My latest landscaping project

In October 2007, I completed a 10 week Master Gardening Class at the Coffee County Extension Service building in New Brockton, and after a certain number of volunteer house, I received my "Certified Master Gardening" name tag and certificate. I've already written about all of this.

Today I am writing about a project I am heading up, landscaping for the latest habitat for humanity home being built in Elba. This is a project of the Elba Rotary Club which my husband is a member of. There are 5 people on our habitat house landscaping committee. We worked out a plan and are now planting, getting ready for dedication day on May 3rd.

Our job is to draw the plan and suggest things to plant; not to do the actual work or supply the plants. This project is a little different. First we wanted to put a cedar split rail fence along the sidewalk to separate the little porch from the nearby street in front of the house.

We got the posts from Lowe's and got someone working at the house to saw the posts to make them shorter. I taught the two teens who will be living in the home how to use post hole diggers to dig holes for the fence posts. They worked to get the rails inside the holes in the posts. Now they are so proud of the fence they built. Next they got lessons on how to plant shrubs. They pushed the wheelbarrow to the back of the house to get some good topsoil for the holes.

Today was a second workday. They brought a friend today to help put mulch around the plants in the front yard. Also planted several more plants. They, along with their mother, will be moving into the home in May. I can't wait to see all the flowers blooming inside the fence this summer. They are so proud of their new home. More pictures of the deserving family and scenes from inside their new home later.