Winter 2009
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Articles from this issue:
Small farms can prosper when they sell local.
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ids in Rappahannock County's public schools are growing things.In gardens at the elementary school and the high school and at another garden off-site, they’re raising apples, blackberries, watermelon, broccoli, lettuce, tomatoes, peppers, spinach, basil, asparagus, and many other fruits and vegetables.Last year, these student-run gardens provided 500 pounds of food for the local Senior Nutrition Center, cafeteria salad bars, and school fundraisers.The school gardens, which are cultivated primarily by students in horticulture classes, also give art classes a place to draw, English classes a place to study transcendentalist poetry, building classes a reason to construct sheds and a hoop house, and culinary arts classes fresh herbs and vegetables to cook with.Every year, a few high school students gain further experience as interns, cultivating the gardens through the summer. Read more... |
Quilts: The Story is in the Details Finding Comfort in the Light of the Blue Ridge
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hen visual artist Maria Ellena Cosimano-Kohl looks toward the Blue Ridge she sees colors.It’s been that way ever since the Washington, D.C., native first moved to Madison County 40 years ago and looked out her front door, over the Robinson River, to the mountains.“The colors flow.They’re free, lyrical, feminine and soft,” says Kohl.“I don’t like sharp edges. Read more... |
Roads to this fast-growing suburb may be crowded, but its historic core reveals often undiscovered delights. There definitely is a “there” there.
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o inaugurate a new series on “Old Towns” throughout the Piedmont, we proudly feature Old Town Manassas; if you haven’t visited there lately, you don’t know what you’re missing.But first, some thoughts on what the name “Old Town” means.In today’s world of shopping malls both large and small, the designation “Old Town” has come to signify something special.With its unique shops, galleries, and restaurants, Old Town Manassas is a good example.To visit Old Town Manassas one must journey inward to the innermost heart of town, to the core of the city that was there first. Read more...
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