Happenings

Heirloom Plant Sale! Rain or Shine!! Come get your organically grown plants tomorrow–Saturday, May 6 from 9 to 3 at the Horn Farm Center.
If you can’t make it to the plant sale, we will be opening up our Online Farm Stand on Monday, May 8. Remaining plants will be available to purchase online with pick up at the Horn Farm on Saturday, May 13.

On June 1, we are opening our historic summer kitchen for a hands-on workshop on how to make Strawberry Rhubarb Chutney. Using strawberries grown here at the Horn Farm by Kilgore Family Farm, participants will make and sample this delicious, traditional preparation.

Registration is open for our 3rd annual benefit ride the Cycle the Solstice. The ride is organized by the The Cycle Works  and is sponsored by Lemon Street Market, Eden Foods, PA Truck Centers, and Penn Waste.

Thank you for supporting the Horn Farm Center for Agricultural Education!

We are excited to announce a 9-Day Forest Garden Design Intensive with Dave Jacke in October! Come explore how we can use the patterns and principles of forest ecology to design our own gardens, homesteads, and communities. Forest gardening means growing food like the forest, not in the forest. The principles of forest ecology can be applied in urban, suburban, and rural settings as well as to existing woodland to increase the diversity of edible and otherwise useful species while increasing the health of the existing landscape.

Next week at this time, the bank barn foundation will be transformed into the site of the  Heirloom Plant Sale! We are happy to be using this beautiful space for more than just storage.  You can find a plant list here: 2017 Plant List. Most plants will be priced at $3. Sale runs from 9 to 3. Come early for the best selection!

Upcoming events:

Foraging – May
Horn Farm Produce Share – CSA
Rhubarb and Strawberry Chutney
Cycle the Solstice
Thank you for supporting the Horn Farm Center for Agricultural Education!

Greetings from the Horn Farm! The season is well underway.

Both greenhouses are bursting with plants. We are growing plants for the Heirloom Plant Sale on May 6 as well as for the fields here at the farm. We will begin distributing shares to our CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) members beginning at the end of May–weather permitting. We still have a few shares available–either a weekly or biweekly selection of fresh, nutrient dense produce grown here at the farm.

We are growing thousands of plants in many varieties. Basil, for instance, comes in so many variations of color and flavor. This week we potted up Large Italian Green, Genovese, Licorice, as well as this gorgeous Red Rubin basil.

In addition to the work we’ve been doing in the fields and the greenhouses, we added more classes to the website and have organized them by category to make them easier to browse:

Cooking Classes
Ecological Design
Foraging Classes
Gardening & Farming
Wilderness Skills

Have you ever thought about insects as food?

Raising invertebrates for food and farming can be fun, entertaining and rewarding – and meet many different needs.

On May 13, join William Padilla-Brown for discussion and demonstrations as he takes us on a journey through many different invertebrates – starting with two ancient aquatic invertebrates, Brine Shrimp and Triops.

Participants will get hands-on instruction in setting up small habitats to take home with choice of crickets, roaches, mealworms, and/or Red Wiggler Worms. The course will end with a demonstration on how to cook with edible insects and participants may choose to participate in Entomophagy (the eating of insects). Space is limited. Register for MicroHerding Invertebrates today!

Thank you for your support of the Horn Farm Center for Agricultural Education!