The Finding Place Blog

Garden Edition: Offering opportunities for growth, change, and beauty—planting one seed at a time Fresh Produce year-round What some of us eat during the winter is heavily based on what is available from local farms and stores. We all may be feeling the pinch of a disrupted supply chain but eating local can really help to strengthen and enhance your neighboring economy. What about greens? Greens in the winter? Have you seen what is going on with the weather and the climate?

Memories of running wild and free on our family farm in New Tripoli, Pennsylvania Summer Breeze Mostly everyone has a memory of that one place, a family tradition, or home that catered to all of your needs as a child. The physical space for your childhood nostalgia, happiness, contentment—a place you explored in ways that weren't available to you in other physical locations. For me, it was our family farm in New Tripoli. I can't tell you how many minutes, hours, days, or week

Merging my passions of nature, gardening, art, design, food security, and environmental education. This summer along with countless hours of working with the Emmaus Arts Commission to implement and raise awareness for public art works, environmental art, and community engagement— I have volunteered at Rodale's experimental organic farm, and I have also jumped feet first into course work and training for garden education and implementation. I mentioned earlier that I was able

There is nothing better than picking the food that you planted from seed or sprout, oh, wait—besides eating the food, harvesting is the next best thing when it comes to gardening. Here we take a quick look at a garden harvest from seeds and sprouts planted directly by our children. A snippet of our latest harvest. We grow another plotted garden on a family member's property. Here is a small portion of what we collected on Monday evening. A variety of squash and patty pan, mel

WHY have I not been growing microgreens this entire time?! Summer Lunches What do you eat for lunch in the summer if you grow cucumbers, green and wax beans, lettuce, oregano, basil, thyme, radishes, tomatoes, and micro-greens? You can add a little olive oil, salt and pepper, avocado, and pumpkin seeds. Presto! You have the most refreshing and satisfying salad. Even if your garden tomatoes or micro-greens aren't quite ready, don't dismay. You can head over to your closest far

Who is the voice behind the words at the Finding Place LV? Photo credit courtesy of Sarah Bednar, 2021 Hi! I'd like to take a moment to introduce myself. I'm Lindsey and I'm currently the face behind the words, actions, and direction of The Finding Place LV. I haven't really made a proper introduction so I thought it was time to say "hello". “If we want children to flourish, to become truly empowered, then let us allow them to love the earth before we ask them to save it. Per

Growing a great garden is one thing but where do you get the seeds? Do you use sprouts? What do you start from seed and what do you transplant? Here is my quick guide of what I get, what I plant, and where I find my goods. A garden raid: This is our bounty from picking produce at Pappy T's garden. Thom has an (approximate) 15'x30' fenced in garden. Whatever we can't grow in our own gardens, we grow in Thom's garden. We are expanding our planting areas, learning how to cultiv

From ground to plate to compost to garden. How we can recognize and build a sustainable pattern for living while giving back to the Earth? I don't know about you but the amount of junk mail, newspaper coupons, and unnecessary paper items I have around my house is a bit overwhelming. I try to purchase local goods with as little packaging as possible, or at least, as little wasteful packaging as possible. Jars, cloth bags, baskets, and coconut fiber loose item sacks are a big h