Category: General Interest
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New How-To Video: Tomatoes!
We have added the second installment to our new “How To” video series – check it out! Carl shares some tips on tending the tomato plants at the garden, including pruning, staking, and fertilizing. There are many opinions on the best ways to grow tomatoes, and Carl distills it down…
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New “How To” Guide
We have just introduced a new section on our website menu: “How To.” You will find this has been added to our main menu for easy access. This is just the beginning of a new series of videos intended to help volunteers at Simple Gifts Garden learn a little more…
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Early gardening is COOL(er)!
It’s not getting much cooler in the upcoming days so we’re modifying garden workday hours this week as well. Please note that Thursday morning hours are changing for the rest of July and August! Please remember to bring plenty of drinking water, take frequent breaks, wear sunscreen and a hat.…
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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…