Union Street Farmer’s Market
| When: | Back to Calendar » June 27, 2012 @ 4:00 pm - 7:00 pm | |
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| Repeats: | Weekly on Wednesday - forever | |
| Where: | Bo Diddly Community Plaza 111 E University Ave Gainesville,FL 32601 USA |
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| Cost: | Free (with option to purchase items as desired) | |
| Contact: | Travis 352-258-6345 Travis@foginfo.org |
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Located in the center of downtown Gainesville since 1996, the Union Street Farmers Market vendors work hard each week to maintain its status as the preeminent year round family and community oriented event held in this area.
Situated on the Bo Diddley Community Plaza at 111 E. University Ave, each week local farmers, bakers, artisans, musicians, and dancers join with our intensely loyal customers in a timeless celebration of this community’s seasonal bounty.
Open 52 weeks of the year the market continues its quest to make the world a better place- one vegetable at a time!
My husband and I and our 3 young cdehlrin (3,6, 8)bought our second home last year.It sits on 3 acres in west. PA.-about a 1/2 acre is wooded.I have always been a gardening enthusiast,although I still have quite a lot to learn-especially in the area of organic gardening.I am,however,constantly reading up to learn as much as possible.My hope is to start a small scale organic veg. buisness over the next 2 years.There are quite a few farmers markets in the area where I could at least get my start.I’m also interested in selling to restaraunts in the area.Finally,most of the responsibilities of the buisness would fall on me as my husband works full time outside the home.I am currently a stay at home mom and believe that this would be a great way for me to do what I love and believe in while I continue to stay home with my cdehlrin.Any advice,experiences or resources anyone can share would be very much appreciated.
Have you grown onions beofre? Is it worth it? I hadn’t thought of adding those to my garden since they’re fairly cheap, but I’m up for it if they turn out well.I try to only grow things we will really use or would normally buy. This year it’s broccoli, green beans, carrots, cabbage, zuc/squash, peppers and artichokes and maybe onions!
We have a large backyard in our sutrheon Illinois home, and I’m very interested in planting an ORGANIC vegetable garden. To say I don’t have a green thumb is a huge understatement. I’ll probably start off small, but I’d like to eventually have the following:Red PotatoesOnionsLettuceCabbageTomatoesGreen PeppersCeleryStrawberriesGrape VinesApple TreesBroccoliCucumbersGreen BeansPeasPumpkinsCornThese are the fruits and vegetables that my family consumes constantly and our grocery bill is OUTRAGEOUS. Plus I’m trying to become more responsible concerning chemicals pesticides so I’d like to do this as naturally as possible. We don’t have many organic products to choose from in the stores around here, so I figure if I want to do this I’ll have to grow my own.I don’t know the first thing about gardening let alone organic gardening so I’m feeling overwhelemed and don’t really know where to begin. Do you have some good advice or online resources that will help me get started? Also, any advice or resources on canning vegetables for the winter would also be appreciated. THANKS!!!!!!
I really do not want to use fecnigidus in my garden to control my leaf disease that is the very last option, so please just let me know if you have any proven organic, natural, or home remedies to help me.I noticed it this morning and it is my fault. I usually hand water my garden but with the heat and humidity I started just turning on the sprinkler and going back inside. I didn’t realize just a few days of this could do so much damage. I’ve also slacked a little on the upkeep and stuff.I have cut back most of the damaged leaves on the tomatoes, and pulled a few plants out to help with air circulation. I have also pulled out my basil because it looks like it was affected as well. I did leave a few leaves on there because the plant is in direct sunlight for 10-12 hours a day and I do not want it to be scorched.My mother suggested I mix some soap, water, and vinegar and spray the leaves, any one heard of this? Not that I don’t trust her but before I start spraying away I want to here what has worked for others in the past.What organic, natural, or home remedies does anyone have to control my Septoria and Blight?
I am sure that you are not an idiot. Gardening organically takes time and eoffrt but is worth it. I don’t know if they still publish or not, but if they do; look for Organic Gardening magazine. It is produced by Rodale Press. Most of my gardening abilities were learned from that wonderful little magazine. In a nutshell, here are some ideas:Decide on the size and shape of garden you want and mark the corners with stakes.Either dig or rototill the ground to loosen it.Cover the ground with several inches of grass clippings, leaves, straw, etc and work it deep into the soil.Plant your garden using the spacing noted on the seed packages. As your soil gets richer through years of composting, you can cheat the plants closer together.As the plants come up, thin them to the correct spacing and keep them free of weeds.Mulch them in with leaves, grass clippings, newspaper, straw, etc to keep the weeds out and moisture in.Try to keep insects under control by picking them off by hand, using organic sprays, spraying soapy water on the plants, or by putting a handful of the culprits into a blender and mixing the paste with water and spraying it on your plants.Good Luck!
I think we are getting betetr at being environmental friendly in this country, and the environmental education in schools is catching on.There are lots of good schemes going in communities through agencies like Ecoschools, Grounds for Learning and Learning Through Landscapes which are helping, and Greenspace projects work extensively with communities, as well as local authority green and recycling schemes, which are consistantly developing. So all in all, I think the future for UK ecofriendliness is fairly positive.It will take a while to happen though, but I think the changes need to be made in Government. If I could afford solar panels, a windmill, a green roof, a hybrid or electric car and could rely on public transport to get me to work in less than 2 hours, my carbon footprint would substantially decrease, and I’m sure I’m not the only one. If they gave everyone in the UK a windmill and solar panels and set up community generators, rather than digging up sensitive and sssi designated land for windfarms it would cost less, but the problem here is that it creates less work and isn’t good for business to encourage people to be more self suffiecient the energy companies would lose out big time.In my house, we already reuse and recycle everything we can, bike when we can, use the higher octane fuel in the car (which is meant to be slightly kinder), grow some of our own fruit and veg, use less energy, etc, etc. But hitting us with taxes when we are trying to do our best by the planet isn’t going to help. I agree that the changes need to be made commercially, as we are often victims of trade in what is available to purchase, and we are already being taxed to high heavens. Speaking of the heavens, the only tax I would change is for planes, and add the extra a375 cost to flights, but rather than giving it to the government or flight agents, put it directly to planting more trees and saving the rainforest.The problem is that enterprise and business seem to come before the needs of the environment, as economics hold a special place in the heart of politicians. And in the UK, we add 2% to the world carbon emissions, and this needs to be balanced against what the rest of the world is burning. Shouldn’t China and the USA take a bit of extra responsibility, although it’s good to hear that Arnie is behind California going green. Surely there is money to be made in the new technologies which are more efficient, and helping the 3rd world countries could potentially open up business and trade. It’s a big, hard ugly problem that isn’t going to be solved overnight by taxing everyone.