Will Lipscomb of Mongo, IN, and Steven Wall of Elkhart, IN, met up with Chicago garden columnist Jim Edminster for an old-fashioned clean-up day. Debris was cleared, sheds re-organized, ponds cleared of debris, fountains cleaned and started, and a truckload of no-longer-needed garden implements was hauled to Elkart where they will be used to help implement Urban Orchard projects in Elkhart and South Bend. Lipscomb was especially thankful for a large stash of recycled plastic milk crates that can be washed up and reused to haul apples and produce to farmers markets.
A celebratory meal was shared afterwards with Elkhart-native Jeff Snyder and Charlie Hope of Chicago at Flat Top Grill in north Chicago.
This was the second volunteer activity of Spring in Chicago. Previously, Scott Ziemer of Minneapolis, MN, and Wall helped Edminster collect and deliver newspapers to a local no-kill cat rescue shelter. The papers will be used to line cages and play areas for in-coming cats.
The delivery was followed by a presentation by Edminster of a new Chicago-based program whereby feral cats are spayed, given their shots and adopted out to homeowners with yards where they can be fed and allowed shelter in exchange for their developed ability to help control rats and other rodent pests in residential areas.
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