Great Fall Celebration

The sun bright, the breeze mellow, the food good, the bananas ripe and lots of activities for kids and adults. (185+ folks and 35 volunteers- yay!) Check out our pictures on Flickr (click on slideshow below- maximize and play) Thanks to all who came out 

Donut Compost Pile- Sat Aug 28th 2010

This last Saturday morning Miguel was up to his Permaculture tricks once again. Alongside his trusty assistant Moses, they built a compost pile in the configuration of a doughnut – not a compost circle! The objective of the Doughnut compost pile is to maximize the 

Fruitful Workday Projects 8-21-10

Getting a Food pantry plot ready to plant. Clearing up an untended plot. Saturday was a great day for Fruitful projects, despite the blazing heat we finished up irrigation details, cleared several plots for fall planting, cut down more invasives and continued our natural trail 

Next Workday Saturday August 21st 2010

We are ready for many hands working on the 6 acres of the Fruitful Field  again! Join us Saturday the 21st from 8:30 am to 12:00 pm for a great time: Prepping new garden areas Planting food pantry crops Finishing out an Irrigation project Weeding 

Work Day– Pruning and Gardening in July

When last we talked about Workdays we shared some of the pictures of our fierce efforts at getting out the trees we call invasives. Once again we are inviting you to be part of sending more of these trees to the chipper and the dumpster. 

Native Flowers

Here at The Fruitful Field — Parkway Tedder Community Garden– the rains are slowly starting to get more regular and the plants love the warm weather, growing as fast as water and food allow them to. That means that invasives like the Brazilian Pepper (also 

Great sunny workday on Saturday

Thank you marvelous volunteers! What a great day of projects and sunshine at the garden! Remember the work list? Everything got accomplished: 1) The new Food Pantry plot was dug and de-rocked (2 bins of rocks!) 2) Banana circles got remulched and re-sweet potatoe ized 

Tea in the Garden- A well watered success: part 2

When last we wrote, the rain had poured, stopped, and a rainbow had come out!  At 5:30pm the sun showed up and so did Tea in the Garden guests.  Hesitantly at first, wondering if they would find anything going on in the Garden…folks beamed when 

Tea in the Garden- A well watered success: part 1

Things looked a little iffy at 3:30 pm on Saturday the 27th, the afternoon of the big event.  The wind picked up and weather radar showed bands moving through the whole region–then the rains really began! For a little while it looked like the party 

Tea in the Garden- Buy your tickets now!

Here’s the official ad: Here’s the link for Tickets Tickets PLEASE NOTE: TICKET PRICES HAVE NOT GONE UP, DUE TO EARLY TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES WITH THE WEBSITE WE ARE KEEPING THEM THE SAME AS ON OUR OFFICIAL ANNOUNCEMENTS. See you in the Fruit Forest!

Potting tables, Banana trees, Planning Meetings

Things keep moving forward at the Garden!  Pastor Jim and his crew were busily sawing two by fours into custom artisan potting tables (check out the pictures). These  outdoor tables will be set up for working with seeds and potting seedlings.  Stop by some time 

High School Community Service Volunteers

High School volunteers do great in the garden, over winter break three volunteers helped put fertilizer around citrus, water, and prepare a new food pantry patch, thank you volunteers! Volunteers are always welcome at the Parkway Tedder Community Garden, contact us if you would like 

Food Pantry Greens after the Big Rains

The week ending in December 19th was a momentous one in terms of rain! 7+ inches in two days! Fortunately our food forest and garden plots loved it! No major flooding, just lots of happy plants. Next time we will have rain barrels arranged to catch