Farm visit with 1st graders from Gaithersburg Elementary School!
Before heading out to the fields, Kara led the group in a bit of yoga. This eases up the muscles so you don’t get stiff. Then we did a field walk using the five senses (what was seen, what we smelled, what we heard, what was tasted as well as what was felt). We called […]
Helping kids make healthy choices!
Red Wiggler is developing a new curriculum that incorporates MyPlate (the new nutrition pyramid) into connecting youth with the source of their food called Healthy Choices, Healthy Lives. Sam has been working to develop and implement this exciting new program! The first school visit we did was to Gaithersburg Elementary School. Kara and I taught […]
Planting Chard in the Greenhouse!
We are excited to have Samantha Sheehan, our Education Assistant here at the farm, write a guest blog post: Having the greenhouse/new building at the farm is nice, since we can start a lot of our own plants. Before our greenhouse, we had to go somewhere else to get them, since we didn’t have the space to start such plants […]
CSA Applications due January 17th – Get yours in today!
We are already looking forward to next year’s harvest season! Applications for Red Wiggler’s CSA are due January 17th. We will hold the lottery next week and notify everyone by Friday January 20th. For more information about the CSA, including the application, please go to www.redwiggler.org/csa. Email csa@redwiggler.org if you have any questions!
We are now accepting new member CSA applications for the 2012 growing season!
Winter is upon us, which means its time to plan for next spring! The seed catalogs are trickling in, tractors are parked in the barn awaiting oil changes, and most of the fall crops have been harvested. We expect to have room for new members in 2012, and have begun accepting applications for the lottery. […]
Murray Building Nearing Completion – Help us reach our fundraising goal!
Take a look at the progress that has been made on the Murray Building and Cafritz Greenhouse! Help us to reach our fundraising goal by Donating Now!
Sweet potatoes are in and so are their greens!
We have been busy harvesting both sweet potatoes and sweet potato greens. The greens can be enjoyed by simply sauteing them like spinach with olive oil and garlic, or use the greens instead of spinach in your favorite spinach dish! Sweet potato greens lasagna, anyone? We have delivered over 200 pounds of sweet potato greens […]
Annual Harvest Supper – Rain or Shine!
The festivities begin at 4 pm with Appetizers, Music and Bidding. Our tasting stations will open at 5 pm, and the event will close out at 7:30 pm. We are prepared to go rain or shine as we have a HUGE tent already in place and a barn full of wonderful items waiting for your […]
Our Online Auction is Now Open!
Let the bidding begin! Now that our Annual Harvest Supper & Silent Auction is just a few weeks away, it is time to head over to our Online Auction site at Bidding for Good and check out the great items that will be featured in our live event on September 10th. Even if you can’t […]
The story of George Longbottom the Caterpillar
Here is a blog entry from one of our youth volunteers who ended up with a new friend after bringing dill home from Red Wiggler! Here’s the story of yet another caterpillar, this one named George Longbottom… We got some dill at Red Wiggler. The next thing we knew, George was our guest, happily munching […]