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Mountain Fresh Farmer’s Market

First Mountain Fresh Farmer’s  Market of 2013 What a wonderful morning in Oakland,MD. The sun was blazing and people were crowding the corner of Second St. and Alder St. while we sat in the Pocket Park right outside of Cornish

Posted in Buy Local, Community, Local Art, Local Events, Sustainable Art, Sustainable Food

Savage River Arts

Art and Creative Writing Workshops for Students – From Frostburg.edu article: Savage River Arts is a collaborative program of the Frostburg Center for Creative Writing, the Savage River Watershed Association (and the Frostburg Museum) to promote environmental literacy and foster young

Posted in Collaborate, Community, Education, Local Art, Local Events, Sustainable Art

Custom Carved Wooden Signs

Custom Carved Wooden Signs by Josh Gambetta Our friend, Josh Gambetta has been working hard on making us carved wooden signs for our Waldens and hiking trails. Check out his first pieces.

Posted in Collaborate, Local Art, Sustainable Art, Waldens

Recycled Art

Northern High School Students Make Art From Recycled Materials Recently we went to Northern High School in Garrett County MD to meet up with some students. They had some art on display made of recycled materials. Love the creativity!

Posted in Community, Education, Local Art, Uncategorized

Live Edge for Junior

As some of you know, we are working on a mobile tiny home that will serve as our marketing cabin. The locally harvested, locally sawn live edge siding in in! This stack of lumber will become our beautiful facade. The wavy

Posted in Building Green, Buy Local, Community, Sustainable Construction

Video: Maple Sap Tap

Bryan, Blue Moon Rising’s Director of Environmental Education, shows us how to tap a Maple Tree for sap collection. This video shows materials needed, how to set up, and information on yield ratios for tapping a maple tree for sap

Posted in Buy Local, Collaborate, Education, Sustainable Food

Collecting Maple Sap at Barnyard Farm

With the coming of spring (yeah, right) I began tapping trees at Barnyard Farm. Barnyard Farm is my personal residence on the southern end of Garrett County. As a member of the Blue Moon Rising team I make my land

Posted in Community, Education, Partners, Sustainable Food, Uncategorized

Alliance of Artist Communities

Emerging Program Member – The First in Western Maryland! Blue Moon Rising has recently joined the Alliance of Artist Communities as an Emerging Program Member! We are looking forward to partnering with this fantastic organization to cultivate talent from the

Posted in Buy Local, Collaborate, Community, Local Art, Sustainable Art

Local Food Initiative

Local Food Initiative  Farm to table/shelves/schools – A tri-county effort! Earlier this week a group of local food enthusiasts gathered at Garrett College to discuss propelling the local food movement within the region! The local food initiative, organized by Cheryl

Posted in Buy Local, Community, Sustainable Food