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!
Hasyapriya Prabhu leads the work party
Neelamani Prabhu waves "hello"
Vaidehi Didi gets footage to use in her videos of the Ashram
Bilwamangal Prabhu hard at work
He keeps an eye on the orchard all year long and picks the ripe fruits for Their Lordships' offerings
Vidura Krishna Prabhu does the heavy work shoveling compost for the trees
Divya Shakti Didi prunes some branches
Rasangi Didi and Madhumati Didi also tend to some trees
Saki Charan Prabhu and Bilwamangal Prabhu team up
Sonya's son Landon lends a hand
Saki Charan Prabhu applies compost to a small tree
Neelamani and Saki Prabhus working together
The ladies also team up with great enthusiasm
Rasangi, Krishna Kanti, and Madhumati Didis shouted "Nitai Gaura Hari Bol"
Brajanath Prabhu came both days to help out
Swarnangii Didi made the beautiful flier for the event
Swarnangii and Sureshwari team up with others to make a big feast!
Sureshwari offering lettuce, tomatoes, secret sauce, and other toppings for the Bhima burgers
Sureshwari Didi serving tirelessly
Ramananda Prabhu, Jivana Didi, and Kalindi Didi serving out french fries, corn on the cob and Swarnangii’s delicious Bhima burgers!
Krishna Kanti Didi - happy to honor prasadam and serve with all the devotees.
A peek at the hungry crowd of tired but enthusiastic servitors.
There was a big turn out on Friday for the July 4th work party
Great prasadam & hard work serving the trees in the orchard attracted many devotees to come.
Vidura Krishna, Parameshwar, and Saki Charan Prabhus certainly came to work
And so did Ilya, who generously donates spinach every week for Their Lordships' service
Vaidehi and Sita Didis
Yudhamanyu Prabhu who just returned from China, came to help.
Srila Janardan Maharaj and Sripad Parvat Maharaj honor prasadam
Along with Sarvabhavana Prabhu and Dikshavati Didi
Finally Sureshwari Didi takes a break to honor prasadam as well
With Hasyapriya and Brajanath Prabhus, and with Divya Shakti Didi
It was a very sunny day and it was a relief to sit in the shade
Gaur Nataraj Prabhu and Malika Didi brought some friends to help out
Young Jahnava
And little Deva Krishna with Sonya
Ramai Prabhu Archana Niketan with Bilwamangal Prabhu, one of his assistant pujaris
It was a beautiful day to catch up with friends at the Ashram
Narayani Didi was here to offer arotik to Srila Gurudev at his pushpa samadhi and helps clean the Deities' plates after the offering
It was a wonderful day. Thanks to everyone who helped out!
We have about 100 fruit trees in the Sri Chaitanya Saraswat Seva Ashram orchard.
Including Asian pears, peaches, apples, avocados, figs and 6 different varieties of plums.
Vijay, always ready to help with the heavy lifting!
A century cactus that is getting ready to bloom. This one took about 15 years to start to blossom!