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Vote for a Regional Grant Project

Two of our favorite groups, Friendship Trays and Slow Food Charlotte have joined together to build an urban garden.
Check out these pictures of what they are doing.
The kicker is that this project is a finalist in the Tom’s of Maine’s annual “50 States of Good” grant program where they award 5 projects $20,000 each to [...]

Farm Tour

Wednesday, my neighbor Carl Wagner and I drove to Pittsboro to attend an afternoon/evening farm walk and workshop on winter growing and season extension using row covers and hardy varieties of vegetables.
It was held at the Piedmont Biofarm. The farmer, Doug Jones, has 38 years growing experience. First, in upstate NY and now NC. Doug [...]