden Cleanup Saturday, November 4, 9 am to noon.
 
There will be plenty of mulch and plenty of weeds.
 

Please bring your gloves, gardening tools, & a personal water bottle.

In addition to weeding, two areas need special attention:

Vines climbing up the cedar on right side of entrance  (ladder needed)
Broken limb on holly … read more.