Category: Leader Notes
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New Gate on the North Side – Come on In!
We are a welcoming place, so what could be better than an additional way to enter the garden? Thanks to Carl’s construction expertise and an eager team of apprentices, we now have an additional gate on the north side of the garden. Good thing, too, since we have recently planted…
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Just Four Garden Days Left in 2024!
New Garden Hours: 9 AM – 12 Noon Get an extra hour of shuteye this month! The garden will now open at 9 AM on Saturdays. With just four Saturdays left in the season, please be sure to come to the garden for your final opportunities for “dirt therapy.” We…
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The Garden was Rockin’ when the Kids Came a-Knockin’ Today!
Kid-power ruled the garden today! We had an amazing group of 22 youth from Peak United Methodist Church Youth Group in Apex, Friendship High School in Apex, and Green Level High School in Cary. They knocked out the planned task list right away and then dove into extra projects to…
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Harvest at 11 AM Today
Special hours today: Garden starts at 11 AM. The heavy rain is headed our way, and we want to be sure to get a good harvest in before it begins. Please come at 11, if you are available, to get all the abundant produce that needs to be harvested. Todays…
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Youth Power at the Garden!
A terrific group of ten youth from the Peak United Methodist Church in Apex volunteered at the garden for three hours this morning. They were eager to help and fun to work with, and a lot of row-prepping and weeding was accomplished today, as a result! Thanks to Pastor Katie…
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ALERT: Come Early to Harvest Before the Thunderstorms
Garden starts early today, given the thunderstorms headed our way, so it is a SCRAMBLE! Opens at 5:30 PM, with focus on harvesting. Produce goes to the Holly Springs Food Cupboard today. Come if you can. Thanks!
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Come on out Saturday!
Temps will be in the 70’s, with some chance of a little rain now and then, but no thunderstorms! We harvested 75 pounds on Tuesday and 85 pounds on Thursday, so we definitely need to keep up with all our bountiful crops. We even harvested our first watermelon Thursday, and…
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Thunderstorms tonight – come harvest at 2 PM instead if available
Due to heavy rain and thunderstorms expected this evening, our REGULAR GARDEN is CANCELLLED TONIGHT. A few of us will go there this afternoon at 2 PM, however, to harvest what we can for the St. Mary’s AME Church Food Pantry. We are strictly harvesting this time, so it should…
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We’ve got this!
A break in the shade every once in a while feels so good! With a bright and early start Saturday, eager garden members had harvested all seventeen rows of ready-to-pick crops before 8:30 AM. The team also dug into sorting garlic, extra watering, given recent hot days, relocating raspberry volunteers…
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Early Start Again – 7 AM
We are adjusting to the heat predictions and will start our garden workday at 7 AM again this Saturday. Come when you can, but the earlier the cooler! Our main focus will be on harvest, as the crops are really coming in strong now, plus an extra dose of watering.…
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