BLANCHARDVILLE - The Green County Master Gardeners will be holding their monthly meeting at 7 p.m. June 23 at the Circle M Market Farm, 1784 County H, Blanchardville. Anyone interested in horticulture and gardening is welcome to join the association at the tour location; one does not have to be a Master Gardener to attend.
The tour will include the community-supported agriculture vegetable gardens, including 600 feet of perennial herbs, a greenhouse for transplants and a hoop house for four-season growing. The sheep and lambs, goats and kids, pigs, ducks, dogs and chickens that share the farm will be visited also. The evening will end in the farmhouse with a tour of the bed-and-breakfast rooms, concluding with a question-and-answer session. A tour of Circle M always includes local wine and cheese.
Kriss Marion moved to Blanchardville from Chicago with her husband and four children 11 years ago. While working on several local vegetable farms, she started her own Community Supported Agriculture program nine years ago with five customers. Her membership grew to 165 families in Madison and Green County before she decided to reduce the membership to 25 and serve her members lavish on-farm dinners with their shares. Marion has a background in newspaper journalism and in horticulture: She designed and installed urban yard gardens in Chicago before moving to the country. Everything she knows about gardening she learned from her green thumb parents, who both are active in their garden club in Pennsylvania. Everything she knows about farming she learned from her generous and patient neighbors.
The Master Gardeners meet on the fourth Thursday of the month from February through October. For more information on the UW-Extension Master Gardener program, contact agriculture agent Mark Mayer at 608-328-9440.
The tour will include the community-supported agriculture vegetable gardens, including 600 feet of perennial herbs, a greenhouse for transplants and a hoop house for four-season growing. The sheep and lambs, goats and kids, pigs, ducks, dogs and chickens that share the farm will be visited also. The evening will end in the farmhouse with a tour of the bed-and-breakfast rooms, concluding with a question-and-answer session. A tour of Circle M always includes local wine and cheese.
Kriss Marion moved to Blanchardville from Chicago with her husband and four children 11 years ago. While working on several local vegetable farms, she started her own Community Supported Agriculture program nine years ago with five customers. Her membership grew to 165 families in Madison and Green County before she decided to reduce the membership to 25 and serve her members lavish on-farm dinners with their shares. Marion has a background in newspaper journalism and in horticulture: She designed and installed urban yard gardens in Chicago before moving to the country. Everything she knows about gardening she learned from her green thumb parents, who both are active in their garden club in Pennsylvania. Everything she knows about farming she learned from her generous and patient neighbors.
The Master Gardeners meet on the fourth Thursday of the month from February through October. For more information on the UW-Extension Master Gardener program, contact agriculture agent Mark Mayer at 608-328-9440.
