Harvest of Hope Community Garden: Water works!

Thanks be to all involved in getting the water going again -- I hear it was Larry, Jane, Margot, and the plumber from First Presbyterian -- not sure who all else got busy making sure we got our water back up and running quickly. I stopped by yesterday and chatted with Rick, also from First Pres, who showed me the part that, next fall, we have to actually remove so that the faucet is properly winterized and won't burst. It's a rather complicated system! But! It's in working order now -- yay! There are two valves you must turn before you can turn the knob at the spigot and have water, or open the valve at the big pump-type spigot and have water there, too. If you're trying to turn it on and get confused, look at this picture (you can click it and get it to show up bigger, too). On the far right, there's a red handle you have to turn. Then on the backside of the horizontal pipe, there's a blue handle you have to turn (not easily seen in this picture) and then you can turn the blue knob on the left (in the picture) to get water, or you can lift the handle on the bigger spigot (not pictured) and water will appear. Makes us realize what we take for granted, not having the water work for a few days.

We have hose in the shed. I can't remember if we left that out all the time last year or not, but I imagine it wouldn't hurt to have that out and at the ready, so look for that early next week -- if we need a new one, I can get that sorted and available between now and next week.