Short Overview Clip About Red Wiggler
Check out this short overview clip on YouTube about Red Wiggler.[spacer height=”20px”] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NxsLa9oCIBk&feature=youtu.be[spacer height=”20px”] Please note that here at Red Wiggler, we implement COVID-19 safe farming practices, including the wearing of masks, social distancing, handwashing, and other CDC recommendations to ensure the health and safety of our staff, workers, and volunteers.[spacer height=”20px”] All footage in […]
Spider Web
Cool photo of a spider web on our gate taken by Jackie, our Seasonal Crew Leader!
Thank you for celebrating with us!
Thank you for celebrating with us![spacer height=”20px”] We are blown away by the support of our community. Thanks to all of you, we surpassed our goal of raising $15,000 and raised over $20,000! In a year as tough as 2020, seeing our community come together to continue supporting our efforts to create fertile ground to […]
Praying Mantis
It’s time for some fun! Look what we found recently — a beautiful praying mantis! We believe it’s a native Carolina mantis. [spacer height=”20px”] Here are some #funfacts about mantises. They: * have two eyes and great vision. * are carnivores and eat other insects live. * can turn their heads side to side and […]
Recycled Irrigation Bags
Red Wiggler uses drip tape for irrigation out in the fields. As animals will eat holes into drip tape, drip tape typically only lasts 1 to 2 seasons. Each fall, we assess whether we can reuse drip tape or not. Last winter, instead of throwing out old unusable drip tape, we decided to make recycled […]
#ThrowbackThursday — Chickens and Eggs!
It’s #ThrowbackThursday! You may or may not know this, but in the past, Red Wiggler Community Farm had chickens and offered eggs for purchase by our CSA customers. We realized we couldn’t do everything, so we don’t have chickens anymore. . If you’re interested in purchasing locally produced eggs, some farms that offer them include […]
#ThrowbackThursday — Now and then (barn stations/lower barn)!
It’s #ThrowbackThursday – Now and then! Check out our barn stations now (2020) and then (2002). This is the lower barn and is critical space to us.
#ThrowbackThursday — Happy 127th Birthday to Hallie Wells!
For #ThrowbackThursday, Red Wiggler Community Farm would like to remember and honor Hallie Ausmus Wells. Hallie was born on August 1, 1893, and she would have been 127 this coming Saturday on August 1st. Check out this previous post about this special woman, her contribution to our community, her legacy, and what she means to us. […]
Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) 30th Anniversary
Red Wiggler is proud to support the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) 30th Anniversary. Today, we celebrate this important civil rights law that works to ensure all people with disabilities have the same rights and opportunities as everyone else. Now in our 25th season and through our Grower Program, Red Wiggler employs 15 adults […]
Fragility of Small Farms
Hail Event at approximately 6:00 pm on June 25, 2020 We know that we are not alone in facing adversity this spring. We share these photos not to ask for sympathy, but to help promote understanding of the fragility of small farms. It is easy to see this hail damage, but harder to explain the […]