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 water
key, 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: https://photos.app.goo.gl/boaifWNwFYMGj4kY8
Written Steps:
1. Walk to the main entrance of Mifflin School, and to the right, on the brick wall, about 2 feet off the ground is a gold waterspout. You will be using this to hook up the hose and turn on the water.
2. Next, look to the right of the waterspout and two steps down, behind the stone wall are 2 white buckets and a silver can with a lid, with a hose inside.
3. Open the silver can and grab the hose end with the water sprayer. Walk the hose down the sidewalk, staying close to the wall. It is helpful to have a 2nd person hold the silver can as the hose is pulled out. Walk the hose all the way to the steps on Conrad St.
4. Walk back up to the silver bin and locate the end of the hose. Take the end of the hose and screw it onto the waterspout.
5. Take the water key that is hooked to one of the buckets and place it on top of the waterspout prong.
Turn the water key 180 degrees, counter clockwise. The water will start flowing through the hose, but will not come out because the nozzle is attached. Leave the water key connected to the prong as the water comes out
6. Walk with the two buckets down the sidewalk, parallel to Conrad St, to the last tree plot. This
is the first tree you will water. The hose should reach the top of the tree plot. DO NOT PULL THE HOSE. Keep some slack in the hose to it doesn't pull the waterspout from the side of the building
7. Take 1 bucket and place it on the ground and fill it up by engaging the spray nozzle.
8. 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.
9. 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.
10. Fill the bucket up 2 more times and empty each bucket into the tree basin and wait for it to absorb into the ground.
11. 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.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. Go back to the hose and fill up the bucket 2 more times
15. Repeat steps 12 and 13 for the other two trees on Midvale Ave.
16. Once all the trees have absorbed 15 gallons (3 buckets of water) each, bring the empty bucket(s) and hose back up the hill to the storage area behind the wall.
17. Go to the waterspout and turn the water key clockwise until the water is fully off. Place the water key back in the bag that is connected to the bucket. Place the buckets behind the wall.
18. Unscrew the hose from the waterspout and wind up the hose in concentric circles, like a curled-up snake, back into the silver can and put the lid back on.
