Some Progress

Some Progress was Originally Posted on March 24, 2009 by lavarock

I made some progress in the past couple of days.

After suggestions from others and thought on my part, I opted to not spray and cut the grass where the plants will go. I will use landscape mat (weed mat) along the rows where the trees will go. I looked all over and even tried the Hilo side of the island. Without having it shipped in (and waiting months), I went with Lowes and lucky for me, they had it in stock. I wish I could have gotten the mat at wholesale prices, still, I did pretty good. I now own 8400 feet of mat!

It will be unrolled over the existing holes, and any rocks will be moved out of the way. Then where the holes are, an X will be cut in the mat and the mat puilled back. Then trees will be pushed in with a bit of fertilizer.

I unloaded the mat and moved all the small trees to where I can water them while unplanted.

I also hooked up a hose to the 2″ pipe and watered all thew big trees. We have not had much if any rain since I took custody of the trees. That involved kicking on the pump and using rain water from the bottom tank.

I still have to get the fertilizer and may have to rent a truck. There is so much fertilizer and lime, I may have to make 3 or 4 trips.

I still have the PVC to finsh installing so I can complete the installation of the control wires.

Until I buy more sand and have the trenchg filled in and the connectors added, I can’t plant….

Will I have plants in the ground this weeK, doen’t look like it; however it still looks possible it could be by the end of the month.

It is a lot of work for one person and I wish I could multi-task more.