Category: Leader Notes
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Help with a Big Harvest on Saturday – No Garden on July 4th
With our 1/2 acre plot fully planted now, the fruits of our labors are starting to come in fast and furious! Yesterday (Tues. 7/2) we harvested 110 pounds of tomatoes, cucumbers, yellow squash, pattypan squash, zucchini, eggplant, green peppers, banana peppers, hot peppers, green beans, and raspberries. And that is…
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Come Early – Beat the Heat! Garden 7-11 AM
Garden hours tomorrow are 7-11 AM. Early mornings are a great time to be at the garden. Grab a cup of Joe and come on out! The garden has never looked better, thanks to our wonderful volunteers. We have lots to harvest this Saturday, including: And let’s take care of…
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Hey guys – we’ve got crops to tend to!
The weather looks great tomorrow morning, and the garden is really ramping up, so please come if you can! The tomatoes are robust and need to be tied up, and some can even be harvested now. We need the harvest all ready by 9:30 to get to the Point Church…
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Kickin’ Up the Dirt
The garden team is in overdrive now, as spring has definitely sprung! Larry and Penny have been raising dozens of seedlings for transplanting, and gardeners have been turning over the rows with winter cover crops to get everything off to a great start. Anne has been getting supplies and seeds…
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Garden leaders needed!
Every organization needs leaders. We are all part of groups where we may lead or follow based on our knowledge, longevity or availability. We have a large group of folks who lead in many different ways. Some plan behind the scenes, some help with compost turning or pickup, others deliver…
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New Website Goes Live!
Same website address (simplegiftsgarden.org), new look, content, and features! You are invited to visit and check out the content and pages on any device. On the home page, you will find: Content on the rest of the site has been refreshed and streamlined, plus new information has been added on additional pages:…
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A New Home at Last!
We’re very excited to invite you to come out and see the new location for Simple Gifts Community Garden! We have a firm commitment from the landowner, the YMCA of the Triangle, that we can build a new garden on their vacant land on Tingen Road in Apex, just 5…
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Help Us Find a New Location!
Let’s not miss a single season, after 13 years of growing amazing organic crops, sustaining our pollinators, supporting the local food pantries, educating the community about sustainable agriculture, and building a welcoming and diverse gardening community. Our guiding principles: We garden organically We are open to all We work to…
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The heart and soul of our garden
On a Saturday morning in the summer of 2021, the Simple Gifts Community Garden in Apex was at the peak of life, exploding with color. Green and orange peppers grew. Orange monarchs landed on pink milkweed. Dozens of raised beds of produce grew, all fed by fresh water from a…
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Planting the seeds of hope
Dear friends, As 2021 comes to a close, we are also coming to the end of our time at what we’ve affectionately called the “Jeanne” location of Simple Gifts Community Garden. Yesterday the shed was moved to a temporary location on the campus of Apex UMC. Today the last few plants…
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