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. [...]

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 – [...]

   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 [...]

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 [...]

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, [...]

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 – [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 extend a Big Thank You to the kids at Job Corps and their leader, Aaron Pringle, as well as the folks from Swallowtail Farm and a big bunch of volunteers they brought out last Saturday. Thanks to all these hard working folks, the berry patch by the [...]

Hello Friends of the Gainesville Organic Blueberry Farm,   First a BIG THANK YOU to all who came out to our last round of work parties, turnout was great and we had a good time and got a lot done! I really enjoyed talking and working with you all – Thank You!   Now the bees [...]

blueberry wrote a new blog post: Barnyard Sale to benefit Haiti, this Sunday 1/24 from 8-noon. Donation drop off Fri. 1/22@4 to 6pm at the Blueberry Farm barn‏

Hello Friends of the Gainesville Organic Blueberry Farm!
 
Have you been feeling powerless to help Haiti, like I have, because money is tight? Time to do that early Spring cleaning and bring all your clean, gently used clothes and goods to donate for the Big Barnyard Benefit Sale. Donations may be dropped off at the blueberry [...]

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blueberry wrote a new blog post: Must have 2009 Picking Cards!

Hello Friends of the Gainesville Organic Blueberry Farm!
Let me try to make this as clear as possible:
All adults who want to pick this year MUST HAVE 2009 PICKING CARDS
In order to pick blueberries you must already have your 2009 picking card or come by the farm barnyard gardens today (Friday), Saturday or Sunday between 9 and 11 [...]

  1 year, 2 months ago · View

blueberry wrote a new blog post: Picking Schedule – Week of June 7th

Hi Friends of the Gainesville Organic Blueberry Farm!
Hope everyone is doing GREAT! I went to the Mountains with my family this week and got back late last night to find a welcome party of mosquitoes! Yay!
We went to camp at the trailhead at Snowbird Creek in Western N.C. – near some of the most amazing [...]

  1 year, 2 months ago · View

blueberry wrote a new blog post: Picking Update – June 5, 2009

Hi Friends of the Gainesville Organic Blueberry Farm!
Hope everyone is doing GREAT! I went to the Mountains with my family this week and got back late last night to find a welcome party of mosquitoes! Yay!
We went to camp at the trailhead at Snowbird Creek in Western N.C. – near some of the most amazing [...]

  1 year, 2 months ago · View

blueberry wrote a new blog post: GIFT Gardens Volunteer Announcement (Week of May 25-29)

Due to the rain this week, we have to reschedule many of our GIFT Garden installations for next week! So we will be extra busy next week installing raised bed veggie gardens for low-income residents, a facility that provides services to disabled adults, and a local church that will be growing food to feed the [...]

  1 year, 3 months ago · View

blueberry wrote a new blog post: Workday Thursday, Friday and Sunday at 6pm

Happy Earthday Earthlings!!
Thanks to all who came out to our last workday and to Mother Nature for the wonderful spring rain. Please read below for details on an Earth Day Celebration today at the Plaza of the Americas starting a 10 – when’s the last time you ate Krishna Lunch on the Plaza?
And Dont forget [...]

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blueberry wrote a new blog post: Earthday on the Plaza

Come celebrate Earth Day with Gators for a Sustainable Campus (GSC), Wednesday 4/22, in the Plaza of the Americas from 10 am to 3 pm. The day will be fun-filled, with everything from free plant giveaways, to carnival-style games, face painting, food, and other fun activities and giveaways.
*10:30 am — President Machen will give his [...]

  1 year, 4 months ago · View