Our tips on how to select the right seeds for your garden and where to find them.
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Fighting off their nerves, a group of teen farmers watched as 16 scholars from around the world stepped off a bus parked outside the River Road Farm.
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In this video Community Education Coordinator, Alexandra Brown, walks through the basics of blanching vegetables for winter storage.
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As we bask in the sun these last few weeks of summer, some of us wish that we could enjoy our veggies and fruits further into the winter season.
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Tomatoes are the pinnacle of the harvest season. With our short summers they come and go in the blink of an eye. This post delves deeper into a few methods of preserving tomatoes that I find to be particularly convenient and delicious.
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My favorite time to farm is late summer and early fall. Tomatoes are coming in by the bucket loads. Most of the weeds slow down. I get to pull plants, plant cover, and start putting things to rest. It’s also the time--at least the best time--to plant my favorite crops: greens.
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Luckily, we can learn a lot about pollination by making observations in our gardens and backyards. This blog will give you the buzz on how some common vegetables in your garden are pollinated (spoiler alert! they're actually fruits!).
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If you are living the CSA farm share dream, you know that the day before the next pickup is the day to get last week's produce dealt with. For many CSA newcomers, it is a time when guilt comes into play. For whatever reason (too many take out burrito nights, not loving the third week of kale, etc.) there are veggies left over that need to be used.
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