Independent Task List

Please log your independent hours on the Independent Tasks List form. Be specific about what you did so we can plan for the community clean-up. You may log up to four hours total (including community clean-up) per month.

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Completed between Aug & Sept Clean-Ups

• Compost is particularly full now that the end of the season approaches. Please turn bins and move compost as appropriate before Saturday Clean-Up.

 

Tasks to be completed any time

• STREET

  • Clear trash from sidewalk, tree pits, and front gate.

  • Prune suckers on street trees (learn about this at a clean-up first)

• WEEDING: To identify weeds, consult the Weeding 101 Guide.

  • Inside and outside front gates (be sure to hit the west side of the West Gate)

  • The Orchard and behind figs to west fence/wisteria

  • Perimeter of flower garden 

  • Rock Garden: south of composting toilet to (and under) cement bench

  • Remove Sophora seedlings and pick seed pods (DO NOT COMPOST seedlings or pods as they are poisonous)

 

A word about bindweed

• Snip or hoe the vines down to ground level once a week. (Forcing the plant to constantly re-grow depletes the energy reserves stored in the roots and it eventually dies.)

• Smother with weed barrier fabric or cardboard that you wet and top with several inches of dense mulch.

• Spray a mixture of undiluted white vinegar and a drop of dish soap directly on the foliage on a sunny day. Or pour boiling water directly over the weed and the surrounding soil radius.

• Also, never compost! Throw them in the trash.​

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