Wright’s FARMacy

02/27/2026

So many learning opportunities across the panhandle! I'll be sharing events in a few posts.

Intro to Gardening courses hosted by WVU Extension Master Gardeners will be held on Saturday, 2/28 at South Jefferson Library and South Berkeley Library from 11 a.m.- 12:30 p.m. For Jefferson call 304-725-6227, for Berkeley email [email protected]. Please RSVP. 🌱

Monthly Speaker Series for gardeners of all levels!
No registration is required. All of these sessions will be held at the WVU Kearneysville Research, Education and Outreach Center, 67 Apple Harvest Ln, Kearneysville.
3/19: Fungi and Healthy Soil with Ben Peoples, 4:30 - 6 p.m.
4/9: Companion Planting with Michele Seib, 4:30 - 6 p.m.

Mastering Your Garden Workshops
Saturday, 3/14 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
Blue Ridge Community and Technical College -13650 Apple Harvest Drive, Martinsburg, WV 25404
This Workshop Series features 3 different tracks depending on your gardening level. Each track has 3 consecutive sessions with varying topics on the same day:

Beginner - Setting Up a Garden ~ Gardening Gear ~ Starting Seeds
Intermediate - New Home, New Landscape ~ Soil Sampling ~ Good Bugs, Bad Bugs
Advanced - Foraging ~ Non-Traditional Gardening ~ Native Plants

This program is free, but registration is required:
Questions? Contact the Berkeley County WVU Extension Office at 304-264-1936

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01/23/2026

Sharing educational opportunities thanks to the WVU Extension Service. Follow the link below and/or call the local offices to register as applicable.

Winter Workshop Series - Each workshop will be held at the Berkeley County Youth Fairgrounds at 6:30 PM. Each session is geared toward beginning farmers, and poultry supplies are available to participants in the poultry workshop.

Wednesday, February 11 - Backyard Poultry, including raising and housing poultry, and selling eggs or meat.

Wednesday, March 11 - Truck and Trailer, including load securement, understanding limitations, and loading a trailer.

Workshops are free to attend, but registration is required. To register, visit
https://bit.ly/BCWinterWorkshops

Dinner Meetings - Both programs will be held at the WVU Kearneysville Tree Fruit Research, Outreach, and Education Center, located at 67 Apple Harvest Lane in Kearneysville. Start time is 6:30 PM with a meal provided.

Thursday, January 22 - At Home Meat Processing. Speaker: Josh Peplowski, WVU Extension Agent in Greenbrier County

Thursday, February 12 - Grazing Management. Speaker: Dr. Katie Payne, WVU Extension Forage Specialist

Thank you to Farm Credit for sponsoring our January meal, and the Eastern Panhandle Conservation District for sponsoring our February meal. The dinner meetings are free, but registration is required. To RSVP, email or call either the Berkeley or Jefferson County Office.

Grazing School - Join us from 9 AM to 4:30 PM on February 16-17 for an interactive two days designed to help livestock producers improve forage utilization, soil health, and herd performance through effective grazing management. This hands-on workshop will cover temporary fencing and watering systems, budgeting forages, develop a grazing plan, the cost of hay production soil testing and fertility, stocking rate and nutrient management.

This program will be held at the WVU Kearneysville Tree Fruit Research, Outreach, and Education Center, located at 67 Apple Harvest Lane in Kearneysville

Space is limited to the first 20 registrations. Pesticide credits are available. This program will be a mix of traditional classroom learning and field demonstrations. To register, call either the Berkeley or Jefferson County Office.

Emily Morrow
Jefferson County
(304) 728-7413

Ryan Snyder
Berkeley County
(304)-264-1936

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11/13/2025

Share from Community Markets Inc. Updates

Thanking Our Veterans

At this week’s St. Isidore Market we’re thanking our Veterans and Active Duty Service Members with Free Groceries! Join us tomorrow from 5:00 – 6:30 pm at the Market and enjoy one (1) FREE grocery item up to a $10.00 (USD) value! See graphic below or a Market Team Member at checkout for details.

Visit www.saintisidoremarket.com to place a Pre Order or learn more about St. Isidore Market including the upcoming Thanksgiving Markets on November 20 & 26.

Food Box Giveaway NEXT TUESDAY

CMI is feeding 200 families at the Mountain Lake Club on Shannondale Lake this coming Tuesday, November 18!
This Food Box Giveaway is for ANYONE struggling with food insecurity, but especially:

– SNAP EBT users who don’t have any funds right now due to the SNAP funding freeze

– Federal workers/contractors who are experiencing financial difficulties due to the shutdown

– Anyone struggling to put food on the table this Thanksgiving.

If you don’t fit an above category but struggle with food insecurity – come! This Food Box Giveaway is for you!
Volunteers Needed!!

See the flyer below for more details are RSVP on the FB Event: https://www.facebook.com/share/19fnvkNL5X/

08/21/2025

*Veggies put away for the night. Thanks if you came by!*

Mostly tomatoes, various varieties and sizes! 🍅

A few cucumbers 🥒 and green peppers 🫑 too.

Take what you need, leave what you can afford.

Please take our poll - at the stand or here (comment). Do/did you visit the stand because you:

- drove by and saw fresh veggies
- saw a FB post
- heard via word of mouthtou

08/15/2025

Just harvested some produce and a micro bouquet!

🍅 German Johnson, Cherokee Purple, Purple and Yellow Bumble Bee, Juliet, and green tomatoes for frying.

🥒 Cucumbers

Take what you need, leave what you can afford. 🙏🏼

08/13/2025

Tomatoes, cucumbers, and yellow squash. Grown here from seed to harvest. 🌱 🍅

Most was harvested this morning - all grown within 3/10th of a mile.

Take what you need, leave what you can afford. Then pay it forward.

Cash or Venmo.

The stand will be open until approximately 8 PM this evening @ Bunker Hill Flour Mill.

10/05/2024

*Closed for the day as of 6:15pm*

The season is winding down but we have some produce on the wagon today. Mostly tomatoes - green and red, small and large, some green peppers, and banana peppers. There are a few hot banana peppers too.

Take what you need, leave what you can afford donation - cash box on the wagon or Venmo QR.

We’ll take it down this evening and update the post once we pack up. Likely around 5pm. God bless. 🙏🏼

09/20/2024

*Everything is packed up for the day as planned at 5pm, perfect timing for the rain. Thanks for the support and enjoy!*

We plan to have harvest on the stand tomorrow, Saturday morning at 10am. It will be an honor system “take what you need, leave what you can afford” donation day. Cash/change goes in the black box and Venmo is accepted (QR on cash box).

We have beautiful green peppers, sweet banana peppers, small red and green sweet peppers, and four varieties of small tomatoes (red and yellow cherry size, yellow pear, and red plum shaped). There are also slicing and canning size tomatoes and lots of green tomatoes.

If anyone is looking to make tomato relish, now is the time! Though not pictured, there are many large green tomatoes.

We plan to leave the harvest out through the day and will update this post when we pack up - likely 5pm.

God bless. 🙏🏼

09/11/2024

*Update* Everything is packed up for the day. Thanks. 🙏🏼

We have some fresh produce and flowers! We’ve put them on the stand as a “take what you need, leave what you can afford” honor system. There’s a black cash box and Venmo QR on the stand.

Blue lake green beans, sweet and mild peppers of assorted sizes, green peppers, hot banana peppers (in a separate white bag and marked), cherry size tomatoes, and some medium size canning/cooking tomatoes.

We’ll leave them out until around 6pm today and will update this post when we take them down.

God bless. 🙏🏼

Located at the Bunker Hill Flour Mill, 700 block of Giles Mill Road, Bunker Hill, WV.

09/06/2024

Community Markets Inc. is holding a Food Box Giveaway this Tuesday as part of the United Way of the Eastern Panhandle’s Day of Caring.

What: Community Markets Inc. Food Box Giveaway – feeding 150 families with healthy, WV-grown food.

Where: Hospice of the Panhandle Admin Building
330 Hospice Ln
Kearneysville, WV 25430

When: Tuesday, September 10th 11 am – 1 pm while supplies last.

Who: Anyone who is in need of healthy food grown by WV and local farmers, especially low-income and underserved families who may not otherwise have access to locally produced food.

Why: To increase wealth and wellness for WV families and communities through healthy and affordable food grown in West Virginia and locally.

08/31/2024

Again we do not enough surplus to offer sales tomorrow. Enjoy the Labor Day weekend and support your local farmers and markets.

08/23/2024

Unfortunately we don’t have surplus again this weekend. Our production has significantly decreased and we’re starting to clear out some beds for the fall transition and cover crops.

We’ve had a challenging year and we’re appreciative of the support when we have been at the veggie wagon.

Meanwhile, support your local farmers and gardeners. 🌱