A Note From Our Beekeeper
Have you ever wondered what happens to our bees in the cold winter months? Read on for an answer from Jen, our Education & Administrative Coordinator as well as resident beekeeper.
Have you ever wondered what happens to our bees in the cold winter months? Read on for an answer from Jen, our Education & Administrative Coordinator as well as resident beekeeper.
Fall is officially here and the pumpkin obsession has begun. This fall at Wolfe’s Neck Farm, we are offering Pumpkin Hayrides, as well as offering a large selection of pumpkins grown and sold in the Teen Ag Farm Stand.
When Hannah isn’t touring the education gardens with excitable young summer campers, you may find her at a local historical museum. Somewhere between these two spaces, this Farm Camp Educator has found her passion.
In last week’s Tom Talk I briefly touched on cover cropping as a means of weed management. This week we will dive into cover cropping and all of its benefits.
Gabriella discusses her involvement in the Teen Ag Program and volunteering at the first Farm-to-Table dinner, where much of the produce served was grown in the Wolfe’s Neck Farm gardens.
Read this week’s Tom’s Talk to learn about how the Teen Ag crew keeps their weeds at bay.
Happy spring everyone! Or at least I think it’s spring…the sun actually peeked out for about 4 minutes the other day and I got a raging sunburn.
Signs of frost were a telltale indicator that it was time to prepare the gardens for colder months.
As summer winds to a close and cooler air moves in, farmers often admire their compost piles with steam rising off of them in the early hours of the morning.
With our sunflowers in full and magnificent bloom the hum of bees pollinating fills the garden. Pollination is a crucial step in the reproduction of the all angiosperms (flower bearing plants).