Volunteers prepare a bed in the native plant Founder's Plot, surrounded by vibrant Aquilegia canadensis, or Eastern Red Columbine.

Community Farm Work Days are all about many hands making light work of bigger projects on the farm.
The next Community Farm Work Day will take place on Saturday, July 13^th from 10am - 1pm : join the annual garlic harvest! Volunteers will help pull up and trim thousands of garlic plants in this once-a-year project. All ages and abilities are welcome. Please note that if you would like to join with a large group, please reach out via email.
Sign Ups are Open.

A selection of these were transplanted to the farm's Education Garden, which is busy filling in beds for visiting school and children's groups who will take charge of their care.

However, the majority of these plants were designated for other Westchester County sites in need of native flora: Rye Nature Center, Lasdon Park & Arboretum, Kensico Dam and Muscoot Farm all received some of the above specimens over the course of the weekend. 

The warm weather and rainy days have led to plant life growing all over the farm. Weeding is such an important activity throughout the whole growing season, but especially so when seedlings are just getting established. 

Three beds of peas were overrun with weeds, which crowded in the small space between aisles of landscape fabric. The peas now have space to grow and the first pods are almost ready to harvest!

Weeding and pruning has continued in the strawberry field, where there is finally an abundance of berries thanks to a steady stream of volunteer care. These plants are growing up fast!

Volunteers who join us on Friday mornings help with the berry harvest, quickly perusing many beds of berries thanks to many helping hands.

Great job everyone! 

Volunteers have been pulling weeds all across the farm, from the field to the fencline and even around last year's newly planted food forest: trees that will produce fruit or nuts within the next few years, for all to enjoy. 

Here, a team of volunteers worked hard to clear invasive mugwort and trumpet vine weeds that were competing with young Paw Paw trees. This planting is along the driveway just next to the Education Garden. 

Other food forest locations can be found along the farm's border with Hanover Street, and alongside the Historic House. 

A volunteer group- visiting interns from County Executive Latimer's office- pitched in on a hot day to lay down landscape fabric for the newly planted raspberry beds. Then, we took a trip down to the Trees for Tribs space to beat the heat and clear the beginning of a trail through this space. 

Native plant staff and volunteers have been working hard in Field ^ of the growing fields, a corner section that is slowly filling in with many varieties of native plants. Much of the early summer work in this area has involved mulching, including using cardboard mulch to discourage weed growth. 

After weeding, and laying cardboard, and finally laying mulch, the native plant beds are looking neat and tidy!

Throughout May, the farm's growing fields were filled with young seedlings and there were often extra plants left over. Rather than compost them,  we strive to donate these seedlings to support community gardens and places that give back to those in need. 

Here, one car was loaded up with vegetable seedlings that were then dispersed to two different gardens, both of which donate all produce grown to a local pantry. 

Some visitors may have already met Nori, right, the dog of our new farm manager, Danny. Nori loves riding in the gator and playing fetch.

Below, our three ladies are enjoying an afternoon on the hillside and admiring the view through their new fence.