More and more winter
Our major concern with all this snow is the possibility that our metal-framed, plastic-covered greenhouses will collapse under the weight. We worry about this because our primary greenhouse did get destroyed in 2003 with that winter’s major snowstorm. This year, just like all the other farmers in the area, we put in the effort, throughout...
CSA opening to Returning Members on Feb 1, 2010
All the CSA members from 2009 will receive an e-mail on Monday, February 1, giving the link to the registration page for 2010. If you are a returning customer and you do not hear from us then, please write to us and we’ll send a message to your correct address. Returning customers will have until...
The Spirit of the Law: How can we get a County ordinance to do what its authors intended?
By Mariette Hiu Newcomb In the early 1980’s some local activists got together with Fairfax County planners to see what could be done to save farmland that was rapidly being converted into subdivisions, shopping malls, and office parks. They came up with the Agricultural and Forestal District ordinance that would make qualifying lands eligible for...
Just passed the halfway mark of summer
As the official bean planter at PVF-East, I diligently plant a new bean patch every two weeks starting the first week of May. On August 7 I planted the last beans of the season, which means that we are officially on the downward slope of 2008. We planted the last squash too, but that doesn’t...