Spring is Here!!!
The growers spent some time this week in the 60 degree weather cleaning and sharpening our hand tools. Once the ground warmed up our Field Manager was able to begin discing our early planting fields. Dispite a warm winter we have found the early spring to be quite cold and wet. Thus, we feel our […]
Growers begin the new season’s work
Last week the growers began cleaning seed flats (photo above) and planting seeds. We already have kohlrabi plants germinated and growing under lights in the office. About 20 other flats are seeded and being watered and watched for germination. This week we are setting out new blue bird boxes (thanks to the MC-MNCPPC park system […]
CSA Winter Meeting
Our CSA focus meeting was a success. Thanks for those who came. Here’s a picture of part of the crowd. We spoke at length about various factors, including:* the usefulness of the blog.* communicating more human interest stories about the farm.* getting more recipes dispersed to members* how to get members to bring their compost […]
Winter Projects
Just a quick update from us here on the farm. We just got back from a conference in Athens, Ohio that focused on The Community Food Secuirty Project grant from the USDA. We’ are developing a program to bring more of our vegetables to the low-income folks living in group homes in Montgomery County, MD. […]
2007 CSA Season SOLD OUT in 24 hours!
We are humbled by the quick response by folks who were waiting patiently to download their CSA commitment form at get it in asap. One person overnighted her form and others hand delivered. It is logical for us to assume that some out there may be asking the following question:Why do you limit CSA Membership?We […]
2007 CSA open to a limited number of new customers
We are please to open our Community Supported Agriculture program up to new customers begining today. At this time over 80% of the 2006 participating members have re-joined leaving only a hand full of spaces open for new applicants. If you are interested in joining please look over our CSA page on our regular web […]
Shannon Varley Transitions
Five years ago this January, I pulled into Frederick with a U-Haul and moved into my first apartment to take my first “real” salaried job after graduate school…I recall that my first weeks of work at Red Wiggler coincided with one of the bigger snow storms in recent MD history….(we haven’t even had a month […]