Overview: You are watering 4 trees and each tree needs 15 gallons of water and a bucket is 5 gallons, so each tree will get three (3) buckets full of water. 

Equipment provided: Two 5 gallon buckets, one long water hose.

Optional to bring on your own: Garden gloves or work gloves

Required: The volunteer needs to be able to lift a 5 gallon bucket full of water

Video to watch and hear steps: TBA

Written Steps:

1. From Midvale and Conrad, walk up Conrad on the school side, and about 1/3 up the hill you will see stairs on your right side.  Take the stairs up and you will be on the side of the school.  You should see a silver can and a water spigot coming out of the wall.   

2. Open the silver can, take out the two white buckets and take out the hose.  Locate the end of the hose and screw it onto the waterspout by lining it up and turning clockwise until it is tight.  

3. Turn on the water by turning the handle two turns to the left.   The water will start flowing through the hose, but will not come out because the nozzle is attached. 

4. Next grab the hose end with the water sprayer and the two buckets and walk the hose down the stairs to the first tree plot. 

5. Take 1 bucket and place it on the ground and fill it up by engaging the spray nozzle.

6. Before you pour the water, use your hands to make a small circular wall of wood chips/dirt/leaves around the base of the tree. This circle should be about 10 inches in diameter.  This will help keep the water around the trunk of the tree when you pour it.

7. Grab your full bucket of water and slowly tilt it until the water comes out.  Slowly pour it so the water hits the trunk of the tree as it is coming out. Pour about 1/5 of the water at a time and then put the bucket down.  The water will make a pool.  Let the pool of water seep into the ground.  Once the water has absorbed, pick up the bucket and repeat this step.  You will do this step 5 times until the bucket is empty.

8. Fill the bucket up 2 more times and empty each bucket into the tree basin and wait for it to absorb into the ground. 

9. Next, fill up one bucket.  Then walk with your full bucket to the end of Conrad St and turn left on Midvale Ave until you come to the first new tree. 

10.  Before you pour the water, use your hands to make a small circular wall of wood chips/dirt/leaves around the base of the tree. This circle should be about 10 inches in diameter.   This will help keep the water around the trunk of the tree when you pour it.

11. Grab your full bucket of water and slowly tilt it until the water comes out.  Slowly pour it so the water hits the trunk of the tree as it is coming out. Pour about 1/5 of the water at a time and then put the bucket down.  The water will make a pool.  Let the pool of water seep into the ground.   You will do this until the bucket is empty.

12. Go back to the hose and fill up the bucket 2 more times 

13. Repeat steps 10 and 11 for the other two trees on Midvale Ave.  

14. Once all the trees have absorbed 15 gallons (3 buckets of water) each, bring the empty bucket(s) and hose back up the hill and steps, to the storage area next to the wall.  

15. Go to the waterspout and turn the water off  water is fully off.  

16. Unscrew the hose from the waterspout and wind up the hose in concentric circles, like a curled-up snake, back into the silver can, place the two white buckets inside the can, and put the lid back on.