This past Wednesday, 27 friends from United Therapeutics came and worked side-by-side with us! They helped plant sweet potatoes; harvest spring onions; install drip tape irrigation; weed our peppers, eggplants, Read More …
Gleaning Kale by Manna Food Center’s Community Food Rescue Program
We’re so proud and happy to be a partner of Manna Food Center and their Community Food Rescue (CFR) program. Today, six members of the CFR program came and gleaned Read More …
Strawing Tomatoes on the First Day of Summer
Putting and spreading straw around our tomato plants on the first day of summer!
Walter Johnson High School’s LFI Program Visits
Last week, some students of Walter Johnson High School’s Learning for Independence (LFI) Program came to visit us. LFI emphasizes individualized student learning in school and community sites. It was Read More …
Madison Fields Visit
Earlier this month, we visited Madison Fields, a subsidiary of Madison House Autism Foundation, in Dickerson, MD. Programs of Madison Fields include the Agricultural Education Program, the Equine Assisted Services Read More …
Planting Sweet Potato Slips
In today’s beautiful weather, a group of Crew Leaders, Interns, and a couple of our Grower Staff planted some sweet potato slips.
Snapping Turtle
Yesterday, a common snapping turtle (Chelydra serpentina) came out of the creek to say “hi”!
St. Andrew’s Episcopal School Student Volunteers
A small group of student volunteers from St. Andrew’s Episcopal School are spending three weeks at Red Wiggler, and they’ll be here through the end of next week. We love Read More …
2022 Spring CSA: First Day
Excitement is in the air — yesterday (Wednesday, May 18, 2022) was the first day of the Spring CSA, and it was a wonderful start to the 2022 CSA! In Read More …
2022 Muffinluck: Saturday, May 14, 2022
MuffinLuck is a breakfast potluck to welcome new and returning members to the 2022 CSA season, and this year’s MuffinLuck was held on Saturday, May 14, 2022! The morning event Read More …
Lots of Activities on the Farm
So many great things have been happening at the farm! Here, five individuals are using shuffle hoes to weed a bed in preparation of direct seeding of radishes. Here, David Read More …
Mother’s Day 2022
The gratitude we have for all moms can hardly be expressed by words — here’s a virtual heart bouquet of flowers grown at Red Wiggler for you! To all moms, Read More …
Spring Cleaning
Spring is in the air, and so is spring cleaning! Today, we weeded in the red pick-your-own area. We cleaned up a bit in the barn too. And, we also Read More …
Busy Week
What a busy week we had! Check out our photos of us weeding by hand, using shuffle hoes and hand hoeing tools to weed some of our beds, and planting Read More …
Chesapeake CRAFT and Moon Valley Farm
The Chesapeake Collaborative Regional Alliance for Farmer Training (Chesapeake CRAFT) is an exciting way to learn about different approaches to farming during the season and includes visits to different farms Read More …