CAROLINA ON OUR MIND HAP P ENIN G S AT U N C
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Greater Good Volunteers cultivate the Carolina Community Garden, providing produce to 400 local families By Jame s D u p ree | P h o tography by J ohn Mi chael Si m pson
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Zara Petrocy, a UNC senior, tends a bed of pansies during her first time volunteering at the garden.
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ven in 40 degree weather, around a dozen volunteers have come to help tend the Carolina Community Garden. Some volunteers start by uncovering the low tunnels containing various winter/spring vegetable crops so that they may soak up the sunlight. Others begin mixing compost for organic fertilizer or harvesting spinach, collards and kale. Meanwhile, a large group of volunteers drill holes into oak logs, hammer small plugs inoculated with May/June 2022