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Farm Happenings at Joy Haven Farm
Dusting off
Along with many in our beautiful state of Alabama Hurricane Zeta hit our little farm pretty hard. We did not have damage to our home and were safe, however the growing area received high winds and did not fair so well! Thursday morning it was clear we needed a little time to1 read more »
Hurrican Zeta
Hurricane Zeta was still a roaring Tropical Storm as it made its way through Alabama Wednesday evening and into the early hours of Thursday. We prepared as much as we could for the possible wind gust of up to 70 MPH and made many prayers for our little community and all it would effect inlan1 read more »
Kohlrabi...what is this strange looking vegetable?
Kohlrabi will be ready to harvest very soon and we always get asked what is a kohlrabi? Is it a root crop? What family is it in? Once we tasted and started growing it we became a kohlrabi fan. The kohlrabi (German for cabbage turnip) though not a root vegetable at all is in the brassica family alon1 read more »
Week 2 of Fall CSA
Thank you everyone for a great first Fall CSA delivery successful. We got a lot of great pictures from you all of shares on delivery day and then some yummy pics of dishes you made with the contents (keep em coming)! We also love to get recipes that we can pass on to the other member.
This week we1 read more »
Fall CSA Starting This Week
We are pretty darn excited to start our new CSA Session! After many do overs and set backs due to weather we have replanted and off and running again. Fall has finally arrived in Alabama which means we are under 90 degrees and having a few cool night. Yay!
This weeks offering includes fresh mushroo1 read more »
FALL CSA WILL START SOON!
Greetings,
We are excited to start our Fall CSA soon and wanted to let you all know what we have been up to.
Our team has put in countless hours and weeks of preparation to get the Fall vegetables off and running. Clearing summer veggies, cover crops, bed preps, compost and fertilizer applications.1 read more »
YOUR SHARE WILL RENEW ON AUGUST 17TH
Its a typical hot as heck August in Alabama! It doesn't feel like Fall, however preparation has been underway for weeks. Seeds ordered, summer bed cleaned up and planted with a quick cover crop of sunn hemp, millet, and sunflowers. We are working in the early mornings starting seed trays, expanding1 read more »
Final Spring/Summer CSA delivery!
It is bittersweet to finish up our Spring/Summer CSA. I'm sure it wont be long before we are missing all those tomatoes on our counter and fresh cucumber salad. However, cooler weather and Fall crops like broccoli are sounding pretty good!
Looking back we spend many hours planning, seed ordering, p1 read more »
Last Spring/Summer delivery for Thursday Eat South and #9 for Saturday Farm
Its really hard to believe we are at week 10 of our Spring/Summer CSA. This week is the last delivery at the Thursday Eat South location and next Saturday will be #10 for those who pick up at Farm.
Yesterday I was headed out to close up the chicken coop for the night and was thrilled to see1 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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