Saturday, April 3rd 9-3pm

6900 Pecan Lane, Little Rock

Come and join us for the second volunteer day at Felder Farm! Stop by when you can, stay as long as you want. Snacks will be provided, but we recommend bringing your own water.

Check out the list of the activities you can participate in:
-Build a chicken coop
-Build a tomato trellis
-Plant cover crops
-Finish raised beds
-Harvest and wash spring greens
-Work on signs for front beds

Bring your friends and family to enjoy a day at the farm! We hope to see you there.

Well, the first volunteer day of 2010 has come and gone, and overall it was a great success! We were able to get the greenhouse cover on despite a chilly, windy day that was determined to prevent it from happening. Other jobs included working on the new chicken coop, planting some raised beds, and putting the flooring down inside the greenhouse.

When I wasn’t making pizzas from our propane oven, I spent some time working on breaking down cardboard and covering it with mulch for walkways in the garden. After Nancy cleared the path (aka the “hard work”) my job was to make sure the cardboard fit, that it didn’t blow away (or hit me in the head) and that I didn’t flip the wheelbarrow over while stumbling across the field with my mulch.

I’m looking forward to the gratifying part of putting plants into the ground, but I know that all this prep work will really make a difference. Check out more pictures from this day at the Felder Farm Facebook page….and maybe even become a fan!

Ciao-
Jason

Come and join us for our first Spring Volunteer Day at Felder Farm!

Where: Felder Farm (behind Felder Academy, 6900 Pecan Avenue, Little Rock, AR 72206)

When: Saturday, March 13, 9-3pm

All ability levels are welcome to participate and enjoy being outside! Snacks will be provided, but we recommend bringing your own water.

Check out the list of the activities you can participate in:

-Build a permanent asparagus bed and plant asparagus
-Finishing touches on greenhouse: i.e. stretch plastic, run electric, put down floor
-Build greenhouse tables: wash out barrels and screw on pallets
-Rake up garden beds
-Spread compost and mulch pathways
-Put in tomato trellis
-Mount dry erase board
-Fill planting boxes with soil and plant onions/radishes
-Transplant kale
-Work on irrigation system
-Turn Compost
-Build chicken coops

There will be other Volunteer Days to come, but none are more important than this one for getting us off to a fantastic season! We hope to see you Saturday at Felder.