The FOLC Farm

Basket making with Cattail and Iris and natural dyeing skills practice. Another successful (and rainy!) year at the Florida Earthskills Gathering 2024. Thanks to the wonderful organizers for all your hard work!

The gate and water systems are in and soil is coming next week. The garden is almost ready for planting! Thanks to Leon for the beautiful work on this gate.

Patient assessment while lying in a hammock. I think Mary has this figured out! Another wonderful group trained in Wilderness First Aid this past weekend.

The FOLC Farm featured in 352 Preview magazine!

Great patient lifting and moving techniques by USGS (US Geological Survey) employees in Davie, FL. The did a great job in the Wilderness First Aid class!

Want to be a patient in a wilderness medical scenario this week? Just let me know! Options...

Thursday evening 8-10 pm
Friday late morning 10 am-12:30 pm
Saturday around 1-2 pm

If anyone wants to be a patient for a medical scenario either tomorrow Friday (1:30-4 pm) or Saturday (1-3 pm), let me know! You get dirty and bloody and it is fun, I promise 😜

Alyssa (UF sustainability intern and awesome human) and I started on the main garden pathways made with recycled concrete fines from a local concrete recycling facility. It is a hard surface strollers, wheelbarrows, wheelchairs can get across (hardens especially when damp), while also maintaining flexibility and drainage. Overall a solid path solution.

Thai massage class with Eric Blevins! Great way to end a day of workshops.

Joe Pierce gave an excellent talk and demo for soil health and soil building in Florida. We all learned a ton from his wealth of knowledge and I am excited to get working on my garden!

We picked all the lemons before the multi-day freezes ahead. Happy Florida Holidays!

A great Wilderness First Aid training with Florida Fish and Wildlife! They survived a turned over swamp buggy, arrow impalement, falling out of a tree, hand stuck in a winch, and more, whew!

Fairy House Building at The FOLC Farm today! The kids and adults came up with great natural creations.

Sunrise this morning at The FOLC Farm🥰 Thanks Richard for capturing the sunrise and deer beautifully.

Evan is doing a great job creating the garden entrance trellis with grapevine from the property. Feels good to get back on house projects!

We are running a training scenario tomorrow around noon at The FOLC Farm for a first responder class. If anyone would like to join us as a patient, let me know! (Should be a 1-1.5 hr commitment)

Rescuers responding to an amputated finger. Trey, alcohol and wood cutting is not a good mix! Day 3 of Wilderness First Responder course at The FOLC Farm.

A rattlesnake bit Cary Elwes. Here's what to do if it happens to you Don't apply a tourniquet or try to suck out the poison. Instead, call 911 and do your best to stay calm.

Pruning fundamentals

Did you know that all National Park Service sites have an accessibility section on their website?

To find it, search for the park's nps.gov website. Under the menu at the top, go to PLAN YOUR VISIT and ACCESSIBILITY.

Unfortunately the format and accuracy of the information is not consistent across parks. Some have great information about accessibility for mobility, vision, hearing, and sensory disabilities. Others only include mention of "accessible features." You may need to call the park for more info, or research blogs and guidebooks.

One of the parks working to improve access to information is We're proud to say that Syren worked with staff at Olympic in 2020 to review detailed guides for 25 of the most popular trails. These trail descriptions are available on the Accessibility page. We'd love to see more parks provide this information!

Image descriptions: 1) four photos of nature with text in the center reads Accessibility in National Parks. How to find information and plan your visit.

Wonderful gathering with GNV Herbal Aid at The FOLC Farm today!

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