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A Mother’s Journey - Preparing Her Place |
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On Wednesday, April 27th, it was time to remove a tree near the front entrance of the new church to make way for the Ave Maria and new plantings |
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The job went to L.E. Kerber out of Chanhasssen. |
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Irene Kerber of Kerber Family Homes arranged for the bobcat and spade. |
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And the tree just went next door. |
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In fact, there had been a tree in that location, one that didn’t survive, for whatever reason. |
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Larry Kerber handled the transplanting like an expert. |
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John Wall, maintenance man at the church, kept and eye on the progress … |
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… and provided the nearby hose and watering source. |
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Where had the hole for the transplanting come from? It came from some digging prior to the move. |
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After a couple hours, L.E. Kerber and his equipment moved out of the church parking lot. |
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A few days later, on Monday, May 3rd, as a matter of fact, Teresa Winslow of Chaska and her people from Lewiston, Minnesota, arrived to do the foundation and footings for the granite base and Ave Maria. I had previously marked the location with a can of spray paint. The hole on the right is from the tree that was previously moved. It’ll get filled up with dirt from the new digging. |
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It was all done with a spade. |
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The temporary mold will hold the cement and assist in determining necessary depth of the hole. |
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The cement was mixed on site. |
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The footings were dug by hand with a post-hole digger to a depth below the four-foot frost level. |
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When the cement was ready — “like peanut butter,” said Teresa — it was hauled by wheelbarrow. |
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These are the people hired byWinslow Monument of Chaska, who doesn’t keep on hand equipment to deal with a 3,000-pound piece of granite and life-size sculptures. |
