Our first critter breached the fence last night…or so we think…could have been early Monday morning. The consensus among several Farmers this morning was—RACCOON! Plots spotted with demolished, half-eaten tomatoes gave the culprit away. Raccoons can easily climb our fences…no problem for these wily furry vegetarians. TLA Director of Public Works, Paul Kurilla, stopped by to check on the Farm…looked at the tracks in the fresh compost and thinks it could have also been a fox. Whatever it was, it ate well…and left its trail on the plots closest to the south gate… sections G and H. Hope it’s fat […]
Monthly Archives: June 2011
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We really are a diversely talented bunch of Farmers! Dozens of individual trellises at the Farm certainly bear that fact out. Tall…round…metal…bamboo…straight or shaped like a tee-pee…adorned with art…or roped with twine…these structured webs-built to support traveling plants-display the creativity of the Farmers who built them. Symmetrical or free-form…earth-bound or reaching for the rainclouds…each trellis, pragmatic though it may be, puts a Farmer’s personal stamp on getting the job done. (6/3/2011)
One Farmer was in the dark about the holes in his green cabbage leaves until a plot neighbor revealed the secret to her perfect, hole-free cabbage heads: mint! Planted next to cabbage, mint repels those dreaded cabbage moths that just loved to bore tiny holes in an otherwise gorgeous cabbage leaf. The concept of companion planting has been around for a long time: radishes repel squash borers and cucumber beetles; basil enhances the taste of tomatoes; corn helps out beans and pumpkins; marigolds, geraniums and sunflowers offer all kinds of advantages in the garden. Search Google online for “companion planting” […]
Skidaway Farms Committee Chair, Blake Caldwell, received the 2011 Environmental Stewardship Award from Skidaway Audubon this month. Not one to boast about such things, Blake left us all in the dark! But surfing on Skidaway Audubon’s new website www.skidawayaudubon.org turned up the announcement and a great bio on Blake… seems her Farmer roots go way back to her childhood on the family farm in Kentucky. Read about Blake, and how her keen interest in “all things-natural” helped launch Skidaway Farms by clicking here. (5/25/2011)
For The Landings Journal, June 2011 Skidaway Farms NEVER looked better than it did one Sunday evening in May! With the perfect breeze to keep those pesky gnats away and over 200 people in attendance, the Farms first annual Supper in The Farm event was held to help raise much needed funds to pay down the construction loan on the Farm. Committee Chair and event organizer, Blake Caldwell, couldn’t have been more pleased, “It’s the Farmers who’ve made this so great”, she responded when visitors thanked her for the evening, “This has been a team effort!” Cha Bella Catering supplied […]
In May, Janet Waldie and Blake Caldwell hosted a tour of the Farm for the realtors of the Landings Company. It was a beautiful morning and the farm was the first stop on their regular weekly caravan. Blake and Janet wanted to “tell the story” of the farm so that the realtors could relay that to folks who were prospective residents. The story of the Farm inspired one of the realtors so much he rented a plot for himself during the tour! We are almost at 100% occupancy but there are still three ground-level plots left as well as several […]
The Farm Officially Tips Its Hat to Valley Crest Landscape Companies! Without Valley Crest, Skidaway Farms would not be ….at ALL! We Farmers are enjoying our plots only because Valley Crest Skidaway Island manager, Chris John, and his incredible staff toiled thousands of man-hours moving and tilling and hammering and digging and laying pipes and gravel and seed and hay… many of these were VOLUNTEER hours mind you! To honor this amazing donation of time and energy, the Farms’ Governance and Development Committees voted unanimously to name the center hub of the Farm “Valley Crest Plaza”. Chair, Blake Caldwell announced […]