About a year ago, prior to Gail and I joining Wolf Creek Commons, the members got together and planted seedlings to be used for future WCC landscaping. I think this was done as both a social/work event and as a means of saving money. Since our new community was still a couple years off, it was much cheaper to plant seedlings now, and have them ready for landscaping when needed, then to purchase mature plants later.

The seedlings have been stored and cared for by Mark & Lisa for the past year. Mark & Lisa are about to move, so this Saturday we’re having a “plant moving party” to relocate all the seedlings to Bob & Gail’s home (where they’ve graciously built a fence to protect our plants from the deer that frequent their property). Although the plant moving will involve some physical labor on a warm summer afternoon, it will also provide good socialization time with other community members, and we’ll feel like we’re accomplishing something towards the completion of our new home.

We’ll also have a barbecue afterwards, and have invited members of Wolf Creek Lodge (the cohousing community for adults only that’s building their new home on the same property as our family-friendly Wolf Creek Commons) to join us. It’s wonderful that we can get to know our neighbors before we truly become immediate neighbors.

Working on the landscaping plants also provides a nice contrast, at least for me, to seeing the trees being cut down at our new home — with assistance from us, the regeneration cycle continues.