LeelaMapsShare information about what is at this location.
A wide range of style options are available via the control panel button above.
You can add an image to any line by selecting where in the content you want the image to go and tap “Insert Photo.” You can also add a photo that is hosted elsewhere by selecting “Insert/edit image,” the first button in the expanded style menu.
By default, added images will link to the raw image. You can remove or change the link by tapping the image and selecting “Insert/edit link,” the second button.
“Undo” and “Redo” buttons help manage changes in your content.
Embed a YouTube video by copy-pasting the link onto a separate line. Links are in the format of “https://youtu.be/[id_number],” so links to YouTube shorts have to be modified to work.
Please make sure that the alternate map location is on neutral or public land.
Selecting a location is a critical part of a successful post.
If you want to keep the exact location private, select a nearby spot.
Please make sure that the alternate map location is on neutral or public land.
Follow these simple steps to save LeelaMaps to your homescreen for quick access. Your current search filters will be saved, making it easy to pick up right where you left off.
Open Safari:
Tap the Share Button:
Add to Home Screen:
Confirm:
Done:
Open Chrome:
Open the Menu:
Add to Home Screen:
Confirm:
Done:
Oliver grows many tropical fruits to share with friends, and plants to sell to those who want to grow their own.
Oliver’s greenhouse boasts a fruiting jackfruit tree, Surinam cherries, Starfruit, and more. He is most known for growing diverse varieties of avocados.
We deliver produce boxes for a reduced price at Ginnie Springs!
Order your produce box to arrive here by leaving a comment or text 352-210-0453. 
We deliver produce boxes for a reduced price at Gilchrist Blue!
Order your produce box to arrive here by leaving a comment or text 352-210-0453.
We deliver produce boxes for a reduced price at Off The Beet!
Order your produce box to arrive here by leaving a comment or text 352-210-0453.
This family-run produce stand carries all the standard produce and a bit more, usually much affordable than the grocery store!
Sources from south FL where possible.
Hours: 2-7pm, Sunday-Wednesday
If you live nearby, delivery is possible.
We love picking up fruit from David. He provides fruit that he picks up from small farms in southern Florida, as well as some select imports.
We at Radical Roots are specifically sourcing milkfruit/caimito & coconuts from him during this season, which David acquired in Homestead, FL directly from a farm that also grows mamey, mango, sugar apple, and sapodilla. Look out for these being offered by us soon!
We bring you locally-grown & tropical produce, prepared foods and other services.
Learn more at our website or see updates on our Facebook!
The Harper family raises cows in their pasture. These healthy cows are grass-fed & grain-finished.
They also grow other produce, including:
From a home nearby, Ash & Ember bakery mills organic wheat from Lindley Farms in North Carolina, making small batches of epic sourdough loaves.
The baker keeps a lush food forest for the enjoyment of family & friends year round.
U-pick blackberries! Thornless 🙂
Wholesale produce grown in Florida and abroad.
The deal |
We love going to springs and we love delivering produce, so why not both? |
Our offerings |
$35 mixed produce box, or same/greater value custom order |
Place an order |
Text us at 352-210-0453. |
Sell us produce |
We love buying local, homegrown produce! Fruit, veggies, nuts, meat, dairy, cottage foods, etc. Text us and we can figure out a buying price. |
Let’s swim |
Join us for fun times in the water by texting us when you are free and what water activities you’re into. We provide a guided experience for donation. |
I saw some blackberries growing here.
This is the source of a lot of great produce and plants, run by my friend Eric. He sells at farmer’s markets around the Gainesville area.
He and his team grow:
and much more!
If interested in purchasing, meet them at Haile Farmer’s Market.
| By leela |
Modified on April 15th, 2025 at 4:49 am April 12, 2025 at 6:52 pm |
close me now, help, human in distress, human rights violation, Prison
Many US immigrants from El Salvador have been extradited into this prison without due process. Once entered, there is no accountability about what happens to prisoners.
President Trump is inquiring with President Nayib Bukele if US citizens can be entered into their prisons.
Apparently there is an execution bloc at this facility.
| By leela |
Modified on March 29th, 2025 at 4:01 pm March 29, 2025 at 3:24 pm |
Hi,
a very skilled friend nearby offers classes in:
Classes start from $50 per person per session, or can be in exchange for equivalent useful materials, such as:
This list will change as needs are satisfied.
Inquire for a class in comments below.
This center performs a high amount of extractions and crown procedures on young children.
Please ensure that the biohazard disposal bins are untampered and handled appropriately by legal waste collectors, or hygienically composted.
I cannot stand the thought that my child’s teeth were harvested and processed into products.
| By leela | March 13, 2025 at 3:16 pm |
Animalwaste, blood, dumping, Pollution, poop, slaughterhouse
There’s a farmer’s market here that needs more fresh produce venders. Fruits, veggies, mushrooms.
Still a young market, also needs more publicity.
| By Adventures |
Modified on February 6th, 2025 at 7:07 am January 31, 2025 at 6:04 am |
| By anonymous | December 17, 2024 at 8:57 pm |
Let’s eat tropical fruit and sow the seeds,
compost our manure with charcoal
avocado, jackfruit, lychee
Here is a huge old oak that has a profound connection to the land. Under it, you can discover deep insights.
| By leela |
Modified on August 2nd, 2024 at 2:34 am August 2, 2024 at 2:32 am |
I provide acupuncture and Reiki both in person and remotely. I offer various one-on-one and group containers. If you’d like to book a session here with me in Gainesville I do a sliding scale of $85 – $125.
I absolutely love seeing and nurturing the divinity within each person. I believe we come to this earth with spiritual and creative gifts that we are meant to embody and share. I’m passionate about helping people transmute emotional blocks into their most powerful offerings to change the world.
I was trained in Reiki 6 years ago. I learned from three different teachers, each one offered something unique and powerful to me. I graduated from The Academy for Five Element Acupuncture in August 2023 and have been offering acupuncture in Gainesville since April 2024.
My number 860-874-7944
Instagram
@katehemingwayacupuncture
Email
katemhemingway@gmail.com
This guy was giving away crinoids from Tennessee!
| By Gainesville Eye |
Modified on July 29th, 2024 at 8:44 am at 10:48 am |
agritourism, Food Forest, Looking For, nursery, Orchard, workshops
text 727-402-9745 for purchases and visitation
Future directions: building tiny homes, HipCamp, Airbnb, agritourism, permaculture and foraging workshops
| By Gainesville Eye |
Modified on July 29th, 2024 at 8:44 am at 9:43 am |
| By leela |
Modified on July 23rd, 2024 at 6:00 pm July 23, 2024 at 5:58 pm |
fruit, fruit tree, plant, tree, unexpected, Unexpected Fruit Tree
As seen by @_fruit__tella on IG
Banana
Tropical in temperate Mediterranean climate
flower, Reproductive portion of any flowering plant (angiosperm). Popularly, the term applies especially when part or all of the reproductive structure is distinctive in colour and form. Flowers present a multitude of combinations of colour, size, form, and anatomical arrangement. In some plants, individual flowers are very small and are borne in a distinctive cluster (inflorescence). Each flower consists of a floral axis that bears the essential organs of reproduction (male stamens and/or female pistils) and usually accessory organs (sepals and petals); the latter may serve both to attract pollinating insects (seepollination) and to protect the essential organs. Flower parts are arrayed usually in whorls but sometimes spirally. Four distinct whorls are common: the outer calyx (sepals), the corolla (petals), the androecium (stamens), and, in the centre, the gynoecium (pistils). The sepals are usually greenish and often resemble reduced leaves; the petals are usually colourful and showy. Pollen is produced in the stamens. A pollen-receptive stigma rests atop each pistil. The pistil, made up of one or more carpels, encloses an ovary that contains the ovules, or potential seeds. After fertilization the ovary enlarges to form the fruit. Flowers have been symbols of beauty in most civilizations of the world, and flower giving is still among the most popular of social amenities.
🌱
Give this guy something.
Everything helps <3
While this feature is being tested, let’s throw her a little something.
Mom!
Mom is a great person!
Mom is a great person who is making positive changes!
Mom is a great person who is making positive changes in herself!
Mom is a great person who is making positive changes in herself and in her environment!
Mom is a great person!
She made me!
Thanks, mom!
leela says:
So very close!
leela says:
we're getting there!
| By Gainesville Eye |
Modified on July 29th, 2024 at 8:44 am July 17, 2024 at 8:34 am |
CSA, farm, Food Source, plant, prices
Oct-June $720
Oct-June $1400
Fall CSA example: Sweet potatoes, radish, zucchini, cucumber, eggplant, peppers, kale, lettuce, and arugula.
Winter CSA example: Beets, carrots, turnip, broccoli, chard, spinach, green onions, and parsley.
Spring CSA example: Potatoes, acorn squash, onions, cauliflower, cucumber, bok choi, arugula, and peaches.
| Ways to Purchase | Online |
| Payment Methods | |
| Wholesale Policy |
| Farm |
Siembra Farm |
| Contact |
|
| Our Story |
|
| Onsite Services | |
| Visitation |
| Fertilization | |
| Weed Management | |
| Pest Management | |
| Other Practices |
Other places our products are sold:
Is this your farm? Contact me to get authorship privileges over this post.
| Ways to Purchase | at Saturday farmer’s market, CSA |
| Payment Methods | Cash, Venmo, EBT token (farmer’s market only) |
| Wholesale Policy | Direct to restaurants & businesses |
| Farm |
The Family Garden |
| Contact |
(352) 559-2172 info@thefamilygardencsa.com |
| Our Story |
The Family Garden has been in operation since 2007. Founded by Jordan Brown and his wife Diwa, the farm was initially located in Bell, Florida. In 2015 they relocated to east Gainesville, and bought the 20-acre parcel that we currently grow on. We grow all our fruits and vegetables using organic methods, selling both wholesale to local restaurants and businesses in North Florida, and direct to consumers at the Alachua County Farmers Market. The farm also runs a small CSA program. |
| Onsite Services | u-pick |
| Visitation |
The Family Garden, or TFG, grows with dignity and respect for the land and the people who care for your food. The amazing thing about organic farming is that it doesn’t only benefit the farmer and the consumer, but also the the land and the people who tend to it. That’s why every season we strive to use the most sustainable and mindful practices possible. Not only does this produce the best food, but it also strengthens our connection to the land and enriches our lives. We’re committed to demonstrating the value of this connection, and the joy that it can bring to the entire community!
| Fertilization | |
| Weed Management | |
| Pest Management | |
| Other Practices |
Other places our products are sold:
Is this your farm? Contact me to get authorship privileges over this post.
| By leela |
Modified on July 15th, 2024 at 7:42 am July 15, 2024 at 7:41 am |
fruit, fruit tree, plant, tree, unexpected, Unexpected Fruit Tree
In the region of Apopka, a gardener has a mango in ground, breadfruit in container
Mango is generally assumed to be “too tropical.”
| By leela |
Modified on July 11th, 2024 at 6:59 am July 10, 2024 at 9:37 pm |
Food, Food Source, HomeGrower, MicroBiz, u-pick, Unexpected Fruit Tree
leela says:
So many gardeners think this is impossible!
| By Gainesville Eye |
Modified on July 30th, 2024 at 7:34 pm June 21, 2024 at 7:58 am |
Building Renewable, cob, Conservation Handmade, Crafts Environmental, Eco, Eco-Friendly, EcoHub, Education Biogas, Energy, Energy Water, Gardening, Gardening Natural, Living, Living Organic, Living Sustainable, Natural, organic, Practices, Practices Sustainable, Sustainable, Technology, Technology Eco, tourism, Water
Here at the eco teaching farm, there are examples of lush gardens, natural fiber materials, earthen constructions and recapture technologies.
This includes:
To learn more, visit the ISKCON temple and ask about the Eco Teaching Farm managed by Akuti.
| By Gainesville Eye |
Modified on July 29th, 2024 at 8:44 am at 10:11 am |
They produce biochar here, from morning to 4
(Doesn’t meet July-September)
| By leela |
Modified on June 8th, 2024 at 9:31 am June 7, 2024 at 8:54 pm |
durian, fruit, fruit tree, plant, tree, unexpected, Unexpected Fruit Tree, zone 9b
Durian
Ultra-tropical, hardly anyone tries to grow it
There are folks who struggle to grow durian in even more southern tropical climate; common belief has been that it’s the climate that’s the issue, but it seems more an issue of soil
If anyone can find this grower, check their growing practices
(This is an approximate location, apparently the tree is on Pine Island somewhere)
| By leela | at 8:04 pm |
fruit, fruit tree, plant, tree, unexpected, Unexpected Fruit Tree
Considered tropical, local lore is that the region’s hard frosts would kill any of these trees before maturity
Reported by Year of the Durian
| By leela |
Modified on July 26th, 2024 at 11:08 am June 4, 2024 at 10:22 pm |
Avocado Tree, Food Forest, nursery, Orange Tree, Unexpected Fruit Tree
Within a few miles of here is a food forest stewarded by Craig, AKA Florida Fruit Geek.
The food forest was an orange orchard, comprised of grafted trees. The base of the trees were sour oranges, so when a hard frost killed back the grafted tops, the sour orange base started shoots.
Craig’s sour oranges are absolutely electric. For cautious eaters, I recommend them to be used as a salad dressing.
Craig runs a nursery from which you can order online.
Craig’s food forest includes:
Buena Fortuna Gardens
| By leela |
Modified on May 26th, 2024 at 10:57 am May 26, 2024 at 10:56 am |
| By regardennation | May 20, 2024 at 9:57 am |
Baked, blueberry, bread, goods, muffins, state of jefferson, Sunflower, Trade
| By leela |
Modified on May 17th, 2024 at 9:11 pm May 17, 2024 at 9:09 pm |
biochar compost, community garden, Compost Pile, farm, farm stand, Garden, Urban Agriculture, Volunteer Opportunity
Store: Walmart
| Item | Price |
| Plantain | Sale: 25¢ |
Notes:
Unlike other Walmarts, this one sources Latino produce and provides tons of plantains at a competitive price.
However, there were no Papayas when I was there.
Mamey Sapote is listed as produce they occasionally stock.
〰️
| By Leela Maps |
Modified on April 6th, 2024 at 6:12 am April 4, 2024 at 4:19 pm |
| By Leela Maps | March 29, 2024 at 7:24 pm |
Compost Pile, Ecospace, Food Forest, fruit tree, plant, tree
Nearby is a food forest.
📷
📷
Kind of Animal:
Thousands of Beagles, dogs
Living Conditions and Duration (if known):
Cramped cages, subjects of horrific experimentation
Know of other animals in distress? Map an AID‼️ note!
I have met a witness to the destruction of large ammonite fossils, over 1 foot in diameter
The motivation for destroying fossils is to ensure the continuing operation of the mine, as these fossils are otherwise protected.
Additionally, Alpena has a much higher cancer rate due to proximity to mines.
Diet: vegan, cooked; grains, legumes, nuts, vegetables, fruit, heartbreak
Diet: vegan, cooked; grains, legumes, nuts, vegetables, fruit, family
Diet: vegan, cooked; grains, legumes, nuts, vegetables, fruit, stood up by famous neuroscientist
Diet: vegan, cooked; grains, legumes, nuts, vegetables, fruit, marijuana, narcissism, gender euphoria
Diet: vegan, cooked; grains, legumes, nuts, vegetables, fruit, sex, drugs, cybersecurity
Diet: vegan, cooked; grains, legumes, nuts, vegetables, fruit, marijuana, sleeping on a workshop storage shelf
Diet: vegan, cooked; grains, legumes, nuts, vegetables, fruit, marijuana
leela says:
🔥🔥🔥
| By Leela Maps | March 15, 2024 at 2:45 pm |
fruit, fruit tree, plant, tree, unexpected, Unexpected Fruit Tree
Banana
Semi-public, where swimmers and walkers can access; native to SE Asia
| By Leela Maps | at 2:29 pm |
GrowLocal, Home Business, HomeGrower, microgreens, Mushrooms, WiFi
Odd Todd’s is only open Thursday morning, Fridays and Saturdays.
This area is in a dead zone for major cell services, but you can get wi-fi if you ask the cashier to turn on the hot spot.
Local Businesses:
Microgreens
Gourmet Mushrooms
| By John |
Modified on March 12th, 2024 at 4:22 pm March 12, 2024 at 9:57 am |
fruit, fruit tree, plant, tree, unexpected, Unexpected Fruit Tree
Avocado, mature fruiting
This region is generally assumed to be too cold to grow subtropical fruit trees
| By Leela Maps |
Modified on March 10th, 2024 at 9:23 am March 10, 2024 at 9:12 am |
animal, bat, Bat House, Eagle Scout project, Good Deed, habitat, Project
Here there are bat houses that were installed for an Eagle Scout project by Justin Graham, December 20, 2010.
| By Leela Maps |
Modified on March 8th, 2024 at 7:58 pm March 8, 2024 at 7:44 pm |
fruit, fruit tree, plant, tree, unexpected, Unexpected Fruit Tree
| By Leela Maps |
Modified on March 6th, 2024 at 4:39 pm March 6, 2024 at 4:36 pm |
Art, graffiti, Israel, Israel-Palestine conflict, nazi, politics
Reaction to massacres of Palestinians in Gaza.
| By Leela Maps |
Modified on May 7th, 2025 at 6:22 pm March 5, 2024 at 4:04 am |
Word is that Mosswood Farm is home to many permaculture experiments.
“Joe grows some 50 types of bananas, and has experimented with more tropicals up here than most people i know. His property uses biochar, self grown mulch, etc”
| By Leela Maps |
Modified on March 4th, 2024 at 5:28 pm March 4, 2024 at 11:16 am |
Chard, EcoHub, family-friendly, farm, Food, fresh, Kale, nursery, organic, organic farm, Playground
Crones’ Cradle Conserve is an organic farm, open every day, 10am-3pm.
CCC’s store sells many plants & greens, as well as home wares, thrift goods, and locally-made foods.
Periodically CCC hosts ecofriendly events.
| By Leela Maps |
Modified on July 27th, 2024 at 8:09 pm at 11:06 am |
Activism, documentary, film, Food, video
Flavor: Ragumay is described as tasting “sweet and thick.”
Structure: Ragumay has seeded pods stacked around a core stem, surrounded by spiky stems that peel off when ripe.
Relatives: Based on this structure and origin location, it is probably related to jackfruit, cempadak, utu, breadfruit, durian and similar.
Source: “Fruitarian Farmer” on Facebook.
| By Leela Maps |
Modified on February 22nd, 2024 at 1:46 pm February 22, 2024 at 11:34 am |
Emergency Info, Emergency Supplies, Evacuation Route, Fire Extinguisher, first aid kit
Here is the first aid kit on the 2nd floor of the Discovery Center.
📷
Upstairs by the staircase, by the fire extinguisher
| By Leela Maps | February 16, 2024 at 8:05 pm |
fruit, fruit tree, plant, tree, unexpected, Unexpected Fruit Tree
Cacao
Super tropical
In ground
Grower: “My plan was never to cover it since it’s under the canopy of Mamey trees. Anyhow, it didn’t even get into the 30s this winter usually January has temperatures in the 30s but not even the high 30s reached this winter.”
Harbison Farm is a ranch market run by a very welcoming family. This is by far the nicest place to pick up produce, especially if you have explorative kids.
There are chickens, ducks, turkeys, Guinea fowl, and friendly dogs for the little ones to enjoy.
| By leela |
Modified on August 2nd, 2024 at 2:36 am January 18, 2024 at 8:03 am |
agentshome, buyinghome, county, Estate, estatealachua, homesvegan, Offer, pizza, Professional, promotionsfree, Real, real estate, realtor, sellingreal, vegan, vegan pizza
Anyone looking to buy or sell a home in Alachua County? Would you rather work with a vegan?
Free pizza with every purchase
Harris Max, Pais Realty (352)283-1027
HarrisPaisRealty@gmail.com
Many tropical fruit trees have grown in this zone!
What’s the secret? Deep mulch!
Learn more about Unexpected Fruit Trees!
Many tropical fruit trees have grown in this zone!
What’s the secret? Deep mulch!
Learn more about Unexpected Fruit Trees!
Many tropical fruit trees have grown in this zone!
What’s the secret? Deep mulch!
Learn more about Unexpected Fruit Trees!
| By leela | January 7, 2024 at 1:38 pm |
citrus, fruit, fruit stand, fruits, grocery, Local Business, Locally-Sourced, nursery, prices, produce, vegetables
| By leela |
Modified on January 5th, 2024 at 3:35 pm January 5, 2024 at 11:23 am |
Papaya
At Ocala Community Garden, alongside plots with fruiting eggplants, tomatoes, zucchinis and cucumbers, brassicas (esp kale, bok choy), fennel, pineapple, and more.
Here at Loblolly Park is where jackfruit seeds were sown.
leela says:
It’s worth checking back later, and even bringing some biochar compost for future sows!
Key Foods stocks a number of tropical fruits, including:
| By leela |
Modified on December 19th, 2023 at 8:01 am December 19, 2023 at 7:57 am |
Recycle, Reuse, The Repurpose Project Sister Projects, thrift, thriftstore
Urban Ore diverts waste from the dump to be reused and recycled.
Large sections include:
| By leela | at 7:52 am |
Recycle, Reuse, The Repurpose Project Sister Projects, thrift, thriftstore
The East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse sells secondhand craft materials, tools, books, and household goods.
Large sections include fabric, yarn, paint, markers, and pens.
The Repurpose Project is a secondhand store that receives and sells materials, crafts, tools, etc at low cost.
Chun Ching has 3 distinct produce sections.
Are you a part of this store or a recent customer and would like to update this post? Contact in the comments or make a note!
| By leela |
Modified on December 15th, 2023 at 9:31 am December 15, 2023 at 9:27 am |
defibrillator, Emergency Supplies, pickleball, Trash Bin, Water, water fountain
This defibrillator is beside the pickle ball courts.
Here is where I scattered papaya seeds & skin in the naturespaces throughout the beautiful dispersed playground of Coehadjoe Park.
Here, there is a kid-friendly obstacle course, swings, slides and cool kid hangouts.
This office has deeded & insured land in Palestine to the Sheikh family, which includes my former housemate, Shereen.
| By leela |
Modified on December 13th, 2023 at 6:12 pm December 13, 2023 at 6:01 pm |
Diaper Service, ecofriendly, Laundry, Laundry Service, Reuse
Have your baby’s cloth diapers refreshed by professionals!
This service provider is interested in coordinating with compost diaper service.
Booth at the Ocala Downtown Market on Saturdays, 9-2.
Phone #: (352) 304-8069
Discount store has a lot of $1 items, most is well below market rate, household goods & food; lots of plant-based/vegan options.
At this time there isn’t fresh produce yet.
| By leela |
Modified on December 2nd, 2023 at 4:34 pm December 2, 2023 at 4:32 pm |
A friendly couple vends produce from the back of their pickup truck most days, starting in the afternoon (2-4pm).
When I was there in December, they sold:
They only take cash and sell near the Dollar General, where cashback may be an option if purchasing from a cashier (but not self-service). Nearest ATM is at the Circle K ($4.25 ATM fee) across the street.
| By leela |
Modified on November 10th, 2023 at 9:22 pm November 10, 2023 at 8:08 pm |
Ceremony, Conch, dream, Dream Interpretation, Gig, MicroBiz, New Age
text 724-326-3426
“Our kale was still growing until a foot of snow dropped on it. Anchorage, AK.”
From Organic Gardening group on FB
Raspberries, watermelons and tomatoes fruiting in November
Anti-mining protests that have roiled Panama for the last two weeks turned deadly on Tuesday when a man allegedly shot and killed two demonstrators, according to police.
A chilling video posted by bystanders on X, formerly known as Twitter, showed a disheveled elderly man apparently frustrated with the logjam trying to force the protestors to remove a barrier blocking the Pan American highway about 50 miles south of the capital, before pulling out a pistol and opening fire. Panama’s National Police later said they arrested the suspected gunman at the scene of the shooting.
The unusual scene of violence is the latest flashpoint in some of the largest protests to hit the Central American nation since Panamanians flooded the streets en masse to demonstrate against the dictatorship of Manuel Noriega in the 1980s.
For weeks, tens of thousands of protestors have vented their fury at a controversial mining contract given to Minera Panama, the local subsidiary of a Canadian mining company, to extract copper, a key component in electric car batteries.
The contract allows Canada’s First Quantum Minerals to restart an open-pit copper mine surrounded by rain forest for the next 20 years, with the possibility of extending for another 20 years.
Environmentalists say the mine could contaminate drinking water and devastate tracts of the 32,000 acres the company negotiated use of, in exchange for yearly payments of $375 million.
Panama’s government has promised, however, that the mine will bring thousands of jobs in addition to the badly needed revenue. First Quantum Minerals did not respond to CNN’s request for comment on the protests.
Opposition to the mine has united environmentalists, indigenous groups and teachers’ and construction unions who see allegations of backroom dealings between the government and the mining company as further evidence of widespread official corruption.
The protestors accuse the government of selling off the nation’s natural resources at the same moment many Panamanians have been hit with the costs of rising inflation and are feeling the impacts of climate change.
“Panamanians are suffering from lack of water, suffering from droughts, principally in the central provinces, animals that die, harvests that don’t happen,” environmental activist Martita Cornejo told CNN en Español.
“The government did not guage the opposition from Panamanian society to a mining contract.”
But former US ambassador to Panama John Feeley said while much of the outrage is real, the new contract announcement has also presented an opportunity for some groups to try to force their own concessions and win sweetheart deals from the government.
“This is the horrible thing about Panama: Even when you protest corruption, you are probably facilitating it as well,” he said.
Weeks of road blocks set up by protesters have shut down the country, preventing farmers from bringing crops to market and sequestering Panamanians in their homes. According to Panama’s association of company executives, the standstill inflicts $80 million in daily losses to local businesses. Celebrations to mark Panama’s independence from Colombia in 1903 were also widely cancelled last week.
Panama’s President Laurentino Cortizo has defended the mining deal after its announcement on October 20, saying the agreement would create jobs and revenue for Panama.
The mine had provided a rare economic bright spot for Panama where tourism has been slow to recover from the pandemic and the drought has reduced traffic though the Panama Canal, which is expected to a cause a drop of revenue of $200 million in 2024.
“We made the right decision, not the easiest one,” Cortizo said. “After a difficult and complicated negotiation for more than two years, a contract was agreed in 2023 between the company Minera Panama and the Panamanian State, which guarantees much better terms and conditions for the country.”
But as the protests have dragged on, Panama’s government has offered concessions that have done little to deflate the crisis: Last week, congress passed a moratorium on all future metal mining and Cortizo called for a nationwide referendum in December on the controversial project.
In 2017, Panama’s Supreme Court declared another contract to operate the copper mine as unconstitutional, forcing the mining company and government to renegotiate the deal.
Opponents now say they are hopeful that an announcement by Panama’s Supreme Court this week that it is examining the legality of the contract could once again kill the deal.
Whatever the resolution to the crisis, it may be too late to repair the damage done to Panama’s reputation in the region as a rare bastion of political and economic stability.
| By leela | at 11:16 am |
Art, defibrillator, Emergency Supplies, Lupin Lodge, pool table, sofa, tv
Large indoor workshop space, with cleared grasslands for growing food forest. Exorcise the old juju with eco-art!
USDA Hardiness Zone 8b: good for citrus, avocados, bananas, and much more.
leela says:
Would be a poetic spot to be ground zero for a viral food forest movement.
USDA hardiness zone 9b: papaya, cherimoya, sapote, citrus, avocado, banana
leela says:
I’m not big on houses, but I see value in it if there are gardener-curious people who want to split the house while me and other permies run workshops + cob on the surrounding land.
| By leela |
Modified on November 5th, 2023 at 11:35 pm November 5, 2023 at 11:32 pm |
”
Nestled in the heart of Okeechobee County, this sprawling 720-acre property is a captivating blend of natural beauty and historical charm.
With vast pastures, serene flag ponds, majestic pine and oak trees, and the timeless allure of an early 1900’s schoolhouse and cracker house, this estate offers a rare opportunity to own a piece of Florida’s rich heritage.
Whether you’re envisioning a rustic retreat, an agricultural venture, or simply a haven for wildlife and outdoor enthusiasts, this property’s possibilities are as endless as its acreage. Don’t miss the chance to make your dreams a reality in this tranquil Okeechobee oasis.”
Plants that grow in this climate
| By leela |
Modified on November 6th, 2023 at 1:02 pm at 5:01 pm |
forest, Grass2Garden, GrowHere, oak, opportunity, pasture, real estate
“Here’s your chance!!! Opportunity knocks seldom but this is one of those times. WOW! What a rare find in the heart of the Lake Region of Florida.
Approximately 270 acres of gently rolling, lush, hay fields and wooded draws, located only a minutes to Gainesville, Jacksonville, and Ocala.
This lovely property has it all, dense forest, loaded with abundant wildlife including deer and turkey for the hunting enthusiast, beautiful ponds, open pasture for horses, cattle and hay production. There are numerous Sites amongst century old live oaks with picturesque sunsets overlooking the pond for your dream home and the peace and quiet of hard to find county living. Don’t pass up this unique and diverse property to create your own family legacy. In Alachua and Putnam Counties. {A-412}”
| By leela | November 3, 2023 at 1:40 pm |
Activism, anti-war, Gaza conflict, Israel, Israel conflict, Trade, weapons, Weapons Trade
Jim Kovaleski sells over $1k of produce grown in his yard each week.
| By leela |
Modified on November 2nd, 2023 at 8:27 pm at 7:30 pm |
Activism, Animal in Distress, DXE, felony, slaughterhouse, trial
An organizer who advocated for the release of these chickens has been convicted of a felony. The jury was not allowed to see footage of animal suffering.
DXE message, 11/2/23:
“After 6 days of deliberation, the jury has found animal rescuer Wayne Hsiung GUILTY on three of the four charges in the #SonomaRescueTrial. This includes felony conspiracy and misdemeanor trespass at Sunrise Farms and misdemeanor trespass at Reichardt Duck Farm. The jury could not reach a unanimous verdict on the felony conspiracy charge from the Reichardt action, resulting in a “hung jury” mistrial on that charge.
Wayne was cuffed and immediately taken into custody. He has a sentencing hearing set for November 30th. He will be in jail until then, without bail. We will be mobilizing at the sentencing hearing to support Wayne and defend the #RightToRescue. Please join us on November 30th in Santa Rosa.
Help us tell the world about this breaking news by sharing our posts on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
Wayne will be appealing this conviction, and this means he has the chance to establish case law in the appellate court. Winning an appeal would not only vindicate his actions but also set a legal precedent that would impact future animal rescue cases.
The mass open rescues at Sunrise Farms and Reichardt Duck Farm that led to this trial were last-resort efforts to aid animals after the authorities ignored repeated reports showing clear evidence of criminal animal cruelty. If the jury had been allowed to see the full extent of suffering at these factory farms, they might have understood that the intent of our actions was not to commit a crime but simply to aid severely neglected animals. This conviction won’t stop us from taking action we know is legally and morally right to aid suffering animals.
In fact, immediately after the verdict, DxE activists went straight from the courtroom to the Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office to report new footage from Sunrise Farms and Reichardt that shows sick, injured animals are still languishing at these facilities.
While the District Attorney has been wasting taxpayer money putting animal rescue on trial for the past seven weeks, DxE investigators have been busy documenting violations of animal cruelty laws and rescuing individuals in need of emergency medical care.
Today, we are sharing the stories of two of the animals we’ve saved in the past several weeks, Elsie and River, and we are demanding that the Sonoma County District Attorney finally address the rampant criminal activity at Sunrise and Reichardt. You can help by sharing our video about these breaking rescues on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. And stay tuned for more ways you can support.
Cassie”
Farm’s Phone Number: (707)-762-6314
Related: action at Sunrise Farms
| By leela |
Modified on November 2nd, 2023 at 11:10 am October 30, 2023 at 5:55 pm |
Produce includes:
Castro Farms sells various organic vegetables, including:
Bounty of the Valley sells:
In 16 days, my 22-month-old little one, her father, our cat, our rabbit and I will be on a one-way flight to Florida.
Looking up at my tropical fruit trees from my bed of synthetic materials.
The home we are leaving is a wood cabin at a nudist resort, 🌞 Lupin Lodge, in the Santa Cruz mountains near the Silicon Valley, where I am the only nudist resident who frequents the communal facilities.
Despite the vastness of this land and the moral support of its staff, I and other residents have been forbidden from gardening out on the land. Therefore, all the human residents & their pets are perpetually dependent on deliveries of food grown far away, in unknown conditions.
This 88 year old property, consisting of 112 acres of land, communal facilities, and private dwellings inhabited by ~60 people is being sold by the inheritor for $32.8m.
From this confinement, I have been slowly building a launch for BYTE: BackYard-to-Table Experiences, a decentralized local food movement that uses immediately available resources. However, I can only demonstrate this as much is immediately available to me.
As my baby deeply sleeps after breastfeeding, I slide out from under her and prepare myself a salad.
This salad comprises entirely of organic produce grown in of California, which I acquired almost entirely from a local farmers market.
Torn dino kale, from Castro Farms, is used to pick up noodles made of zucchini (zoodles), from Bounty of the Valley Farm, with Heirloom Organic tomatoes, Castro fennel, Country Rhodes lemon & avocado.
Interactive Salad Ingredient Map
I have many goodbyes to dispense at the Saturday Saratoga farmers market.
| By leela |
Modified on November 2nd, 2023 at 11:01 am at 11:35 am |
EcoFriend, ecofriendly, Gardener, permaculture, tour, Workshop
| By leela |
Modified on November 2nd, 2023 at 11:07 am at 10:50 am |
bomb, flowers, grenade, Guerrilla Garden, Guerrilla Gardening, Recycle, recycle grenade, Reuse
A woman in Palestine plants flowers in used Israeli tear gas grenades.
Palestinians deserve the right to water, land, freedom, and dignity, as do all human beings.
Photos by Majdi Muhammad for AP News in Bilin, the West Bank. Story from October, 2013.
| By leela |
Modified on November 2nd, 2023 at 11:05 am October 26, 2023 at 7:37 pm |
ADE = Amazonian Dark Earth = Terra Preta Soil = Biochar Compost
| By leela |
Modified on November 2nd, 2023 at 11:05 am at 5:47 pm |
We must meet to see eye-to-eye.
This is a call to open borders for civilians to connect and build community that can break walls and unite.
Walls have fallen before and they will fall again.
Bring your freshest food made from local produce, or whatever is available!
Demolition tools may be of assistance.
Gatherings on each side of the wall will need to approach with caution until contact can be made. If there are better locations along the wall, share them!
For safe mapping:
☮️
Share your PeaceLuck!
| By leela |
Modified on November 2nd, 2023 at 10:54 am October 23, 2023 at 8:23 pm |
Native to SE Asia
Avocado
Subtropical, usually grown in California and Mexico
Eugene is in USDA hardiness zone 6.
Jackfruit
Uncommon tropical
Approximate location, posted in the California Tropical Fruit Growers FB group.
Tree age: “my tree is a little over 7 years. I constantly prune to make sure most of its energy goes into growing large and consistent sweet fruit. It is about 9 feet high right now.”
Planting distance, fertilization, temperature: “just made sure to add plenty of compost close to a foot of it. It helps to raise the temperature a few degrees. It insulates the roots. Also I heavily plant so many of the trees help insulate one another and create a canopy over each other. Inside my garden it is a several degrees warmer since it becomes insulated with all green vegetation. Highly recommend to look how tropical trees grow in their native environment. All crowded”
Pruning: “I do cut the top to help manage the height but most importantly to help the tree focus it’s energy on producing larger and tastier fruit. I have not cut it back to 6 ft. I would imagine it would be ok since most of the fruit is produced on the main large trunks”
From the website:
“Earth Farm 9 is a vegan farm, an edible landscaping service, and an educational platform located in Southwest Florida. We wish to see all humans having an abundance of nutrient dense foods, sustainable living environments, and empowering educational systems. It is our mission to introduce as many people as possible to foods that are not found in standard grocery stores, to physically install systems across the planet that will feed many generations of humans, and to openly share our wisdom through www.earthfarm9.com, our social media platforms, physical publications, & live classes.
We promise to do the best we can at everything we do.
We aim to offer the same quality of service and products that we expect to receive from others. We wish to leave this world a cleaner, yummier, and more colorful place than the way it was when we came here.
Through diligent work and perseverance, we will succeed in our mission. We are not affiliated with any particular religion. We are students of life who want to see all humans live freely, live peacefully, and thrive!”
It’s time to rain fruit on those recovering from, and incurring, loss.
The gut-brain relationship is important to acknowledge:
Merely filling one’s belly with dry or rehydrated rations, regardless of whether they take the form of nostalgic cultural foods, is not sufficient for stabilizing the gut-brain that underlies our capacity for individual thought and achieving peaceful resolutions.
We need fresh produce to feel well and living.
To help us believe in our capacity for imminent peace, we need to experience a good, healthy model of living that resonates with our capacity to live with the land.
I urge:
Meditation and yoga have profound impacts on our capacity to fathom peace, but the durability of their effects depends on our gut feelings.
+ Grain-free Tabbouleh by FullyRawKristina
+ Hummus by Cultivator Kitchen
+ Sprouted Hummus by Raw Vegan Rising
+ Mung Hummus by My Food Forest
+ Coconut Kebab by SunFood Living
+ Marinated Veggie Kebab by Forgotten Art of Living
+ Wraps by OKRaw & RawFoodRomance
+ Flatbread & Chicken by Carron
+ Creamy Seaweed Soup by The Healthy Life
Free plants!
Do you have a lush garden that has space for more fruit trees?
If so, I have some seedling fruit trees for you:
Sprouting tray seedlings will need transplanting, for which I have many containers and ample rich soil.
Plus purple & pink petunias
BONUS: send an offer for sprouting trays or this little greenhouse + the irrigation that comes with it~ works great at growing tropicals in part-sun areas.
ABOUT: I started these seedlings from epically delicious fruits in a mix of local soils, compost, and biochar.
Bid/claim in the comments!
https://youtu.be/SEI2EVYXX7Q?si=EnGyONy7mStBGMQ3
| By leela | at 7:25 am |
fruitarian, Profile, Raw Vegan, Urban Fruitarian, yoga, yogi
| By leela | at 7:14 am |
cafe, detox, EcoResort, Healing Space, meditation, plant-based, Raw Vegan, reiki, restaurant, spa, yoga
| By leela |
Modified on October 18th, 2023 at 10:26 am October 18, 2023 at 10:11 am |
| By leela |
Modified on November 6th, 2023 at 12:59 pm October 16, 2023 at 8:24 pm |
I notice they general have guards at exit most of the time, causal not really giving much thought usually lollygagging away on their phone. not a whole lot of stuff locked away generally not too hard to shoplift from I’d rate it a 3/10 difficulty.
Notice there was no security guards and plenty of high-quality items not locked up in a part of Oakland that is kinda rich, notice that Oakland got the cops running around like chickens with their heads cut off, i would not expect this Corportation to remain open much longer due to the corporation having to file for bankruptcy
| By leela |
Modified on October 15th, 2023 at 10:29 pm at 10:27 pm |
From Wikipedia:
The first ever expedition to reach the Geographic South Pole was led by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. He and four others arrived at the pole on 14 December 1911,[n 1] five weeks ahead of a British party led by Robert Falcon Scott as part of the Terra Nova Expedition. Amundsen and his team returned safely to their base, and later heard that Scott and his four companions had died on their return journey.
My grandmother says that I am related to one of his expedition members who intermarried with the Amundsen family.
| By leela |
Modified on October 15th, 2023 at 10:07 pm at 10:06 pm |
Activism, China, Free Nation, Freedom, map, Proposal, separatist
| By leela |
Modified on October 15th, 2023 at 10:04 pm at 10:02 pm |
Activism, Borders, Free Nation, Freedom, map, PostRussia, Proposal
| By leela |
Modified on October 15th, 2023 at 8:59 pm at 8:54 pm |
Similarities include:
| By leela | at 8:05 pm |
Food, Food History, Forage Guide, history, Indigenous People, map, Native Americans
| By leela |
Modified on October 15th, 2023 at 7:56 pm at 7:55 pm |
| By leela | at 7:37 pm |
Australia, Indigenous People, Indigenous Voice, map, politics
| By leela |
Modified on November 11th, 2023 at 7:33 am at 1:34 pm |
anti-war, diy, Peace, Proposal, psychedelics, recommendation
RECOMMENDATION:
Use water misters to spray psychedelics (e.g. MDMA, LSD, psilocybin) on hostile militants.
Most parts can be acquired at garden or hardware supply stores.
| By Matt |
Modified on October 13th, 2023 at 11:30 am October 12, 2023 at 8:33 pm |
Made national headlines for being the most shoplifting Walgreen’s in the country, most stuff is locked up even frozen foods and ice cream and can tuna, but still stuff you can hijack, I’ve heard people made unlocked items for them to put in their bags and then proceed to leave, i have had much ease to shoplifting here. no security but i have heard rumors of cop that is nearby that may make you surrender your items.
Has laid back security that mostly just stays at the front of the store, I have shoplifted with ease, I think they mostly used as scarecrows, but police station is one block away but i wouldn’t about if its under $950…
Over guarded for no reson one had two overpaid monkees bombard me for putting one Dr.Bronners bar of soap in my butt pocket, they push hard but i resisted and got with not too much difficulty, but im built like a tank.
100 mile race, won by Michael Arnstein
| By leela |
Modified on October 10th, 2023 at 9:40 pm October 8, 2023 at 9:11 pm |
Awesome, Dance, fingers, flow state, gloving, street dancing, video
| By leela | October 7, 2023 at 11:35 pm |
Compost Pile, Ecospace, Food Forest, fruit tree, plant, Raw Vegan, tour, tree
| By leela |
Modified on October 7th, 2023 at 11:14 pm at 10:57 pm |
ASMR, documentary, ecofriendly, Ecofriendly Lifestyle, Food Forest, fruitarian, Lifestyle, offgrid, Raw Vegan, short film, vegan, video
| By leela |
Modified on October 7th, 2023 at 10:29 pm at 10:28 pm |
Dating, fruitarian, influencer, love, mentor, Personal, Raw Vegan
| By leela |
Modified on November 5th, 2023 at 8:45 pm at 10:23 pm |
Dating, fruitarian, Gardener, HomeGrower, love, Personal, Real Estate Agent, realtor
| By leela |
Modified on October 7th, 2023 at 1:59 pm at 1:36 pm |
cob, cobin, demo, Earthen Structure, palletable cobin, TikTok
| By leela |
Modified on October 6th, 2023 at 11:45 pm October 6, 2023 at 11:43 pm |
| By leela |
Modified on October 6th, 2023 at 11:33 pm at 11:29 pm |
ban, banned books, Banned Wagon, book, book store, books, Free, free books, free speech, Library, mobile store, mobilibrary
| By leela | at 3:38 pm |
Forage Guide, fruit tree, Grafting, Significant Tree, Unexpected Fruit Tree
40 different stone fruits on one tree: plums, peaches, nectarines, apricots, cherries, pluots, etc
| By leela |
Modified on October 6th, 2023 at 3:24 pm at 3:19 pm |
Nearby:
| By leela | at 3:14 pm |
Compost Pile, composting toilet, Garden, houseboat, offgrid, solar
| By leela |
Modified on October 6th, 2023 at 3:08 pm at 3:06 pm |
bnb, cob, earthship, ecofriendly, Garden, GardenBnB, gray water, HomeGrower, living roof, offgrid, offgridBnB, Restspace, solar, Trade, water recycling
“
By the time the early season crop is harvested, the canopy of the later season crop will begin to fill in. This is not only efficient but can help with weed management and soil health by keeping living roots in the soil and a plant canopy above the soil surface.
By planting plants with different root structures together, you can aerate the soil and allow plants to pull nutrients from different parts of the soil profile.
Adding legumes like peas, beans and clover to your garden is another great way to maximize soil health.
Some companion plants can physically support each other, reducing the need for staking or trellising. The most famous example of this is the three sisters model, which integrates corn, squash and beans.
The three sisters model first emerged in Mesoamerica and has been used by many indigenous communities including Pueblo, Mandan and Iroquois tribes for hundreds of years. This model of combining corn, beans, squash and other vegetables is still the foundation of milpa farming systems in Mesoamerica today.
”
At SunCafe Organic, Anthony K Owusu tried:
AKA Kembayau / Kembayao, Dacryodes rostrata
| By leela |
Modified on September 26th, 2023 at 9:05 pm September 26, 2023 at 9:04 pm |
“Hi, I’m a young Avocado Tree!
I’m looking for a place to settle, grow big, blossom flowers, and set fruit.
Could you get me to where I’m trying to go?”
“Is it a spot in earth to plant me where I’ll be protected from animals and have rich soil and water for a year or more?”
2.Yes
3.Yes
Could this place be a meeting place for a Plantathon?
A Plantathon is an event where people do a gardening spree.
4.Yes
Make it a party:
Garden Party
4.No, but it can use more plants
GrowHere
A: Yes, but it’s a private location.
You can share a private place for them to join, just make sure to set the location on the map to be a place you’re willing to rendezvous, and make sure to include a method to contact you in the access instructions, such as leaving a note in the comment section.
2.maybe
What’s the issue?
I need less water than you think, if you apply a generous layer of mulch around my base and biochar compost in my planting hole.
Concerned about soil quality?
Build and heal soil by applying biochar compost!
2.More than I can handle
That’s okay! Someone else may have shared a good location.
GrowHere Map
May my plant friends join me?
GrowHere!
Looking for a date? Let your future loved one know that you care about Earth’s life by posting your profile:
Plant Cute
If you’re in a hurry, find a nearby
Plant Sanctuary
1.No, I’m not interested
If you don’t want to help me, please leave me where I am or put me in a safe place
2.More about
I came from an extremely scrumptious, organically-grown avocado.
I may have genes from a Hass, Pinkerton, Bacon, GEM, Gwen, or Fuerte avocado, or many others!
Just like you, I am a new variety that has characteristic inherited from both of my parents.
Unlike you, I can be cloned from any of my branches, or I can receive a graft to grow another variety of avocado.
EcoExperiment
Additional:
We, fruit trees, care about humans, because humans care about us!
Post a Sanctuary for humans
Post a Safe Space for humans
BROUGHT TO YOU BY
BYTE
Gwen avocados sold at $2.75 or 2.5 lb bags at $10/each.
I find these to be similar to GEM avocados: soft buttery and flavorful.
Wild Roots sources organic locally-grown avocado varieties from Arrowhead Farms (Watsonville), including Bacon and Pinkerton, at $4.99/lb.
Organic medium-large hass avocados are sold at $5.99/lb, or small hass at $5-6 for 6.
My favorite from this store is the Pinkerton and small hass avocados. The creaminess and flavor of these avocados are amazing!
| By leela |
Modified on September 26th, 2023 at 8:54 pm September 24, 2023 at 9:38 am |
Mango
Native to India
SHARPENER/TACONE 3D PRINTER FILES
A volunteer at Pawprint Prototyping helped us print the veggie sharpener, scaled up the print to 3” wide with no sharpening.
Wide cucumbers and zucchini cut into handy edibowls! Top with anything you want! …As long is it isn’t too drippy 😝
This is the Willow Glen Ace Hardware Store where you can make a composting toilet.
|
|
|
Buy the components at the store and assemble them.
| By leela |
Modified on September 22nd, 2023 at 9:30 pm at 5:38 pm |
clothing optional, composting toilet, EcoCamp, EcoExperiment, nursery
Here is free mulch, in the form of redwood shavings & woodchips.
What is your plan for the mulch?
🌸 |
🔥 |
🎨 |
Spreading woodchips on bare soil can supply nutrients and retain moisture to help regenerate ecosystems.
Adding woodchips to your compost can improve the smell and add carbon & nitrogen.
| Post Compost Pile | Find Compost Pile |
Burying woodchip with layers of compost and soil to make a mound-shaped garden bed is a method to increase soil fertility and growable surface area.
From bark.today
Woodchips and charcoal make an amazing medium to scoop into a composting toilet after each use.
| Post Composting Toilet | Find Composting Toilet | Learn how to make your own Composting Toilet |
If you pyrolyze wood, you make charcoal.
If you add charcoal to compost, you can produce biochar, a powerful soil conditioner that helps healthy growth of diverse plants, provides drought-tolerance and remediates (heals) contaminations, such as:
| Post Charcoal | Find Charcoal |
Redwood is easy to start a fire with, so it is a good kindling.
However, in a fire it crackles and is smoky, so it is recommended to incorporate other forms of wood to feed the full fire.
Please practice fire safety!
Fire can be beneficial to gardens by producing charcoal, which can be added to compost to produce a powerful remediation agent: biochar compost.
Optimize for producing charcoal by putting your fire out by pouring water on it or covering with dirt.
| Post Fire Pit | Find Fire Pits |
Share the art you make with woodchips for all to find, saved for eternity!
| Post | Find |
Brought to you by
| By leela | September 17, 2023 at 8:50 am |
August, fruit, fruit tree, July, June, travel, tree, Unexpected Fruit Tree
Durian
Durian
Growing commercially 
Durian
| By leela |
Modified on October 6th, 2023 at 12:24 pm September 15, 2023 at 2:50 pm |
Cargo, fatty fruit, fruit, fruit review, want, want to visit, Wish
Mauritia flexuosa, AKA aguaje, is a palm fruit that is fatty and a savory, cheesy flavor.
leela says:
Check out this mango plant!
| By leela |
Modified on October 20th, 2023 at 7:27 pm September 6, 2023 at 2:35 am |
Donate, Donation Based, Free, love, Passing By, Peace, Seen
| By leela |
Modified on September 4th, 2023 at 8:00 am September 4, 2023 at 7:59 am |
Compost Pile, EcoAction, event, Garden, Garden Party, party, social, Volunteer Opportunity
Please come for as long or as little as you like. Even a quick hello is okay with no need to RSVP. Please read through our volunteer page, it’ll answer a lot of general questions that you may have. There’s always a large variety of different projects taking place at any one given time but generally, we try to fit people where they feel most empowered.
Here is a brief overview of activities available. From gardening to making soil, crafting to lite construction, tinkering to engineering.
Generally, there are four types of activities:
Ecological Light – watering, planting, trimming, spreading wood chips, working with sheep or chickens, general beautification
Ecological Heavy – habitat restoration, tree planting, turning compost
Building Light – building benches, fixing fences, signage, general beautification
Building Heavy – building structures, installing fences & gates, putting up solar, erecting art & sculpture
One thing we ask prior to visiting is filling out our digital waiver, for Adults and Minors
Hope to see you here and learn together!
I wish for these fatty fruits…
They are found in Asia and South America, so I may have to travel to get to them, though I also wish that I could propagate them in the Bay Area and that I would be naked in nature when I try them.
map-a-wish, wishlist | wishmap
| By leela | August 31, 2023 at 9:33 am |
Class, Donation Based, EcoClass, EcoTraining, Volunteer Opportunity, Workshop
Schedule: Thursday 9/14, 2:30-5pm
Learn how to:
RSVP by texting “Ready Ground” to 724-326-3426.
Donation-based:
Venmo @LeelaPlants | Cash $LeelaPlants | PayPal @LeelaHannSoden
Oliver grows many tropical fruits to share with friends, and plants to sell to those who want to grow their own.
Oliver’s greenhouse boasts a fruiting jackfruit tree, Surinam cherries, Starfruit, and more. He is most known for growing diverse varieties of avocados.
We deliver produce boxes for a reduced price at Ginnie Springs!
Order your produce box to arrive here by leaving a comment or text 352-210-0453.
We deliver produce boxes for a reduced price at Gilchrist Blue!
Order your produce box to arrive here by leaving a comment or text 352-210-0453.
We deliver produce boxes for a reduced price at Off The Beet!
Order your produce box to arrive here by leaving a comment or text 352-210-0453.
This family-run produce stand carries all the standard produce and a bit more, usually much affordable than the grocery store!
Sources from south FL where possible.
Hours: 2-7pm, Sunday-Wednesday
If you live nearby, delivery is possible.
We love picking up fruit from David. He provides fruit that he picks up from small farms in southern Florida, as well as some select imports.
We at Radical Roots are specifically sourcing milkfruit/caimito & coconuts from him during this season, which David acquired in Homestead, FL directly from a farm that also grows mamey, mango, sugar apple, and sapodilla. Look out for these being offered by us soon!
The Harper family raises cows in their pasture. These healthy cows are grass-fed & grain-finished.
They also grow other produce, including:
From a home nearby, Ash & Ember bakery mills organic wheat from Lindley Farms in North Carolina, making small batches of epic sourdough loaves.
The baker keeps a lush food forest for the enjoyment of family & friends year round.
Our distributor sources blueberries from a farm in Citra, FL.
This blueberry farm is also a u-pick! Grows blackberries, peaches, and flowers!
U-pick blackberries! Thornless 🙂
Wholesale produce grown in Florida and abroad.
The deal |
We love going to springs and we love delivering produce, so why not both? |
Our offerings |
$35 mixed produce box, or same/greater value custom order |
Place an order |
Text us at 352-210-0453. |
Sell us produce |
We love buying local, homegrown produce! Fruit, veggies, nuts, meat, dairy, cottage foods, etc. Text us and we can figure out a buying price. |
Let’s swim |
Join us for fun times in the water by texting us when you are free and what water activities you’re into. We provide a guided experience for donation. |
This is the source of a lot of great produce and plants, run by my friend Eric. He sells at farmer’s markets around the Gainesville area.
He and his team grow:
and much more!
If interested in purchasing, meet them at Haile Farmer’s Market.
We’re open noon to five!
Many US immigrants from El Salvador have been extradited into this prison without due process. Once entered, there is no accountability about what happens to prisoners.
President Trump is inquiring with President Nayib Bukele if US citizens can be entered into their prisons.
Apparently there is an execution bloc at this facility.
Hi,
a very skilled friend nearby offers classes in:
Classes start from $50 per person per session, or can be in exchange for equivalent useful materials, such as:
This list will change as needs are satisfied.
Inquire for a class in comments below.
This center performs a high amount of extractions and crown procedures on young children.
Please ensure that the biohazard disposal bins are untampered and handled appropriately by legal waste collectors, or hygienically composted.
I cannot stand the thought that my child’s teeth were harvested and processed into products.
There’s a farmer’s market here that needs more fresh produce venders. Fruits, veggies, mushrooms.
Still a young market, also needs more publicity.
Let’s eat tropical fruit and sow the seeds,
compost our manure with charcoal
avocado, jackfruit, lychee
Here is a huge old oak that has a profound connection to the land. Under it, you can discover deep insights.
I provide acupuncture and Reiki both in person and remotely. I offer various one-on-one and group containers. If you’d like to book a session here with me in Gainesville I do a sliding scale of $85 – $125.
I absolutely love seeing and nurturing the divinity within each person. I believe we come to this earth with spiritual and creative gifts that we are meant to embody and share. I’m passionate about helping people transmute emotional blocks into their most powerful offerings to change the world.
I was trained in Reiki 6 years ago. I learned from three different teachers, each one offered something unique and powerful to me. I graduated from The Academy for Five Element Acupuncture in August 2023 and have been offering acupuncture in Gainesville since April 2024.
My number 860-874-7944
Instagram
@katehemingwayacupuncture
Email
katemhemingway@gmail.com
This guy was giving away crinoids from Tennessee!
text 727-402-9745 for purchases and visitation
Future directions: building tiny homes, HipCamp, Airbnb, agritourism, permaculture and foraging workshops
As seen by @_fruit__tella on IG
Banana
Tropical in temperate Mediterranean climate
flower, Reproductive portion of any flowering plant (angiosperm). Popularly, the term applies especially when part or all of the reproductive structure is distinctive in colour and form. Flowers present a multitude of combinations of colour, size, form, and anatomical arrangement. In some plants, individual flowers are very small and are borne in a distinctive cluster (inflorescence). Each flower consists of a floral axis that bears the essential organs of reproduction (male stamens and/or female pistils) and usually accessory organs (sepals and petals); the latter may serve both to attract pollinating insects (seepollination) and to protect the essential organs. Flower parts are arrayed usually in whorls but sometimes spirally. Four distinct whorls are common: the outer calyx (sepals), the corolla (petals), the androecium (stamens), and, in the centre, the gynoecium (pistils). The sepals are usually greenish and often resemble reduced leaves; the petals are usually colourful and showy. Pollen is produced in the stamens. A pollen-receptive stigma rests atop each pistil. The pistil, made up of one or more carpels, encloses an ovary that contains the ovules, or potential seeds. After fertilization the ovary enlarges to form the fruit. Flowers have been symbols of beauty in most civilizations of the world, and flower giving is still among the most popular of social amenities.
🌱
Give this guy something.
Everything helps <3
While this feature is being tested, let’s throw her a little something.
Mom!
Mom is a great person!
Mom is a great person who is making positive changes!
Mom is a great person who is making positive changes in herself!
Mom is a great person who is making positive changes in herself and in her environment!
Mom is a great person!
She made me!
Thanks, mom!
Oct-June $720
Oct-June $1400
Fall CSA example: Sweet potatoes, radish, zucchini, cucumber, eggplant, peppers, kale, lettuce, and arugula.
Winter CSA example: Beets, carrots, turnip, broccoli, chard, spinach, green onions, and parsley.
Spring CSA example: Potatoes, acorn squash, onions, cauliflower, cucumber, bok choi, arugula, and peaches.
| Ways to Purchase | Online |
| Payment Methods | |
| Wholesale Policy |
| Farm |
Siembra Farm |
| Contact |
|
| Our Story |
|
| Onsite Services | |
| Visitation |
| Fertilization | |
| Weed Management | |
| Pest Management | |
| Other Practices |
Other places our products are sold:
Is this your farm? Contact me to get authorship privileges over this post.
| Ways to Purchase | at Saturday farmer’s market, CSA |
| Payment Methods | Cash, Venmo, EBT token (farmer’s market only) |
| Wholesale Policy | Direct to restaurants & businesses |
| Farm |
The Family Garden |
| Contact |
(352) 559-2172 info@thefamilygardencsa.com |
| Our Story |
The Family Garden has been in operation since 2007. Founded by Jordan Brown and his wife Diwa, the farm was initially located in Bell, Florida. In 2015 they relocated to east Gainesville, and bought the 20-acre parcel that we currently grow on. We grow all our fruits and vegetables using organic methods, selling both wholesale to local restaurants and businesses in North Florida, and direct to consumers at the Alachua County Farmers Market. The farm also runs a small CSA program. |
| Onsite Services | u-pick |
| Visitation |
The Family Garden, or TFG, grows with dignity and respect for the land and the people who care for your food. The amazing thing about organic farming is that it doesn’t only benefit the farmer and the consumer, but also the the land and the people who tend to it. That’s why every season we strive to use the most sustainable and mindful practices possible. Not only does this produce the best food, but it also strengthens our connection to the land and enriches our lives. We’re committed to demonstrating the value of this connection, and the joy that it can bring to the entire community!
| Fertilization | |
| Weed Management | |
| Pest Management | |
| Other Practices |
Other places our products are sold:
Is this your farm? Contact me to get authorship privileges over this post.
In the region of Apopka, a gardener has a mango in ground, breadfruit in container
Mango is generally assumed to be “too tropical.”
Here at the eco teaching farm, there are examples of lush gardens, natural fiber materials, earthen constructions and recapture technologies.
This includes:
To learn more, visit the ISKCON temple and ask about the Eco Teaching Farm managed by Akuti.
They produce biochar here, from morning to 4
(Doesn’t meet July-September)
Durian
Ultra-tropical, hardly anyone tries to grow it
There are folks who struggle to grow durian in even more southern tropical climate; common belief has been that it’s the climate that’s the issue, but it seems more an issue of soil
If anyone can find this grower, check their growing practices
(This is an approximate location, apparently the tree is on Pine Island somewhere)
Considered tropical, local lore is that the region’s hard frosts would kill any of these trees before maturity
Within a few miles of here is a food forest stewarded by Craig, AKA Florida Fruit Geek.
The food forest was an orange orchard, comprised of grafted trees. The base of the trees were sour oranges, so when a hard frost killed back the grafted tops, the sour orange base started shoots.
Craig’s sour oranges are absolutely electric. For cautious eaters, I recommend them to be used as a salad dressing.
Craig runs a nursery from which you can order online.
Craig’s food forest includes:
Buena Fortuna Gardens
Store: Walmart
| Item | Price |
| Plantain | Sale: 25¢ |
Notes:
Unlike other Walmarts, this one sources Latino produce and provides tons of plantains at a competitive price.
However, there were no Papayas when I was there.
Mamey Sapote is listed as produce they occasionally stock.
〰️
Nearby is a food forest.
📷
📷
Kind of Animal:
Thousands of Beagles, dogs
Living Conditions and Duration (if known):
Cramped cages, subjects of horrific experimentation
Know of other animals in distress? Map an AID‼️ note!
I have met a witness to the destruction of large ammonite fossils, over 1 foot in diameter
The motivation for destroying fossils is to ensure the continuing operation of the mine, as these fossils are otherwise protected.
Additionally, Alpena has a much higher cancer rate due to proximity to mines.
Diet: vegan, cooked; grains, legumes, nuts, vegetables, fruit, heartbreak
Diet: vegan, cooked; grains, legumes, nuts, vegetables, fruit, family
Diet: vegan, cooked; grains, legumes, nuts, vegetables, fruit, stood up by famous neuroscientist
Diet: vegan, cooked; grains, legumes, nuts, vegetables, fruit, marijuana, narcissism, gender euphoria
Diet: vegan, cooked; grains, legumes, nuts, vegetables, fruit, sex, drugs, cybersecurity
Diet: vegan, cooked; grains, legumes, nuts, vegetables, fruit, marijuana, sleeping on a workshop storage shelf
Diet: vegan, cooked; grains, legumes, nuts, vegetables, fruit, marijuana
Banana
Semi-public, where swimmers and walkers can access; native to SE Asia
Odd Todd’s is only open Thursday morning, Fridays and Saturdays.
This area is in a dead zone for major cell services, but you can get wi-fi if you ask the cashier to turn on the hot spot.
Local Businesses:
Microgreens
Gourmet Mushrooms
Avocado, mature fruiting
This region is generally assumed to be too cold to grow subtropical fruit trees
Here there are bat houses that were installed for an Eagle Scout project by Justin Graham, December 20, 2010.
Reaction to massacres of Palestinians in Gaza.
Word is that Mosswood Farm is home to many permaculture experiments.
“Joe grows some 50 types of bananas, and has experimented with more tropicals up here than most people i know. His property uses biochar, self grown mulch, etc”
Crones’ Cradle Conserve is an organic farm, open every day, 10am-3pm.
CCC’s store sells many plants & greens, as well as home wares, thrift goods, and locally-made foods.
Periodically CCC hosts ecofriendly events.
Flavor: Ragumay is described as tasting “sweet and thick.”
Structure: Ragumay has seeded pods stacked around a core stem, surrounded by spiky stems that peel off when ripe.
Relatives: Based on this structure and origin location, it is probably related to jackfruit, cempadak, utu, breadfruit, durian and similar.
Source: “Fruitarian Farmer” on Facebook.
Here is the first aid kit on the 2nd floor of the Discovery Center.
📷
Upstairs by the staircase, by the fire extinguisher
Cacao
Super tropical
In ground
Grower: “My plan was never to cover it since it’s under the canopy of Mamey trees. Anyhow, it didn’t even get into the 30s this winter usually January has temperatures in the 30s but not even the high 30s reached this winter.”
Harbison Farm is a ranch market run by a very welcoming family. This is by far the nicest place to pick up produce, especially if you have explorative kids.
There are chickens, ducks, turkeys, Guinea fowl, and friendly dogs for the little ones to enjoy.
Anyone looking to buy or sell a home in Alachua County? Would you rather work with a vegan?
Free pizza with every purchase
Harris Max, Pais Realty (352)283-1027
HarrisPaisRealty@gmail.com
Many tropical fruit trees have grown in this zone!
What’s the secret? Deep mulch!
Learn more about Unexpected Fruit Trees!
Many tropical fruit trees have grown in this zone!
What’s the secret? Deep mulch!
Learn more about Unexpected Fruit Trees!
Many tropical fruit trees have grown in this zone!
What’s the secret? Deep mulch!
Learn more about Unexpected Fruit Trees!
Papaya
At Ocala Community Garden, alongside plots with fruiting eggplants, tomatoes, zucchinis and cucumbers, brassicas (esp kale, bok choy), fennel, pineapple, and more.
Here at Loblolly Park is where jackfruit seeds were sown.
Key Foods stocks a number of tropical fruits, including:
Urban Ore diverts waste from the dump to be reused and recycled.
Large sections include:
The East Bay Depot for Creative Reuse sells secondhand craft materials, tools, books, and household goods.
Large sections include fabric, yarn, paint, markers, and pens.
The Repurpose Project is a secondhand store that receives and sells materials, crafts, tools, etc at low cost.
Chun Ching has 3 distinct produce sections.
Are you a part of this store or a recent customer and would like to update this post? Contact in the comments or make a note!
This defibrillator is beside the pickle ball courts.
Here is where I scattered papaya seeds & skin in the naturespaces throughout the beautiful dispersed playground of Coehadjoe Park.
Here, there is a kid-friendly obstacle course, swings, slides and cool kid hangouts.
This office has deeded & insured land in Palestine to the Sheikh family, which includes my former housemate, Shereen.
Have your baby’s cloth diapers refreshed by professionals!
This service provider is interested in coordinating with compost diaper service.
Booth at the Ocala Downtown Market on Saturdays, 9-2.
Phone #: (352) 304-8069
Discount store has a lot of $1 items, most is well below market rate, household goods & food; lots of plant-based/vegan options.
At this time there isn’t fresh produce yet.
A friendly couple vends produce from the back of their pickup truck most days, starting in the afternoon (2-4pm).
When I was there in December, they sold:
They only take cash and sell near the Dollar General, where cashback may be an option if purchasing from a cashier (but not self-service). Nearest ATM is at the Circle K ($4.25 ATM fee) across the street.
text 724-326-3426
“Our kale was still growing until a foot of snow dropped on it. Anchorage, AK.”
From Organic Gardening group on FB
Raspberries, watermelons and tomatoes fruiting in November
Anti-mining protests that have roiled Panama for the last two weeks turned deadly on Tuesday when a man allegedly shot and killed two demonstrators, according to police.
A chilling video posted by bystanders on X, formerly known as Twitter, showed a disheveled elderly man apparently frustrated with the logjam trying to force the protestors to remove a barrier blocking the Pan American highway about 50 miles south of the capital, before pulling out a pistol and opening fire. Panama’s National Police later said they arrested the suspected gunman at the scene of the shooting.
The unusual scene of violence is the latest flashpoint in some of the largest protests to hit the Central American nation since Panamanians flooded the streets en masse to demonstrate against the dictatorship of Manuel Noriega in the 1980s.
For weeks, tens of thousands of protestors have vented their fury at a controversial mining contract given to Minera Panama, the local subsidiary of a Canadian mining company, to extract copper, a key component in electric car batteries.
The contract allows Canada’s First Quantum Minerals to restart an open-pit copper mine surrounded by rain forest for the next 20 years, with the possibility of extending for another 20 years.
Environmentalists say the mine could contaminate drinking water and devastate tracts of the 32,000 acres the company negotiated use of, in exchange for yearly payments of $375 million.
Panama’s government has promised, however, that the mine will bring thousands of jobs in addition to the badly needed revenue. First Quantum Minerals did not respond to CNN’s request for comment on the protests.
Opposition to the mine has united environmentalists, indigenous groups and teachers’ and construction unions who see allegations of backroom dealings between the government and the mining company as further evidence of widespread official corruption.
The protestors accuse the government of selling off the nation’s natural resources at the same moment many Panamanians have been hit with the costs of rising inflation and are feeling the impacts of climate change.
“Panamanians are suffering from lack of water, suffering from droughts, principally in the central provinces, animals that die, harvests that don’t happen,” environmental activist Martita Cornejo told CNN en Español.
“The government did not guage the opposition from Panamanian society to a mining contract.”
But former US ambassador to Panama John Feeley said while much of the outrage is real, the new contract announcement has also presented an opportunity for some groups to try to force their own concessions and win sweetheart deals from the government.
“This is the horrible thing about Panama: Even when you protest corruption, you are probably facilitating it as well,” he said.
Weeks of road blocks set up by protesters have shut down the country, preventing farmers from bringing crops to market and sequestering Panamanians in their homes. According to Panama’s association of company executives, the standstill inflicts $80 million in daily losses to local businesses. Celebrations to mark Panama’s independence from Colombia in 1903 were also widely cancelled last week.
Panama’s President Laurentino Cortizo has defended the mining deal after its announcement on October 20, saying the agreement would create jobs and revenue for Panama.
The mine had provided a rare economic bright spot for Panama where tourism has been slow to recover from the pandemic and the drought has reduced traffic though the Panama Canal, which is expected to a cause a drop of revenue of $200 million in 2024.
“We made the right decision, not the easiest one,” Cortizo said. “After a difficult and complicated negotiation for more than two years, a contract was agreed in 2023 between the company Minera Panama and the Panamanian State, which guarantees much better terms and conditions for the country.”
But as the protests have dragged on, Panama’s government has offered concessions that have done little to deflate the crisis: Last week, congress passed a moratorium on all future metal mining and Cortizo called for a nationwide referendum in December on the controversial project.
In 2017, Panama’s Supreme Court declared another contract to operate the copper mine as unconstitutional, forcing the mining company and government to renegotiate the deal.
Opponents now say they are hopeful that an announcement by Panama’s Supreme Court this week that it is examining the legality of the contract could once again kill the deal.
Whatever the resolution to the crisis, it may be too late to repair the damage done to Panama’s reputation in the region as a rare bastion of political and economic stability.
Large indoor workshop space, with cleared grasslands for growing food forest. Exorcise the old juju with eco-art!
USDA Hardiness Zone 8b: good for citrus, avocados, bananas, and much more.
USDA hardiness zone 9b: papaya, cherimoya, sapote, citrus, avocado, banana
”
Nestled in the heart of Okeechobee County, this sprawling 720-acre property is a captivating blend of natural beauty and historical charm.
With vast pastures, serene flag ponds, majestic pine and oak trees, and the timeless allure of an early 1900’s schoolhouse and cracker house, this estate offers a rare opportunity to own a piece of Florida’s rich heritage.
Whether you’re envisioning a rustic retreat, an agricultural venture, or simply a haven for wildlife and outdoor enthusiasts, this property’s possibilities are as endless as its acreage. Don’t miss the chance to make your dreams a reality in this tranquil Okeechobee oasis.”
Plants that grow in this climate
“Here’s your chance!!! Opportunity knocks seldom but this is one of those times. WOW! What a rare find in the heart of the Lake Region of Florida.
Approximately 270 acres of gently rolling, lush, hay fields and wooded draws, located only a minutes to Gainesville, Jacksonville, and Ocala.
This lovely property has it all, dense forest, loaded with abundant wildlife including deer and turkey for the hunting enthusiast, beautiful ponds, open pasture for horses, cattle and hay production. There are numerous Sites amongst century old live oaks with picturesque sunsets overlooking the pond for your dream home and the peace and quiet of hard to find county living. Don’t pass up this unique and diverse property to create your own family legacy. In Alachua and Putnam Counties. {A-412}”
Jim Kovaleski sells over $1k of produce grown in his yard each week.
An organizer who advocated for the release of these chickens has been convicted of a felony. The jury was not allowed to see footage of animal suffering.
DXE message, 11/2/23:
“After 6 days of deliberation, the jury has found animal rescuer Wayne Hsiung GUILTY on three of the four charges in the #SonomaRescueTrial. This includes felony conspiracy and misdemeanor trespass at Sunrise Farms and misdemeanor trespass at Reichardt Duck Farm. The jury could not reach a unanimous verdict on the felony conspiracy charge from the Reichardt action, resulting in a “hung jury” mistrial on that charge.
Wayne was cuffed and immediately taken into custody. He has a sentencing hearing set for November 30th. He will be in jail until then, without bail. We will be mobilizing at the sentencing hearing to support Wayne and defend the #RightToRescue. Please join us on November 30th in Santa Rosa.
Help us tell the world about this breaking news by sharing our posts on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter.
Wayne will be appealing this conviction, and this means he has the chance to establish case law in the appellate court. Winning an appeal would not only vindicate his actions but also set a legal precedent that would impact future animal rescue cases.
The mass open rescues at Sunrise Farms and Reichardt Duck Farm that led to this trial were last-resort efforts to aid animals after the authorities ignored repeated reports showing clear evidence of criminal animal cruelty. If the jury had been allowed to see the full extent of suffering at these factory farms, they might have understood that the intent of our actions was not to commit a crime but simply to aid severely neglected animals. This conviction won’t stop us from taking action we know is legally and morally right to aid suffering animals.
In fact, immediately after the verdict, DxE activists went straight from the courtroom to the Sonoma County District Attorney’s Office to report new footage from Sunrise Farms and Reichardt that shows sick, injured animals are still languishing at these facilities.
While the District Attorney has been wasting taxpayer money putting animal rescue on trial for the past seven weeks, DxE investigators have been busy documenting violations of animal cruelty laws and rescuing individuals in need of emergency medical care.
Today, we are sharing the stories of two of the animals we’ve saved in the past several weeks, Elsie and River, and we are demanding that the Sonoma County District Attorney finally address the rampant criminal activity at Sunrise and Reichardt. You can help by sharing our video about these breaking rescues on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. And stay tuned for more ways you can support.
Cassie”
Farm’s Phone Number: (707)-762-6314
Related: action at Sunrise Farms
Produce includes:
Castro Farms sells various organic vegetables, including:
Bounty of the Valley sells:
In 16 days, my 22-month-old little one, her father, our cat, our rabbit and I will be on a one-way flight to Florida.
Looking up at my tropical fruit trees from my bed of synthetic materials.
The home we are leaving is a wood cabin at a nudist resort, 🌞 Lupin Lodge, in the Santa Cruz mountains near the Silicon Valley, where I am the only nudist resident who frequents the communal facilities.
Despite the vastness of this land and the moral support of its staff, I and other residents have been forbidden from gardening out on the land. Therefore, all the human residents & their pets are perpetually dependent on deliveries of food grown far away, in unknown conditions.
This 88 year old property, consisting of 112 acres of land, communal facilities, and private dwellings inhabited by ~60 people is being sold by the inheritor for $32.8m.
From this confinement, I have been slowly building a launch for BYTE: BackYard-to-Table Experiences, a decentralized local food movement that uses immediately available resources. However, I can only demonstrate this as much is immediately available to me.
As my baby deeply sleeps after breastfeeding, I slide out from under her and prepare myself a salad.
This salad comprises entirely of organic produce grown in of California, which I acquired almost entirely from a local farmers market.
Torn dino kale, from Castro Farms, is used to pick up noodles made of zucchini (zoodles), from Bounty of the Valley Farm, with Heirloom Organic tomatoes, Castro fennel, Country Rhodes lemon & avocado.
Interactive Salad Ingredient Map
I have many goodbyes to dispense at the Saturday Saratoga farmers market.
A woman in Palestine plants flowers in used Israeli tear gas grenades.
Palestinians deserve the right to water, land, freedom, and dignity, as do all human beings.
Photos by Majdi Muhammad for AP News in Bilin, the West Bank. Story from October, 2013.
ADE = Amazonian Dark Earth = Terra Preta Soil = Biochar Compost
We must meet to see eye-to-eye.
This is a call to open borders for civilians to connect and build community that can break walls and unite.
Walls have fallen before and they will fall again.
Bring your freshest food made from local produce, or whatever is available!
Demolition tools may be of assistance.
Gatherings on each side of the wall will need to approach with caution until contact can be made. If there are better locations along the wall, share them!
For safe mapping:
☮️
Share your PeaceLuck!
Avocado
Subtropical, usually grown in California and Mexico
Eugene is in USDA hardiness zone 6.
Jackfruit
Uncommon tropical
Approximate location, posted in the California Tropical Fruit Growers FB group.
Tree age: “my tree is a little over 7 years. I constantly prune to make sure most of its energy goes into growing large and consistent sweet fruit. It is about 9 feet high right now.”
Planting distance, fertilization, temperature: “just made sure to add plenty of compost close to a foot of it. It helps to raise the temperature a few degrees. It insulates the roots. Also I heavily plant so many of the trees help insulate one another and create a canopy over each other. Inside my garden it is a several degrees warmer since it becomes insulated with all green vegetation. Highly recommend to look how tropical trees grow in their native environment. All crowded”
Pruning: “I do cut the top to help manage the height but most importantly to help the tree focus it’s energy on producing larger and tastier fruit. I have not cut it back to 6 ft. I would imagine it would be ok since most of the fruit is produced on the main large trunks”
My local nature was a marsh:
Mom would take us on walks here,
this land that is barely land,
where we were entrenched in the aroma of universal decay.
From the website:
“Earth Farm 9 is a vegan farm, an edible landscaping service, and an educational platform located in Southwest Florida. We wish to see all humans having an abundance of nutrient dense foods, sustainable living environments, and empowering educational systems. It is our mission to introduce as many people as possible to foods that are not found in standard grocery stores, to physically install systems across the planet that will feed many generations of humans, and to openly share our wisdom through www.earthfarm9.com, our social media platforms, physical publications, & live classes.
We promise to do the best we can at everything we do.
We aim to offer the same quality of service and products that we expect to receive from others. We wish to leave this world a cleaner, yummier, and more colorful place than the way it was when we came here.
Through diligent work and perseverance, we will succeed in our mission. We are not affiliated with any particular religion. We are students of life who want to see all humans live freely, live peacefully, and thrive!”
It’s time to rain fruit on those recovering from, and incurring, loss.
The gut-brain relationship is important to acknowledge:
Merely filling one’s belly with dry or rehydrated rations, regardless of whether they take the form of nostalgic cultural foods, is not sufficient for stabilizing the gut-brain that underlies our capacity for individual thought and achieving peaceful resolutions.
We need fresh produce to feel well and living.
To help us believe in our capacity for imminent peace, we need to experience a good, healthy model of living that resonates with our capacity to live with the land.
I urge:
Meditation and yoga have profound impacts on our capacity to fathom peace, but the durability of their effects depends on our gut feelings.
+ Grain-free Tabbouleh by FullyRawKristina
+ Hummus by Cultivator Kitchen
+ Sprouted Hummus by Raw Vegan Rising
+ Mung Hummus by My Food Forest
+ Coconut Kebab by SunFood Living
+ Marinated Veggie Kebab by Forgotten Art of Living
+ Wraps by OKRaw & RawFoodRomance
+ Flatbread & Chicken by Carron
+ Creamy Seaweed Soup by The Healthy Life
Free plants!
Do you have a lush garden that has space for more fruit trees?
If so, I have some seedling fruit trees for you:
Sprouting tray seedlings will need transplanting, for which I have many containers and ample rich soil.
Plus purple & pink petunias
BONUS: send an offer for sprouting trays or this little greenhouse + the irrigation that comes with it~ works great at growing tropicals in part-sun areas.
ABOUT: I started these seedlings from epically delicious fruits in a mix of local soils, compost, and biochar.
Bid/claim in the comments!
https://youtu.be/SEI2EVYXX7Q?si=EnGyONy7mStBGMQ3
I notice they general have guards at exit most of the time, causal not really giving much thought usually lollygagging away on their phone. not a whole lot of stuff locked away generally not too hard to shoplift from I’d rate it a 3/10 difficulty.
Notice there was no security guards and plenty of high-quality items not locked up in a part of Oakland that is kinda rich, notice that Oakland got the cops running around like chickens with their heads cut off, i would not expect this Corportation to remain open much longer due to the corporation having to file for bankruptcy
From Wikipedia:
The first ever expedition to reach the Geographic South Pole was led by the Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen. He and four others arrived at the pole on 14 December 1911,[n 1] five weeks ahead of a British party led by Robert Falcon Scott as part of the Terra Nova Expedition. Amundsen and his team returned safely to their base, and later heard that Scott and his four companions had died on their return journey.
My grandmother says that I am related to one of his expedition members who intermarried with the Amundsen family.
Similarities include:
RECOMMENDATION:
Use water misters to spray psychedelics (e.g. MDMA, LSD, psilocybin) on hostile militants.
Most parts can be acquired at garden or hardware supply stores.
Made national headlines for being the most shoplifting Walgreen’s in the country, most stuff is locked up even frozen foods and ice cream and can tuna, but still stuff you can hijack, I’ve heard people made unlocked items for them to put in their bags and then proceed to leave, i have had much ease to shoplifting here. no security but i have heard rumors of cop that is nearby that may make you surrender your items.
Has laid back security that mostly just stays at the front of the store, I have shoplifted with ease, I think they mostly used as scarecrows, but police station is one block away but i wouldn’t about if its under $950…
Over guarded for no reson one had two overpaid monkees bombard me for putting one Dr.Bronners bar of soap in my butt pocket, they push hard but i resisted and got with not too much difficulty, but im built like a tank.
100 mile race, won by Michael Arnstein
What Kristina Eats In A Day
40 different stone fruits on one tree: plums, peaches, nectarines, apricots, cherries, pluots, etc
Nearby:
“
By the time the early season crop is harvested, the canopy of the later season crop will begin to fill in. This is not only efficient but can help with weed management and soil health by keeping living roots in the soil and a plant canopy above the soil surface.
By planting plants with different root structures together, you can aerate the soil and allow plants to pull nutrients from different parts of the soil profile.
Adding legumes like peas, beans and clover to your garden is another great way to maximize soil health.
Some companion plants can physically support each other, reducing the need for staking or trellising. The most famous example of this is the three sisters model, which integrates corn, squash and beans.
The three sisters model first emerged in Mesoamerica and has been used by many indigenous communities including Pueblo, Mandan and Iroquois tribes for hundreds of years. This model of combining corn, beans, squash and other vegetables is still the foundation of milpa farming systems in Mesoamerica today.
”
At SunCafe Organic, Anthony K Owusu tried:
“Hi, I’m a young Avocado Tree!
I’m looking for a place to settle, grow big, blossom flowers, and set fruit.
Could you get me to where I’m trying to go?”
“Is it a spot in earth to plant me where I’ll be protected from animals and have rich soil and water for a year or more?”
2.Yes
3.Yes
Could this place be a meeting place for a Plantathon?
A Plantathon is an event where people do a gardening spree.
4.Yes
Make it a party:
Garden Party
4.No, but it can use more plants
GrowHere
A: Yes, but it’s a private location.
You can share a private place for them to join, just make sure to set the location on the map to be a place you’re willing to rendezvous, and make sure to include a method to contact you in the access instructions, such as leaving a note in the comment section.
2.maybe
What’s the issue?
I need less water than you think, if you apply a generous layer of mulch around my base and biochar compost in my planting hole.
Concerned about soil quality?
Build and heal soil by applying biochar compost!
2.More than I can handle
That’s okay! Someone else may have shared a good location.
GrowHere Map
May my plant friends join me?
GrowHere!
Looking for a date? Let your future loved one know that you care about Earth’s life by posting your profile:
Plant Cute
If you’re in a hurry, find a nearby
Plant Sanctuary
1.No, I’m not interested
If you don’t want to help me, please leave me where I am or put me in a safe place
2.More about
I came from an extremely scrumptious, organically-grown avocado.
I may have genes from a Hass, Pinkerton, Bacon, GEM, Gwen, or Fuerte avocado, or many others!
Just like you, I am a new variety that has characteristic inherited from both of my parents.
Unlike you, I can be cloned from any of my branches, or I can receive a graft to grow another variety of avocado.
EcoExperiment
Additional:
We, fruit trees, care about humans, because humans care about us!
Post a Sanctuary for humans
Post a Safe Space for humans
BROUGHT TO YOU BY
BYTE
Gwen avocados sold at $2.75 or 2.5 lb bags at $10/each.
I find these to be similar to GEM avocados: soft buttery and flavorful.
Wild Roots sources organic locally-grown avocado varieties from Arrowhead Farms (Watsonville), including Bacon and Pinkerton, at $4.99/lb.
Organic medium-large hass avocados are sold at $5.99/lb, or small hass at $5-6 for 6.
My favorite from this store is the Pinkerton and small hass avocados. The creaminess and flavor of these avocados are amazing!
Mango
Native to India
SHARPENER/TACONE 3D PRINTER FILES
A volunteer at Pawprint Prototyping helped us print the veggie sharpener, scaled up the print to 3” wide with no sharpening.
Wide cucumbers and zucchini cut into handy edibowls! Top with anything you want! …As long is it isn’t too drippy 😝
This is the Willow Glen Ace Hardware Store where you can make a composting toilet.
|
|
|
Buy the components at the store and assemble them.
Here is free mulch, in the form of redwood shavings & woodchips.
What is your plan for the mulch?
🌸 |
🔥 |
🎨 |
Spreading woodchips on bare soil can supply nutrients and retain moisture to help regenerate ecosystems.
Adding woodchips to your compost can improve the smell and add carbon & nitrogen.
| Post Compost Pile | Find Compost Pile |
Burying woodchip with layers of compost and soil to make a mound-shaped garden bed is a method to increase soil fertility and growable surface area.
From bark.today
Woodchips and charcoal make an amazing medium to scoop into a composting toilet after each use.
| Post Composting Toilet | Find Composting Toilet | Learn how to make your own Composting Toilet |
If you pyrolyze wood, you make charcoal.
If you add charcoal to compost, you can produce biochar, a powerful soil conditioner that helps healthy growth of diverse plants, provides drought-tolerance and remediates (heals) contaminations, such as:
| Post Charcoal | Find Charcoal |
Redwood is easy to start a fire with, so it is a good kindling.
However, in a fire it crackles and is smoky, so it is recommended to incorporate other forms of wood to feed the full fire.
Please practice fire safety!
Fire can be beneficial to gardens by producing charcoal, which can be added to compost to produce a powerful remediation agent: biochar compost.
Optimize for producing charcoal by putting your fire out by pouring water on it or covering with dirt.
| Post Fire Pit | Find Fire Pits |
Share the art you make with woodchips for all to find, saved for eternity!
| Post | Find |
Brought to you by
Durian
Durian
Growing commercially
Durian
Mauritia flexuosa, AKA aguaje, is a palm fruit that is fatty and a savory, cheesy flavor.
Please come for as long or as little as you like. Even a quick hello is okay with no need to RSVP. Please read through our volunteer page, it’ll answer a lot of general questions that you may have. There’s always a large variety of different projects taking place at any one given time but generally, we try to fit people where they feel most empowered.
Here is a brief overview of activities available. From gardening to making soil, crafting to lite construction, tinkering to engineering.
Generally, there are four types of activities:
Ecological Light – watering, planting, trimming, spreading wood chips, working with sheep or chickens, general beautification
Ecological Heavy – habitat restoration, tree planting, turning compost
Building Light – building benches, fixing fences, signage, general beautification
Building Heavy – building structures, installing fences & gates, putting up solar, erecting art & sculpture
One thing we ask prior to visiting is filling out our digital waiver, for Adults and Minors
Hope to see you here and learn together!
I wish for these fatty fruits…
They are found in Asia and South America, so I may have to travel to get to them, though I also wish that I could propagate them in the Bay Area and that I would be naked in nature when I try them.
map-a-wish, wishlist | wishmap
Schedule: Thursday 9/14, 2:30-5pm
Learn how to:
RSVP by texting “Ready Ground” to 724-326-3426.
Donation-based:
Venmo @LeelaPlants | Cash $LeelaPlants | PayPal @LeelaHannSoden
Read more
Website
