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Funding Request for Supplies

450 feet of barbed wire fence ($380 w/tax)
   $80 - wire
   $86 - 30 6.5 foot T-bar posts
   $72 - 4 8 foot wooden corner posts
   $30 - wire stretcher
   $40 - post driver
   $50 - gasoline powered auger (for drilling corner post holes, only 1 day needed)

Roundup weed killer ($105 w/tax)
   $99 - 1 gallon concentrate

Plant support cages ($110 w/tax)
   $50 - 150 foot roll of 6x6 concrete remesh (makes 25 cages)
   $40 - 2 bundles of 4 foot 3/8" electric fence posts (50 posts)
    $8 - 2 rolls 14 gauge galvanized wire (100 foot roll)
    $4 - 2 rolls medium duty cotton twine (420 foot roll)

Mulching material ($120 estimate)
   $80 - Alfalfa hay (need a lot of this - maybe 2 or 3 of the round ones?)
            small "square" bales -  $7 each
            large "round" bales  - $40 each
   $40 - 3.5mil black plastic (10'x25' roll) $4 each roll (10 rolls?)

Fuel storage (for tiller and chainsaw) ($25 w/tax)
   $20 - 5 gallon can
    $2 - 1 gallon can

The total request is $740. This is about the same as the original shed cost! I'm sure there are other things, and if any come up to a large sum, I'll be sure to approach the board again. There will be a forthcoming request for funds for the low-light lab, but I must confer with Toni and others on this before we can work up a proposal. We have has some ideas about making a dome-like structure to support the shading material.