Save the Date for the 2010 Urban Farm Tour!!!
On Saturday, April 10th urban farmers across Cumberland and Moore Counties will open their homes and gardens in order to show us how they weave elements of rural life into their town and suburban lifestyles.
Visitors will see urban homeowners, much like themselves, demonstrating a passion for a wide variety of farm-life practices adapted to their back, side, and front yards! You’ll see demonstrations of bee‐keeping, native plantings and edible landscapes, rainwater harvesting, raising chickens as laying hens, vermi‐composting (worms), shade gardens, certified wildlife habitat, growing fresh‐cut flowers, and more. And you’ll also learn firsthand how practices such as tilling‐in cover crops, composting and building raised beds can improve soil quality and increase garden yields.
The Urban Farm Tour is self‐guided and participants will be able to pick up a Tour program at one of two Headquarters locations; the Cape Fear Botanical Gardens in Cumberland County and Aberdeen Elementary School in Moore County. Sites on the Tour will be open from 10am to 3pm and you can purchase a Tour button for only $5 per person. Buttons will be on sale soon at a number of convenient locations. Young Urban Farmers (children 12 and under) are admitted free!
So mark your calendars now for the 2010 Urban Farm Tour on Saturday, April 10!
For more information about sponsorship and volunteer opportunities, or to include your urban (or suburban) farm as a site on the 2010 Urban Farm Tour, contact Heather Brown at brownh@ctc.com or 910-639-7024.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Personal Chef Needed, Pinehurst Area
PERSONAL CHEF
Full-time or part-time position available immediately as a personal chef / household manager for a small vegan family in Pinehurst. The ideal candidate would have a strong background in healthy vegan cooking, a commitment to organic and locally grown food, an ability to work comfortably in a home setting, strong organizational skills, and independent creativity in the kitchen.
Responsibilities would include grocery shopping, designing and preparing meals, food storage, the management of the kitchen and supplies, and assisting with the overall management of the home. An extra plus would be an applicant with experience as an organic gardener and orchardist, and skills with canning, preserving, drying, and freezing fresh food from the garden.
To apply, please email cover letter and resume to: chefinpinehurst@yahoo.com.
Full-time or part-time position available immediately as a personal chef / household manager for a small vegan family in Pinehurst. The ideal candidate would have a strong background in healthy vegan cooking, a commitment to organic and locally grown food, an ability to work comfortably in a home setting, strong organizational skills, and independent creativity in the kitchen.
Responsibilities would include grocery shopping, designing and preparing meals, food storage, the management of the kitchen and supplies, and assisting with the overall management of the home. An extra plus would be an applicant with experience as an organic gardener and orchardist, and skills with canning, preserving, drying, and freezing fresh food from the garden.
To apply, please email cover letter and resume to: chefinpinehurst@yahoo.com.
Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Update on Gerbils
Well, I called Animal Control. The smallest animals they get there are ferrets and rabbits. So we're still looking to adopt a few gerbils. Let me know if you have a lead, ok? e me, suttonmaureen@hotmail.com Thanks!
Great Workshops, Pittsboro
http://theabundancefoundation.org/workshops Check out these offerings! Anything The Abundance Foundation offers is well worth the trip to Pittsboro!
Hey, stop in Tramway, too, to shop Big Bloomers!
Hey, stop in Tramway, too, to shop Big Bloomers!
Friday, February 19, 2010
Adding Gerbils to the Cycle
Dear Friends, we're looking to adopt a few orphaned gerbils and their terrarium. Whoda thunk a gerbil at PetSmart would cost $14.95?
Here at Farm Up we need a few to pre-shred stuff for our red wriggler worms--and to drive the house cats crazy!
Thanks if you can connect us with some gerbils who need a home!
Here at Farm Up we need a few to pre-shred stuff for our red wriggler worms--and to drive the house cats crazy!
Thanks if you can connect us with some gerbils who need a home!
Thursday, February 18, 2010
How to Prune, Plant Blueberry Bushes
TO GET READY FOR FARM UP'S BLUEBERRY CROPMOB BLITZ! (see Monday's post)
The North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service will hold a blueberry pruning and planting demonstration on Saturday morning, February 27, at 1460 Red Hill Road in Cameron. The workshop will begin at 9:00 a.m. and conclude at 10:30 a.m.
Ag. Ext. Agent Taylor Williams will cover varieties, site selection, soil preparation, pruning mature blueberry bushes, and planting “stool” plants (shoots from base of existing blueberries).
The meeting is free and open to the public. Bring pruning tools and a shovel. Please call 947-3188 for more information, for directions, and to register for this class.
Directions: From Carthage, take 15/501 North 2.7 miles and turn right on NC 24/27 East toward Cameron. Go 2.5 miles, and turn left on Bryant Road. Go 0.6 miles and turn right on Red Hill Road. After 0.9 miles, 1460 Red Hill Road will be on your left.
The North Carolina Cooperative Extension Service will hold a blueberry pruning and planting demonstration on Saturday morning, February 27, at 1460 Red Hill Road in Cameron. The workshop will begin at 9:00 a.m. and conclude at 10:30 a.m.
Ag. Ext. Agent Taylor Williams will cover varieties, site selection, soil preparation, pruning mature blueberry bushes, and planting “stool” plants (shoots from base of existing blueberries).
The meeting is free and open to the public. Bring pruning tools and a shovel. Please call 947-3188 for more information, for directions, and to register for this class.
Directions: From Carthage, take 15/501 North 2.7 miles and turn right on NC 24/27 East toward Cameron. Go 2.5 miles, and turn left on Bryant Road. Go 0.6 miles and turn right on Red Hill Road. After 0.9 miles, 1460 Red Hill Road will be on your left.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
Update--How'd it become Feb. 17 already!
Urban Farm Tour coming April 10! Hosted by Sustainable Sandhills, the tour needs sponsors; please let me know if you can kick in. Three levels: $250, $100, $50. More about that later.
I've been to the land of snow--Ames, Iowa--for a couple of weeks. My sister there swears she has perennial Red Russian Kale, but it's kinda hard to see under 38" of snow. . . I went by Greyhound--a story in itself!
Honey bees are foraging any time the temp warms just a bit.
I lost a Penelope to stray dogs last month--poor Penelope, chickens can't fly worth a darn--but I'm pretty sure Animal Control has found the dogs.
Son and daughter-in-law have moved to Swannanoa, NC, where they have an acre farm with a history of organic production!
Raven's Wing Healing Center next door, daughter Carley's massage therapy business, is doing well and offers us both a restful place for meditation, documentaries with friends, potlucks and discussions--not to mention the theme potlucks we'll be hosting when the Farm2Table boxes begin arriving.
And many thanks! to Fenton and Jan for riding herd on this excellent, radical effort to bring local food to over 500 subscribing foodies!
Pepper, tomato, lettuce, parsley seeds are under the grow light, peas going into the ground today.
Ciao later!
I've been to the land of snow--Ames, Iowa--for a couple of weeks. My sister there swears she has perennial Red Russian Kale, but it's kinda hard to see under 38" of snow. . . I went by Greyhound--a story in itself!
Honey bees are foraging any time the temp warms just a bit.
I lost a Penelope to stray dogs last month--poor Penelope, chickens can't fly worth a darn--but I'm pretty sure Animal Control has found the dogs.
Son and daughter-in-law have moved to Swannanoa, NC, where they have an acre farm with a history of organic production!
Raven's Wing Healing Center next door, daughter Carley's massage therapy business, is doing well and offers us both a restful place for meditation, documentaries with friends, potlucks and discussions--not to mention the theme potlucks we'll be hosting when the Farm2Table boxes begin arriving.
And many thanks! to Fenton and Jan for riding herd on this excellent, radical effort to bring local food to over 500 subscribing foodies!
Pepper, tomato, lettuce, parsley seeds are under the grow light, peas going into the ground today.
Ciao later!
Monday, February 15, 2010
Blueberry Blitz!
Dear Farmers and Foodies,
February/early March is the time to prune and/or divide blueberry bushes. Blueberries are suited to our acidic soils, are pest-free, anti-oxidant, easy to mulch and grow, practically no watering needed after the first year.
So how about this:
Whether they're your bushes or a friend's or neighbor's, consider dividing or digging up some clumps to donate. Think about which public spaces might benefit from free, pick-your-own food!
Then:
* TELL your friends and neighbors about this effort.
* BRING those baby blueberry starts here to Farm Up the Street. Either potted or bare root. Deadline March 7.
And/or
* LOCATE a place or some places that want and will accept a starter blueberry bush or several. Consider parks, schools, median strips, libraries, churches, etc.
And/or
* VOLUNTEER to help Farm Up's cropmob group plant blueberry bushes on Saturday, March 13. We'll show you how. Bring a shovel, we'll furnish the rest of what we'll need
Please let us know what YOU can do to help with Farm Up's First Annual CropMob Blitz.
e me: suttonmaureen@hotmail.com or call Farm Up: 692-9413.
February/early March is the time to prune and/or divide blueberry bushes. Blueberries are suited to our acidic soils, are pest-free, anti-oxidant, easy to mulch and grow, practically no watering needed after the first year.
So how about this:
Whether they're your bushes or a friend's or neighbor's, consider dividing or digging up some clumps to donate. Think about which public spaces might benefit from free, pick-your-own food!
Then:
* TELL your friends and neighbors about this effort.
* BRING those baby blueberry starts here to Farm Up the Street. Either potted or bare root. Deadline March 7.
And/or
* LOCATE a place or some places that want and will accept a starter blueberry bush or several. Consider parks, schools, median strips, libraries, churches, etc.
And/or
* VOLUNTEER to help Farm Up's cropmob group plant blueberry bushes on Saturday, March 13. We'll show you how. Bring a shovel, we'll furnish the rest of what we'll need
Please let us know what YOU can do to help with Farm Up's First Annual CropMob Blitz.
e me: suttonmaureen@hotmail.com or call Farm Up: 692-9413.
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