Our next cleanup day will be this Saturday, March 16th. We will meet around 8am to mow, weed, put out ant poison, pick up limbs, etc, and wipe off headstones. If you can come, please bring whatever yard type equipment you have (weed eaters, edgers, roundup, and so on). We usually work from 8am until …
Category: Cemetery cleaning
The Cemetery Lilies
During a routine cleanup a few weeks ago, I was spraying the Johnson grass yet again when I noticed that the lilies in the Lower Section were making their annual appearance. Like the Hagerdorn Rosebush, these centuries old day-lilies are not watered or maintained. But every year, they bloom and give us beautiful, natural …
Headstone Restoration and Decorating
On Dec 1, 2018 Debbie, Kay, George, and Jeanette met to clean up and decorate. George also cleaned off another headstone. Oscar Schlick's headstone (see previous blog post) is still looking good. I sprayed it again with D2 to kill off some of the remaining lichens, then started on his sister Nellie's headstone. Just …
Headstone Cleaning
On October 1, I had the opportunity to hear gravestone conservationist Lowell Herzog speak at the Washington County Genealogical Society's meeting. It was so interesting to see how he was able to dig up family stories, starting with uncovering the name on a headstone. After the presentation, we chatted a bit about headstone cleaning and …
General Meeting and Cleanup Day
Jeff, Debbie, George, Kay, and Jeanette met on June 30th for a thorough cleaning of the cemetery. The Johnson grass had grown very high but we were able to get it done. Jeanette hit up a sale at Hobby Lobby, so we were able to put in new flowers for most of the graves. Our …