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Mucho Mulch

May 4, 2018 by Peg 1 Comment

Ah, spring! The hummingbirds have returned to JPeg Ranch and the falling locust tree blossoms can make me forget for a while how the thorns attack me each time I must deal with a fallen branch. The air is filled with perfume and a symphony of avian love songs.

Of course, it is not called spring for nothing and the Equinox strikes deeply into Peg’s cortex causing her to spring into a frenzy of projects around the Ranch. Unfortunately for me Peg’s projects become my sentence.

Then there is Peg’s deeply held belief we should contribute to virtually every cause that advances the beauty of Posey County, especially New Harmony. The confluence of her obsessions of yard improvement and public service converged when our friend Barb McConnell, who is a hardworking member of the New Harmony Garden Club, mentioned to Peg that the club was selling bags of mulch as a fundraiser.

Now, New Harmony is our home and we care about it. My affection for our small village is best expressed by patronizing Sara and David Brown’s Coffee and Wine Shop, David and Vicki Campbell and Sara and David Brown’s microbrewery, Kenny and Nancy Weinzapfel’s Yellow Tavern and the Owen family’s Red Geranium Restaurant. My position is I spend money on a good meal and/or a good glass of red wine, then I have well met my duty to improve our community. With Peg that’s not quite enough. Therefore, Peg bought 120 (you did not misread that figure) of brown mulch from Barb and the Garden Club.

When Peg gave me the good news my first thought was, “Okay, you bought the mulch, you must want to lift, move, open and spread every last 50 pound bag of it.” Gee, how could I have ever had such a fleeting dream? Oh, no, Peg demanded that I have the pleasure of spending an entire weekend frolicking in the yard with enough mulch to recreate the Old Plank Road between New Harmony and Mt. Vernon.

We put mulch on every possible tree, shrub, flower bed and mole hole within sight. The left over was used to get ready for our grandson’s wedding to be held at the Ranch this month. I bit my tongue when the thought arose, “Does the happy couple really want to stand on a 3 foot high pile of mulch to take their vows?”

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Filed Under: Events, Family, Females/Pick on Peg, Gavel Gamut, JPeg Ranch, Mt. Vernon, New Harmony, Posey County Tagged With: Barb McConnell, David and Vicki Campbell and Sara and David Brown’s microbrewery, Equinox, grandson’s wedding, hummingbirds, James M. Redwine, Jim Redwine, JPeg Ranch, Kenny and Nancy Weinzapfel’s Yellow Tavern, locust tree blossoms, Mt. Vernon, mulch, New Harmony, New Harmony Garden Club, Old Plank Road, Posey County, red wine, Sara and David Brown’s Coffee and Wine Shop, Spring, the Owen family’s Red Geranium Restaurant

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  1. jwpulliam says

    May 5, 2018 at 6:34 pm

    Really spreading it!

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