Hi Folks! Finally, CSA shares start this week with lots of greens, herbs, and some Rhubarb. Included with your shares will be a recipe for Rhubarb-Ginger Jam which I just tried last night and highly recommend: Ingredients: Several fresh rhubarb stalks 1 teaspoon finely grated orange peel 1 tablespoon chopped crystallized ginger (use more if you…
Lady Bugs
On a rainy evening last week, we released 1500 Laby Beetles into our hoop house. If all goes well, in a few days the Lady Beetles will start to leave clusters of eggs under leaves which will hatch into larvae shortly thereafter. Considering the fact that they’re finding food and that I’ve spotted a few already mating, I…
Effortless Gardening Workshop at Synergy Massage & Wellness Center
Greetings fellow gardeners! A dear friend and excellent Feldenkrais teacher is offering a workshop on Effortless Gardening on April 16th at Synergy Massage & Wellness Center. For those of you who don’t head over the mountain too often, it’s definitely worth the trip. Please be in touch if you’d like to carpool. For those of you…
Hi Folks! This is just a quick reminder that we have only a few more weeks for the Intelligent Use of Water Awards grant competition. As many of you know, I was a bit hesitant to sign up at first, not quite sure that we would be able to harness the number of votes we’d need…
Reflection and Planning
As our landscape is buried beneath several inches of fresh snow, I’m dreaming of spring and longing for the joys and abundance of summer. But, as Anne Bradstreet wrote several hundred years ago, “If we had no winter the spring would not be so pleasant.” Winter allows us a moment to pause and reflect on the seasons that have…
Amazing Heart Farm 