This week has been a busy one with two large youth groups here helping with tomato, bean and potato harvests. A special thanks to all our Service Learning volunteers- the help provided throughout the summer months has served many purposes. Volunteers surly help get the work done and they also create a vibrant workplace for our team of growers here on the farm. So thanks to all the hundreds of volunteers who have helped to make Red Wiggler Farm programs so successful this year!
In this weeks harvest:
Tomatoes
Potatoes
Beans
Garlic
Peppers
Summer Squash
Eggplant
- the pick your own (PYO) still has beautiful basil in the peak of its flavor!- if you are not sure how to harvest it- just ask a staff member for help.
Thursday, August 27, 2009
Tuesday, August 25, 2009
On Line Auction Open For Bidding
Our online auction is underway now with many items with no bids yet. If you are interested in a 2010 Red Wiggler CSA Share or looking to shop for a gift certificate to a local restaurant or hand made jewelry the auction has over 100 (and counting) items for you to choose from.
The Annual Harvest Supper and Silent Auction is being held on Saturday, September 12, at 4pm
more details on the event
download an Invitation and RSVP card
Note to CSA customers- this weeks harvest list will be here later on this morning
Tuesday, August 18, 2009
Harvest #12-B
The tomatoes runneth over!! Get 'em while there hot!!
Hybrid Tomatoes (Red, Orange & Pink)
Heirloom Tomatoes
Cherry Tomatoes
Sweet Peppers
Hot Peppers
Eggplant
Summer Squash--okay, so they runneth over too!
Potatoes
Garlic
Purple Beans!
Hybrid Tomatoes (Red, Orange & Pink)
Heirloom Tomatoes
Cherry Tomatoes
Sweet Peppers
Hot Peppers
Eggplant
Summer Squash--okay, so they runneth over too!
Potatoes
Garlic
Purple Beans!
Sunday, August 16, 2009
Blue Ribbon Garlic at County Fair
We have been growing garlic as an integral part of the Red Wiggler program for the past 14 years. This year we won First Place for our garlic at the Montgomery County Agricultural Fair. We planted 300 pounds of garlic last fall and have yielded over 1500 pounds of garlic! We will be supplying our CSA and our Farm to Group Home participants and our local Food Bank- MANNA throughout the harvest season. And...
This year we are selling bulk garlic to those who want 5 pounds or more.
We sell "Table Garlic" for $10 per pound (about 12 bulbs per pound)
And we sell our biggest garlic as "Seed Garlic" for $15 per pound ( 8 bulbs per pound)
Plus shipping and handling unless you schedule to pick up at the farm.
Please email woody@redwiggler.org for specifics.
related Montgomery County Gazette Garlic Article from July 29 2009
Wednesday, August 12, 2009
Harvest #11-A
Harvest Week #11 A
So sorry we didn't get last week's up, things were mighty hectic around here with people coming and going all over the place, but we're back. So....
Sweet Peppers
Hot Peppers
Beans--Purple or Green
Eggplant
Potatoes--still working on the German Butterballs
Red Tomatoes
Heirloom Tomatoes
Cherry Tomatoes
Garlic
Summer Squash--Zucchinis or patty pans or yellow crook necks
Aren't you glad I didn't say beets? They'll be back again soon enough!
Enjoy!!
So sorry we didn't get last week's up, things were mighty hectic around here with people coming and going all over the place, but we're back. So....
Sweet Peppers
Hot Peppers
Beans--Purple or Green
Eggplant
Potatoes--still working on the German Butterballs
Red Tomatoes
Heirloom Tomatoes
Cherry Tomatoes
Garlic
Summer Squash--Zucchinis or patty pans or yellow crook necks
Aren't you glad I didn't say beets? They'll be back again soon enough!
Enjoy!!
Monday, August 03, 2009
Thoughts from the Summer "Intern Grower"
As mentioned on our July 10th blog, the Red Wiggler Farm has enjoyed the opportunity to have a "Intern Grower" through the Summer Youth Job Program (in partnership with Montgomery County). Here is our intern, Stephen, working at Red Wiggler:
Here is Stephen working with some of the other growers at Red Wiggler:
As part of Stephen's internship at the Farm, he wanted to write a brief written and photographic journal of his experiences here this summer. Here's what Stephen has to say about his time here at Red Wiggler Farm so far, and some of the pictures he's been taking!
Week 1 (July 17th):
My first day of work I was nervous. Now I have friends. I pick out weeds and kill bugs. I like it at the farm. It’s fun to be outside. I harvest crops. This is a picture of the squash crop that I took:
Week 2 (July 24th):
I harvest lots of garlic and go home smelling strong. I rolled out hay to put around plants to keep weeds and bugs off. This is a picture of the garlic harvest that I took:
Week 3 (July 31st):
I put hay around the plant so weeds won’t grow. I dug potatoes from the ground. Here is a picture of tomatoes that I took:
...So be sure to stay tuned to read about the second half of Stephen's summer internship - here at Red Wiggler Farm - in a couple of weeks!
Here is Stephen working with some of the other growers at Red Wiggler:
As part of Stephen's internship at the Farm, he wanted to write a brief written and photographic journal of his experiences here this summer. Here's what Stephen has to say about his time here at Red Wiggler Farm so far, and some of the pictures he's been taking!
Week 1 (July 17th):My first day of work I was nervous. Now I have friends. I pick out weeds and kill bugs. I like it at the farm. It’s fun to be outside. I harvest crops. This is a picture of the squash crop that I took:
Week 2 (July 24th):I harvest lots of garlic and go home smelling strong. I rolled out hay to put around plants to keep weeds and bugs off. This is a picture of the garlic harvest that I took:
Week 3 (July 31st):I put hay around the plant so weeds won’t grow. I dug potatoes from the ground. Here is a picture of tomatoes that I took:
...So be sure to stay tuned to read about the second half of Stephen's summer internship - here at Red Wiggler Farm - in a couple of weeks!
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