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Nature Writing with Write On and Gathering Ground
By Nora Boxer, UWM graduate student in creative writing This January, I was given the opportunity to participate as a student in Write On, Door County's The Craft of Writing Series via a scholarship...
The Internship 2020
By Alex Krantz, Gathering Ground intern 2020 Before becoming an intern with my sister Izzy at Gathering Ground, I was an Island regular. Every summer my family would drive up from our Illinois...
Sheep at Gathering Ground
by Russell Rolffs, farm manager This year, Gathering Ground grazed six White Dorper sheep, rotating them through the vineyard June to August and then the young chestnut and fruit orchards the...
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 mildew that prematurely defoliated the vines and...
Update from the Vines: Rose Chafers
by Izzy and Alex Krantz, Gathering Ground InternsAs we reflect on the past five weeks of the Gathering Ground internship, the smell of dead Rose Chafers composting in the sun haunts us. We close our...
Island Garden Tour
Saturday August 1, from 10 am - 2 pmGathering Ground is happy to present our first garden tour. We've asked 8 Island gardeners to open up their gates to visitors and share a little bit of Island...