NEW PORT RICHEY, FL (December 4, 2017) – Grand Gardens is celebrating it second anniversary, and it is Fall planting season at the Gardens. Grand Gardeners are busy planting collards, kale, squash, arugula, peppers, tomatoes, bok choy, cabbage, cauliflower, and especially broccoli. The lovely seedlings in the image are Barbara’s Springs Coast Calabrese Broccoli seedlings […]
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NEW PORT RICHEY (July 28, 2016) – The City of New Port Richey’s Environmental Committee hosted the second annual “Okra Occasion…Less than a festival but more than an ordinary day!” at the New Port Richey Public Library in downtown New Port Richey in late July. Friendship Farms & Fare and gardeners from the Grand Gardens […]
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Weekly Farm Report From Friendship Farms & Fare Week of June 13, 2016 http://www.fffsite.org/ A Community Service To New Port Richey’s FarmNet & West Pasco’s Urban Agriculture Community Brief Highlights Current Farm Report Posted For the full Farm Report, go to: http://media.wix.com/ugd/643592_375d05aaec09433abdc162e9d42088e9.pdf Check Out The Site For New Images & Content http://www.fffsite.org/ Drop Us A […]
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Weekly Farm Report From Friendship Farms & Fare Week of June 6, 2016 http://www.fffsite.org/ A Community Service To New Port Richey’s FarmNet & West Pasco’s Urban Agriculture Community Brief Highlights Current Farm Report Posted For the full Farm Report, go to: http://www.fffsite.org/ Check Out The Site For New Images & Content http://www.fffsite.org/ Drop Us A […]
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Weekly Farm Report From Friendship Farms & Fare Week of May 23, 2016 http://www.fffsite.org/ 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_a0a2141196a44cd7833db1a0405cb7c4.pdf (see Mr. Tag […]
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Weekly Farm Report From Friendship Farms & Fare Week of May 16, 2016 http://www.fffsite.org/ 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 Check Out The […]
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Friendship Farms & Fare Friendship Farms & Fare affirms and advances agrarian ideals to reestablish a sustainable culture 3F Farm Report & Newsletter http://www.fffsite.org/ FARM REPORT 66 degrees at 3:30 AM, May 6, 2016 Historic Norm (for 5/9) 86 HIGH, 68 LOW Weather Underground: http://www.wunderground.com/ See the complete weekly weather report later in the Farm […]
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Weekly Farm Report From Friendship Farms & Fare Week of may 2, 2016 http://www.fffsite.org/ 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_6d2b070eabc54a96b2652cc07eedd807.pdf Check Out The […]
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Weekly Farm Report From Friendship Farms & Fare Week of April 25, 2016 http://www.fffsite.org/ 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_af7721d111e3408eaaa9dba56869870f.pdf Check Out The Site […]
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Weekly Farm Report From Friendship Farms & Fare Week of April 4, 2016 http://www.fffsite.org/ A Community Service To 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_62ca00e0182d44a1a18fba25f0f94307.pdf Communicate With Us If you want to join […]
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Weekly Farm Report From Friendship Farms & Fare Week of March 7, 2016 http://www.fffsite.org/ A Community Service To 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_34e09cb5fc1b4dc38d832daa145254e9.pdf. Florida Loquat Festival March 26 ~ […]
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Weekly Farm Report From Friendship Farms & Fare Week of February 29, 2016 http://www.fffsite.org/ A Community Service To West Pasco’s Urban Agriculture Community First Spring Seedings At Gardens Seeds Available for Your Gardens That’s right! We’ve started our first batch of seeds for our spring (and summer) garden. The okra we seeded last […]
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Weekly Farm Report From Friendship Farms & Fare Week of February 8, 2016 http://www.fffsite.org/ A Community Service To West Pasco’s Urban Agriculture Community This week’s Farm Report is now posted on the 3F website. For the full report, go to: http://media.wix.com/ugd/643592_11e70ec4a2e04c75915f95ddce941878.pdf Winter Crops Thriving We had another large harvest last week. We are encouraging everyone […]
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Weekly Farm Report From Friendship Farms & Fare Week of January 25, 2016 http://www.fffsite.org/ A Community Service To West Pasco’s Urban Agriculture Community This week’s Farm Report is now posted on the 3F website. For the full report, go to: http://media.wix.com/ugd/643592_5723dc5bd9fe4b0aa276ffdc01e4169f.pdf Loquat Harvest Continues Fruit Ripens Early The loquat harvest continues. We are up to […]
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Friendship Farms & Fare affirms and advances agrarian ideals to reestablish a sustainable culture 3F Farm Report & Newsletter January 13, 2016 – 15th 2015-2016 FARM & CSA Report Friendship Farms & Fare is a division of Ecology Florida, a not-for-profit corporation. Contributions to Friendship Farms & Fare and Ecology Florida are tax deductible. If […]
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NEW PORT RICHEY, FL (Dec. 21, 2015) – Students at Gulf Middle School played a role in the creation of the new sign to be installed at the Grand Gardens in New Port Richey. Members and participants of the community and the East Madison Growers Association celebrated the opening of the Grand Gardens on Grand […]
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Weekly Farm Report From Friendship Farms & Fare Week of December 28, 2015 http://www.fffsite.org/ A Community Service To West Pasco’s Urban Agriculture Community Florida Loquat Festival, March 26, 9:00 – 2:00, Frances Avenue Park, New Port Richey Mark Your Calendars We are pleased to announce the date and location of this year’s Florida Loquat Festival. Mark your […]
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Weekly Farm Report From Friendship Farms & Fare Week of December 21, 2015 http://www.fffsite.org/ A Community Service To West Pasco’s Urban Agriculture Community For complete Farm Report, go to: http://media.wix.com/ugd/643592_1adb3043cf3f472ab2fb6bdda67e68c9.pdf Happy Winter Cold Season Begins Monday December 21 The Winter Solstice is Monday December 21 – the “shortest day of the year.” Daylight has been […]
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Weekly Farm Report From Friendship Farms & Fare Week of December 14, 2015 http://www.fffsite.org/ A Community Service To West Pasco’s Urban Agriculture Community For complete Farm Report, go to: http://media.wix.com/ugd/643592_bee780be9e4b4ade838e1070e2757bc3.pdf Seed Savers Exchange 2016 Organic Seeds Now Available New Port Richey Seeds from Seed Savers Exchange for the 2016 season are now available […]
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Weekly Farm Report From Friendship Farms & Fare Week of December 7, 2015 http://www.fffsite.org/ A Community Service To West Pasco’s Urban Agriculture Community For complete Farm Report, go to: http://media.wix.com/ugd/643592_d48880957c6146ba94b98ef5100a5d1c.pdf Garden Overview Harvests improved last week. Most the New South Garden is now planted. We planted more collards in the central section, but there is […]
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FARM REPORT 63 degrees at 3:30 AM, November 26, 2015 Historic Average (for 11/30) 75 HIGH, 58 Weather Underground: http://www.wunderground.com/ See the complete weekly weather report later in the Farm Report. IN THE SPIRIT OF THE HOLIDAYS Friendship Farms & Fare Teams Up With Others For First Organic Food Drive in New Port Richey Highest […]
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Weekly Farm Report From Friendship Farms & Fare Week of November 23, 2015 http://www.fffsite.org/ A Community Service To West Pasco’s Urban Agriculture Community For complete Farm Report, go to: http://media.wix.com/ugd/643592_1c7ff87deb154e6cabd9a65a2aff0513.pdf HAPPY THANKSGIVING We are giving thanks for our shareholders, supporters, contributors, and friends. Friendship Farms & Fare is a cooperative project that succeeds only to […]
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Weekly Farm Report From Friendship Farms & Fare Week of November 9, 2015 http://www.fffsite.org/ A Community Service To West Pasco’s Urban Agriculture Community Grand Gardens Opening: A Happy Occasion The Grand Gardens in New Port Richey had a lovely opening on November 7th (2:00 to 4:00). Friendship Farms & Fare joined with Ecology Florida, Nature […]
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Weekly Farm Report From Friendship Farms & Fare Week of November 2, 2015 http://www.fffsite.org/ A Community Service To West Pasco’s Urban Agriculture Community For complete Farm Report, go to: http://media.wix.com/ugd/643592_1a6e09c708164737b9bb217672030b84.pdf Planting & Harvest Notes Winter Seeding and Garden Starts Underway Seedings: 108 Broccoli (3f Springs Coast Calabrese), 108 Swiss Chard (5 Color), 70 Collards (Vates), […]
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Weekly Farm Report From Friendship Farms & Fare Week of October 26, 2015 http://www.fffsite.org/ A Community Service To West Pasco’s Urban Agriculture Community For the full report, go to: http://media.wix.com/ugd/643592_7f943d539cd14e51a3ada85f9bb754d5.pdf Planting & Harvest Notes Winter Seeding and Garden Starts Underway Seedings: 21 Broccoli (3f Springs Coast Calabrese), 54 Kale (Lacinato), Tests on 2013 and 2014 […]
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Weekly Farm Report From Friendship Farms & Fare Week of October 19, 2015 http://www.fffsite.org/ A Community Service To West Pasco’s Urban Agriculture Community For the full report, go to: http://media.wix.com/ugd/643592_f321525b12374b1d97c153a86d76f780.pdf Planting & Harvest Notes Winter Seeding and Garden Starts Underway Garden Starts: Broccoli in the South Gardens. Peppers and Tomatoes in Old North Garden. Harvest […]
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Weekly Farm Report From Friendship Farms & Fare Week of October 12, 2015 http://www.fffsite.org/ A Community Service To West Pasco’s Urban Agriculture Community For the full report, go to: http://media.wix.com/ugd/643592_ac3f94170aab4a72a9fa948d4766cc3a.pdf Planting & Harvest Notes Winter Seeding and Garden Starts Underway Garden Starts: Collards, Kale, and Broccoli in the South Gardens. Collards, Swiss Chard, and Kale […]
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Weekly Farm Report From Friendship Farms & Fare Week of September 21, 2015 http://www.fffsite.org/ A Community Service To West Pasco’s Urban Agriculture Community For Full Farm Report: http://media.wix.com/ugd/643592_8d54406ff8414768a444320d86fb238a.pdf Planting & Harvest Notes Winter Seeding and Garden Starts Underway Seedings: Kale (Lacinato , 42) Garden Starts: Georgia Southern Collards Harvest Notes: okra, eggplant, herbs, red malabar […]
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Week of August 31, 2015 Abbreviated Weekly Farm Report From Friendship Farms & Fare http://www.fffsite.org/ A Community Service To West Pasco’s Urban Agriculture Community Planting & Harvest Notes No plantings this week Harvest Notes: okra, eggplant, herbs, red malabar spinach, sweet potato leaves, and sweet potatoes Garden Overview Harvests of okra and SP leaves were […]
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Week of August 24, 2015 Abbreviated Weekly Farm Report From Friendship Farms & Fare http://www.fffsite.org/ A Community Service To West Pasco’s Urban Agriculture Community Planting & Harvest Notes Seedings: Broccoli, Calabrese (42) Garden Starts: Collards in planters in new south garden. Harvest Notes: okra, eggplant, herbs, red malabar spinach, sweet potato leaves, and sweet potatoes […]
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