Nicky and Dave Schauder are passionate about helping families grow their food, and medicine and find God in the garden. Learn how to build your own permaculture garden Get our 10 Steps Garden Workbook when you sign up!
Save Your Seeds with us!
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Hello Reader, We walked neighbors through the garden beds, showed off our farm robot, and even had a cooking demo going under the tent. Shout out to the VA Cooperative Extension for hosting our farm-to-table workshop! It was a full day, and it was good to meet so many of you in person. Join us at 7:30 PM ET for our Seed Saving Webinar. We’ll cover how to harvest, clean, and store seeds from your garden so you can grow the same varieties year after year. No new seed packets required.
Whether you made it to the farm or you’re joining us from across the country or abroad, we’d love to see you tonight. Grow abundantly, PS. Just showing off our Long de Nice (Cucurbita moschata) humongous French heirloom pumpkin . We shared seeds from this plant last year with Market Table Bistro's chef, Jason Lage and look at what he grew this year. I bet he's going to make some yummy bisque from it. PPS. You too, can save your seeds with us. |
Dave & Nicky Schauder
Nicky and Dave Schauder are passionate about helping families grow their food, and medicine and find God in the garden. Learn how to build your own permaculture garden Get our 10 Steps Garden Workbook when you sign up!
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