June 2022 Update

 The grass growing season is in full swing. We are trying our best at keeping the lawn mowed and weed wacked. Presently the grounds are well kept. We had quite a battle with the lawn last week. But we were victorious! There are three primary people working on keeping the cemetery looking good. BTW their ages are 81, 63, and 54. 

Weed wacking the grounds is the most labor intensive part of maintaining the cemetery. It takes one person eight full hours to fully weed wack the complete cemetery. This task was timed over a period of three days. Please feel free to stop by and do some wacking. There should be no fear that you might take the grass down too low. Alas, it always always always grows back. And very quickly also. 

Very soon gravestone restoration work will be in full swing. We had a few new casualties. Some stones were found toppled and some broken. The cemetery will always be a work in progress, especially keeping the grass mowed.

Late January 2022

 Spring is on the way! Well, in 49 days. But the time will go fast. Soon, instead of shoveling snow we will be mowing grass. This post is sent out in the hopes of acquiring a riding lawn mower. The lawn mower will be used exclusively at the Evangelical Protestant Cemetery in Albany. Myself and others are still volunteering our time to keep the grounds manicured. Most times the grounds are mowed by people with multiple self-propelled walk-behind lawn mowers. It takes one person 12 hours, solo, to mow the cemetery with a walk-behind mower. It also takes 8 hours for one person to fully weed whack the grounds with a high-powered gas whacker.

 None of us are giving up on the cemetery. The cemetery has come such a long way that we refuse to let it go back to being overgrown and dangerous. During the Spring, Summer, and Fall the grounds are picturesque and beautiful. The Friends of the EvangelicalProtestant Cemetery are looking for a good used or donated riding lawn mower to make our task much easier for our volunteers. Our only request is that the mower must have a deck size of 46" or smaller to fit inside a storage area. Please contact us through this site if you have a good riding lawn mower that you are looking to sell or donate.