Supper at Skidaway Farms! You are invited to have supper at Skidaway Farms on May 15th! We’ll be celebrating our first harvest so it’s appropriate we eat…really well…while doing that! Roasted Chicken, BBQ Pulled Pork, Orzo Salad teeming with Veggies, Roasted Potato Salad and Corn Bread dripping with Honey Butter will be on the buffet prepared by the chefs at Cha Bella. Beer and wine will also be available. Tickets are being sold at the Landings Company Offices (on Bartram just off Landings Way North) -tickets are $ 45 (with a voucher for a glass of beer or wine on […]
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The pilot program for our children’s garden is an initial attempt to educate, and allow children and parents to experience the joys of growing vegetables from seed. We have begun this program with four plots within the area designated in the Farm. Just after the Grand Opening for Skidaway Farms, a crop of cool weather (early) vegetables was planted: garlic, onions, radishes, spinach, parsley, and carrots as well as pumpkins. Pat Barry, Skidaway Farms’ Children’s Coordinator, will monitor the progress and inform the participants when “things” start to sprout. As the Farm waits with great anticipation for our first children’s […]
Not only are we growing great food at Skidaway Farms but next week we’ll be serving some to you as well at our May Supper at the Farm event! You and your family, friends and neighbors are invited to join us for our first harvest celebration! Cha Bella Restaurant’s incredible Chefs have prepared a delectable menu for the buffet which will begin at 5 pm on Sunday, May 15th. Tickets are on sale at The Landings Company office on Bartram Road. Roasted Chicken, Barbequed Pulled Pork, Orzo Salad teeming with Vegetables, Corn Bread dripping with Honey Butter and Roasted […]
SKIDAWAY FARMS for the TLA Journal April 2011 The gates are open — the irrigation system is on — the sun is shining —- and the frosts are behind us! But the best news is: Skidaway Farms still has room for you to become a member and start gardening! After the Opening Celebration on February 12th, Skidaway Farms had a crush of new members join up! But with almost 200 plots onsite, there are still 29 plots available for more new gardeners. Email Membership Coordinator, Janet Waldie (sunshine@gardenthyme.me) who will get you signed up! Close to 190 gardeners are busy […]
Kids at “The Farm” – from the TWATL 4/15/2011 Who knew you could grow pumpkins in an eggshell? Pat Barry, Children’s Garden Coordinator at Skidaway Farms surely knew! It was the first thing she taught her flock of children-farmers about how vegetables really grow. Supported by their parents, over a dozen children (ages 4-8) have planted sunflowers, lettuce, carrots, cucumbers, pumpkins and radishes in the Children’s Garden at the Farm. With a generous grant from the Green Thumb Garden Club, Pat rented the plots and was able to purchase enough copies of Helen Jordan’s “How A Seed Grows” so each […]