Month: June 2020

2020 Plant Sale was a HUGE success!

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The below video summarizes the sale from start to finish.

  • Started sowing seeds in February
  • Friends come to support the sale!
  • Friends volunteered to help and made the sale a success!
  • Grew 1560 plants indoor including 267 tomatoes.
  • Videll and I gave the sale a thumbs up!
  • Plants were grown upstairs, main floor, and basement!
  • We took time out of the day to celebrate my friend Sharon’s birthday!
  • Started in the garden April 5th. Snow flurries did not deter me!
  • Friends volunteered to help and made the sale a success!
  • They put in countless hours.
  • My “dream team” was the BEST!!!
  • Each day they cheerfully came and made the two months of work enjoyable.
  • Demonstarted to Sharon how 2260 hosta divisions were made last September.
  • 626 pots of daylilies were neatly organized.
  • Together we potted up over 6000 plants!
  • Snack break!
  • Setting up for the sale.
  • Sande kept the plants watered.
  • Linda gave the plants a fresh haircut!
  • The yard was set for the sale.
  • Signs were placed around the neighborhood.
  • Sales were brisk!
  • Friends come to support the sale!
  • Videll and I gave the sale a thumbs up!
  • Sylvia showed off the masks for sale, made by my friend Kathy in Texas.
  • We took time out of the day to celebrate my friend Sharon’s birthday!
  • Sande and Sharon helped me after the sale to reorganize the remaining 1300 plants.
  • Thank you everyone for your support. We will soon start this final school building.
  • THANK YOU!!!

Two-Story 6 Room School Building

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Thank you everyone for your support.

The outlined price below is for the current 6 rooms, 3 on the first level and 3 on the second level as pictured above. We have now changed our design to 4 rooms on the first level with 2-3 more levels in the future. The price is now $82,000 for the four room first level, but with support, we will accomplish our goal!

BUILDING SUPPLIESTZ moneyUSD money
Frame68631600$29,621
Stairs2072000$894
Walling20432000$8,818
Doors and Gates4761100$2,055
Windows7560000$3,263
Roofing17172050$7,411
Finishing9134250$3,942
Painting and Decorating6905000$2,980
Electrical installation8607281$3,715
145275281$62,700
GENERAL SUMMARY
Building Supplies – detailed above145275281$62,700
Transport charges5000000$2,158
Payment of skilled labor2000000$863
Payment of supervisor, overhead and adminstration3000000$1,295
Labor charge of casual laborers72000000$31,075
227275281$98,090USD
This the old total for the pictured school building, but we must not be short sighted, but rather plan and build for the future.