Quite Contrary Kitchen Gardens

05/08/2024

So many things in so little space! Kitchen gardening, interplanting, and succession planting can allow you wiggle room for trying a wide variety of things. In one 8x4 box, I have celery, parsley, oregano, chives, nasturtium, borage, spinach, arugula, crisp mint romaine, little gem lettuce, mesclun, mint, candy red onions, bright lights Swiss chard, three types of carrots, two types of radishes, and I STILL HAVE 3x4 open for more carrot and radish successions or other whims.
And that is just ONE of my boxes. ❤️ 🌱

04/12/2024

Happy spring, Friends! Our rhubarb has exploded this year and I am expecting 5-10lbs of cleaned rhubarb stalks per week for the next couple of months. Interested in rhubarb?
$5/lb - message me if you’re interested in purchasing. First come first serve. Can’t wait to start supplying you with home grown no-spray specialty vegetables, herbs, fruits, and flowers this year.

03/08/2024

Here’s just a SAMPLE of what we’ve got going in the QC Kitchen Gardens this year. Our gardens are 43x50, and that includes two 4x12 and five 4x4 raised beds. We don’t use any sprays, focus on attracting beneficial insects, care for our soil, and invest time in companion and succession planting. We turn out BIG volumes in a little space. And so can you!
Follow us this season to learn about how we plan, start, grow, tend, harvest and EAT from our gardens.
I can help you plan your garden, too! Send me a message to set up a time for us to plan your 3-season garden.

01/13/2024

This year’s Grow This! Challenge is a Throwdown! I am looking forward to working with my friends and neighbors in Harrison County to grow some goodies, create learning opportunities, and, hopefully, win some $ to give back to our community.
Want to participate? Find your County page! Harrison County friends, join us here! Harrison County Grow This! WV 2024 Participants

FAIRMONT — Grow This: The West Virginia Garden Challenge added a new twist to their yearly program, by introducing a throwdown competition with prize money on the line.

10/18/2023

Join me tomorrow at 11 at Capital Market! We’ll be painting pumpkins and learning how to use the whole thing for tasty treats. I’ll be bringing some tasty samples along with me. I hope to see you there!

Learn about the art of homesteading with Sherry Weaver (Quite Contrary Kitchen Gardens) as we delve into making your produce no-waste in creative and

09/15/2023

Good news and bad news, everyone. Bad news is that due to some personal and family matters I won’t be able to make it to tomorrows Farmer’s Market in Shinnston. I am heartbroken to be missing the last of the season. 💔
The good news is that pie season is upon us, and my newest venture, Quite Contrary Cafe LLC at Mountain State Auto Auction, is giving me some great opportunities to expand my offerings to you. And we all know, pie season is upon us! Watch for opportunities to order pies for the holidays (or, you know, a random Wednesday breakfast with your coffee). 😉
So excited to see you all again soon!
Sherry