May 23rd- Taylor Marcombe

 hellooo. Now that the 12 weeks are officially done I will still post throughout the summer but probably a lot more casually. I will probably have a lot of days off which my company is fine with as long as I'm still helping out. They basically told me to enjoy my summer while I still have one. So I'm not going to take off just because but I'm not worried about missing trips/ vacations now. 

Last week we did a volunteer project funded by LCMC health for a low income neighborhood park/community space. Instead of sending out crews, the office actually participated. We mulched a huge playground and built large vegetable planters. It was hot and extremely exhausting, but after the owner grilled us food and we had a hangout on our new culture patio so that was nice. 

Also, I finally finished the moss wall. was fun but hard-glad its done. Everyone seems to enjoy it.



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  1. ellen s.May 31, 2023 at 7:28 AM

    the moss wall looks AMAZING! I remember you posted about the progress, but what did the step by step look like? and how do you care for/maintain a moss wall?

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    1. Taylor MarcombeJune 1, 2023 at 11:53 AM

      sooo the moss is preserved so there is zero maintenance. there are moss walls that are living but it would've been double the cost :( I basically figured how much moss i would need, ordered the moss and caulked the big pieces to the frame and layered in the smaller pieces with a hot glue gun. It was a lot of layering to cover up all the holes. It took me about 4 days to install the moss but about two weeks total for people to install the sign, the frame, + the moss.

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    2. ellen s.June 1, 2023 at 12:01 PM

      whoa! i didnt know that was a thing! thats a lot of research and work, you did a great job + it looks super good. do you see yourself doing projects that involve preserved moss in the future?

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    3. Taylor MarcombeJune 1, 2023 at 12:19 PM

      i guess if a client asked for one I would, but not something I would aspire to do a lot of.

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    4. Taylor MarcombeJune 1, 2023 at 12:19 PM

      also thank you! it was hard but I'm proud of it

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