Category: General Interest
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Workday hours change this week due to heat
It’s going to be a real scorcher of a week this week with highs in the upper 90’s in some cases not even counting the heat index. As such we’re modifying garden workday hours to: Saturday hours (tomorrow) will be 7:30am until 11am or whenever harvesting and watering are done.Tuesday…
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Volunteers needed to deliver Thursday produce to new food bank!
Thursday workdays begin this coming week (9:30-11:30am) and we will be donating our produce to a new food bank. Our former food bank has sadly closed, but the volunteers at the White Oak Foundation are very excited that we will be donating to their food bank. We need 4 volunteers…
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Tuesday time change and adding Thursday mornings!
Starting this coming week, Tuesday evening garden hours will be 6-8pm when it’s slightly cooler. Also Thursday morning garden hours will begin this coming week 9:30 – 11:30am. Summer crops are about to start coming in and we’ll need to harvest more often to avoid split tomatoes, baseball sized zucchini…
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Garden cancelled tonight! Come out Saturday to our Open House and native plant sale and invite your friends and neighbors!
Garden is cancelled tonight due to the rain! Please plan to join us this Saturday for our Open House and Native Plant Sale hosted by South Wake Conservationists. Regular garden work including harvest will begin at 8am followed by setup for the Open House which begins at 10am. Garden tours,…
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Saturday time change
This coming Saturday, May 3rd, garden workday hours will begin at 8am! We normally work earlier in the summer when the temperatures get hotter. If we get everything done, it’s possible that garden hours may end a bit early, so come on out while it’s still cool and we can…
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Garden Theater and Learning to Plant
Fifty K-5 kids at Apex United Methodist Church had an immersive introduction to Simple Gifts Community Garden Friday evening, emerging with smiles on their faces, planted pots in hand, and at least one temporary veggie tattoo on arms and/or hands. They started off viewing a short video about the grand…
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Planting brassicas and meeting new friends!
Tomorrow morning from 9am to noon we’ll be planting kale, cabbage and broccoli seedlings that Larry started weeks ago as well as other cold weather crops from seed. We will continue rescuing our strawberries from the weeds that have tried to overtake them during the winter. And we’ll be preparing…
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First day of Garden 2025 – THIS SATURDAY!
This Saturday (9am-noon) is our first workday of 2025! Hooray! I’m seriously ready for some “dirt therapy” and to see my friends again! We have lots of fun planned for this year and some new ideas to share with you. Saturday workdays will continue through November, moving back to 8am…
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Recycling plastic film at the Garden
Beginning in March 2025, the Garden and Apex UMC are partnering in collecting polyethylene films (plastic film and overwraps) to be recycled into Trex decking and outdoor products. Of course, avoiding plastic is the first, best option, but if you do have these products, recycling them is a much better…
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Changes and opportunities!
We generally try not to put too many different topics in one email, but I beg your indulgance in this case as there are several changes and opportunities we want to share with you. Schedule changes – this Tuesday is the last Tuesday night workday for 2024. Daylight savings time…
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