Category: Leader Notes
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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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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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