Grower Spotlight – Meet Kimberly
Kimberly started working at Red Wiggler as a Grower in Training in 2010 and was hired as a Grower in 2011. She has worked in the fields picking onions, tomatoes and potatoes, weeding beds of crops, and worked at the wash station cleaning vegetables. This year, Kimberly started a new position working at the CSA […]
Grower Spotlight – Meet Steve
We have a great group of growers and staff who work each day at the farm, doing all it takes to grow great tasting vegetables, build healthy soil, and share our produce with the community. This month, we get to know Steve Lashmit, who sat down with Andrea, our farm manager, to share a bit […]
New Weed Warriors at Red Wiggler!
Greetings from Carly, one of Red Wiggler’s four interns! I’ve been here one month already (time flies!), much of which has been spent weeding. Johnson grass, pigweed, lambs’ quarters, torn out and tossed into grassy aisles on a daily basis on a seemingly never-ending cycle. Even though these persistent little guys always seem to grow […]
Thoughts from the Summer “Intern Grower”
As mentioned on our July 10th blog, the Red Wiggler Farm has enjoyed the opportunity to have a “Intern Grower” through the Summer Youth Job Program (in partnership with Montgomery County). Here is our intern, Stephen, working at Red Wiggler:Here is Stephen working with some of the other growers at Red Wiggler:As part of Stephen’s […]
Internship Photo Journal Week One
Hello Folks,This summer we’re welcoming several interns to the farm. One of them, Stephen, will be posting a photo journal on the blog, sharing some of what he has been up to on the job. This week we laid straw for the winter squash and pumpkins to grow over. The straw helps control insects and […]
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 […]