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Don’t wait until annual Farm Food and Harvest event this fall …… See what is growing soon, and often!
We don’t want anyone to miss out on seeing the Mediterranean Garden Demonstration plot, as it is bursting at the seams with big healthy crops of Beans, Lettuces, Melons, Squash, Cucumbers, Peppers (including the Internet famous Aleppo Pepper, among several other pepper-types, Pimento, Paprika, Hot and Sweet varieties).
There is seed Spinach, and Beets, Herbs, Flowers, the Cedars of Lebanon Tomato, along with the Big Heirloom types, Giant Syrian, Nesema Yellow, and Omar Lebanese.
See the very large plant, a very strange radish that we suspect is actually horseradish (we will see). Sorghum, and Pumpkin and other Winter Squash are also represented along with the succulent green veggie, high in Vitamins and Omega 3 - Purslane, which we offer to ethnic groups by the 1 LB packs.
The special 20X60' plot is small by farming standards, but full of wonderful veggies descendant from seeds obtained at USDA germ-plasm seed bank in the late 40’s! Syria, Lebanon, Turkey, Italy, ETC, are the countries responsible for these beautiful vegetables. Some of the lush growth is dedicated to seed production and saving, to carry on Virginia’s family heritage (Syrian/Lebanese. This Demonstration kitchen garden is not the only thing growing, of course.
Now is the time to take the mini-tour, and see what your farmers and our wonderful Food-For Work Volunteers and other helpers have been doing all spring and early summer - to bring locally grown organic produce to the area's fresh food lovers. Everyone is welcome to come and see what is happening at Custom Garden Farms.
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