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Orchard Nourishment Party on July 4th

Posted by Sushila Devi Dasi on Thursday, July 10th, 2014 in 2014 Photo Gallery, Events, Friends of the Ashram, Photos | Comments (0)

Thanks to everyone who worked so hard to nourish all the fruit trees at the orchard nourishment work party on July 4th and 5th. And a special appreciation for those devotees who came back the second day, including Dinartihara Prabhu who is not shown in the photos below but has been working hard.

Special thanks as well to the cooks who prepared a feast for a couple dozen people including two different kinds of coleslaw, corn of the cob, vegetarian Bhima burgers, ice cream sandwiches, fries, and more!

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orchard-nourishment-party-01 Hasyapriya Prabhu leads the work party
orchard-nourishment-party-02 Neelamani Prabhu waves "hello"

orchard-nourishment-party-03 Vaidehi Didi gets footage to use in her videos of the Ashram
orchard-nourishment-party-04 Bilwamangal Prabhu hard at work

orchard-nourishment-party-05 He keeps an eye on the orchard all year long and picks the ripe fruits for Their Lordships' offerings
orchard-nourishment-party-06 Vidura Krishna Prabhu does the heavy work shoveling compost for the trees

orchard-nourishment-party-07 Divya Shakti Didi prunes some branches
orchard-nourishment-party-08 Rasangi Didi and Madhumati Didi also tend to some trees

orchard-nourishment-party-09 Saki Charan Prabhu and Bilwamangal Prabhu team up
orchard-nourishment-party-10 Sonya's son Landon lends a hand

orchard-nourishment-party-12 Saki Charan Prabhu applies compost to a small tree
orchard-nourishment-party-14 Neelamani and Saki Prabhus working together

orchard-nourishment-party-15 The ladies also team up with great enthusiasm
orchard-nourishment-party-16 Rasangi, Krishna Kanti, and Madhumati Didis shouted "Nitai Gaura Hari Bol"

orchard-nourishment-party-17 Brajanath Prabhu came both days to help out
orchard-nourishment-party-18 Swarnangii Didi made the beautiful flier for the event

orchard-nourishment-party-19 Swarnangii and Sureshwari team up with others to make a big feast!
orchard-nourishment-party-20 Sureshwari offering lettuce, tomatoes, secret sauce, and other toppings for the Bhima burgers

orchard-nourishment-party-21 Sureshwari Didi serving tirelessly
orchard-nourishment-party-22 Ramananda Prabhu, Jivana Didi, and Kalindi Didi serving out french fries, corn on the cob and Swarnangii’s delicious Bhima burgers!

orchard-nourishment-party-23 Krishna Kanti Didi - happy to honor prasadam and serve with all the devotees.
orchard-nourishment-party-24 A peek at the hungry crowd of tired but enthusiastic servitors.

orchard-nourishment-party-25 There was a big turn out on Friday for the July 4th work party
orchard-nourishment-party-26 Great prasadam & hard work serving the trees in the orchard attracted many devotees to come.

orchard-nourishment-party-27 Vidura Krishna, Parameshwar, and Saki Charan Prabhus certainly came to work
orchard-nourishment-party-28 And so did Ilya, who generously donates spinach every week for Their Lordships' service

orchard-nourishment-party-29 Vaidehi and Sita Didis
orchard-nourishment-party-30 Yudhamanyu Prabhu who just returned from China, came to help.

orchard-nourishment-party-31 Srila Janardan Maharaj and Sripad Parvat Maharaj honor prasadam
orchard-nourishment-party-32 Along with Sarvabhavana Prabhu and Dikshavati Didi

orchard-nourishment-party-33 Finally Sureshwari Didi takes a break to honor prasadam as well
orchard-nourishment-party-34 With Hasyapriya and Brajanath Prabhus, and with Divya Shakti Didi

orchard-nourishment-party-35 It was a very sunny day and it was a relief to sit in the shade
orchard-nourishment-party-36 Gaur Nataraj Prabhu and Malika Didi brought some friends to help out

orchard-nourishment-party-37 Young Jahnava
orchard-nourishment-party-38 And little Deva Krishna with Sonya

orchard-nourishment-party-39 Ramai Prabhu Archana Niketan with Bilwamangal Prabhu, one of his assistant pujaris
orchard-nourishment-party-40 It was a beautiful day to catch up with friends at the Ashram

orchard-nourishment-party-41 Narayani Didi was here to offer arotik to Srila Gurudev at his pushpa samadhi and helps clean the Deities' plates after the offering
orchard-nourishment-party-42 It was a wonderful day. Thanks to everyone who helped out!

orchard-nourishment-party-43 We have about 100 fruit trees in the Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Seva Ashram orchard.
orchard-nourishment-party-44 Including Asian pears, peaches, apples, avocados, figs and 6 different varieties of plums.

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orchard-nourishment-party-55 Vijay, always ready to help with the heavy lifting!
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orchard-nourishment-party-58 A century cactus that is getting ready to bloom. This one took about 15 years to start to blossom!

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