Here at Wolfe’s Neck Center, our fruit and vegetable farmers start their summer crops in late March and early April. Even though the ground is cool, they have techniques for keeping the seeds protected. One is using a light cloth for row cover, which insulates and captures heat as the sun radiates throughout the day. Watch as farmers Tom and Eliza demonstrate its use on one row in our greenhouse, and take some tips on how you can apply this in your own home garden.
The chickens are out on pasture right now, eating up grass and bugs and greening the grass behind them.
Written by Tom Prohl, Production Educator for our Teen Ag Program, “Tom Talk” is a weekly feature in our summer CSA newsletter and offers insights on a range of topics regarding our five-acre vegetable plot.
To help those who might be coming to the farm for their very first time, we’ve created a sample itinerary that allows you to have meaningful interactions with food, farming, and nature and fully experience this special place in just a day trip.
A common joke among Teen Ag crew members is that the carrots could be sold for double their standard grocery store price tag, since they were grown in a field overlooking the ocean.
Written by Tom Prohl, Production Educator for our Teen Ag Program, “Tom Talk” is a weekly feature in our summer CSA newsletter and offers insights on a range of topics regarding our five-acre vegetable plot.
Despite the inevitable exhaustion that comes from rising before the sun for milking (Kelly is not a morning person), the moment she’s given opportunity to speak about cows, she immediately lights up.