what we grow and how we do it.
What types of vegetables do you grow?
We have experience growing a wide variety of produce! We love to grow all of the favorites but also try something new each year. For the 2018 season, we grew:
We have experience growing a wide variety of produce! We love to grow all of the favorites but also try something new each year. For the 2018 season, we grew:
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Arugula
Beans: Green & Yellow Wax Beets Broccoli Brussels Sprouts Cabbage: Green & Red Carrots Cauliflower Collard Greens Cucumbers: Pickling & Slicing Fennel Greens: Mesculin Mix Gourds Herbs: Basil, Dill, Parsley, & Sage Kale Kohlrabi: Green & Purple Lettuce: Green Leaf, Red Leaf, Romaine Onions: Red & Yellow |
Pac Choi
Parsnips Peppers (sweet): Banana, Bell, & Cubanelle Peppers (hot): Blazing Banana, Habanero, Jalapeno, & Poblano Popcorn Kernels Potatoes: Red, White, & Yukon Gold Pumpkins: Carving, Decorative, & Pie Radishes: French Breakfast & Traditional Rutabaga Snap Peas Spinach: Baby & Large Leaf Summer Squash: Yellow & Zucchini Swiss Chard Tomatoes: Grape, Roma, & Slicing Winter Squash: Acorn, Butternut, Buttercup, Delicata, Honeynut, Jarrahdale, & Kuri Watermelon |
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What type of farmers are you?
We are sustainable farmers.
We are incredibly interested in developing the health of our soil which in turn produces more nutritious and more delicious vegetables for your consumption. We incorporate compost and organic matter into our fields to balance the soil content and encourage the vitality of that ecosystem.
We encourage pollinators and other beneficial insects by providing them natural habitat areas. These creatures are vital to the health and production of our plants and also function as nature’s pest control force.
We use natural growing practices for a number of our vegetables whenever possible. We are farmers who are purposefully conscientious about our environment including our role in and impact on it.
We use "people-powered" tools and small machines as often as we can. We do have a tractor for the larger planting projects but use walk-behind planters most of the time. These can be operated by just about anyone and allow us to easily plant just a few rows at a time. We also use small tillers and "old-school" hand tools such as hoes for weeding. We use a golf cart and ATV with a trailer for hauling in addition to the feet and bucket-in-hand method. And we have our own dragon! That's right...well, she's really a drangen: a European designed crawling machine that we use for ergonomically correct planting and weeding. You need to come out to the farm to see her in action.
