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24/10/2023

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🍇🏡 Berrylicious plants for your landscape! Join us on Saturday October 28, 2023 (10 am – 12 pm) to transform your outdoor space with Goji Berry, Blackberry, and Mulberry plants. These beauties not only make your garden pop but also provide ongoing wellness perks. 🌱🍒 Plus, take two plants of your choice home to enjoy the charm and bounty for good! 🌳🌞 🌼🌱🍇 Register: https://Berryliciousflagler.eventbrite.com
Cost: $33.85

30/09/2023

HOMEOWNER HYDROPONICS:
If you are wondering about hydroponics, UF/IFAS Extension Agent Brittany Council-Morton has some answers! Her Homeowner Hydroponics Class is designed to introduce you to hydroponics and send you home with your own hydroponic bucket to begin your adventure at home!
The Registration fee covers one bucket kit per family and the cost is only $30.00.
Visit the Eventbrite link to sign up today as space is limited!
See the flyer below for more information and the link to sign up:

https://volusiahomehydroponics.eventbrite.com

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09/09/2023

And we CAN make it happen❤️

05/09/2023

HAVE YOU EVER THOUGHT ABOUT PLANTING A FOOD FOREST?

If you’ve ever wandered back roads in a developing, tropical country, you know that many of the locals grow much of their own food. You might also have noticed that their food gardens aren’t comprised entirely of small annual vegetables planted in straight rows like ours are. They are typically wild-looking plantings of edible trees, shrubs, vines, and ground covers all mingling effortlessly together, as if Mother Nature had planted the garden according to her own design. These are literally forests of food.

Forest gardening has been the standard for millennia in many tropical regions, but it’s possible in more temperate climes as well. A British chap by the name of Robert Hart first popularized the concept among European and North American gardeners with the publication of his book Forest Gardening: Cultivating an Edible Landscape in the 1980s. Food forests have also figured prominently in the permaculture movement, an approach to designing agricultural systems that mimic natural ecosystems.

Why Food Forests?
Food forests are like the ultimate organic garden. Does a forest need tilling, weeding, fertilizer, or irrigation? Nope. And that’s the goal.

Because they’re mostly perennial crops, there’s no need to till. Not tilling preserves the natural soil structure, preventing the loss of topsoil and allowing all the little microbes and soil critters to do their jobs, cycling nutrients and maintaining fertility. The deep roots of trees and shrubs make them much more drought tolerant than annual vegetables, and they shade the smaller plants below, keeping everything lush and moist in a self-maintaining—in other words, a highly sustainable—system.

Step 1: CHOOSE PLANTS
The first step in establishing a food forest is to choose your plants. The largest plants will reach into the sun, so most common fruiting trees and shrubs are fair game. The smaller plants generally need to be more shade tolerant, as they will be in the under story. But you can leave sunny patches here and there—like little forest clearings—to accommodate species that need more light (though see Step 3 for a trick to make the most of the available sunlight).

Winter is the ideal time to get started, because most edible trees, shrubs, vines, and herbaceous plants can be purchased and planted while dormant, which is better for the plants—and for your bank account. That’s because at this time of year they are sold in “bare root” form—meaning without soil or a pot—which gives the roots a more natural structure and costs less for nurseries to produce. Bare root plants are typically ordered in January or February, for planting in early March, or as soon as the ground thaws in your area. Naturally, you’ll want to stick with species that are well-adapted to your region.

CANOPY: This layer is primarily for large nut trees that require full sun throughout the day, such as pecans, walnuts, and chestnuts, all of which mature to a height of 50 feet or more.

UNDER STORY TREES: This layer is for smaller nut trees, like filberts, and the majority of fruit trees. The most shade tolerant fruit trees include native North American species like black mulberry, American persimmon and pawpaw, though many other fruit trees will produce a respectable crop in partial shade.

Vines: Grapes, kiwis, and passion fruit are the most well-known edible vines, though there are many other more obscure specimens to consider, some of which are quite shade tolerant, such as akebia (edible fruit), chayote (a perennial squash), and groundnuts (perennial root crop). Kolomitka kiwi, a close relative of the fuzzy kiwis found in supermarkets, is among the most shade-tolerant vines.

SHRUBS: A large number of fruiting shrubs thrive in partial shade, including gooseberries, currants, service berries, huckleberry, elderberry, aronia, and honey berry, along with the “super foods” sea berry and goji. Blackberry and Blueberry bushes will work well here in the U.S.

HERBACEOUS PLANTS: This category includes not only plants commonly thought of as herbs—rosemary, thyme, oregano, lavender, mint and sage are a few of the top perennial culinary herbs to consider for your forest garden—but is a catch-all term for all leafy plants that go dormant below ground in winter and re-sprout from their roots in spring. This layer is where perennial vegetables, like artichokes, rhubarb, asparagus and “tree collards” fit in.

GROUND COVERS: These are perennial plants that spread horizontally to colonize the ground plane. Edible examples include alpine strawberries (a shade tolerant delicacy), sorrel (a French salad green), nasturtiums (has edible flowers and leaves), and watercress (requires wet soil), all of which tolerate part shade.

RHIZOSPERE: This refers to root crops. It’s a bit misleading to call it a separate layer, since the top portion of a root crop may be a vine, shrub, ground cover or herb, but it’s Hart’s way of reminding us to consider the food-producing potential of every possible ecological niche. Most common root crops are sun-loving annuals, however so you’ll have to look to more obscure species, such as the fabled Andean root vegetables oca, ulluco, yacon, and mashua, for shade-tolerant varieties.

Step 2: PREPARE THE GROUND
Choose an open, sunny location for your forest garden. It can be as small as 100 square feet—a single fruit tree and an assortment of understory plants—or multiple acres. At the larger, commercial-scale end of the spectrum, forest gardening is often referred to as agroforestry. A number of tropical crops, including coffee and chocolate, are grown commercially in this way, though commercial agroforestry is uncommon in North America (other than in the context of timber plantations).

Unlike preparing for a conventional vegetable garden, there is no need to till the earth and form it into beds in preparation for a forest garden. Instead, dig a hole for each individual plant, just as if you were planting ornamental shrubs and trees. However, if the soil quality is poor, you may wish to “top-dress” the entire planting area with several inches of compost prior to planting.

One situation in which raised beds are desirable in a food forest is where drainage is poor. But rather than make the effort to construct conventional raised beds from wood, you may opt to sculpt the earth into low, broad mounds at the location of each tree. Smaller plants may then be positioned along the slopes of the mounds. A variation on this approach is to sculpt the earth into long linear “swales,” which consist of a raised berm (to provide a well-drained planting location) and a broad, shallow ditch (to collect rainwater runoff and force it to percolate into the soil beneath the planting berm).

You will need to eliminate any weeds, grass or other existing vegetation prior to planting. This can be done manually, or by smothering them under a “sheet mulch,” a permaculture tactic in which sheets of cardboard are overlaid with several inches of mulch on top of the vegetation, starving the plants for light and causing them to compost in place. Compost may be added as a layer between the cardboard and the mulch to add extra nutrients. Permaculturists often employ sheet mulching in conjunction with swales to enhance the area prior to planting.

When you’re ready to plant, simply brush aside the mulch and cut holes in the cardboard just big enough to dig a planting hole at the location of each plant. Then slide the mulch back around the newly installed plant. Maintaining a deep mulch is the key to preventing weeds, conserving soil moisture and boosting organic matter—all things that will help your food forest be self-maintaining and self-sufficient
Step 3: PLANT
The next step is to arrange your plants in the landscape. Position the tallest species (i.e. the ‘canopy’ plants) at the northern end of the planting area, with progressively smaller plants toward the southern end. This way the taller plants will cast less shade on the smaller ones, especially at the beginning and end of the growing season when the days are shorter and the sun hangs lower in the sky.

Of course, truly shade tolerant plants may be interspersed throughout the understory of the forest garden. You might even consider cultivating mushrooms in the shadiest zones once the large trees have matured. Edible vines may be planted on any accessible fences, arbors, or walls, and you can also train vines up trees, just like Mother Nature does—just be sure the tree is significantly larger than the vine to avoid the tree getting smothered.

The edges of the food forest are suitable for sun-loving annual vegetables, if you wish to include them. Also, keep in mind that it takes decades for large tree to reach their mature size, so in the early years of a food forest there is ample sunlight. Plant sun-loving species in the open spaces between trees and then replace them with more shade-tolerant plants as the forest matures. Good info by Modern Farmer

Good Healthy HEIRLOOM SEEDS will make all the difference when you want to get a good start on your Food Forest. At THE SEED GUY, we have a great Heirloom Seed package that has 60 Heirloom Seed Varieties, 34,000 total Seeds, all Non GMO and Sale Priced at $79.

You get 49 Veggie varieties and 11 Herb Seed varieties. You would definitely be able to Feed Your Family with this Seed package, and you can store the Seeds you don't use right away in the 10 x 14 silver mylar bag we provide. All Heirloom Seeds are Small Farm-Grown, we hand count and package to make sure you get the best germination, and they are fresh from the New Harvest.

You can see Seed varieties and Order this Seed package on our website at https://theseedguy.net/seed-packages/50-60-variety-heirloom-seed-package.html

You can also see our other 8 Heirloom Seed Packages. and all our individual varieties in Stock on our Seed Guy website at https://theseedguy.net/15-seed-packages

You can Call Us 7 days a week, and up to 10:00 pm each night, to ask questions or to place an Order at 918-352-8800

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14/03/2023

IT'S COMING!!! OUR 25TH ANNUAL PLANT FAIRE!! Mark your calendars and get your wagon ready! March 18th, gate opens at 8:30 am! Come early for the best selections. CASH OR CHECK ONLY!

Our annual sale helps to support our Master Gardener Volunteer Program and maintain our demonstration landscape! Come and join us on March 18th!

Project Vineyard always has and always will be about educating the people  on how to heal themselves. While our new webs...
01/03/2022

Project Vineyard always has and always will be about educating the people on how to heal themselves. While our new website is under construction, we will be sharing some recipes from our arsenal that will help our people overcome generational health issues. Please share this information. Order your herbs from a reputable vendor and start healing yourselves.

♥️♥️♥️ The only thing I’d add is wormwood
12/11/2021

♥️♥️♥️ The only thing I’d add is wormwood

27/10/2021

November's edibles to plant include broccoli, beets, Brussels sprouts, kale, onions and more! We love the cooler weather, don't you?

You can learn how to add these crops to your garden on Gardening Solutions: https://gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu/plants/edibles/

For 2021 we're releasing a new edition of each of our Edibles to Plant infographics. If you have an older version of this infographic saved, we suggest replacing it with this updated and expanded version: https://gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu/plants/plant-of-the-month/what-to-plant/what-to-plant-in-november.html

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30/08/2021

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It's September and the fall planting is in full swing! It's time to plant beans, carrots, onions, squash, broccoli, greens, and so much more.

You can learn how to add these crops to your garden on Gardening Solutions: https://gardeningsolutions.ifas.ufl.edu/plants/plant-of-the-month/what-to-plant/what-to-plant-in-september.html

For 2021 we're releasing a new edition of each of our Edibles to Plant infographics. If you have an older version of this infographic saved, we suggest replacing it with this updated and expanded version (link in bio).

31/03/2021

Seedling tutorial

We’ll be going live in 10 minutes to show everyone how to start seedlings for the upcoming season. See you at lunch 😚
31/03/2021

We’ll be going live in 10 minutes to show everyone how to start seedlings for the upcoming season. See you at lunch 😚

Tune in today at 12 PM EDT for our spring planting episode! Special guest Kwana Jacobs will teach us an easy seed starting technique to get our gardens growing! Tune in here, right on our page!

Join us on your lunch break to learn how to start  seedlings 🌱
30/03/2021

Join us on your lunch break to learn how to start seedlings 🌱

This week we have a special gardening segment planned for our Wellness Wednesday Facebook Live with special guest, Kwana Jacobs, CEO of Project Vineyard: Seed Starting 101! You'll need: spray bottle, paper towel, vegetable seeds, and a ziplock bag!

Join us live tomorrow to learn a quick and inexpensive way to start your seeds! See you there
30/03/2021

Join us live tomorrow to learn a quick and inexpensive way to start your seeds! See you there

Join us tomorrow, Wed. 3/31, at 12 PM EDT for a special gardening live on our page! Special guest, Kwana Jacobs, will teach an easy seed starting technique to help your plants grow using just a few simple tools: spray bottle, paper towel, vegetable seeds, and a ziplock bag!

Green Smoothies anyone? Check out this blog from  they host ‘Wellness Wednesday’ every week at 12p to share a plethora o...
25/03/2021

Green Smoothies anyone? Check out this blog from they host ‘Wellness Wednesday’ every week at 12p to share a plethora of information about all things self care 💆🏾‍♀️ 💇🏼‍♀️ 🧖🏾‍♀️

Healthy Green Smoothie Recipe & Demo St. Patrick's Day Wellness Wednesday Replay This recipe was such a big hit on our recent Wellness Wednesday Facebook Live on St. Patrick's Day! We had so much fun with the recipe's creator, Xonna Clark, LDN and we can't wait to have her back on again soon! In...

We’re back at it‼️ Our first Spring Garden Installation of the season🥔🥕🧅🥬🥒🫑🤤ProjectVineyard.com
13/03/2021

We’re back at it‼️ Our first Spring Garden Installation of the season🥔🥕🧅🥬🥒🫑🤤
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We’re at it again 😊 Here’s Yesterday’s Installation 🥦🥬🧅🧄🌶 🥑🫑🥒🥕🥔Elevated Vegetable Garden delivery and installation Proje...
13/03/2021

We’re at it again 😊 Here’s Yesterday’s Installation
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04/02/2021

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30/12/2020

Just Say no to Overpruning🤷🏾‍♀️

Almost everyone in the south knows what a Crepe Myrtle is as they adorn most streets. During the summer, they are one of the only plants that put on such a show during despite the 90 degree weather that plagues us. Come winter time, everyone that owns a Crepe Myrtle understands they need to be pruned, yet many trees get "Crepe Murdered."
Crepe murdering a tree is when you top the Crepe Myrtle instead of selectively pruning specific branches. There are many reasons as to why we shouldn't top a Crepe Myrtle:
1. For starters, it's ugly.
2. Along with appearance, topping Crepe Myrtles (or any tree for that matter), greatly reduces the health of the tree.
-- Removing the whole canopy of the tree reduces the photosynthesis process, effecting the trees ability to take in nutrients and properly feed itself.
-- Topping actually encourages a brunt of new growth as the tree tries to reform its canopy. These new limbs end up weaker than those previously removed.
-- Each limb that is severed becomes a fresh wound for the tree. This can be likened to a lizard losing its tail. While lizard tails regrow, imagine if the lizard tail was cut monthly. The lizard would continually be at risk to disease and have reduced health compared to a lizard whose tail was never severed.
3. Topping is not necessary for increased blooms.
When pruning Crepe Myrtles, like any other tree, the goal should be a natural look for the tree. The best time to prune Crepe Myrtles is late January to February.
1. Prune any suckers that are at the base of the tree.
2. Prune any side branches off the main trunk(s). The main trunk is normally the first 4-5 feet of the tree unless you have a young Crepe Myrtle. If your Crepe Myrtle is young, you will need to determine what the main trunk(s) will be.
3. Remove limbs that are growing inwards or crossing over each other. Leave limbs that are growing outwards.
4. Prune any weak growth that does not lend to an attractive look and feel.
Remember to always make sure to make all cuts flush with a larger branch to ensure that no knots/knobs are left on the tree. If your tree has been crepe murdered in the past, this can be healed: https://scotland.ces.ncsu.edu/2017/04/crepe-murder/

10/10/2020

Sow and Sow Gardens

I was a having a slug issue in the garden. I Googled and it said to use beer. I put it out last night and checked this morning. Well...... IT WORKED!!!!!!! I didn't realize it was that many!!!!

08/10/2020

Project Vineyard

09/09/2020

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Fall Sale Elevated COMPLETE GARDEN PRO With Soil, Irrigation, and Plants for $349.

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Project Vineyard is a labor of love given to Food Desert Residents in an effort to distribute NON-GMO OR HYBRIDIZED foods in urban communities. Project Vineyard goes throughout our community clearing land for planting backyard gardens and partners with Minority owned farms as an organic produce distributor.