PLENTY magazine Spring 2021 | Page 6

LAND LINK Montgomery
team of stream monitors have scurried through brush , over bright orange mushroom covered logs , through blooming Spring Beauties and are now hushed and watchful … there … five spawning brown trout . This is a rare sighting and over in less than seconds because these fish are fast . The air is filled with enthusiastic spring peepers choral as the monitors return to their streamside lab to sample for micro and macro invertebrates , gauging stream health . The numbers look very good as the stream is free of the sediment that diminishes its life . The rains have been well filtered through the woods and healthy forest floor growth but the vigilance of the friends of the creek is needed as suburban development is looming in the most fragile creek tributaries .
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On farms , in forests , creeks , meadows — life hears the shared reveille of the first season … time to plant , migrate , mate , bloom , emerge from hibernation . The orchardist , shepherd , caddisfly , salamander , bee , trout , bat … all are part of an interdependent whole . Galen Tromble , local nature lover , speaks to our shared existence :
Layers of life , interwoven interdependent .
Life is the system , less a web of related individuals and more a whole organism with the species as its organs .
LAND LINK Montgomery
A program of Montgomery Countryside Alliance helping farmland and farmers find each other ...
There are currently 17 farms and 44 farmers awaiting a match , presenting a perfect opportunity to grow together .
7004 Farmer Seeking Land A veteran is looking for 1-2 acres in order to practice what was taught during the VA Farm program for a retired PTSD soldier . Possible shed or small farmhouse to be able to keep the equipment . Water access will be a plus . Looking to plant vegetables and eventually increase productivity .
6096 Farmer Seeking Land We are a family of recent immigrants from Syria , where we owned a 3-acre farm ( table crops and small livestock ), until warfare forced us to leave . We would like to find approximately 3-5 acres of land to cultivate crops and possibly raise small livestock . Access to water , flat tillable acreage , and a long-term lease or renting-to-own are a big plus . The ideal situation would also include housing for our family , or would be located in the eastern part of Montgomery County to facilitate commuting from our current apartment in PG County .
7010 Farmer seeking land WANTED : A small farm . A medical professional interested in organic farming , healthy eating and lifestyle is seeking a small farm to start farming organic food . Farm can be up to 10 acres . Housing on property is a plus . Flexible on terms with land owner . Flat , tillable land with access to water is preferable .
No part can exist without the whole . Humans are no exception . We ’ re part of the great organism of life .
Caroline Taylor is executive director of Montgomery Countryside Alliance and lives with her family on beloved small acreage in the Agricultural Reserve .
7019 Farmer seeking land We are a mother and daughter duo with a combination of 20 + years of vegetable farming . Seeking 2-10 acres of tillable vegetable farm land to lease or purchase . Land will be used to grow vegetables to sell at local Farmers Market and local businesses . Access to water is a big plus , flat tillable acreages and some parts of land to raise chickens for personal use .
Learn more : http :// www . mocolandlink . org /
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