Archives for February 2011

100 Years of Community Gardening

February 25, 2011 at 5:54 pmJohn Stempien

The roots of Bailey’s work go deep. Cornell Cooperative Extension celebrates one-hundred years, another milestone connected to America’s Father of Modern Agriculture. “We commemorate Bailey’s work in celebration of Cornell Cooperative Extension’s 100 years of agricultural, nutritional, and environmentally sustainable support, and we continue to encourage self-sustaining gardening and farming.” Check out how they are... View Article

The Greenhouse in the Snow

February 2, 2011 at 1:38 pmJohn Stempien

It is in the dead of winter that the greenhouse is at its best, for then is the contrast of life and death the greatest. Just beyond the living, tender leaf-separated only by the slender film of the pane- is the whiteness and silence of the midwinter. You stand under the arching roof and look... View Article