Cultivate the City

10/08/2025

Can’t believe it’s already week 5! Half way through Fall CSA. We hope everyone has been enjoying their produce bags and this beautiful cooler weather!

What’s in the bags this week

1 cherry tomatoes
2 Swiss chard or Butterhead lettuce
3 dried jalapeños
4 lunchbox peppers
5 Bosc pears or kiwi berries
6 lemon grass
7 honey crisp apples
8 fuyu persimmons
9 unagi cucumbers
10 koigut squash

Extra
Bell peppers

10/04/2025

Come see us today 12-4pm at Brews & Botany! 7223 Centerville rd manassas VA. Come buy some beautiful plants and grab a beer!

10/03/2025

Argiope aurantia, known as the Yellow Garden Spider. Commonly called a writing spider due to the distinctive zig-zag pattern often found in its web. Yellow Garden Spiders are beneficial predators in gardens, consuming a variety of insects, including many common pests!

10/03/2025

10/01/2025

It’s week 4 of Fall CSA! Hope everyone has been enjoying their shares. Today’s bag is looking pretty tasty!

What’s in the bags

1 Crab apples
2 Bosc Pears
3 Heirloom Tomatoes
4 Pea Shoots
5 Bell Peppers
6 butterhead Lettuce
7 Cucumbers
8 rainbow Carrots
9 Cabbage
10 Candy Onion

09/29/2025

Centella asiatica, also known as gotu kola or Indian pennywort, is a perennial herb with a long history of medicinal use in traditional medicine, particularly in Asia. The plant is valued for its potential benefits in skincare, such as moisturizing and reducing inflammation, and for its cognitive-enhancing properties, including improved memory and learning. It is also used in various cuisines as a leafy vegetable and is a source of vitamins and antioxidants

09/28/2025

Our lowii x ventricosa are ready for new homes! This nepenthes makes a great home plant and is easy going. They are great at catching any insects in your house especially ants! Come get yours while they last!

09/27/2025

Today I noticed this Drosera indica popped up in our bog! I have no clue how it got there! This is one reason why I love carnivorous bogs, they are always changing.

Drosera indica, commonly known as the Indian sundew, is a carnivorous plant native to tropical and subtropical regions of Africa, Asia, and Australia. They catch their prey in their sticky pads!

09/24/2025

It’s week 3 of Fall CSA. Hope everyone has been enjoying there bags!

What’s in the bags

1 Corn
2 slicing tomatoes
3 Kiwi berries ripe (eat or freeze soon)
4 Kiwi berries (wait a week or until wrinkly)
5 Bell peppers
6 Cherry tomatoes or zucchini
7 Pesto
8 Spinach
9 Cantaloupe
10 Acorn Squash
Bonus: ground cherries, strawberries