We all took a long weekend to celebrate the 4th as well as Shannon Varley’s marriage to BJ Miller on Monday, July 3rd in Pittsburg PA! It was a beautiful, Read More …
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5th CSA week & the spotted Baltimore Checkerspot
We are honored to be able to report that on June 9th the 11th known Baltimore Checkerspot (Euphydryas phaeton) colony in the state of Maryland was spotted by Pat Durkin Read More …
4th CSA harvest and travel report
This week we will be harvesting: Salad Mix Arugula Kale Chard Kohlrabi (see photo above) Turnips Garlic Scapes Spring Onions and Blueberries (from Butlers Orchard) The Horticulture Therapy conference in Read More …
3rd CSA Harvest and a request
This week in your Share you will find: Salad Mix Swiss Chard (photo above is of our growers, staff, and volunteers harvesting chard) Kale Turnips Kohlrabi Spinich Spring Onions Read More …
2nd CSA Harvest/s
This week CSA participants can expect the following: 1 bunch Red Russian Kale – jagged leaves with reddish hue- 1 bunch of Collards– rounded green leafs 1 bag of baby Read More …
1st CSA Harvest/s
This week is the beginning of our regular 20 week harvest season. Community Supported Agriculture participants will pick up the following vegetables here on the farm. Members come on: Wednesdays Read More …
Volunteering at Red Wiggler
Volunteering at Red Wiggler What a spring we had at the Red Wiggler Community Farm in 2006! Plantings abound – from seedlings in flats under lights to direct seeding in Read More …
Late April Garden Up-date & Mission Statement Up-Date
Late April Garden Up-date & Mission Statement Up-Date In March I am told we endured the least amount of rainfall since area records have been kept. The up-side of low Read More …
Busy busy busy
The past few weeks have been extremely productive. We direct seeded kale, collards, braising greens, turnips, beets, more spinach, carrots, fava beans, more peas and an assortment of “green manures”. Read More …
Lime
Yesterday we spread 820 pounds of lime over a 27,000 sq. ft portion of our garden beds. We also began setting up lights in our office where we will be Read More …
Shannon Varleys article published on newfarm.org
In 2003 Shannon Varley came to work with Red Wiggler. Reciently she published an article on NewFarm.org New Farm is published by the Rodale Institute and is an outstanding resource Read More …
Excerpts of the day
Over the weekend we held a board meeting to discuss our Mission, Vision, and Core Values. It went well and a lot of thinking went into how to fully express Read More …
Exciting Developments
Well, things have begun to gather steam around these parts lately. Last weekend we went to the PASA (Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture) conference at Penn State. We all (Beth, Read More …
Saturday CSA is FULL – still openings for the “extended season”
We opened up the CSA this past Monday to new participants. We had about 20 spaces to fill and they are now ALL GONE for our regular season (June-Oct). We Read More …
Wednesdays are FULL
Hello and Good Afternoon. This is my first entry on our blog, so pardon my excitement.Well, after fielding many a phone call in the past two days and getting a Read More …