Baynanza 2010, 1st Annual Bay Lumber for Gardens Clean-up and Harvest

  Captain Steve of the Pelican Island Skipper took us out to Pelican Island where we planned to collect useable drift lumber, and bring it back to the new Little Haiti community garden site. There the beautifully weathered wood could be used to build raised beds, arbors, trellises, benches, shelves, fences, etc. The trip was a great success, bringing in a huge selection of unique and useful building material, that would otherwise have been considered garbage. Next year's effort promises to be exponentially bigger and better. Contact us if you would like to volunteer yourself or your truck! (Mr. Dell and Steve shown in photo, riding out to the island on the Skipper)

Antonio and team collected wood from the coastal rocks and bushes...

...and piled it up in spots around the island, to be carted back to the dock.

Jovares and James haul a cart of wood from the far side of the island

Jovares and Antonio pile wood by the dock, to be sorted and loaded onto the boat

Our new friend Javier helps Claudia bundle up the wood according to size, for easy loading onto the boat

Deck full of wood