By: Kathy Beck, Vice Chair of Farm/Garden/Education As of the end of September, Feed Fannin has harvested 4,016 lbs. of produce from our Ada Street and Research and Partner gardens. In addition, 1,924 lbs. of produce have been purchased locally, bringing a total of 5,940 lbs. of produce that has been provided for the food … Read more
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 at the farm last year have mostly faded, and the mind is filled with the excitement and anticipation of a new growing season. Early spring … Read more
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 the roof of the garage and the loss of a huge tree that was uprooted behind the farmhouse and garage. Thankfully, there was no damage … Read more
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 Food Pantry through Sept. 30 from all sources (both grown and purchased) totaled just over 12,000 lbs. Our Farm-to-Pantry supplemental produce purchases will continue for … Read more
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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