Milton, Florida. This farm is banging! We're bagging up bunches of fresh salad greens. Gathering dozens of eggs. Driving nails into tent platforms. And sprouting shitake mushrooms from logs. Everywhere you look, there is buzzing activity and bountiful creation. There is so much going on, it's difficult to pick one place to start the story, so let's begin with the name. Coldwater Gardens gets it's name from the spring-fed Coldwater Creek that runs along the south border of the 300+ acre property. Three naturally placed white sand beaches crown the bends with crystal clear water. Nearby is the Blackwater River State Forest. The food garden is on a hill, bordered by a seed starting greenhouse, fish aquaponics house, high tunnel, and chicken/quail coops. There is a volunteer village for wwoofers like me. We have a shower, kitchen, tent platforms, and compost toilets. A short trot down sandy pine trial is the saw mill to mill lumber from the property for the mushroom logs and building projects. A new village is sprouting up for agri-tourists to stay and enjoy the fruits of slow food without the labor of organic methods. I've been sharing yoga and crystal healing with my fellow crew. More updates to follow, I'll be here for a month. Enjoy the photo tour of the food garden :) <3 <3 <3
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