Urban Farm at Mass Market- LCS RISE Institute

Cool season garden is in!

Cool season garden planting started this morning with the help of some fantastic fifth graders.
✅ Collards
✅ Broccoli
✅ Cabbage

We’ve been busy crafting and repurposing. We were gifted some pretty cool buckets to recycle from our friends at Born & Bread Bakehouse. They used to hold sea salt, but now they hold culinary herbs.

Students rooted the rosemary and mint in this one, and we picked up the sweet basil at a farmer’s market.

Our “bucket farms” are made by stacking two buckets, which creates a water reservoir that helps keep plants healthy, especially when the weather turns scorching hot. Lots of holes and a wick later, we’re ready for soil and plants.

The goal for these bucket farms is that they brighten the day of folks in our community who could use some encouragement. If you know anyone who could use a little bit of joy, send us a message! If we receive more nominations then we have bucket farms, we’ll draw names.

We’ll deliver, and there’s no cost.

Thanks for your hard work, Jordan!

Come on down Saturday, November 21 at noon!

Thanks to Miss Young’s fifth grade class at Lakeland Christian School for your hard work today. We pulled weeds and planted beets and carrots in our cool season garden. We also planted lavender to attract pollinators. 🥕🥕🐝🐝

Thanks to our helpers today! So great to have you at the farm.

Did you know that the Urban Farm is a Monarch Waystation certified by Monarch Watch? We counted 21 caterpillars just about ready to form a chrysalis!

We’re not letting Tropical Storm Eta get us down! Friday’s Urban Farm Lunch and Learn is on. It’ll be informal—bring a lunch if you wish.

We’ll be planting fall vegetables and enjoying what should be a beautiful day. 11:45 am- 1:00 pm. Enter on the north side of the Farm near the Tax Collector’s office.

See you there!

P.S. We always wear masks when physical distancing isn’t possible. Bring one just in case.

Please join us on Friday, November 13 during your lunch break! We’ll be there from 11:45 am-1 pm. Bring your lunch and enjoy it at the Farm. Help plant some fall vegetables and appreciate the benefits of getting outside.

Enter at the north gate near the Tax Collector’s office. Masks required if physical distancing isn’t possible.

Our new baby strawberry plants are enjoying this cool morning. Thanks to all who helped plant on Saturday!

We had a great time at today’s “Open Garden”. Thanks to friends both old and new for joining us! We’ll do it again soon.

Big thanks to the good folks at Harrell's LLC for sharing a really nice growing mix soil to refresh our raised beds. We are so excited to plant our cool season garden!

Thanks to G&G Farms and Buddy & Melissa Grimes for donating 🍓strawberry plants to share with the community.