Category: Leader Notes
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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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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…