For those that are signed up for the gardening class, we have to change the date of the class to 10/8. Sorry for the inconvenience and I hope you are all able to still attend. For those that were not able to come on 9/24 but are able to attend 10/8, please contact us so we can get your name on the list.
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In the Press
Thank you to Adrienne with Brevard Business News and Pam with Florida Today for writing two very nice articles about our business! If you missed these articles, go to the BBN website and download the August 15, 2011 issue and to the Florida Today website to view our articles.
Gardening Class
Mark your calenders! September 24, 2011 we will have our first class at the new facility! We are working on the agenda and will be sending that out in the next newsletter, but for now you can plan on being at the shop from 10am-12pm. More info to follow.
Become a Friend of the Farm
We are now accepting memberships for the farm. There is a $25 dollar annual fee to help with start up costs around the shop. Membership forms will soon be available online, but for now we are happy to meet you at the shop to take care of this. This membership is a work in progress and all benefits may not be available right away. We appreciate all of your support!
Member Benefits Include
First access to what’s growing at PBP
Gardening classes
Discounts at EastCoastHydro.com
Private dinners at Potbelly Farms
Access to Deep Roots Meat
Access to raw dairy products
Live video feed from the farm
Advanced growing information and videos
Access to other farms within our network
Donations
We still have a long way to go to make all of our dreams come true. We have had some interest in investment and donation. We extend the invitation to any that wishes to see this business grow to feel free to contact us or visit PotbellyProduce.com and click the ‘Donate’ button. Make an appointment and see what we are doing and where our visions put us in the next 5 years!
Big thanks to Nature’s Control for sending us some super hungry aphid destroyers! We have had some issues with aphids in the greenhouse so we called Nature’s Control in Medford, Oregon. They are number one in natural pest control, you can purchase their products from us or order directly from them at naturescontrol.com. Here’s some pics of our organic avengers hunting these destructive little pests.
We have Basil, Romaine, Cilantro and some Butter Head lettuce ready for market. The basil is loving the warmer weather but the lettuce not so much. Stay tuned to see our upcoming mods to cool down the greenhouse.
Just to let everyone know we sell our lettuce to anyone who wants it! If you want to have some delivered email us or give us a call. We are working on some programs to make it easier for people to have acess to local produce. So if you think you can move some of this fantastic local green we want to talk to you. We are currently looking for local outlets for our products.
Grow Your Own! It tastes better!
Here it is! Finally got our design finished for our 24 plant site system. It retails for 399.00. Our systems come with everthing you need to grow a crop and then some! We also have started the “Brown Thumb Guarantee.” If you buy from us we will supply you with plant seedlings, so if you kill them or grow to harvest we will behappy resupply you when you need it. Give us a call if you are interested in growing some food for yourself. Peace!
We were out at the Avenues last night with great success. Come join us every Tuesday 3p till 8p in the courtyard by the Pizza Gallery. Hope to see you there!
NFT is the style of system that we use in the greenhouse for all the lettuce’s. NFT stands for Nutrient Film Technique and describes the feeding system for the plants. We fill the reservoir with rain water or RO (reverse osmosis) water which is the purest water with a TDS (Total Dissolved Solids) of around 0 ppm (parts per million). It is important not to have any elements in the water before adding your nutrients as it will be unclear to what is already in the water. (For example: tap water is full of chlorine, fluoride, and numerous pharmaceutical drugs as well as toxic waste, all which are poisonous to our plants, as well as us!)
Once we have filled our reservoirs with water, we then add the nutrients. For the lettuces and herbs, we use a Grow formula which is high in Nitrogen which plants require during their vegetative (or growth) state. Since lettuces and herbs do not need to flower for consumption, we only need to use this one formula, we just increase the strength as the crop grows bigger. We did purchase a crop specific nutrient from the manufacturer of the system, American Hydroponics, but have not begun to use it yet. We’ll update you when we do.
Back to NFT, now we have our water and nutrients mixed and the system is running. Nutrient Film Technique sort of speaks for itself. The water/nutrient solution is pumped to the “top” of the system and then uses gravity to flow down the gutter. This creates a “film” at the root zone soaking the media (we use rockwool, as this is the most efficient media for the NFT system). The water then flows into a gutter at the “bottom” of the gutters and drains back to the reservoir, creating a recirculating system.
We were there on the first day of this new market and the response was awesome! Big thanks to Barbara for getting us out there. We will be out at the corner of US1 and 192 every Saturday from 10am – 3pm. Stay tuned as in a couple weeks we will be out at the Avenues in Viera for an even bigger market. The Viera market runs Tuesday evenings officially from 4pm – 8pm but there are vendors set up as early as 1pm! Come out and support us at these two wonderful markets! (Give us a couple weeks to ge out to Viera. Our target start is February 16.) Thanks to all of Pam’s friends that stopped by from Lou’s Blue’s in Indianatlantic! And special thanks to grandpa for stopping by too!!!
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