Hello Friends of the Gainesville Organic Blueberry Farm!
Yes, the blueberry flower buds are still safely wrapped in their coats, and so hopefully no worse for the ridiculously cold weather we’ve had for the last few days And now is the perfect time to dig up blueberry sucker plants (some with flower buds already) from in between the rows where they will be mowed.
So who is brave enough to join me at the farm at 3pm tomorrow and friday, to get back to work in the rows? At least there wont be any mosquitoes and we probably wont sweat as much as we would during warmer weather
So c’mon out and get some sunshine and join me at the barnyard tomorrow and Friday at 3pm. I will have plenty of hand tools, you bring gloves and plenty of drinking water. We will be working in the 2 bridges patch. If you would like to dig up suckers to transplant, bring a shovel and a plastic garbage bag to keep the roots from drying out! Remember all hours worked or pledged toward last years picking rights will be transferred to this years season, since the late freeze wiped out the crop last year as it did to many other berry farms in the area. As always, kids are welcome but please leave pet friends at home.
If anyone has any questions please email me at maureenreschly@hotmail.com and I will try to answer in time.
Also read on to the forwarded letter below about some great folks teaching what they know for next to nothing – starting this weekend with a new kind of beekeeping technique!
Hope to see you out on the farm!
maureen
PS=>read on for urban homesteading class details!
Subject: Urban Homesteading Series Presents: Intro to Bee Keeping and Backyard Hives
Date: Mon, 4 Jan 2010 15:12:22 -0500
please forward to anyone you think might be interested…
URBAN HOMESTEADING SERIES PRESENTS:
Intro to Bee Keeping and Backyard Hives
01/16/10 , 10:00 am – $30 – Participants will leave this class with an introductory understanding of bee keeping and a hive they have constructed themselves. We will explore the human/bee relationship both historically and in a modern context. Focusing on climate appropriate methods and holistic techniques, will go over the information necessary to the starting beekeeper, such as bee lifecycles, pollination, and hive placement within and urban setting. Then we will collectively construct top-bar bee hives, a simpler and more natural style bee hive than conventional box hives.
This class will have plenty of time and space for discussion and questions. The empty hives will be ready to be filled with a new bee colony this coming spring.
This class will be held outdoors in downtown Gainesville. Rain date will be the following Saturday, 01/23/10
Beginning Homebrewing 101, 02/13/10
Intro to Fiber Craft, 03/20/10
Please contact Neil at 352-246-6736 to register or for more information.
To receive notices of upcoming events, email urbanhomesteading@riseup.net
The Gainesville Urban Homesteading Project organizes hands on, accessible workshops designed to share our skills and resources for creative self-reliance and a more sustainable urban community.
All classes are taught by volunteers. Prices listed include cost of materials only.
Pre-registration is required as class size is limited