Category: Leader Notes
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We Beat the Freeze!
Thanks to everyone that came today. We got it all in by 9:30 AM for delivery to The Point Food Pantry, thanks to a tremendous response by members to come out early to harvest all the cold-susceptible produce today before the upcoming freeze settles in Monday evening. Aproximately forty gardeners,…
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Big Harvest Tomorrow – all hands on deck
Big Harvest Before the Freeze Well maybe not THAT big, but still a lot to do before 9:30 AM, with a freeze warning for Monday night. Come early if you can. The priority will be to harvest all remaining tomatoes, peppers, and okra, after which we will pull the plants…
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Garden Cancelled Today – Thunderstorms
The garden workday is cancelled today, Sept. 27th, due to impending rain and thunderstorms this morning at the garden location. Rain is expected to start soon, with thunderstorms rolling in around 9 AM. We hope to see you next Tuesday evening, as we catch up on our harvest and garden…
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Strawberry Fields Forever
There was magic in the garden today, as everyone transformed our two remaining strawberry rows into three. One row was massively thinned as an experiment to see if the original plants will thrive and produce berries as wonderful as they did this year. Then, 50+ new plants that had been…
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Pollinators and a Pint of Pickled Peppers
There was a lot happening at the garden today! In addition to the usual harvest tasks, which yielded an amazing number of beautiful cantaloupe and watermelons, the team removed rows of strawberries and cucumbers and prepped and planted several rows of fall crops. Penny led a special pollinator census among…
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Special Hours Due to Heat Wave
Special Hours Saturday, July 26th: 7:30-9:30 AM Tuesday, July 29th: 7:00-8:00 PM In the interests of the safety of our volunteers, we are limiting the workdays during this extreme heat wave to a quick harvest and watering only. Please note the revised hours above for the next couple of workdays.…
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Peace be with You!
The veggies are talking to us now! Come on out and join us, as we reap the fruit of our collective labors. The crops are doing very well, and our focus is on harvesting now. We took 77 pounds of fresh vegetables to the Holly Springs Food Cupboard last night…
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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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Garlic and Friends
Our first Thursday morning was popular, with 10-12 people coming to work the land. The fine art of garlic braiding was shared with several new members who joined today. The harvest yielded 59 pounds of cabbage, peppers, strawberries, raspberries, squash, onions, kale, beets, and Swiss chard, which all went for…
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Thursday Mornings at the Garden Starting now!
The summer season is almost upon us, and we are now adding Thursdays to the schedule to stay on top of all our productive crops! This year, we thought it might be good to offer a morning option on Thursdays, with Tuesdays remaining in the evening. Either way, we avoid…
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