Stink Bugs: A Widespread Orchard Pest
Most of us have seen a stink bug (Halyomorpha halys), whether it’s crawling in your house or on your crops. These mottled grayish-brown bugs are… Read More
Category Archives: Blog
Shrubs with Shrubs: Incorporating Underutilized Shrubs into Your Garden, and Your Cocktails
This blog post was originally published as a preview to POPCORE3: Plants & Fungi We Love and What To Do With Them on March 22nd,… Read More
Unusual Fruits for Philly Orchards: The Benefits of Being Different
On February 10th 2018, more than 20 people gathered at Awbury Agricultural Village to learn about some of the “unusual” fruits that POP plants and… Read More
Farming for the Future: Recap of the 2018 PASA Winter Conference
POP staff were thrilled to attend Farming for the Future, the 2018 PASA Winter Conference. The Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture, or PASA, is the largest… Read More
2018 POP Winter Newsletter
“Many families, staff and volunteers were able to taste a fresh fig for the first time! They were all surprised at the difference between a… Read More
2017 School Orchard Update & Linked PDF Lesson ‘Tea Time’
2017 was the kickoff year for POP’s new School Orchard Program. In collaboration with POP’s 12 school orchard partners from around the city, we began… Read More
How did we do last year? POP’s 2017 Orchard Survey Summary
POP surveyed all of our orchard partners at season’s end and we’d like to share what we learned this year. In all, 48 of 59… Read More
Orchard Partner Stories: a look back at 2017
Every year we ask our orchard partners to reflect on the season and to share stories with us about what the orchard provides for their… Read More
POP Orchard Partner Feature: 5000 Cedars & Jewish Farm School
For the past nearly six years, Nati Passow and Rachel Tali Kaplan of 5000 Cedars and Jewish Farm School have been working to build a… Read More