Savannah Victory Gardens will be at the Farm on Saturday March 29 from 9am-noon selling additional organic tomato seedlings. Please pay by cash or check.
Monthly Archives: March 2014
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With the colder forecast, the BOR has decided to move the meeting this Thursday indoors. Where: Skidaway Messiah Lutheran Church – conference room When: Thursday March 27 at 5:00 pm Take McWhorter Rd. from the Main gate towards the Farm and go left onto Ridge Rd. West – church is on the right. OR Take McWhorter Rd. from the North gate towards the village and go right onto Ridge Rd. West- church is on the right.
Early this morning, the Farm’s Maintenance Coordinator, Ralph Hinz and assistant, Tom Kollmann made their way through the fog out to the Farm to repair the broken hose bib. Once that was in-hand, they were able to turn the well pump back on…so now the flow of water has returned inside the Farm. Those of you in Sections E,F,G should check your plots as they were not watered overnight (actually early in the morning is when the overhead system normally runs) because the pump was off. After that, Hinz and Kollmann turned their tools and attention to a wheelbarrow whose tires were in need […]
Education Coordinator, Jane Kollmann’s troops have returned to the Farm! The Children’s Garden program started the Spring Season this past Saturday. Check out their hard work ….and action… and FUN under the tab above:”Children’s Garden- Opening Day”. Thanks to Jane and her ever-loyal helpers, Paul Pittsford and Carol Stiles, for such great work with these little farmers!
Those of you who may have seen the bees forming rather large swarms this past week just outside the fence near the irrigation pump have been witness to the expansion process healthy communities of honeybees go through. When their hive population gets too large for the hive itself, a new queen is born and she takes lots of her loyal folowers off to form a new hive somewhere else. During this process, the bees are not aggressive towards us humans…in fact they could care less about us as they are satiated with honey and have other things on their mind! […]
Compost Delivery Now Set for this Saturday! Compost and Chicken Fertilizer will arrive on March 15 at 9:00 am !!! Thank you for your patience …. this compost is well worth the wait!
Skidaway Farms’ Children’s Spring Program This program begins Saturday March 15th. There’s some room left for your kiddo if you haven’t signed up yet…email Jane Kollmann at gardenher52@aol.com
