Join us for our fourth annual Island Farm and Field Bike Tour -- History Edition. We will visit 7 sites around the Island and hear from farmers and...
Farm and Field Bike Tour 2024
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Many Hands, Light Work
Gratitude. Grateful hearts. Abundance. We are so thankful to be a part of a community that loves the earth, loves people, and loves sharing good...
Terese Allen: Featured Chef at 2022 Dinner in the Vineyard
An interview with featured chef Terese AllenChef and writer Terese Allen will be the featured chef at Gathering Ground’s fourth annual fundraiser,...
Ecocriticism Pt. 3: Haunted Landscapes and Agricultural Land
By Emma Knickelbine, Gathering Ground Intern 2021 In my last two blog posts, I have set before you some ecocritical theories that have had a huge...
Ecocriticism Pt. 2: Trans-corporeality and the Farm
by Emma Knickelbine, Gathering Ground Intern 2021 As an ecocritic, it's important to me to communicate ecocritical and scientific ideas in language...
The Vineyard is Open!
This year the grapes didn't ripen very well -- they have low sugars (10-13 brix) and won't make good wine. The low sugars are due to the downy...
Baa Baa Baa — Sheep at Gathering Ground!
In April, 2020, we will be welcoming six White Dorper hair sheep to Gathering Ground. We couldn't be more excited. A big part of our motivation is...
The Chestnut Orchard
2019 was an exciting year for the chestnut orchard. We planted 70 additional chestnut trees, bringing the total to 100 trees. It was very promising...
Raised Beds at the Island School
This spring, Gathering Ground will be working with Jessica Dennis at the Island School to get some early season vegetables sprouting up in the...
How about them apples?
Apples are high on the list for backyard gardeners. Gathering Ground is working to identify delicious apples that grow relatively free of disease...