Fennel and green garlic are the stars this week and the walk-in smells so good every time I go in it! While harvesting squash I spotted a tiny eggplant forming in the next row. I was pretty excited because I had started thinking the eggplants had become a trap crop. If you're not familiar with this farming term it's when you plant a certain variety of plant to attract all the bugs to it and leave your main crop alone. The poor eggplants got hit right after we planted the seedlings with flea beetles and striped potato beetle. Thinking this might be one of those times I might need to spray with an organically approved insecticide, I notices many lady bugs in every life stage! I decided to let nature take is course and let the beneficial insects thrive. The plants are still full of holes and we are picking off the beetle larvas daily, but we may just have eggplants after all.
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Joy Haven Farm is a small Certified Naturally Grown market farm located in Shorter, AL, just north of Montgomery. We are entering our ninth growing season and strive for sustainability. We are currently offering Spring/Summer and Fall Farm Stand Session that includes our fresh seasonal vegetables and fruit. Add-ons such as eggs, yogurt, granola, coffee and meat from a neighboring sustainable farm can be delivered with each weeks share. We also provide seasonal vegetables to a number of local restaurants. We are thankful for what we have been entrusted with and will never use pesticides, insecticides, synthetic fertilizers or gmo seeds. Our goal is to leave our little piece of this world better than we found it.
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