Warning: Undefined variable $thumb in /usr/www/users/ozcfcbvcgt/wp-content/plugins/auto-excerpt-everywhere/auto-excerpt-everywhere.php on line 136 Dear Friend of the Farm Please help us flourish! The seeds we planted together at the Oranjezicht City Farm are sprouting. Seeds of vegetables. Of beauty. Of sustainability. Of community. Of change.  These are exciting times. In the five months since we cleared the grass from the bowling green in February, we have seen the site transformed with paths, beds, trees and all things green and growing (organically, of course!). Heritage and heirloom Read more [...]

Warning: Undefined variable $thumb in /usr/www/users/ozcfcbvcgt/wp-content/plugins/auto-excerpt-everywhere/auto-excerpt-everywhere.php on line 136 Dear Friend of the Farm Join the Veggielution!   Dig our up-and-coming events. From a youth workshop aimed at 15-18 year-olds to a soulful music performance for all ages, we hope that one of our events will move you to join us down at the Farm. Leaders of the Future Workshop Inspired by urban gardener, Ron Finley, of South Central Los Angeles, who says that urban farmers can be cooler than any hipster, OZCF presents a three-day youth workshop in the July school holidays. Aimed at Read more [...]

Warning: Undefined variable $thumb in /usr/www/users/ozcfcbvcgt/wp-content/plugins/auto-excerpt-everywhere/auto-excerpt-everywhere.php on line 136 Dear Friend of the Farm What's the best gift for Mom? Celebrating Mom with Mother Nature. What’s as nurturing as mothers love?  If you ask us, it’s celebrating Mother Nature with your Mom and cultivating seeds that grow into healthy veggies that nourish Mom and your family.  Whether you have a mother, or you are a mother yourself, if you want to be around for many years to come, use this Mother’s Day to start making small healthy changes in your everyday routines that will have a lasting Read more [...]

Warning: Undefined variable $thumb in /usr/www/users/ozcfcbvcgt/wp-content/plugins/auto-excerpt-everywhere/auto-excerpt-everywhere.php on line 136 Dear Friend of the Farm What is darker, richer and sweeter than chocolate? Why, spending time with OZCF this Easter, of course! Join us on Saturday 2 April to look for Easter bunnies under the compost heap. No seriously, we’ll be out planting seeds and hedges, digging out the last of the boulders, and testing our brand new irrigation system. Plus, we will be giving away bags of Reliance Compost. Got your attention? Reliance Compost, (OZCF supporter and friend), is asking you to Read more [...]

Warning: Undefined variable $thumb in /usr/www/users/ozcfcbvcgt/wp-content/plugins/auto-excerpt-everywhere/auto-excerpt-everywhere.php on line 136 Dear Friend of the Farm Cycle to the Farm Saturday! We love cycles – planting cycles, the water cycle, cycles of the seasons and, yes, bicycles too! In honour of the Cycle Tour happening in Cape Town on Sunday, we will give a free t-shirt to everyone who cycles to the Farm on Saturdaymorning to do a bit of volunteer work. So hop on your bike and pedal over to the Farm and get a freebie!If you don’t have a bike, then come out anyway as usual. Today’s rain has made the soil lovely and soft, Read more [...]

Warning: Undefined variable $thumb in /usr/www/users/ozcfcbvcgt/wp-content/plugins/auto-excerpt-everywhere/auto-excerpt-everywhere.php on line 136 Dear Friend of the Farm Happy Organic Valentine's Day! Get fit at the Farm Who needs to pay for gym membership when you can work at OZCF for free...and get tomatoes? Join us this Saturday from 7am to noon. We will be preparing beds for planting, shovelling and spreading compost, planting seeds and chatting lots. It's been a great week at OZCF Since our Call for Support brochure went out this week, we have been the recipient of several donations: 6 people have taken up the offer to memorialise Read more [...]

Warning: Undefined variable $thumb in /usr/www/users/ozcfcbvcgt/wp-content/plugins/auto-excerpt-everywhere/auto-excerpt-everywhere.php on line 136 Dear Friend of the Farm Last Saturday we had about 40 volunteers come round to help out, of which almost half were young ones. Thank you so much to those of you who were there! We planted rosemary and sage and mint and pelargonium and chives, but the bulk of the plants are still waiting to be planted — now we understand what they mean when they say God made rainy days so gardeners could get the housework done. So we're calling all OZCF volunteers, and starting early Read more [...]

Warning: Undefined variable $thumb in /usr/www/users/ozcfcbvcgt/wp-content/plugins/auto-excerpt-everywhere/auto-excerpt-everywhere.php on line 136 Dear Friend of the Farm Now it's time to get seriously dirty The plants have arrived! We have 921 plants to plant this Saturday, which means that we need as many volunteers as possible to plant Lauris nobilis (Bay Tree), Allium schoenoprasum (Chives), Thymus serpyllum (Creeping Thyme), Passiflora (Granadilla Passion Purple), Mentha spicata: Morrocan Mint, Portulacraria afra (Specboom),  Pelargonium and more. Farmer Mario will also be showing volunteers how to prepare veggie seedlings — from Read more [...]

Warning: Undefined variable $thumb in /usr/www/users/ozcfcbvcgt/wp-content/plugins/auto-excerpt-everywhere/auto-excerpt-everywhere.php on line 136 Dear Friend of the Farm It's time to get dirty... This Saturday our farmer, Mario, will be helping volunteers learn how to prepare soil properly for organic gardening. It's a great opportunity to get your own hands dirty and to learn something relevant to your own gardening activities (current or future). Official starting time is 8am, but come out to the Farm when you can between 8am and 12pm. There was a great turnout of volunteers last weekend, and the atmosphere was really fun Read more [...]

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