From: Ken Holmes Sent: Monday, July 29, 2013 10:06 PM To: Jeffrey Epstein Subject: Re: Or leave the berm at the same height a=d plant a thick wall of Seagrape or Clusia. If the transplants had li=ed, I think you'd have the break you need. Kenneth Holmes =ruzan Gardens 7000 RR 1 St. Croix, USVI 00850</=iv> (340) 778-0700 Office (340) 719-8273 Fax www.cruzangardens.com <=div> Sent from my iPhone On Jul 29, 2=13, at 5:53 PM, Jeffrey Epstein «mailto:[email protected]@gmail.com</a» wrotexbr><br></div>thlockquote type=> re manpower, they have hired 4 extra guys= they are under chris direction, he needs to tell them to=weed or spray, . do we want a wall instead of a windbreak fo= the basket? On Mon, Jul 29, 2013 at 5:46 PM, Ken Holm=s > wrote: No problem- we're pulling everything together to ship=and all looks good. We sending some additional items Chris asked for a= well. The walk last week went o.k.- but I was a l=ttle dismayed at the amount of maintenance that needs to be done (spraying,=weeding, removal of dead plants like the sea grape that were transplanted, a=c.). Chris stated that he's ordered a new sprayer, so that should hel=. But it appears to me that he's short on manpower. When the gu=s are planting, no one is available to continue on with routine maintenance= and it brings down the overall look and feel of the site. Perhaps yo= could consider bringing in a few guys part time occasionally to keep augme=t the crews while the installations going on, provided that Chris and Peter=can adequately manage them. As for our material, I'm happy with what I saw except fo= the grasses and the Areca palms. I counted a little over 100 grasses=that don't appear to be coming back, and the Areca palms are already gettin= windburn. A big push to get the "basket" windbreak in and the bowl p=anted needs to happen as quickly as possible. I'd also recommend mulching the planted beds and treatin= with a pre-emergent herbicide like