Plenty
Spring Sowing Season • 2024
FEATURES
4 The Good Gift : Montgomery County ’ s Sole Source Aquifer Part I : The water that sustains the Ag Reserve and the communities that surround it by caroline taylor
8 Farm to Fiber Artists find their muse from the products of their land by melane kinney hoffmann
13 The HeARTbeat of a Community The joy and rewards of farming and rehabilitating the land by katie hecklinger
18 Going Underground The incredible secret life beneath our feet
by ellen gordon
28 Agriculture and Rural Open Space Supported by MoCo ’ s League for more than 30 years
by susan albertine
42 No Stoplight , But Poolesville Music Is on the Move Emerging Venues Fill the Ag Reserve with Songs
DEPARTMENTS
22 Out in Nature Hit the Ground Trail Running
by jill diss
26 An Eye for Beauty Nature ’ s Inner Sanctum
by keith kosloff
31 Community Supported Agriculture Who ’ s Your Farmer ?
kristina bostick
34 From the Ground Up Welcome to My Garden !
by sherri larowe
38 Rural Roots A Mooo-ving History
by heidi schlag
47 Wild Thing What ? There ’ s a Bear in the ‘ Hood ?
by wib middleton by paul tukey
publisher i managing editor & design Jane Perini publisher i staff writer & photography Wib Middleton
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