Blue Pike Farm Open House

Greetings from Blue Pike Farm.

There is much to do in the St. Clair / Superior neighborhood on Saturday
May 5th.

First, there is the Blue Pike Farm Open House. We are holding our Spring
'07' open house on Saturday morning from 10:00 A.M. until 2:00 P.M. at
the farm on E. 72nd St. in Cleveland. We are on the West side of the
street about 1/2 South of I-90 (the Shoreway & E.72nd St exit) on E.
72nd St. We are the only farm on the street. I've attached a flier for
your information. Feel free to pass it on to others interested in local
and fresh food.

Coffee (maybe Mexican Coffee, 'cause it's Cinco De Mayo) from Phoenix
Coffee and pastry from Sweet Mosaic for the early birds.

Organic fertilization experts  from Good Nature Lawn Care, Ag-Renu and
Numus will be on the farm to discuss fertility programs for organic
growers.Good Nature provides much of the organic fertilizers we use at
Blue Pike Farm and have developed a fertilization plan for the farm.
See for yourself how it is working out.

John McCumber, regional sales rep for Ag-Renu and Numussoil amendments
will be here to discuss your backyard growing issues. He will have a
selection of his Organic Certified products packaged for the home
grower. This season John and I will be conducting a series of vegetable
field trials on 4 beds to compare his products against a control group.

You will have the opportunity for leisurely self directed walking tour
of the farm. This event will be held rain or shine. We also have Kale,
Collards Carrots and Dandelion greens free for the picking. Bring your
favorite harvesting tool and a bag to hold your harvest. First come,
first served. When they're gone, they're gone

For you backyard growers Jim Patterson of H-W Farms will have started
vegetable and herb transplants for sale along with Pea & Bean and
Mycorrizal root inoculants. Here's the list of transplants he'll have
for sale:

      A     B     C     D
1                       
2      TOMATOES                 Number of flats
3     Beef stake                 
4      Cherokee     Purple           
5      Brandy Wine                 
6      Goliath                 
7      Big Beef                 
8      First Lady                 
9      Celebrity                 
10      Mt. Fresh                 
11      German Johnson                 
12                        
13      Cherry Tomatoes                 
14      Sweet olive                 
15      Sun Gold                 
16      Jolly                 
17      Juliet                 
18      PEPPERS                 
19      Cal Wonder                 
20      Golden Bell                 
21      Cal Wonder orange                 
22      Fat N Sassy                 
23      Big Bertha                 
24      Red knight                 
25      Valencia orange                 
26      Purple Beauty                 
27      Sweet Banana                 
28      Super Chili                 
29      Paprika Supreme                 
30      Hungarian Semi Hot                 
31                        
32                        
33                        
34      Cauliflower     Snow Crown           
35      Broccoli     Packman           
36                        
37      HERBS                 
38      Basil                 
39      Cilantro                 
40      Parsley                 

We will have information about some new farmers markets that are
starting Cleveland this summer in a neighborhood near you.

There is also a walking tour at Dike 14 for you early birds
(http://realneo.us/Cinco-De-Mayo-Migration [1])  and Wonder City Farms is
having an ''Asphalt Garden' workshop at their new location at E. 55th
and St. Clair. Asphalt Gardening is the latest craze in urban
agriculture: turning parking lots and empty blacktop into thriving
gardens and green spaces. Garden located be tween E. 53rd and E. 55th
Streets and south of St. Clair. It is next to the Goodrich-Gannett
neighborhood center at 1368 E. 55th Street.

Location