Fence Extravaganza









A huge thank you to the volunteers on the Fence Committee and who contributed a ton of their personal time last weekend to create the new fence. It is a huge improvement that adds to the whole experience of being in the Kits Community Garden. The fun began on Friday when the old fence was torn down. Then the new fence work started on Saturday at 8:30 a.m.! The layout and posts were installed on Saturday and the volunteers had a short lunch break after working up a huge appetite and then got back to work for the remainder of the day. Luckily Suzanne at our local Rocky Mountain Flatbread Company in Kits generously donated 4 large pizzas for the crew - which were absolutely scrumptious. As they say, hunger is a good sauce and every single piece was devoured - 4 or 5 pieces each! We were also really lucky with the weather - no rain. Sunday was also very busy as the new pickets were installed and all the junk hauled away. A special thank you to Rob our project manager, who had us all focused and working on various tasks to get everything done and who also arranged the purchase and delivery of all of the materials and equipment that were needed - including his own personal power saw (who knew?). I personally feel the auger was the coolest tool in the whole process! It was a lot of work but also lots of fun with lots of laughter and camaraderie. Enjoy the pictures from the weekend - and of course our beautiful new fence and two gates.



April Showers...








You know what they say... April showers bring forth May flowers... and I can't wait! The trend for work parties in the Kits Garden continues with a small but dedicated crew showing up. Thanks to the members who braved the pouring rain and COLD today to continue our preparations for the season.

Amy was our work party coordinator and she had us all busy getting rid of weeds and doing a great clean up of the shed and a fab job of screening and distributing the compost to the community beds. Our local Capers provided lunch which we all enjoyed under an improvised tarp! The extra fruit and vegetable trays were donated to the local Seniors Center.

For those members who could not attend today please consider helping out the Fence Committee members who are generously volunteering their time next weekend to build our exciting new fence which will
be a huge improvement to our garden. The fun starts on Saturday at 8:30 a.m. and will probably go into Sunday as well. ---> Contact David or Alison for details.