GCXJGV Permaculture Garden
Type: Mystery | Size: Regular | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: Cosmoasu @ | Hide Date: 01/13/2007 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N38° 49.085 W104° 44.352 | Last updated: 08/30/2019 | Fav points: 2
           

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The above coordinates are not for the actual cache, but of a Permaculture Garden that is being planted by the City of Colorado Springs with help from the Solidarity of Hope
(http://www.solidarityofhope.org). The cache is actually located in a nearby open space area.
Congratulations to Hikymuce for FTF.

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What is a permaculture garden? A permaculture garden is not only esthetically pleasing, but also one that provides edible fruits, vegetables, and herbs with a low maintenance system. Permaculture mimics nature by using a combination of canopy trees, lower fruit trees, nitrogen fixing trees, and perennial food producing plants to create a Forest Garden. Like a real forest, this is a garden that takes care of itself by providing mulch from leaf drop and mulch plants, insect repelling plants, plants to attract beneficial insects, and grass suppressing groundcover plants. In addition, native wildflowers and prairie grasses are integrated into the garden for low maintenance, insectaries, and drought tolerance. The garden is not yet complete, but a really nice playground for the kids is finished. Parking is available at N38* 49.089' W104* 44.222'. Even with all this rain the fields have not fully recovered from the drought, so please stay on the paved trails until within 12 feet of the cache.

In order to find the actual cache, you will need to find 2 Travel Bugs. You will need either N38 49.aaa http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=502672 or N38 49.bbb http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=487528 and W104 44.ccc http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=492202 or W104 44.ddd http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=481268 The aaa and bbb have the last three digits of the NORTH coordinates on them and ccc and ddd have the last three digits of the WEST coordinates on them. When you find one of these bugs you can either leave it where you found it or move it to another cache but please do NOT take it out of the Colorado Springs area. Thanks and enjoy the hunt.

W104 44.ccc and ddd have left the Springs, until I can replace them the West cood is 104 44.337.

Additional Waypoints
PKXJGV - Parking
N 38° 49.089 W 104° 44.222
Best parking for access to the park and the cache.

08/06/2017 By OR85OR450
Hi- lots of people mention ammo box, quick find, and spiders. With all the current cache page info I found an excellent but empty hiding spot that fits criteria. I used the given west coord and walked NS to find the area I searched.

09/13/2016 By Mebeonit2
Out and about in the wee hours of the morning in Colorado Springs, CO getting in some steps while searching for a hide that has been on my radar far too long. Had not made an attempt to find the TB , but thought I would give this one a try. Parked at the suggested location, visited the abandoned permaculture garden and then continued on for the find. SUCCESS! All is as it should be and in great shape. Cute logbook and lots of swag. No snakes and no spiders. SL. TNLN. Hid better than found. Thank you, Cosmoasu, for the garden information as well as the fun!

04/02/2016 By JCBears
No bugs used walked Lat line

03/20/2016 By Qaz
What do you know this one can be found in the snow! :) Thanks for the cache, I was in the area today and got to get my daily early in the day this time. Thanks for the great cache!

02/15/2016 By mondou2
Visiting from Denver. Enjoyed the hunt. Left a whistle and SL. Thanks for the fun!

Find # 115359.

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09/20/2015 By Sasquatchandwife
Had the coords for this one for awhile.
Looks like the container made it through the flood.
TFTC

09/16/2015 By TheBrecks
Clearing my GPS and catching up on logs. This cache took a while just to find the missing travel bugs. The coordinates were right on and the cache is dry and in great condition. Thanks for the fun challenge.

04/26/2015 By NorthernStorms
Finally tracked down the TB to get the coordinates for this one. The cache is in great shape and so full of swag. Tftc!

03/08/2015 By RPieperCO
TFTC!! I've had the final for some time. I just don't make it down this way very often. Today I was in the are and figured I would get this one off the list. Quick find. Great hiding place! I also love coming across ammo boxes in the urban environment. Too bad the kiddos weren't with me today. They would have loved to swap out goodies. Thanks for placing this cache for us all to find and the great info that went along with it.

12/06/2014 By COpackrat
Found the coordinates about a week ago, and got to the cache today. Thanks for the hide!