Great workday and beautiful weather!
Thanks for a great workday and great photo opps! Lots of good iced Lemongrass Tea, community and sunshine was had by all. Enjoy the slideshow! See you at Tea in the Garden next Saturday Feb 26th @5:30pm.
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Don’t Forget- Workday this Saturday Feb 19th from 9:00 am to noon
We will be prepping the Fruitful Field for a great Tea in the Garden the following week. Mulch, path shaping, garden fancy-up. We will have our Iced Lemon Grass Tea, snacks and light lunch! See you There!
Gardening Families
Our annual Tea in the Garden is fast approaching–just 3 weeks away! Planting, weeding, and planning are zooming along and soon….we’ll be ready! We hope to see you there, buy your tickets early–click on the pull down menu to the right
Meanwhile recent Saturday mornings have been family time! Parents and kids have been hard at work at planting, watering, moving mulch and generally enjoying the winter sunshine soaking up the outdoors and eating fresh-picked pesticide-free produce.
Enjoy the pictures below and bring your family out to volunteer in the garden any Saturday morning!
Yum! Carrots are good!
Next Garden Workday Jan 29, 2011
Come join us for another workday. We have all kinds of projects: digging, planting, rock moving, mulching all under the glorious Florida winter sky. When: Saturday January 29th from 9:00am to 12:00pm Where: The Fruitful Field Provided: Supervised Projects, snacks and light lunch, cold water, …
Garden Workday 1/8/2011
Thank you volunteers for another great day of planting food pantry plots, seeding new legumes, mulching, rock moving and generally soaking in the sunshine and crystal clear air of a South Florida winter day. Thanks for making The Fruitful Field a place of abundance. A …
First Workday of 2011– Saturday Jan 8th
The New Year is here! At The Fruitful Field that means more growing, more community, and more great work under the (currently) mild Florida Sun–let’s enjoy it together!
Join us for a great morning of digging, weeding, mulching, and planting for more food pantry crops and to get our fruit trees in tip top shape for next season!
When: Saturday January 8th from 9:00am to 12:00pm
Where: The Fruitful Field
Provided: Supervised Projects, snacks and light lunch, cold water, lemon grass tea and a feeling of accomplishment in the Garden
Bring: Work gloves, sun protector, a hat, closed-toe shoes, a digging implement
Questions? email info(at)thefruitfulfield.org
Sticks & Stones, Sandwiches & Tea- Dec 11th Workday Recap
Well, really they were logs, not sticks–a big thanks goes out Andy and his strong friends for their log hefting this Saturday! Fruitful Field is removing invasive Melaleucas (tea tree) and making great borders and sitting stumps. Thus, Mike, Jon and Andy in a show …
Deck the Plots and Trim the Boughs–Holiday Workday Saturday Dec 11th
HO HO HO
Sun and good weather keep The Fruitful Field plants and trees growing fast whether humans are busy with holiday parties or not…..!
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…they need our help! Come enjoy some holiday digging, planting and trimming Saturday Dec 11th from 9am-12pm!
We will have holiday snacks and drinks (non-alcoholic), deck the food pantry plots with more veggies, and ‘trim’ the fruit trees permaculture-style–ready for the next growing season!
When: Saturday December 11th from 9:00am to 12:00pm
Where: The Fruitful Field
Provided: Supervised Projects, holiday snacks, cold water, holiday tea and a feeling of accomplishment in the Garden
Bring: Work gloves, sun protector, a hat, closed-toe shoes, a digging implement
Questions? email info(at)thefruitfulfield.org
Volunteers Needed- Kindergarten visit to the garden Dec 10th 2010
Kids love field trips to The Fruitful Field! It’s a great time for the volunteers also. On Friday morning December 10th at 9:00 AM one hundred kindergarten kids from Tedder Elementary school will stop by to learn about plants, bugs, citrus and being outdoors! To …
Veggie Gardens and Fruit Trees: Nov 13th Workday Recap
Saturday’s workday had two major projects both aimed at increasing food production for the community: 1) Expand the food pantry plots by 50%! Great volunteers took out rocks, filled the permaculture beds with soil, and planted veggies. Remember all those ‘dirt-y’ bags we asked for? …
“Clean” Dirt for Saturday, Nov 13th
Here are a few organic options from Home Depot and Walmart–See you on Saturday at 9am!
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Taking care of the Dirt-y Work: Saturday, Nov 13th, 9am – 12pm
Hey Fruitful Mob, we have a great morning of work planned for Saturday Nov 13th! It’s prime growing season and we need to get planting! Bring: A bag of dirt aka Organic Topsoil–nothing ‘enriched’ or containing chemical fertilizers please! check back soon for pictures of …