Now that the excitement is over, it's time for the mundane to kick in.
The plants have to be watered for a time to get them established. Check.
The plants survive better if there are no competing roots, so the ground has to be cleared to bare sand. Check.
The invasive weeds have to be kept at bay, so a volunteer work day was scheduled to collect about 23 garbage bags of offending herbage. Check.
So far, so good.