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Narrative of happenings on Saturdays, as things progress this can include details on numbers of volunteers and numbers of things planted as well as things that were talked about for future work days.
December’s Workday Slideshow is ready on Flickr. The Fruitful Field is in prime season right now with vegetables growing, projects in full gear and preparations beginning for our Annual Tea in the Garden on Saturday Feb 25th! Potatoes, Zai Holes, Sunflower planting, Mustard Greens, Family …
Lots of great Growing Season projects. Shaping and Planting a new straw bale row for vegetable production. Zai holes for planting velvet beans and sunflowers. Starting seedlings in the plant nursery Starting work on a Moringa grove. Weeding (of course)! When: Saturday December 17th from …
Here are some pictures from our November workday– the plants you see in the straw are doing great. Lettuce is already ready for harvesting and replanting.
Here is our photo summary from the October 15th workday, great cool weather and lots done. On a local food note we had our own garden grown green papaya sauteed up as a curry for lunch. Folks initial took a timid portion, but then before …
Dear Fruitful Field Friend, If you haven’t helped on a workday recently or visited the garden in a few months here’s your chance to see what’s Growing!! Saturday, November 5th from 8:30 am to 1:00 pm we are having a “Fall Tour” in conjunction with …
Sweet Potato Harvesting and replanting, food pantry plot cleaning and replanting, plant nursery work, great truly local food and a visit by Zion Lutheran church of Deerfield. Our Fall season has officially started up– come to our next workday, stop by for a tour on …
Our July workday started out with a tropical downpour but soon brightened! From visitors from Cooper City to volunteers–first-timers and regulars–we had a great day weeding, planting papaya trees, and working on garden plots. And don’t forget lunch served by Chef Brian! And then the event …
Our Tree day was good. Perfect weather and a variety of trees to plant, move and generally take care of as we keep making our Food Forest a place for future generations. Since The Fruitful Field sits on 6 acres of land we are doing …
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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? …