Farm, Partner Gardens Prepared, Planted for the Growing Season
By Kathy Beck, Vice Chair of Farm/Garden/Education May is coming to an end, and life at the farm has started to get busy. The memories of the hard work involved … Read more
Garden Update
Spring has Sprung at the Farm, and Volunteers have been Busy
By: Kathy Beck, Vice Chair of Farm/Garden/Education Welcome Spring! Let the fun begin! The farm survived the winter storms and wind but not without the lifting of a corner of … Read more
Farm and Garden Report (Fall 2021)
Summer is gone, fall is now upon us, and it’s been busy at the Feed Fannin Farm and in our partner garden. Produce donations to the Fannin County Family Connection … Read more
New Digs for Mittleider Garden
Feed Fannin’s Mittleider Garden has been relocated to the Fannin County Family Connection on Industrial Park Drive in Blue Ridge and is settling into its new digs fairly well.
Farm & Garden Report
It is approaching the Fourth of July weekend as I write this article. I am happy to report that the Feed Fannin garden was planted this spring brought some needed normalcy to my world.
Another Successful Year for the Mittleider Garden
This is the end of the second growing season for the Mittleider Garden, our showcase experimental garden. Because of the unique soil mixture Mittleider gardens use, the plants establish deep roots, require less water and the beds suffer fewer weeds than standard gardening methods.
Record 9,000+ Pounds Donated to Food Pantry
It has been a fun, hard-working, educational and expensive summer. Our tractor spent the latter part of the summer in the hospital having transmission surgery, but I am happy to report it has made a full recovery! Here are some of the activities from the garden this summer.
Barbara Ferer Research & Demonstration Garden Update
As its inaugural project, the newly formed Garden Research Committee incorporated a garden that Feed Fannin volunteers had built next to the Family Connection Food Pantry using the Mittleider gardening method.
Spring Brings a Fresh Start to Feed Fannin’s Bountiful Garden
One of the good things about winter is that most foliage and greenery goes dormant or dies, and you get to start with a fresh clean slate for spring. It’s a chance for new beginnings in the garden as you plow under your winter rye cover crop and rotate your stock from the previous year
Another Year of Hard Work at the Ada Street Garden
Summer has come to an end, and we have harvested most of our produce. It’s time to put the garden to bed for the winter.