Weekly Farm Report
From Friendship Farms & Fare
Week of May 16, 2016
A Community Service To New Port Richey’s FarmNet
&
West Pasco’s Urban Agriculture Community
Brief Highlights
Current Farm Report Posted
This week’s Farm Report is now posted on the 3F website. For the full report, go to:
http://media.wix.com/ugd/643592_842da7ea9bbb41b796d1fc452bd82f4f.pdf
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Peaches
We harvested our first peaches this week – delicious. We shared the first fruits with the Source, and others with our neighbors. These are Florida Prince and Florabelle peaches – developed at University of Florida for Florida growing conditions. This is the first year our peach trees have produced fruit. The trees are healthy and the fruit is delicious. We have some great images of neighbors (Adam and daughter, Ava) enjoying the peaches, but our cyber system is not working properly. Next week.
Sweet Potatoes Doing Well
More Planted This Week
We planted the entire second shipment of slips this week – 150 (5o each of Beauregards, Georgia Jets, and Nancy Halls).
So far, the first planting (of 500 slips) is doing well. We replaced most of those we lost at Grand Gardens with new slips from this shipment.
By mid-July we should have our first sweet potatoes – early August at the latest. We’ll have sweet potato leaves by early June, and then through the summer, until September. Vines and leaves are wonderful warm-weather leafy green vegetable – one of the few available through the summer in Florida. If you have not tried them, please do this year.
We are planning for one more order of slips, so if you want some, let us know. Next order should be in about a week.
Don’t forget, Sweet Potato leaves and vines are a delicious warm weather green. We’ll have those listed in the share report very soon.
Okra Thriving
Okra is thriving at both gardens. All the shares requesting okra, received some last week – and pretty good quantities at that.
We’ll likely be able to supply all requests this week as well – although quantities will be light. We have planted heavily this year (about 200 plants, and counting), and we are anticipating substantial harvests.
If anyone would like seeds or seedlings, let us know. We receive a donation for seeds or seedlings. Remember: our seeds are from plants grown here at the gardens, with a genealogy going back four to six years. We save seeds from the strongest, highest yielding plants for use the following year.
Loquat Preserves
We have locally sourced and locally produced loquat preserves. Suggested donation is $6.00 per jar and 2 for $10.00.
Seeds: See Rose or Us
Folks who desire seeds can acquire them at Rose’s Bistro Off Main. You can also acquire them from the Farm Net (donation suggested $3 per pack). If we don’t have what you desire, go to Seed Saver’s Exchange website, pick the items you want, then give us your order. Seeds will are suggested donations of $2 for 3F and GG participants (CSA members, plot holders, and contributors). See the SSE website: http://www.seedsavers.org/
Grand Gardens and Loquat Festival T-Shirts Available
Grand Garden and Loquat Festival T-Shirts are now available. Suggested minimum donation for the shirts is $15, additional donations will help us cover production costs and allow us to give more to the students at Gulf Middle School (our school partner).
Links to Key Parts of the 3F Site
This week’s Farm Report is now posted on the 3F website. For the full report, go to:
http://media.wix.com/ugd/643592_842da7ea9bbb41b796d1fc452bd82f4f.pdf
SHARE REPORT http://www.fffsite.org/#!share/c5hi
Hover over images at the share site, and text of available items will appear.
MAIN REPORT SITE: http://www.fffsite.org/#!report/c1tuh
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Friendship Farms & Fare affirms and advances agrarian ideals to reestablish a sustainable culture
Friendship Farms & Fare is a branch of Ecology Florida, a not-for-profit corporation. Contributions to Friendship Farms & Fare and Ecology Florida are tax deductible.
Friendship Farms & Fare affirms and advances agrarian ideals to reestablish a sustainable culture
Ecology Florida advances the harmonious integration of healthy natural, cultural, and economic ecologies to regenerate a sustainable world
PO Box 596 ● New Port Richey, Florida 34656-0596
