Julie Schaer is the owner of the Potager, a 1.5-acre USDA Certified Organic farm located Putnam County, West Virginia. She has grown with certified organic methods since 2006, growing high quality heirloom vegetables and cut flowers for direct markets. Julie manages a 26-foot-by-70-foot high tunnel, growing directly in the ground using plastic mulch and drip irrigation to manage weeds. During severe cold, she uses light row covers to keep crops from freezing. Julie worked with the NRCS cost share program to build the high tunnel in 2012.