The Passing of the Chard (aka the Torch) It’s been a busy fall for all of us at Growing to Give. We were pleasantly surprised by the continuation of the growing season. Every day has been like a gift. Warm sunshine kept us harvesting crops like leeks, sweet potatoes, collards, chard, Hakurei salad turnips, spinach, ... Click to read more.
The colors of harvesting in August. The August harvest brings about a special excitement. It awakens our senses to the taste, sight and smell of vegetables we haven’t had for a year. We always long for those first tomatoes picked in the warm sunshine destined for salads or sandwiches. Sungold cherry tomatoes popped directly into ... Click to read more.
Greetings everyone! I want to share some good news about Genevieve, our Farm Coordinator. She has been accepted to the University of New Hampshire, where she plans to study ecology, starting in the spring semester 2025. This young woman has blossomed from a quiet, observant Farm Skills Training Program participant in 2022, to the smiling, ... Click to read more.
We grow a lot more than vegetables! We grow community! I was struck this week, getting ready for our Farmyard Jam, with the amount of pride that was evident all around me. I only needed to remind our crew that this was our moment in the sun, so to speak, for the 2024 growing season. ... Click to read more.
We are sprucing up the joint! Yes, it’s the week before the Farmyard Jam. We are catching up on our laundry and some trim painting on our sheds. We are giving it our best effort to impress all who come to be part of this fun community event. For those of you unfamiliar with our ... Click to read more.
What’s all the buzz about? What would you think the volunteers are most excited about on the farm so far this growing season? Could it be that we have already donated almost 400 heads of delicious organic lettuce? Or maybe it was Bob dropping off an early Christmas gift that made the interns smile? Everyone ... Click to read more.
Using the power of the sun and the power of our volunteers! June is always a busy time for us at G2G: Getting the last of our early-season seedlings in the ground, directly seeding more carrots, amaranth and greens, getting the kinks out of our irrigation system, and trying to keep up with all that ... Click to read more.
A lot to share this week! As the school year comes to a close, Martha, our Education Coordinator, has calculated that we have hosted over 230 volunteers from our local schools–from the 1st and 2nd graders from Brightfield School to our latest visit from the gap year students attending Seguinland Institute! Let me tell you ... Click to read more.
Is it always this busy? We had several new volunteers this week to witness how active it can be at the farm. I call it “controlled chaos”. Lucky for us, we have seasoned volunteers and our great team who keep everything moving along smoothly. Let me give you a few examples from this past week. ... Click to read more.
Help from so many directions. I want to focus this week's farm report on the tremendous support we get at G2G. We had three folks from Blue Marble Geographics here for their annual employee volunteer day who, despite the gray skies, cold breeze, and the oncoming drizzle, braved working outdoors. Thanks, Abby, Eli, and Scott, for ... Click to read more.
