CVO Blog
Meet One of Our New Vegetable Growers: Annie Halcomb
Gardening Beginnings Both sides of Annie’s family have left their impressions about nature and gardening on her. Annie’s mother always keeps a large garden, and so did her grandmother. Not letting age and physical changes deter her, Annie’s grandma utilized a plastic chair when weeding in her garden. On the other side of her family,…
Read MoreHow to Make Plant-based, Organic Potpourri
Make Potpourri from the Nature Around You! In CVO’s second installment of our Dried Flower Craft Series, Jodi shows a fun and easy way to make potpourri! This can be an adventurous and hands-on way for kids to create a Mother’s Day gift that will last all year long. Supplies Needed Your choice…
Read MoreAn Organic Flower Bouquet Subscription is the Perfect Gift!
Looking for the perfect gift for a friend, relative, co-worker, or neighbor? How about a weekly, every other week, or every 4-week bouquet of fresh-cut, colorful, organic blooms? Heck, maybe you’d even like one for yourself! Our Organic Flower Bouquet Subscription service in Pittsburgh makes it easy for you or a treasured friend to enjoy fresh-cut…
Read MoreThe Healing Properties of Lavender
Who doesn’t love Lavender, right?! Based on our experience at market and plant sales, very few people have an adverse reaction to this popular garden plant. At the same time, it is one that we get many questions about. This blog post is intended to help answer those questions, introduce you to the varieties of Lavender…
Read MoreMeet the New CVO Sales & Marketing Specialist: Heather Herczak
We’ve hinted and introduced to you the talented new women farmers that have join the CVO team this year. Now, we would like to introduce to you someone completely different: our new Sales & Marketing Specialist, Heather Herczak! Part of Heather’s new role is handling the CVO Facebook, Instagram, website and blog updates, graphic design…
Read MoreDried Flower Craft Kits
We have new Dried Flower Craft Kits available on our website! Watch this video to see Jodi show how to make these colorful crafts for kids (or adults), using some of the beautiful dried flowers from our farm! Butterfly Craft Kit 6 wooden butterflies 1 bag blue bachelor buttons 1 bag orange…
Read MoreThyme Varieties for Culinary and Ornamental Use
Here at Cherry Valley, we grow dozens of different types of herbs, but one of our favorites is thyme. While you might think that there’s only one type of thyme, that isn’t the case. There are dozens of different varieties of thyme, each with their own unique appearance and flavor. Some thyme varieties are better…
Read MoreCome celebrate the Grand Opening of our new Farm Market and Cafe!
Our Grand Opening festivities will follow this schedule: **Saturday 6/1 – 9am – 9pm All day happenings! Pie on the Porch Free Samples (food, coffee, tea) Raffles 10am – Potted Plant Demo 10:30am – Kid Craft #1 11:30am – Vase Flower Arranging 1:00pm – Kid Craft #2 2:00pm – Bird House Making Musician Chris Hannigan…
Read MoreGarlic Scapes: How to harvest and cook
One of the more surprising spring crops we harvest here at the Cherry Valley Organics Farm is garlic scapes. While most people think about the bulbous, underground cloves when they think about using garlic in the kitchen, there’s another edible part of the garlic plant with a delicious flavor worth fitting into your dinner plans.…
Read MoreMeet the CVO Cafe Supervisor: Emily Kramer
We’re thrilled to announce that the Cherry Valley Organics Farm Market and Cafe is soon going to open for our spring and summer hours! We’re located at 1713 Main Street, Burgettstown, PA in the recently refurbished, historic Burgettstown Train Station. These are exciting times for the CVO crew — so many amazing changes are taking…
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