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Farm Happenings at Joy Haven Farm
Spring Cauliflower coming soon!
Week 3 in here! I spotted the cauliflower beginning to form heads while doing my weekly (was daily lol) farm walk through. The squash and zucchini are also blooming and should be producing within 2 weeks.
The severe storm that came through on Monday night brought heavy rain, wind and we lost power1 read more »
Week #2 Spring/Summer CSA
White Stem pac choi is my favorite Asian Green! It does well in our heat and its one of those veggies that bridges the winter and summer crops. My other favorite (not as photogenic) is the sweet snap pea. Both of these yummy will be part of our week 2 offering. read more »
First Spring/Summer CSA delivery week!
Hi Everyone,
We are so happy to have produce ready for harvest for the first Spring/Summer 2021 delivery. We also love to partner with other local farmers and artesians to offer produce, breads, mushroom, coffee/teas, honey, Microgreens, meats and eggs. There are so many great producers and product1 read more »
Lettuce is plentiful in January!
Hope everyone had a Happy and Healthy New Year!
Here at the farm we are busy crop planning, seed and fertilizer ordering, taxes and lettuce is abundant!
For our first Pop Up Farm Stand we will be offering pick up at Derk's Filet & Vine on Wednesday 1-13-21 (4:00-6-00 p.m.) and Farm 1-16-2021(8:1 read more »
LAST CSA DELIVERY OF 2020
The last CSA delivery of any year is always a time of gratitude and reflection, however 2020 has been a roller coaster ride of these emotions!
It has been a year of many challenges, stress, growing, learning, and failed crops! One of those failed crops was carrots! We planted carrot seeds in Spring1 read more »
Seed starting begins soon for 2021 Season
This time of year brings a bit less ground, planting and harvesting work and more planning, seed ordering and dreaming of the possibilities of the new growing season. Like many others we are looking forward to a more healthy and peaceful 2021, a year with equality, unity and kindness! May we1 read more »
Winter is here!
While we do have mild winters here in Alabama the temps will get below freezing many times during December and January. So we need to keep a eye on the weather for each day.
Many plants are cold hardy like broccoli, cabbage and kale, however plants like lettuce need to be protected. We tuck those l1 read more »
Myer Lemon season
Citrus season is right up there with tomato season for our household! We love adding fresh grapefruits, Myer lemons and kumquats to our favorite dishes or just our morning tea. Each year during this time we make the drive to Montevallo several times and harvest citrus from our friends at Spring Cre1 read more »
Citrus season
Its citrus season!
While my daughter was attending college in Montevallo she regularly reached out to local growers for produce. On the advice of a fellow student she visited Jim and Mildred Knowles at Spring Creek for a few apples. Well the rest is history as they say and we have been visiting the1 read more »
About the farm
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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