Shadowood Farm, Inc.

Last year the Gated Private Club where I live in Palm City refused to allow personal garden plots. Until now, I have been buying my produce in Farmers Markets. The out door markets always felt better than buying from the grocery store but you still do not know where the items come from or how many people have handled them. The Coop Farms require you to receive things that you might not want. The key to Shadowood Farms is that you can plant and grow your own. If you travel, Sara and Bob will tend your plot for you. It reminds me of living in Italy with my Aunt where we tended the garden, knew the plants and their life history and enjoyed the harvest. It is a personal experience. Everything tastes better when it is appreciated and showered with loving care. Sarah and Bob have designed the farm so that each plot has a sprinkler system and they include a community plot that has a bounty of herbs and soon veggies that we can all enjoy. We all get so excited with the growth of our gardens, I can already see that we will miss it this summer! Already fellow garderners in neighboring plots have shared their lettuces with me! A wonderful discussion group that I am in has had a meeting under the pole barn. There Sarah has set up tables and chairs under cover for all to meet and explore her reference books. We store our gardening gloves and tools in baskets that they have provided. The larger pavilion is where there is a small store and a place we have meetings to discuss fertilizing and soon frost precautions. Bob helped us with tieing up our huge tomatoe plants. He chops bamboo stakes from their bamboo stand if we need them. Yesterday I bought some starter plants that Shadowood also sells, to plant in a friend's flower bed so that they have a garden growing when they come down after Thanks Giving. For me, Shadowood is Heaven!