Edible Plant Project

Sunday nursery work party

Hi everyone. Last week we had an unusually spread-out work party. Cecelia and Norman came in early and brought us a load of pine bark, and I think also picked themselves some blueberries. Dan and I arrived afterwards. I cleaned up our bad-pot dump, and another spot, so that we would have room for plants that had been growing in, in the shade house, and pulled lots of weeds, while Dan mixed soil and planted figs. I also harvested some of my tomatoes. Then, Dan and Ping did a tag-team switch out. Ping finished Dan's pot of fig cuttings, then she and I pulled some more weeds. After that we planted some white-seeded callaloo in our garden. By that time, the heat was getting to me, and when I finished my gallon of gatorade, we decided to call it quits.

We'll be back to our fun in the sun this coming Sunday at 11am. The weeds will undoubtedly all have grown back, and we also have figs and pineapple guava to put in pots, as well as some more seedlings that would like to be in our garden.

The weather forecast seems to indicate a return to our normal summer rains, after a nearly two week drought that has nearly killed the sugar cane and sunchoke crops, and shriveled lots of formerly good blueberries. If the weather chooses to give us more water from the sky this Sunday, we will work inside the greenhouse. And again, the gate will be closed when you get here. Please let yourself in and close it behind you, and maybe even throw the chain around something too, so it almost looks locked.

See you there,

Michael

Directions to The Nursery

Our nursery is located at: The Gainesville Organic Blueberry Farm, 1621 SE 15th Street, Gainesville, FL 32641.

It is a little hidden away so be sure to print out these directions and bring them with you the first time you come!

If you get lost call Michael 561 236 2262.

* Go East on University until the road splits to the right for Hawthorne Road.
* Turn right onto Hawthorne Road (State Road 20).
* Take the next right onto SE 15th Street.
* Go South on 15th Street for about 1.2 miles to the old Blueberry Farm. On the way you will pass a church on the left and sports fields from Lincoln Elementary School on the right. Later, you will see a second church on the left, white with a blue stripe. The church has a parking area and a field on the south side.
* Just past the church paking area and field is the fence of the Organic Blueberry Farm. There is a ditch and road along the fence but don’t use it since the back gate will be closed.
* Continue on to the main entrance of the Bluberry Farm which will be on the left past the mail box. There is a blue building which is hard to see from the street since it is covered with vegetation. The address is 1621 SE 15th St. but since there is no street number sign on the fence or building look for the old mailbox to turn.
* Enter past the blue building and you will see a greenhouse on the left. Drive around the garden area to the greenhouse and park anywhere. We are usually in the garden area or the greenhouse.

For information concerning blueberry picking at the Gainesville Organic Blueberry Farm please see www.GvilleBlueberryFarmFriends.org.

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