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Chester Housing Authority’s Bennett Community Farm Inspired by Cuba

Posted on June 28, 2019

by Admin

This blog comes to us from Stefan Roots, blogger at Chester Matters blog, about the farming methods of Natania Schaumburg, farmer at the Ruth Bennett Farm in Chester, PA, inspired by her trip to Cuba. (Chester, PA–June 11, 2019)—In preparation for the Bennett Community Farm’s upcoming season, the Chester Housing Authority decided to look south for inspiration and found it…

Batch Cooking Potluck Gathering!

Posted on July 2, 2018

by Sari

On Monday, July 16, join TTM members for some batch cooking! It’s first-come-first-cook for five participants eager to chop, blend and fire-up some healthy Middle Eastern cuisine to take home and serve. We will gather around 4pm in the shiny new kitchen at First United Methodist Church, 350 W State St, Media. Please enter on Lemon Street between Baker and State…

Media Borough Composting Survey Launch

Posted on September 23, 2017

by Sari

In an effort to reduce waste going to the county landfill and incinerator, the Media Borough is considering expanding the current recycling program to include a food scrap collection program. With a food scrap collection program you would be able to separate food from the rest of your trash, and have it collected for composting at a local compost farm….

What The Weeds? – Installment 2 (Bishop’s Weed)

Posted on July 1, 2016

by Donna Cusano

Aegopodium (ee-guh-POH-dee-um) podagraria (pod-uh-GRAR-ee-uh), Bishop’s Weed, also called Goutweed, Goutwort, Ground Elder, Herb Gerard, English Masterwort, Wild Masterwort, Pigweed and Snow-in-the-Mountain, is an herbaceous perennial ground cover that grows 1 ½ to 2 feet in height and spreads through seed dispersion and rhizomes. It is part of the carrot family (Aplaceae) and grows in shady places. Native to Eurasia, it is…

Winter Cover Crops

Posted on October 15, 2015

by Beth Iatesta

With winter just around the corner, you should start thinking about how to protect your garden from these upcoming cold months and how to properly prepare it for the spring. You can never start prepping your garden too early. Cover crops are perhaps the first step in allowing your garden to be in its best condition for the following spring….

Chester Housing Authority’s Bennett Community Farm Inspired by Cuba

Batch Cooking Potluck Gathering!

Media Borough Composting Survey Launch

What The Weeds? – Installment 2 (Bishop’s Weed)

Winter Cover Crops

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