Straw was flying, muddy clothes were hung up to dry, plastic bags were drifting, and the scarecrow sentinels were given their send-off to the great recycling bin in the sky this morning. The imposing line-up of stuffed scarecrows along the fence in the Children's Garden was looking a little woebegone so a crew showed up and made short work of cutting their tethers, unstuffing them, and filling up the Jones truck. Bags of straw will be used by the Jefferies family in their compost, and more bags of straw will be going to Alamosa Park Elementary's school garden to spread in the pathways. The plastic stuffing will be recycled, and the already-decomposing levi jeans will be added to the experimental compost at school.
The first 10 scarecrows were constructed in October by school groups (Olive, Crestview, Grapevine and Alamosa), and 20 more were stuffed and decorated by families on-site at the Fall Fun Festival. The colorful line of scarecrows has cheered up many park walkers and intimidated some passers-by. With all the rain and wind we've had, it was surprising any of the 'crows were still standing!Many thanks to our take-down crew for your fantastic support today - you accomplished in 75 minutes what would have taken me all day! Our crew consisted of Carol, Levi, Phineas and Oona Jeffries, Gail Stram, and Don Nelson.
Look for scarecrows to be featured again at next year's Fall Fun Festival!
NancyJones: Co-Chair, Children, Gardens, Vista - What's Not to Like?
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