The Washington DC schools start Monday so we were part of the all volunteer crew doing beautification. We got up way early and arrived about 8:11am down at Murch Elementary, which has 594 students and class sizes are 45!
I got assigned to the butterfly garden - thank goodness Martta had taught me about the milk weed plant for Monarch butterflies. The chief gardner was so strict, Neil took his shovel and headed to the school sign which had a weed filled bed and five flats of pansies to plant.
Hot work, but gratifying. We came home and made two batches of Mango tea. You find the secret ingredient by the Tom Collins mixes at the grocery store. Make tea and pour some of this in. Very easy to drink along the lines of Georgia Brown's peach tea, but not as sweet.
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