Hello Friends of the GainesvilleOrganic Blueberry Farm,
U-Pick is in full swing now and the berries are $4/pound. You must bring your own bags and buckets to U-Pick, and if you have a card please dont go through U-Pick, and above all dont ask Ken about getting a card, he is only handling U-Pick. He will also [...]
Hello Friends of the Gainesville Organic Blueberry Farm,
Happy Summertime! Hope everyone had a good Summer Solstice. Many of you have asked about U-Pick at the farm and Im happy to say that Ken Bostwick co/owner of the farm, will be providing that opportunity this week starting in the morning between 9 and 10 – if the [...]
Hello Friends of the Gainesville Organic Blueberry Farm,
Welcome to all of our new members! We look forward to picking and working with you – the more folks working to save the berries, the more certain that the farm remains a farm. Thank you all for telling your friends about our group! And thanks again to the [...]
Hello Friends of the Gainesville Organic Blueberry Farm,
Berries, Berries, Berries!!! So many and so sweet – let me give you your card so you can pick this treat!
Before I start, I have one request. Please try to keep a rough estimate of how many pounds you pick, and at the end of the season, let me [...]
Hello Friends of the Gainesville Organic Blueberry Farm!
Thanks to all of your hard work, the farm is more beautiful (and delicious) than ever! The blackberries are ripe and abundant and the blueberries just need another week or so to turn beautiful blue. For those of you who still need to work a few hours, we will [...]
Hello Friends of the Gainesville Organic Blueberry Farm,
Well word must be getting out about the incredible crop of berries coming on, because we have been getting some great new volunteers and wonderful participation! I am always amazed when people thank me for facilitating the work trade arrangement we have with the farm – people seem to [...]
Hello Friends of the Gainesville Organic Blueberry Farm,
Thanks again to all the phenomenal workers and mowers who are making the farm a paradise – full of baby bunnies, bevies of bobwhite quail and big beautiful bunches of blueberries and blackberries with busy bees buzzing by – BEAUTIFUL! When we all work together the farm gets better and better!
I hope [...]
Hello Friends of the Gainesville Organic Blueberry Farm,
We had a lot of fun at the May Day Farm Fest out at the beautiful Swallowtail Farm on Saturday, and met a lot of wonderful new folks. Thanks, Swallowtail Farmers, for inviting us to this fun event, Joey had a great time on the slip-n- slide, and the farm is gorgeous! [...]
Hello Friends of the Gainesville Organic Blueberry farm,
Glory, soggy glory, it finally rained! Twice! This a big prayer answered – THANK YOU RAIN! And THANKS to all who have been coming out to pitch in – if we keep getting such great attendance we will surely have to buy more tools The bees are doing [...]
Hello Friends of the Gainesville Organic Blueberry farm,
I want to welcome everyone we met at the Fabulous Food on the Lawn Fair at UF last Monday (a wonderful idea, so productive and so much fun! Thanks to everyone who made it happen!)For those of you who are new, please check out the ‘about’ page on our [...]
