Garnergrows's Blog

2011 Drawing to a Close

garnergrows — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 18:40:21 +0000

As we wrap up our second year at the garden, we want to pause for a moment in appreciation of our members and our community supporters. Many thanks to Hudson’s Hardware, Chik-fil-A (for our green pickle buckets!), Carolina Yard Barns, Aversboro Coffee (for coffee grounds!), the Little Herb House (great place to buy herb plants!) and Dr. Raynor for his generous donation of land and water.

Here’s what we grew this year:
snow peas, corn, scarlet runner beans, watermelon, eggplant, onions, carrots, oregano, pumpkins, thyme, patty pan squash, zucchini, strawberries, blueberries, sweet peppers, basil, hot peppers, Swiss chard, sunflowers, leeks, mustard, spinach, lettuce, dill, and nasturtiums.

As always, what we need most are bodies in the garden, eager to work and enthusiastic about growing food and community. We would love to see you in the garden!

While we continue to experience both successes and challenges, we look forward to beginning our third year supporting and promoting local agriculture in the great Town of Garner.

Saturday, August 10th Workday

garnergrows — Fri, 09 Sep 2011 17:15:19 +0000

Hello, Garner Growers

We are looking forward to getting back in the garden tomorrow morning after being rained out (or mudded out) for the last two workdays. The usual start time is 9am, but I know I won’t be there until 10 due to an 8:15 soccer game. Can you believe that? 8:15 on a Saturday morning to watch 9 year olds run around a soccer field! This is the time of year that we usually change back to 10am anyway, although I wasn’t planning to make the change until next week. Anyway, if you want to come at 9, feel free. If you get there before I do, I’d suggest weeding the herb garden, picking corn, or if you’re not squemish, squashing corn rootworms on the mustard which is the large leafy stuff that’s in either the second or third row from the front (the adult corn rootworms – AKA spotted cucumber beetle – are beetles that look a little like yellow and black lady bugs but are more oval than round).

There is lots of good stuff – fruits of our labors! – ready to pick: the peppers are looking loads better than they had been, radishes, mustard, chard, carrots, watermelon, corn, squash, mizuna that needs thinning so we should all take home some baby greens to add to our salads next week. We should check the herbs, too. I haven’t walked down that far this week. You’ll see mushrooms, but don’t eat those!

I think some of this year’s chickens have begun laying so the rest shouldn’t be too far behind. Our two little chicks are getting bigger and fluffier. If you are going into the chicken pens, be aware that the two little roosters aren’t as afraid of us as we might want them to be. Let them know you are bigger than they are — and we’ll boot them from the flock before they get much more mature.

Hope to see you in the garden!

Contacting Garner Grows

garnergrows — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 11:40:36 +0000

If you are interested in joining a community garden and are in the vicinity of Garner, NC

WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE YOU!!!

Contact Maggie at mtubilleja@gmail.com for more information.

Yard Sale at the Garden

garnergrows — Tue, 31 May 2011 00:25:27 +0000

What: Multi-family yard sale fundraiser

Where: Garner Grows Community Farm Garden – 1018 Hwy. 70, Garner NC 27529

When: Saturday, June 4th, 2011 – 7am to 1pm

We’ll be selling clothes, household items, toys, books and more. There will be lemonade and baked goods!

Come join us!

1st Annual Garden Party

garnergrows — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 15:07:29 +0000

1018 Hwy 70 West

Garner, NC 27529

(919) 285-1DIG

Please join us for the 1^st

Garner Grows Garden Party

Saturday, August 7^th, 2010

5 – 8 PM

Food, Fun, Games, Workshops, Free Gifts

For more information & to RSVP contact:

David Jones – 919-760-9595

dwjones@ncsu.edu

More Press

garnergrows — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 02:02:05 +0000

There’s a nice article from the Garner Clayton Record showcasing the teenagers in the garden last week:

http://www.garnerclayton.com/2010/06/23/3825/community-growing-a-garden.html

If you are looking for contact information, our email address is info@garnergrows.org and phone number is (919) 285-1DIG.

Or stop by the garden on any of our open house/workdays. We’re there Tuesdays 6pm-7pm and Saturdays 9am-1pm. We’d love to see you!

Chickens have arrived!

garnergrows — Mon, 31 May 2010 21:39:47 +0000

Chickens at Garner Grows

garnergrows — Sun, 30 May 2010 22:31:41 +0000

We’ll be bringing the chickens out tomorrow morning at 9:30 if you have a few minutes to come see. Pictures will be on the website by the afternoon.

With a cluck, cluck here and a cluck, cluck there, here a cluck, there a cluck, everywhere a cluck, cluck, Garner Grows will have a farm…

Saturday, May 22 Workday

garnergrows — Sun, 23 May 2010 19:08:51 +0000

Kristen and the rest of the gang had a wonderful workday on Saturday, while I got rained on at a kids’ soccer tournament. The chicken pen is about half way done. Two more posts, some chicken wire over it all, and voila! I promise I will post the date and time when we bring the chickens out, so anyone with a few minutes available can watch the body language of our teenage chickens as they check out their new digs.

Not being there Saturday has made me realize how essential my time in the garden is. Walking out of the garden at the end of a workday, with my muscles tired and my mind quiet (my mind is usually never quiet!) except for a pleasant sense of accomplishment, it gives me another reason to add to the list of why we should garden as a community. I hope that I am not the only one who feels that.

Saturday, May 8th Workday

garnergrows — Fri, 07 May 2010 23:50:45 +0000

I’m really looking forward to Saturday’s workday. The garden looks so different with the shed, like it really belongs there and will remain there for a long time.

I made a list of tasks we need to tackle:

Plant squash
Thin and weed carrots
Plant carrots in bare spots on carrot row
Attach chicken wire to compost bins
Check potatoes for potato beetles (then squash them bugs!)
Water newest seedlings
Spray compost tea on as many plants as possible
Rake grass clumps from paths in new garden
Spread hay on paths after clearing grass clumps

Let’s go have some fun!