Category: Leader Notes
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The Garden was Really Hoppin’ Tuesday!
We had a fantastic turnout for what is typically a modest Tuesday garden evening, with cars filling up all the spaces along the fence and both side of the cul-de-sac! The usual task list was knocked out quickly, so the team turned attention to beginning to harvest our abundant crop…
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Look Who’s Here!
We were excited to have a special visitor tonight. Anne is showing the rest of us how to not let adversity slow you down, coming out to the garden for the first time since her accident just a few weeks ago, escorted by her husband Rod. It was great to…
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Teamwork at its Best!
Around twenty garden volunteers answered the call to get summer crops in the ground today. The teamwork was exceptional, and we were pleased to also welcome two new members to the garden! All the live plants (tomatoes, peppers, and eggplant) were planted after preparing the soil, plus a bonus row…
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Calling all busy beavers! Let’s have some planting fun Saturday.
Saturday April 19th Garden Workday – 9 AM-Noon Come one, come all! Strap on those garden boots and gloves and let’s get this garden ready for summer! This Saturday, we will be preparing beds and planting at least seven new rows of young plants kindly started for us by both…
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Greening the Garden for 2025!
What a great day at the garden! There was a whole lot of plantin’ and weedin’ going on, and the weather was perfect. We had a tremendous turnout and were happy to welcome so many new members. It was especially good to see the enthusiasm of the kids that came…
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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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Birds-eye View of the Garden
The garden is a sight to behold from a few hundred feet high! Carl has given us a new perspective through the lens of his new (and really cool) drone, which he flew over the garden yesterday and this morning. Our garden is definitely something for us to celebrate and…
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Closing out a Great Year!
What a terrific year at Simple Gifts Community Garden! On a brisk, but pleasant, morning yesterday, many of our garden volunteers came out to finish up some final tasks for the season. Of special note was planting the last perennial row in the garden with some robustly-rooted asparagus plants, generously…
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Gardeners and Conservationists Banish Wisteria from the Kingdom!
Simple Gifts Gardeners and South Wake Conservationists joined forces today to remove all the wisteria that has been forming a thicket and choking the trees next to the garden. This was a force to reckon with, and the wisteria didn’t stand a chance! Vines as thick as 3 inches were…
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Normally it Costs Money to Have this Much Fun!
Not at this garden, though. The team knocked out the harvest in 30 minutes, and yet filled an SUV with beautiful produce, including carrots, peppers, kale, spinach, pak choi, Swiss chard, lettuce, arugula, and a nice bunch of raspberries. Then, everyone turned their attention to the “other side: of the…
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