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the bare slope above the reservoir access road in Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA

Water and mulch-check the new trees.

A caretaker soaks the base of a newly planted tree at the bare slope above the reservoir access road in Chinatown with a watering can, checking its mulch and stakes. Read all of it

Not funded yet. Settles as earned credit, $220 proposed.

Proof it takes, the deadline, the level
  • ProofGPS matched to the original planting + before/after photos + watering volume + mulch depth + stake/tie condition
  • Open until2026-12-10
  • Levelentry
All of it: the words, the place, the proof

Water and mulch-check the new trees at the bare slope above the reservoir access road in Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA. They need first-year care to survive. Water them, check the mulch and stakes, and come back on schedule. For the payer: - Price: $220 per job, counted in young trees watered and checked. - Likely payer: A grant-funded nonprofit crew (LA Conservation Corps, LANI, Clean California or CAL FIRE grants), or the site's host.

Offer to pay $220. The receipt lands onchain once the proof is approved.

What it looks like
A caretaker soaks the base of a newly planted tree at the bare slope above the reservoir access road in Chinatown with a watering can, checking its mulch and stakes.

A description of this kind of work, not a record that it happened here.

Where
the bare slope above the reservoir access road in Chinatown, Los Angeles, CA. Open the map
Pay
$220 proposed

This job is not funded yet, so this figure is a proposed price, not money held for the worker. If a buyer funds it, approved proof settles that price onchain. If nobody funds it, approved proof earns provable credit toward the work instead of cash: recorded, and readable any time at vealth.net/labor/credit/(your wallet). You see which before you claim, never after.

Proof
GPS matched to the original planting + before/after photos + watering volume + mulch depth + stake/tie condition

This is exactly what gets it approved. Nothing settles without it.

Level
entry: anyone can start here
Open until
2026-12-10
Posted by
0x034F…6c89

The creator wallet. Its signature is what approves proof and settles the wage.

Safety, read before you claim

Start after the crew's safety orientation. Water slowly from the host's spigot, never a hydrant, and do not over-water or bury the root flare when re-mulching. Use loose ties only, remove any girdling tie at once, never prune, and wear gloves and closed-toe boots with water and shade for yourself. Stop outdoor work when the AQI passes 150.

The full safety list for this job:

  • Do not over-water or bury the root flare, use loose ties only and remove a girdling tie at once; flag any leaning or failing tree beyond simple re-staking to the site steward, and never force it upright.
  • Use a shutoff nozzle on the hose and keep hoses off the walkway. Use only wide, loose ties. Wear a hi-vis vest near any street, and carry a heat plan for yourself. Any leaning or failing tree beyond simple re-staking is flagged to the site steward, not forced upright. Look for tiny pinhole entry marks with sawdust or sap on the trunk (shot hole borer) and report them; do not move cuttings. Check the trunk base for string-trimmer and mower damage and report it. Do not fertilize a young tree in its first year.
  • Site briefing: who to call and where to report an injury (Title 8 section 3203).
  • This job runs in summer by design: a quart of water an hour, shade at 80 degrees F and above, watch each other at 95 and above; schoolyard asphalt is hotter than the forecast (Title 8 section 3395).
  • Check the air quality index (AQI) for wildfire smoke; at 151 or more the employer provides an N95 (Title 8 section 5141.1).
  • Gloves, closed-toe boots (section 3385) and a hi-vis vest near any street (Title 8 section 3384).
  • Coil hoses off the walkway; carry buckets half full; never use a hydrant (Title 8 section 3203).
  • No chainsaw, pole saw, ladder or climbing and no pruning of a leaning or damaged tree: tree work is Title 8 section 3420 and following, for a trained crew (Title 8 section 3420).
  • Footwear, Title 8 section 3385: sturdy closed-toe boots for shovel and tool strikes on rough ground.
How this work is done

How this work is done

A documented method, so this packet comes out the same whoever does it.

Bring

  • work gloves
  • closed-toe boots
  • hi-vis vest near any street
  • 5-gallon buckets filled half or a hose with a shutoff nozzle
  • a ruler or tape
  • wide flexible tree ties
  • hat, sunscreen and a quart of water an hour

Steps

  1. Go to the tree or trees the job title names and confirm your GPS waypoint matches the original planting location.
  2. Photograph each tree and its watering basin before doing anything.
  3. Check each stake and tie. A tie must be wide, flexible and loose enough that the trunk can sway. Take off stakes once the tree stands without them, usually 6 to 12 months after planting. If a tie has cut into the bark, take it off at once, photograph the wound and report it.
  4. Water slowly into the basin, about 10 to 15 gallons per visit for a young tree, weekly May to October in the first summers and less in the cool months, so it soaks in and does not run off. Measure the volume. Skip a tree whose soil at 4 to 6 inches is already moist. Use the City's tree-care guide for the exact schedule (verify).
  5. Check the mulch with a ruler and top it up or pull it back so it is 2 to 3 inches deep. Pull soil or mulch off a buried flare by hand and keep 3 to 6 inches bare at the trunk. Do not use chips from a tree with pinhole entry marks.
  6. Photograph each tree and its watering basin again from the same spot.
  7. Record the GPS position, the tag number or species, the watering volume (a bucket count or hose timer), the mulch depth, the soil moisture at 4 to 6 inches and the stake and tie condition, and note the date for the next visit.

What counts as done

  • GPS waypoint matches the original planting location
  • Before and after photos of the tree and its watering basin
  • Watering volume applied and mulch depth (2-3 inches, off the trunk) recorded
  • Stake/tie condition checked, loosened, or removed on schedule
  • Close photo of the trunk base showing the flare, the bare ring and mulch depth against a ruler.
  • Photo of each tie before and after.
  • A bucket count or hose timer for the water.
  • Photos show no mulch volcano, no buried flare, no tie that has dented the bark and no basin that is dry or flooded.
  • Sign-off: the site host or steward, or the supervisor of the crew of record, signs off the finished work in writing. Write who signed and the date, or the date you asked.
  • Photos: take the before photo and the after photo from the same point (stand where the first one was taken and match its frame), each with its GPS point and its date and time.
  • Site control: the work is on public ground, or the owner's or agency's written agreement for this site is attached, dated before the first photo.

Proof is measured against these, not judged by taste.

The standard this serves

Tree Planting and Establishment. Planting a tree properly is a codified craft, and the arborists' standards are blunt about why: most young trees that die were killed at planting, by a hole dug too deep, a root ball left bound, a first summer without water. Mastery looks like trees you planted years ago still standing, which is the only measure arborists accept. The craft lives in exactly the steps this packet asks for: the wide shallow hole, the freed roots, the mulch kept off the trunk, the watering that follows. Plant one tree correctly and you know something real.

What is promised, and what is not

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