By Gainesville Eye

^{_{Modified on July 29th, 2024 at 8:44 am}
June 16, 2024 at 10:11 am}

Biochar Workshop: 3rd Saturdays

biochar, EcoAction, Garden Party, party, social, Workshop

They produce biochar here, from morning to 4

(Doesn’t meet July-September)

By leela

^{January 13, 2024 at 9:09 am}

Sowed Rambutan

EcoAction, Guerrilla Gardening, sow

By leela

^{January 1, 2024 at 11:26 am}

Sow: Jackfruit

EcoAction, sow

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!

By leela

^{_{Modified on December 15th, 2023 at 9:22 am}
December 15, 2023 at 9:21 am}

Sow: Coehadjoe Park

EcoAction, Obstacle Course, Playground, sow

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.

By leela

^{_{Modified on September 4th, 2023 at 8:00 am}
September 4, 2023 at 7:59 am}

WedSun: REAP Climate Center

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!

By leela

^{_{Modified on July 17th, 2023 at 8:16 am}
July 17, 2023 at 8:15 am}

Compost Experiment 🧪

Compost Experiment, EcoAction, Experiment

Idea

See if a spot of biochar compost (plus seeds of avocados, jackfruit, lychees, longans) changes the grow culture of a spot on the periphery of this farm.

Implementation

By leela

^{_{Modified on July 11th, 2023 at 5:33 pm}
July 7, 2023 at 9:40 pm}

Sow Adventures

CreekSow, EcoAction, sow

T & I scattered seeds along a creek near here for a few days

Seeds:

Kinds:	Quantities:
Cherimoya avocado mango longan rambutan passionfruit cantaloupe	~40 ~20 ~7 ~10 ~12 ~10 ~80

Special Sources: Local avocados

Sow site: fast running creek.

Scattered fruit remains / compost among plants on embankments.

Conrad says that this method works, just needs a lot of seeds to be sure.

By leela

^{June 30, 2023 at 1:17 pm}

🥑 Tree

EcoAction, EcoResource, fruit tree, transplant, tree

📷

Variety

Seedling Avocado

Germination Date (approx)

2019 or 2020

Planting Date (approx)

June 2023

Vitality

All mature leaves fell off while in container, new growth since transplanting

Care Instructions

Assess moisture and growth stage, water when needed

By leela

^{_{Modified on June 30th, 2023 at 12:26 pm}
at 12:24 pm}

Litter Cleanup

DXE, EcoAction, Litter Cleanup

By leela

^{_{Modified on June 30th, 2023 at 8:03 am}
at 8:01 am}

Guerrilla 🛹🌸 Wildflowers

EcoAction, Guerrilla Gardening, SFinBloom, sow

SFinBloom using an eSkateboard (electric skateboard) to navigate to dry container planters on Fern St and disperse wildflower seeds.

By leela

^{_{Modified on July 13th, 2023 at 2:21 pm}
June 14, 2023 at 7:35 pm}

🎭🪴 Phantom Planter

EcoAction, EcoTeam, Food Forest, Guerrilla Garden, Plantathon

The Phantom Planter plants trees anonymously around England and inspires a “Paramili-tree” movement.

Plants

Apple Trees
Plum Trees

PhantomPlanter.com

By leela

^{_{Modified on June 30th, 2023 at 8:02 am}
at 3:34 pm}

Sow Wildflowers

EcoAction, Guerrilla Garden, Guerrilla Gardening, SFinBloom, sow

https://youtu.be/pIysub8tjN0

@SFinBloom

By leela

^{_{Modified on July 3rd, 2023 at 9:36 am}
May 22, 2023 at 5:45 pm}

Plant Upkeep

EcoAction, Plant Maintenance, Plant Upkeep

Here my friend Tim performed plant upkeep.

📷

Notes:

Tim trimmed a pair of pear trees.

By leela

^{_{Modified on March 4th, 2023 at 3:26 pm}
March 4, 2023 at 1:59 pm}

SeedLuck w/ Baris 2023-3-3

compost deposit, EcoAction, Experiment, growlunch, sow, sowWalk

We left our clothes at the trail intersection with the intention to return with wildflower seeds.

not pictured: 3 gallons of finished tropical fruit biochar compost and lunch (1 orange, 1 grapefruit, 1/2 pineapple and 1/3 mango)

7-day forecast:

By leela

^{September 24, 2022 at 12:59 pm}

Life Force 🪴🏃 Plantathon

EcoAction, Life Force, Plantathon

The Plantathon at Life Force consists of gathering donated plants and seeds and finding locations to plant them.

Activity Leaders (tentative): Leela, Jeff, Kaitlyn, Ben, Michael

Materials: shovels, plant protector fences, stakes, container plants & seed packets.

By leela

^{September 19, 2022 at 2:49 pm}

Life Force

EcoAction, EcoFest, Plantathon

By leela

^{_{Modified on May 18th, 2022 at 3:44 pm}
May 18, 2022 at 3:43 pm}

🌰 Sow

EcoAction, sow

Here is where seeds are sown.

Image

Seed Kinds & Quantities

8-12 avocado
5-8 mango
many papaya
many cantaloupe

Seed Source

Fruit from Sprouts

Notes

Sowed avo & mango 3-5’ apart along 30’ span

Buried seeds with mixed fruit skins/rinds

Soil Conditions

Dry leaves cover 5-15 inches deep, below is either:

wet decomposing leaves & soil
dry crumbly dirt

👀 Check On Me

See updates in the comments below, or share your own:

Copy a link to this note and paste it under Activity in a new 👀 Check.

By leela

^{_{Modified on May 28th, 2023 at 6:34 pm}
April 11, 2022 at 8:44 pm}

💚 ComPost

compost, deployed compost, EcoAction

This is a site where compost was deposited in 3 holes on 12/3/20.

Image

Compost Source

Here There Gardens

By leela

^{_{Modified on July 14th, 2022 at 8:14 am}
at 4:16 pm}

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Commit, EcoAction, humanure

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