New Leaf Designs Eclectic Nursery & Gardening Services

06/24/2019

Took these pictures so I could help anyone who hasn't "met" these horrid pest.

6 new photos · Album by Lynette Courtney

06/07/2011

Anyone with access to WGRD (Goddard)/WGRH (Hardwick) 97.1 FM, can learn more about worm composting, native plants & other gardening topics, tomorrow (Weds., 6/8), from 8:45 AM until possibly, 9:15 AM. The show is called The Quilting Hour & is focused towards women. Deborah Reger, also host of the Moccasin Path, will be tomorrow's host. We're both really looking forward to our conversation. Hope you can join us.

06/02/2011

Sorry, but WVPR rescheduled the "Summer School" program to NEXT Weds., June 8th, when "How To Start a Wooden Worn Bin" will air.

01/18/2011

I'm glad we have this little video of Carol & me, being wacky together, for posterity !
(PS I've lost 20 since then!)

4/17/10: This week is Earth Day and The Wacky Worm Sisters at Down to Earth Worm Farm in Greensboro Bend are doing their best to save the planet, one worm at a time. http://www.downtoearthwormfarmvt.com/ Music: Joe Stone, "Hearse Song" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5NNJ6bjLdeo&feature=related

01/17/2011

It's a new year with big changes! Biggest of all is the "retirement" of the "Less Wacky Worm Sister", (my real sister), Carol Schminke, the founder of "Down To Earth Worm Farm of Vt., almost 8 years ago. Carol is looking forward to a less hectic schedule & enjoying gardening on her own. Good Luck Carol! "What a long, strange trip it's been!" But lots of excitement!

11/02/2010

I'm very proud of myself! I had a flat tire due to a damaged rim, (probably my classic "Tire meets Curb" scenario!) I found a jack & after the 3rd try & 1 good, strong, flat rock-atop-the-soft-sand later, had the tire in the air, 4 of 5 lug nuts off. The last one finally succumbed to my superior muscles. I located a replacement rim, had the tire switched & put it back on my van myself!!!!!

11/01/2010

I went to a good Facebook class today, which was taught by Ann Hagman Cardinal, from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. It was sponsored by the Vt. Women's Business Center. Vt. is so good to women with small businesses, offering all kinds of free workshops & classes. I think i must have doubled what I know about how to navigate my Pages, but hope they don't change things again before I get used to the new stuff!

10/18/2010

I wanted to let everyone know, that after 8 years as Down To Earth Worm Farms' "Head Worm Wrangler" & "Less Wacky Worm Sister", Carol Schminke, will be retiring from Worm Farming & the Nursery, at the end of this year! So, we would like to invite you to The Wacky Worm Sisters' "Last Time Together" Indoor Worm Composting Workshop, Sunday, October 24, at 1pm. See more @
http://downtoearthwormfarmvt.com

10/04/2010

Late Sept-Early Oct. in our neighborhood

10/04/2010

Welcome to the New Leaf Designs Eclectic Nursery page. I invite you to visit the website for the nursery, the worm farm & all the other eclectic batch of things that go on here. Native & unusual landscape plants, indoor composting with red wigglers, peanut feeders for woodpeckers, collections of houseplants + more than 40 years of experience in organic gardening. I'd love to share all this with you. Lynette