Wrapping up the Sale

My co-chair and I went to the office on Thursday and turned in the Plant/Art Sale proceeds and also put everything back into storage for next year. Of course, there were still some left over plants to contend with. After picking up a load of them, I decided they were so nice that I would try to sell them. So on Friday morning, I took a load of annuals into work and sold almost all of them!!! People were requesting perennials as well, so after having lunch and a little scrap shopping with Petal Pusher, I picked up another load and went back there. I sold almost half of that load! The rest will be donated. Today, I tried to cleanup the aftermath at my house. I went through all my notes and paperwork and weeded it down to what will be needed for reference for next years sale. I also found some more things that need to go into storage, so that will be on my list for later in the week. I hope to get back to some scrappin' now. Petal Pusher and I have a crop on Thursday night, so maybe I can get a little caught back up!!!!

Plant Sale Day!!!!

The big day finally arrived!! We opened promptly at 8am and very quickly we had a tent full of people buying plants - hurray!!! It was very nerve-racking as we worked through small glitches to make everything run smoothly. There were lots of volunteers on hand to answer questions and help customers, but we got so many people in there at one time, we were swamped. It all worked out and we raised some good money to help support our programs so it was all worth it. But by the end, I was really worn out!!!!

Setting Up for the Plant Sale

5/7/10 - The time has finally come!!!! Setting up for the Plant and Art Sale was really hectic. While the big tent was being setup, we were unloading all the plants from the greenhouse. Then the tables had to be unloaded as more plant donations were coming in. Placing everything in the tent, grooming the plants, arranging and labeling everything, it was crazy. Several of us stayed the night with the plants, pricing them, putting up signs and getting ready for the big sale day!!!

Getting Ready for the Plant Sale

5/2/10 - It has been crazy getting ready for the plant sale. Not only am I in charge of the whole thing, I've been scurrying around digging and potting up plants for the sale. Here are some of my "holding areas" for the plants I am donating.

Mulch, Anyone???

I found out from a friend that Home Depot had mulch on sale. Woo Hoo!!! It takes a lot to cover my garden beds, so we made 10 trips with the pickup and got 410 bags!!! We already put 90 bags down in one garden when this picture was taken. We had it stacked all neatly, but suffered a mulch bag avalanche!!

Working in the Garden

Ok, Ok, my scrappin' sisters have been giving me a hard time since I haven't been posting anything. I've been busy in the garden and haven't gotten a lot of scrapping done. Here are some pics of things coming up!

Petal Pusher came out and helped me in the garden one day. She helped pot up plants that I dug up for the plant sale and also helped me trim back alot of things. I think after that she decided that gardening isn't her hobby. We were both sore after a day of working in the garden, but it's worth it!!!

NOT Scrapbooking

My sweetie took this picture of me today working in the garden and he sent it from his phone out to his Mom and my scrappin' sister, Petal Pusher, with the caption of "Not Scrapbooking". I guess he thinks I spend a bit too much time in my scrap room ;-). He's right that I do need to be getting on the garden; it's finally starting to warm up. Today, we cut back all of the ornamental grasses and rudbeckia in the roadside garden, so that's a start!!!!