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It hasn't been raining lately.
Yesterday, after watering my snapdragons, I refilled the bucket and watered two of the street trees around the corner: they're in front of our building's parking lot, have nothing planted around them, and mostly get ignored. Someone asked me if I was "feeding the trees" and then, in response to my "it hasn't rained", thanked me.
Today, I started with the two street trees, and a different stranger thanked me. I said "you're welcome" and found myself thinking "it's easy." Of course, that's for a value of easy that encompasses "can carry 20 pounds in one hand" (buckets of water don't go well in backpacks) and "lives reasonably nearby". I have no idea how many, or how few, of my neighbors could handle the load comfortably.
I hadn't thought of watering the trees by themselves: it grew out of watering the snapdragons, which is different because I planted them. And I have the time: it's easier to take the 10 or 15 minutes to do this when I'm unemployed. With any luck, I will get a job and it will start raining regularly so I won't have to test how much of this I can do after working 9 to 5. (There is no rain in the 7-day forecast.)
Yesterday, after watering my snapdragons, I refilled the bucket and watered two of the street trees around the corner: they're in front of our building's parking lot, have nothing planted around them, and mostly get ignored. Someone asked me if I was "feeding the trees" and then, in response to my "it hasn't rained", thanked me.
Today, I started with the two street trees, and a different stranger thanked me. I said "you're welcome" and found myself thinking "it's easy." Of course, that's for a value of easy that encompasses "can carry 20 pounds in one hand" (buckets of water don't go well in backpacks) and "lives reasonably nearby". I have no idea how many, or how few, of my neighbors could handle the load comfortably.
I hadn't thought of watering the trees by themselves: it grew out of watering the snapdragons, which is different because I planted them. And I have the time: it's easier to take the 10 or 15 minutes to do this when I'm unemployed. With any luck, I will get a job and it will start raining regularly so I won't have to test how much of this I can do after working 9 to 5. (There is no rain in the 7-day forecast.)