Community Harvest Project, Inc.
37 Wheeler Road
North Grafton, MA 01536
(508) 839-7402
info@community-harvest.org
Community Harvest Project, Inc.
37 Wheeler Road
North Grafton, MA 01536
(508) 839-7402
info@community-harvest.org
This season we are calling for new Volunteer Team Leaders to join us at The Community Harvest Project. These important individuals offer leadership and direction to volunteer groups and individuals at the Brigham Hill Farm on Saturday mornings from 9:00 am to noon, and some weekdays. We ask a minimum commitment of only one Saturday a month throughout the season, but always love to see our Team Leaders more often.
If you love working with people and enjoy the outdoors, then this is the perfect volunteer position for you!
If you are interested in more information regarding this rewarding position, please contact our Volunteer Coordinator, Maia Wentrup, at (774) 551-6544. You can also reach Maia via e-mail at volunteer@community-harvest.org. We look forward to meeting you!
The folks from R.H. White Companies returned to the Grafton farm on July 30, 2005 and took on a series of improvement projects. In one very busy and productive day, they...
A major "THANK YOU" to the great people at R.H. White, and to David and Shirley White and their family, for continuing to be such a big help in keeping our farm working!
Check out a series of pictures taken during the R.H. White whirlwind!
Thanks to a great effort by our friends at the R.H. White Companies, our Grafton farm is getting a new irrigation system. The folks from R.H. White brought some impressive equipment to the farm on July 17th and, by the time they left, pipe and conduit was buried underground to carry water from our new 20,000 gallon underground tank to three field hydrants.
One piece of equipment they brought, shown at left, is a huge ditch digger that cuts into the ground like a giant chainsaw leaving a neat trench behind it. After dropping in the plastic pipes, the trenches were filled again with the use of a backhoe and one of our tractors.
Now we'll be connecting it all up, and will be prepared for any dry spells
that come our way in August.
In mid-March 2004 we started planting again in the greenhouse at the Brigham Hill Community Farm. Cabbage and broccoli lead the way, so we can plant them out in the fields in late April to get an early start on the short New England growing season.
Because we're planning to greatly increase our harvest this year, we'll be using the greenhouse at Elmwood Farm in Hopkinton, too. When the Grafton greenhouse is full, we'll start up the Hopkinton greenhouse.
We're happy to announce the CHP newsletter, The Sprout, new with our Spring 2003 issue. The Sprout will carry news about the CHP farms, updates about what we're planting, information about volunteer opportunities and, yes, occasional begging for money.
The Sprout is sent free to all CHP donors and to volunteers who have registered with us. You can also download a copy in PDF format by following the link below:
Thanks to the generous donation of time and materials by the Grafton Garden Club, the Brigham Hill Community Farm now features a beautiful Butterfly Garden for the enjoyment of visitors young and old.
Planted with a variety of flowers know to attract butterflys, the new garden also includes a butterfly-size water bath. On your next visit to the farm, please check out this wonderful new addition, located on the far side of the barn.
We were recently the lucky recipient of a gorgeous new sign for the Brigham Hill Community Farm, donated by the John H. Chafee Blackstone River Valley National Heritage Corridor, part of the National Park Service. This sign was designed according to the standard used by the Corridor for the many public attractions and facilities in the Blackstone Valley.
The sign was the result of the dedicated effort of Corridor employee Mark Jewell, who has also played a major role in recreation and community preservation projects in Grafton and surrounding communities. A heartfelt "Thank You" to Mark and our other friends at the Corridor!
Well, not really. It's a 20,000 gallon water tank, which will be buried underground for the storage of water for irrigation at the Grafton farm. The tank, measuring 10' in diameter and 38' long, was surplus property of a construction company in a neighboring town, discovered on E-Bay by one of our sharp-eyed volunteers.
The tank was donated to our Grafton farm, if we supplied the transportation (provided for free by long-time volunteer Mike Parnell, who manages Elmwood Farm)! We need the tank to act as a buffer between our anemic irrigation well and the insatiable needs of our crops in mid-summer.
Please read further to find out...
