It was a beautiful day on the farm today with 4 inches of wet snow falling over the whole day. Snow slowly adds nitrogen to the soil as it perculates Read More …
Year: 2009
2009 Slide Show
We hope you’ll enjoy this slide show from the 2009 growing season. Thanks to the over 500 volunteers who helped on and off the farm last year. Over the next Read More …
Extended Season Harvest 5
This is our last week of the extended season, and a beautiful week it is shaping up to be! We are so happy to have had the chance to share Read More …
Extended Season Harvest 4
Check out the newsletter to find out what we’ve been up to in the fields this week! Extended season is winding down- next Wednesday, November 18th is our fifth and Read More …
Composting, closer to home
Wondering what you’ll do with that bucket full of kitchen scraps now that the CSA season and the bucket exchange are winding down for the winter? Montgomery County’s Division of Read More …
What do Farmers give out to Trick or Treaters?
About a hundred pounds of bright pink turnips. In addition to getting together our regular harvest for extended season CSA, this past week the crew also picked over 200 pounds Read More …
Extended Season Harvest 3
The sun is back! We are thinking it is wonderful weather for the first week in November. Harvest list:ArugulaKaleSalad MixTatsoiTurnipsRadishesCarrotsWinter SquashGarlicHot PeppersGreen PeppersAnd maybe a ‘sweet’ surprise?!
Field Interviews
Ever wonder how some of our younger volunteers see their farm experiences? Tobias, age 6, was kind enough to share his thoughts in an interview: What did you do at Read More …
Extended Harvest #2 2009
It’s the second week of the extended season harvest. It’s a little yucky out if you don’t like a little rain, but thank goodness it’s fairly warm out. We’ve got Read More …
Web Site Under Construction
We appear to be experiencing a disruption with our web site www.redwiggler.org today. We hope to resolve this asap. Contact us by phone at 301-916-2216(Office) or 301-802-2386 (cell)also our regular Read More …
1st week of the Extended CSA Season
We’ve harvested some beautiful vegetables for the Extended CSA program which begins today (and continues thru to the week before Thanksgiving).Generally CSA members can expect lots of green peppers and Read More …
Harvest #18 B The last of the 2009 Regular Season
Hello Folks! This is THE last of the 2009 Regular Season Harvest and Pick up. We want to extend a HUGE thank you to all our CSA members for all Read More …
Tour Red Wiggler’s 800 Sq. Ft. Solar Home Saturday October 3rd from 11am-5pm
The Red Wiggler Solar House – a 21st-century farmhouse powered by the sun – was fully installed at the end July as a year-round staff residence. Originally one of 20 Read More …
Week #17 Harvest
Hi All. It’s the second to last week of Regular CSA pick up this week and THE last week for all the Alternative Week A’s (Asparagus & Arugula Groups). We’ll Read More …
16-B Harvest
Coming at you a little late this week, but… GarlicWinter SquashBraising MixArugulaKale or CollardsRadishes (tender little easter egg variety)Sweet PeppersHot PeppersRed & Heirloom TomatesGreen Tomatoes