I was fortunate enough to have the chance to attend and participate in the 2011 Women in Sustainable Agriculture Conference presented by the Pennsylvania Women’s Agricultural Network (PA-WAGN) this week. I traveled to Penn State in State College, PA on Sunday through Tuesday night. It was SO great to connect with women across the state and the US involved in farming. I went to a intensive workshop all day on Monday called the Adventures in Marketing Learning Clinic and then several workshops on Tuesday. I also spoke on a panel called Developing and Managing an Educational and Production-Oriented Farm for Institutions with Jennifer Halpin (Dickinson College) and Alice Julier (Chatham University). It was really exciting to share our story!! 🙂
Bethlehem VegFest this Weekend!
Hello Gardeners and local, healthy food enthusiasts,
This Saturday is the Bethlehem VegFest! The first festival of its kind in the area. One of our very own Community Gardeners wrote an article about it here!!
Thanks to Carrie Havranek!
Freeze/Frost Occurence Date for Lehigh Valley
Hey Community Gardeners,
Planting Fall crops? Go ahead!! Here’s our Freeze/Frost info.
Thanks to the US Climate Data Center.
Farm Market
Hello everybody!
We will be selling produce grown from the student farm on Thursday, August 25th from 11am to 1pm at the patio in front of Gilbert’s Cafe. Come get some sweet corn, green beans, squash, and more!
Photo by Karen Clemence (Sr Assoc Dean of the College)
Organic Squash Bug Control: Save the cucurbit family!
Check out this article by Organic Gardening Magazine on Organic Squash Bug control.
We have had lots of squash bug eggs in the student farm area. Julia and I have spending much of our time at the garden doing this!!
A gift to the recent grads
Sustainable Food Jobs
Interested in sustainable food? Check out this great resource for a job in this new rising field.
Hot hot hot!
Yikes! It’s supposed to be almost 100 degrees these next few days. Don’t forget to keep watering but please conserve! Water very early in the morning and very late in the evening only.
If you’re out at the garden for long, don’t forget you need water too! 🙂
Stay cool.
More Garden Pictures
Hey everybody,
Check out the farm’s facebook page to see some more pictures from the past few weeks.
Things are really growing now! Enjoy the harvest.
See you at the garden! 🙂
jenn
Patch.com Garden Article
Now is a great time to Mulch!
Mulching is a wonderful thing… Not only does it block weeds, but it provides nutrients and moisture to the soil. Check out this article from Organic Gardening Magazine. And this one from Mother Earth News.
The pile of grass out front of the garden is for anyone, so feel free to use it! It comes from untreated areas of Metzgar Fields. (the hay bales were purchased for use in the student garden, though, sorry!)
