Dear Liza,
The work has continued on the garden behind auntie Katie’s bookstore, Books with Pictures. I showed you before how the planting areas were filled with rich topsoil to create low berms and beds.
On a recent Saturday, eight women and girls aged 14 to 66 (and one helpful male teenager) worked for three hours creating the surfaces of the new garden just behind Books with Pictures. There were two tampers, which are heavy tools for flattening and compacting soil, and they were in constant use. First, the original soil was raked and tamped to make it solid and even. Plastic edging was laid in and staked down.
Then interlocking gravel was wheelbarrowed in to place, raked flat, and tamped down (twice) to make sure it was perfect.
Auntie Katie, who is injured and cannot work, was in charge of quality control and keeping us all fed. She did a fine job!
Finally, pea gravel, which will be pleasant to walk on, was wheeled and raked and tamped in place.
The walkway in the garden was extended beyond the space to the parkway, which makes for a nice entry from the street through the big wonky gateway.
And this weekend, the plants go in!
Love,
Grandma Judy
Dear Liza 
You wrote, “Auntie Katie, who is injured and cannot work, was in charge of quality control and keeping us all fed. She did a fine job!”
What is Auntie Katie’s injury?
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