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🌳Vineyards and Pool Noodles, and a Movie Night Recap🎥

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Orchard Happenings and Updates
We have some fun news to share about the vineyard getting a protective update, last week’s movie night, and, at long last, a recipe which uses carrot tops! Details Below!

The Geneva Double Curtain grape trellis and training system has been installed in the Concord grape Vineyard! 🎉🍇 It’s basically like a 6ft telephone pole with parallel wires that the grape vines can climb along.
 
The system requires installing heavy duty posts at an angle to support heavy gauge wire. The end of these posts have some sharp edges. In a MacGyver like fashion, we have used pool noodles to protect visitors from the edge of the posts. This is a temporary measure, until we are able to acquire caps for the posts and expand the fence to include these support structures.

Community shout out – If anyone has a lead on caps that would be good to use for the ends of these posts, please send me a email! [email protected]

We will send out a call for volunteer support, once we are ready to expand the fence.🙏

Thank you to everyone who helped out to make this dream a reality!
This project was ONLY possible due to help from our increadible community.

Learn more about the Trellis system
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Call For Volunteers
Fall Festival Support.
Are you interested in helping out with this year’s fall festival on SaturdayOctober 11? We will need help to set up and take down activities, take tickets, cover volunteers for breaks, and help make the festival run smoothly. Sign up here: https://forms.gle/y4r31vveH3H3UXmm7

Volunteers to help with weekly I/DD programming.
We are looking for a few volunteers to help with our gardening program for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities on Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, from 10-12. If you would like to help or know someone who would, please send an email to: [email protected]

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Last weekend’s movie night was a huge success!! Thank you to everyone who came out to support, technically, emotionally, and uhh.. physically lol. This was our first movie night in the park, and the weather, as it so often does in Colorado, threw us a curve ball.

 

Our blow-up screen despite being staked down well, had to contend with a short lived windy storm front. The screen threatened to topple over mid movie, but thankfully the community was ready to jump in and keep the screen from bending over. Eventually the wind calmed and we wrapped up around 10pm.

We are planning more movie nights in the future with more robust supports for the screen and an improved sound system. Stay tuned for updates!

Major thanks to Kendallvue elementary for coming out to help with concessions. All proceeds from the concessions go back to fundraising for Kendallvue and hosting future movie nights in the park. And shout out to the Kona Ice truck for coming out at the beginning of the event!

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Carrot Top Pesto!

Don’t throw away those tasty carrot tops, blend them up in this unique Pesto recipe!

If anyone has a great recipe to use up carrot tops, I’d love to learn about it! Send me an email: [email protected]
 

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