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The Board and shareholders met on site for a thorough meeting and much-overdue gathering. Ingrid, Sophia, and Victor had come up the previous weekend and the night before, and have done a huge amount of fire prevention work around the property. Peter C. has also been making many trips up to coordinate with the pipe repair and pump house rebuilding. Peter W. has also been doing a lot of work on site and behind the scenes dealing with insurance, legal, and keeping track of the Shang budget. More details of all of those projects will be coming soon. Many thanks to everyone who has been working so hard to help Shang recover from the wildfires.
So, who was there? Peter W., Peter C., Rosemary, Scarlet, Beck, Ingrid, Victor, Sophia, Daniel, Katie, and Randy. In keeping with Shang tradition, there was a fabulous spring potluck that was enjoyed around the big round table.
Protecting Shang from wildfire is the top priority. It's important to rake, weed-whack, and water every time anyone visits. Additional projects that will be tackled in the coming weeks are painting the upper-tank, protecting the back porch, and continuing to clear brush and branches that are part of our fire prevention efforts.
A new, printable calendar is now available on the website. Now, the Shang calendar is both available digitally through Google Calendar and in a printable pdf.
So, who was there? Peter W., Peter C., Rosemary, Scarlet, Beck, Ingrid, Victor, Sophia, Daniel, Katie, and Randy. In keeping with Shang tradition, there was a fabulous spring potluck that was enjoyed around the big round table.
Protecting Shang from wildfire is the top priority. It's important to rake, weed-whack, and water every time anyone visits. Additional projects that will be tackled in the coming weeks are painting the upper-tank, protecting the back porch, and continuing to clear brush and branches that are part of our fire prevention efforts.
A new, printable calendar is now available on the website. Now, the Shang calendar is both available digitally through Google Calendar and in a printable pdf.
Ingrid brought up the fun photo below of an early Shang Work Weekend. We think it is from about 2001. Any help with dating this photo?
Send us more old photos! We'll add them to our History Page!
Send us more old photos! We'll add them to our History Page!
Peter W., Rosemary, Tessa, Katie, Sophia--We sure know how!
Finally, Ingrid reported a grey fox sighting on the patio when she arrived. It's always great to hear about wildlife sightings!
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Including Spring Weed Clean Up Notes
I made a solo day trip on Sunday. The highlight of the trip was a sighting of a Great Blue Heron at the lake. Normally I would tackle weeding and weed whacking around the house at this time of year but my back could not tolerate it.
So ;-) here is what needs to be done on the southeast side of the house, see picture below:
This is the procedure for first-of-the-season clean-up. Later, the area requires less detail work and can be mostly mowed with the big mower.
Hand pull the sticky bedstraw (Gallium) that is covering the ground under the alder tree. You can't mow it or weed whack it. Thankfully it pulls up easily.
Stihl string trimmer is the tool to use when knocking down the tall growth.
Weed whack tall sticker-producing stalks of dried fiddleneck (amsinkia), sanicle (more stickers) and dried grasses, avoiding the still green narcissus leaves.
Tidy up narcissus leaves. They can be w-whacked or mowed later, when they are fully dried.
Bed next to the stone wall of house/stair, under apricot/grape/oleander, needs to be cleared of all weeds. This area needs some sort of weed block and then stone (not chips). part of firescaping topic.
ReportIng:
Poison oak patch to the left of swimming pool that was treated with RoundUp by clearing crew has not reappeared!
rosemary looks stressed -- watered it, rose and azalea area.
I think Andrew Pepper arrived midday Sunday. I went down to the lake not long after and he wasn't there. So, didn't talk with him.
There was a dead mouse on the kitchen floor. I have no idea how it died, why it would be there on the floor...?
There is a piece of flashing on the northwest side of the house that has come loose and flaps around in the wind. How to fix that? need a very tall ladder.
It was very windy everywhere but at the house. Heard a large tree crash down in the upper forest.
Only 2000 gallons left in the upper tank. Need to re-activate the pumping system. The upper tank should be kept as full as possible. Job for Allan?
Brought balsamic vinegar, Dawn dish detergent, kosher salt
Fixed a kitchen drawer that had come off it's track.
Need a new cover for the Weber BBQ
Propane level 80%
