Category: Leader Notes
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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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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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