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Free and low-cost GARDEN EDUCATION in Virginia

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In this post, we will discuss apps, local classes local certifications, schools, conferences, public gardens and nature center programs, WWOOF (Willing Workers on Organic Farms), and intern and work suggestions.

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Women writing about living in the country

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This is an ode to all women who live in the country, and chronicle the exciting and the mundane, and entices the rest of us to raise a lamb, plant a bed of asparagus, aspire to grow an entire meal’s worth of food, or at least eat locally for a year. These women have been […]

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Learning (and loving) how to cook on a woodstove

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One year, while turning our kitchen into a bedroom and our former bedroom into the kitchen, it finally happened. I had some strange desire at that point in my life when I had three children under the age of five to live pioneer style and do most things by hand. Things like outhouses, cleaning clothes by […]

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At harvest: a poem

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This is a poem I wrote in July 2008, when I was deep in the throes of motherhood and seasonal living. In praise of self-sufficiencyI once holed up almost anacre-island of sand and trees.Many days spent on kneesamongst chickens and rabbits,trowels and error.Slowly, I learnedand from the soil I earnedthe right to eatthe right to […]

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A great cup of tea

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How many years did I drink bad coffee, then good coffee, until I finally learned about the beauty of a good cup of tea? When I was little, my grandmother would make me “coffee” to drink while we watched Lassie. I think it was actually 80 percent milk with a few drops of coffee, and […]

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Learning how to make cider at a family farm

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We begin the first pressing of the apples Over the river and through the woods (and down the road apiece) lies the 150-acre intentional community Springtree. Located on the banks of the meandering and historic Rivanna River, Springtree has been demonstrating so many of the ideals I strive for (and more) for more than thirty […]

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The best tips to help gardeners stay comfortable out there!

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Gardener’s best comfort and protection tips Not long ago, I asked some of my favorite gardeners to share their best tips and tricks for staying comfortable in the garden, and for working outside in general. Even though I have been gardening for almost thirty years, I was delighted to learn so many new things. My […]

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