NEW PORT RICHEY, FL (June 20, 2018) – Some participants in the Grand Gardens community garden gather to celebrate the garden’s enormous sunflowers growing next to the gardens’ sweet potato patch. Now in its third summer, Grand Gardens has over 1,000 square feet of sweet potatoes under cultivation in its community beds. Individual members are growing […]
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NEW PORT RICHEY, FL (Oct. 26, 2015) – Members and participants of the community and the East Madison Growers Association gathered in September to break ground for the new Grand Gardens on Grand Boulevard in New Port Richey. The project is being developed through funding and support from Friendship Farms & Fare, Nature Coast Real […]
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Week of March 3, 2015 Abbreviated Weekly Farm Report From Friendship Farms & Fare http://www.fffsite.org/ A Community Service To the Local Farming Community For the full Farm Report, go to: http://www.fffsite.org/ Planting & Harvest Notes Winter Seeding and Garden Starts This Week Seedings: None this week Garden Starts: Japanese cucumbers Harvest Notes: herbs, […]
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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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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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