It’s the first Saturday of the month so it must be Community Plot Day! Come work on your Garden Plot and enjoy lemongrass tea, Florida Gardening books to reference, and a chance to meet your garden ‘neighbors’.
For South Florida the big season for vegetables and herbs is winter: September through May–not the usual summer of May through September “up north”! We are really excited about this coming season! Our 10′ X 10′ Community plots have their highest subscriber level yet with families out gardening on an almost daily basis. Our “Super …
Gearing up for our big Planting Season 2012-2013 Read More »
We didn’t get a strong hit at the garden during our recent bout with a tropical storm. We had some damage Papaya trees Moringa trees But overall almost everything is standing strong and refreshed with 5+ inches of rain we received. This orchid, amazingly enough, is still hanging on. And the plots are sprouting their …
Hello Fruitful Field Fans: Been thinking it’s time to get into the local food scene and grow your own veggies? Well, here is your chance! A few 10 ft by 10 ft plots are available for the new season and they are full of potential and waiting for your care and investment. Details: Sign Up …
The Fruitful Field is growing this summer! We are growing our ability to plant vegetables, remodeling our big food pantry plots to grow more abundantly and share healthy organic food in new and sustainable ways. Help us hit paydirt! As anyone who has visited The Fruitful Field knows, our ‘soil’ is really a bad …
Summer Donation Drive: Donate $25 or more and get a Fruitful Field T-shirt! Read More »
Do you live in South Florida? At The Fruitful Field we would like to know more about your thoughts on healthy food so we can be a better resource to you as gardeners and eaters. http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/BS2W33B The Survey was designed by our Summer Policy intern at The Fruitful Field and will take you less than …
Work on all kinds of projects such as remodeling pantry food plots, working on citrus trees, transplanting Indonesian ginger, mulching bananas, weeding fruit trees. Where: The Fruitful Field Community Garden Provided: Supervised Projects, snacks and light garden lunch, cold water, lemongrass tea and a feeling of accomplishment in the Garden Bring: Work gloves!!!!, sun protector, a hat, closed-toe …
Our May 19th Garden Workday is coming soon, join us! Read More »
Three months ago the Zion Lutheran 6th, 7th and 8th graders started their hard work at The Fruitful Field. Today the progress is visible and growing… Things went from this dry and barren plot… To this green and fruitful garden! As the dry barren land was transformed into a green and nutritious space, teachers remarked …
Thanks to Zion Lutheran the Model plot is planted and growing Read More »
