a different part of the site, the students raked a pile of dried bamboo branches away from that area as well.
when they finished those tasks, the students joined the two who were working on the compost pile. they sorted the branches that had been removed from the pile of dirt. the small branches and dried blackberry canes were cut up so that we can spread them on the paths; the bigger branches were stacked. the photos below show what the area looked like at the end of this work party.
the third group dug up blackberry shoots and blackberry root balls from the area where we will be creating paths next 