Weekly Weather Report Week of September 1, 2014 From Friendship Farms & Fare A Community Service To the Local Farming Community Weekly Weather Report: Dry Summer Continues Last Week (8/23-8/29): Temperatures ran well above normal this past week. We reached 95 degrees twice, and did not have a high below 92 degrees. Remember, the normal […]
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3F CSA Farm Report and Share Report for August 4 (#44) now posted Brief Highlights posted by Friendship Farms & Fare Staff August 4 Farm Report now available. Go to: http://media.wix.com/ugd/643592_7efd51c78ffe47ee813c7ceccdcee77b.pdf See Farm Report for information on transmission schedule for the next three weeks (August 4, 11, and 18). Eight weeks until start of […]
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3F CSA Farm Report and Share Report for July 28 (#43) now posted Brief Highlights posted by Friendship Farm & Fare staff July 28 Farm Report now available. Go to: http://media.wix.com/ugd/643592_2ce6d0d189954129bf5e4443ad73f275.pdf Nine weeks until start of the next Garden Year. We hope everyone will renew. Please let us know your intentions as soon as possible. […]
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The Nature Coast Real Food Project held a Permablitz at the home of Faye and John Kropik on Saturday, June 14. What is a Permablitz? It’s like an old fashioned barn raising where a group of neighbors get together to create or expand someone’s garden. The term comes from Permaculture which is the design system […]
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Brief Highlights June 23 Farm Report now available. Happy Summer! The Solstice was June 21. See related story in the Farm Report. Special Update (not in regular report): We have plums and blackberries, courtesy of our Friendship Farm, Seeds of Love Organic Farm, in Lithia. Some may remember these delicious seasonal offerings from previous years. Hart’s Hot Sauce […]
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Folks in the municipalities and unincorporated urban areas of West Pasco may find this story about urban farming in Camden, New Jersey, encouraging, and perhaps inspiring. Published in Yes magazine, Kristin Moe’s “Meet the Tenacious Gardeners Putting Down Roots in ‘America’s Most Desperate Town’” offers a splendid account of what can be done when folks […]
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78 degrees at 4:00 AM, June 7, 2014 Historical Average (6/6): 87 HIGH, 72 LOW–Weather Underground: http://www.wunderground.com/ The historical average is now 90 degrees (twenty degrees higher than the lowest average high [70]). Our average high will remain at 90 degrees until early September. Our average low is now 75 degrees (twenty-four degrees higher than […]
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Two associate professors at the University of Florida Department of Microbiology and Cell Science have found that human gout medications may fight bactiera that causes citrus greening.
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Friendship Farms & Fare Farm Report & Newsletter June 2, 2014 – 35th FARM & CSA Report REPORT 71 degrees at 3:30 AM, May 31, 2014 Historical Average (5/30): 89 HIGH, 73 LOW–Weather Underground: http://www.wunderground.com/ The historical average is nearing 90 degrees. It will remain at 89 until early next week. The current average high […]
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3F CSA Farm Report and Share Report for May 26 (#34) now posted Brief Highlights There is enough kale for a few small shares. This is definitely the last week for kale. We have the herb, marjoram, and some cucumbers. We plan to have Vidalia onions from Cadle’s Cove Farm. We still have Smilax. Review the share site […]
Read MoreFriendship Farms & Fare Farm Report & Newsletter May 5, 2014 – 31st FARM & CSA Report REPORT 69 degrees at 3:30 AM, May 3, 2014 Historical Average (5/1): 84 HIGH, 66 LOW–Weather Underground: http://www.wunderground.com/ The historical average increases about one degree each week. The current average high is now fourteen degrees higher than the […]
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