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 big thanks to the Urban Farmer for seedlings and Whole …
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 …
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 of strength carried, rolled, and hauled logs, making the Fruitful …
Sticks & Stones, Sandwiches & Tea- Dec 11th Workday Recap Read More »
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…..! SO …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 …
Deck the Plots and Trim the Boughs–Holiday Workday Saturday Dec 11th Read More »
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 put on a memorable experience the garden needs volunteers to …
Volunteers Needed- Kindergarten visit to the garden Dec 10th 2010 Read More »
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? This is where they went! Soil plus composted manure makes …
Veggie Gardens and Fruit Trees: Nov 13th Workday Recap Read More »
Here are a few organic options from Home Depot and Walmart–See you on Saturday at 9am! ,
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 organic options available locally Two Dirt-y Volunteer Projects: 1) Fill …
Taking care of the Dirt-y Work: Saturday, Nov 13th, 9am – 12pm Read More »
On October 26th we took our first batch of the season’s food to Blessings Food Pantry in Pompano Beach, FL. Daikon, green beans, star fruit and lots of juicy Meyers lemons!
