Spring Planting
Here Adrienne and Craig are planting vegetable seeds in flats which are grown under lights till they get “moved on” to our gardens after the last frost- our last average frost date is generally considered to be about the time of Mothers Day in May. Earlier this week the growers and staff planted 4 Paw […]
Some work around the farm
We moved some trees around the other day that had been donated to us last fall. We’re going to plant them to help create a windbreak/hedgerow. Most of the cooler weather at the farm comes off the hill to the northwest.Next on our list is to put up the new section of our deer fence […]
Johnny’s Selected Seeds delivers again!
THANKS JOHNNY’S! Johnny’s Selected Seeds has AGAIN donated a healthy dose of seeds to Red Wiggler this year. We deeply and truly appreciate the donation from Johnny’s, a small employee owned seed company based in Maine. Johnny’s has very high quality seeds, tools and merchandise for both the bigger commercial growers and also for the […]
A freshly turned compost pile
Woody turned the compost this morning. You can even see the heat rising from the pile. Mmm, goodness.
A composting we will go. . .
Many ask what we do during the winter, and yes, we slow down a bit but we stay busy. One of our big tasks this winter is collecting food waste from our local Whole Foods Market to take back to the farm and add to our growing compost pile. By growing our compost pile, we […]
Solar House Photos
Photo of UMD solar house donated to Red Wiggler after the 2005 Solar Decathlon. Yesterday (01/23/08) The 51 panel array was hooked up for the first time since October 2005. We are using the original Outback inverter with a gel battery back of 4 for now. We hope to be “grid tied” by Easter pending […]
2008 CSA Sold Out
There were 10 cars lined up in from of the driveway when we arrived at 9am on opening day for new CSA customers- and we were sold out by noon. We are examining how we can thoughtfully grow to meet this demand in a scale that is appropriate to our mission activities. We will keep […]
Eagle Sighting !
We saw a Bald Eagle today! It was hanging out near our wetlands behind the office. We went to investigate the spot and found a deer carcass. This picture is us standing out in the wetlands.
2008 CSA options
Next Tuesday (the day after MLK day) we will open up our 2008 CSA to the general public. As of now, we only have 4 spots of Regular Wednesday CSA and 17 spots (9 B-weeks; 8 A-weeks) of Alternate Week Wednesday CSA shares available. There are NO Saturday shares available. The spots are filled first […]
End of the Season
Our last day as a full crew, until next year.Thanks!