Hello Friends! We have two opportunities coming up soon and are in need of some volunteers.
The first opportunity is this Friday, March 5 at 12:00 Noon. We have two experts coming from the UGA Extension office to lead a group of volunteers in pruning the muscadine vines at the park. The rain date will be March 12. As you may have noticed, the vines are pretty overgrown. Pruning is necessary every year (mid- to late-winter) in order to keep the vines healthy and produce a tasty harvest. Please email Friendsofkemp@gmail.com or ashleyfam@msn.com as soon as possible if you are able to come so I can keep track of how many can volunteer. As you know, there are not many parking spots available. Bring pruning shears, gloves, and your water bottle! Thank you!
The second call for volunteers is for our bluebirds! We would like to create a committee who will do a weekly check on the five recently-installed Nest Boxes at Kemp from March through August, and take notes of what you see in the boxes - how many eggs, how many hatch and fly away, etc. No experience needed. Jim Bearden from Green Meadows will get us started and give us all the instruction we need. I'm sure we can get enough volunteers so you may only have to do it once a month! Rita Fullick, on our Friends of Kemp Board, will input all the information into the Cornell Lab of Ornithology NestWatch program. This committee will also need some volunteers to occasionally weed-whack around the poles. This helps the PARKS Department when they need to mow the meadow. Hope you can help! Thank you!
Muscadine Vines at Kemp Family Park
Peggy Ashley
President, Friends of Kemp Park