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Farm Happenings at Joy Haven Farm
Summer is here!
The Summer solstice (day with the most daylight) was Saturday and along with it the Alabama heat! These hot long summer days also mean the beginning of corn harvest! One of our family friends plant a corn patch in Brundidge each spring, and this year they are sharing some of their harvest of Peach1 read more »
Tomato Season is here!
Tomato season is officially here at Joy Haven Farm which means for the next couple weeks you will be getting them in your share(if their on your preferences). We have grown a variety of tomatoes this year like Persimmon (orange heirloom) , Costoluto (Italian heirloom), T.C. Jones Yellow (KY family1 read more »
Harvesting Greenbeans this week and what to do with that wonderful summer squash!
We are harvesting greenbeans this week, another one of those vegetables that taste soooo good fresh! We grow a combination of yellow, green and purple so you will most likely receive a combination. The summer squash is still producing strong and Im borrowing some words that echo so loud what stat1 read more »
Heat loving vegetables and fruits!
Hi Everyone,
The heat loving produce is really starting to shine! The tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, eggplants and greenbeans are really growing rapidly. My favorite fruits blueberries and figs are really sizing up too and will be ready in a couple weeks!
This is our first season using the Harvie pl1 read more »
Week 5 Summer is here!
We have really enjoyed the cool temperatures of the longer than usual spring, however Summer has stormed its way in and the heat is here! Hard to believe we are at the half way mark of our 10 weeks Spring/Summer Session. The tomatoes and cucumbers will be in your shares soon and the greenbean plant1 read more »
Introducing The Brother's Bee Coffee Roasters
Nathan and Stacey Mills are the owners of The Brother's Bee Coffee Roasters and live right here in Shorter, AL. We are excited to offer you this freshly roasted coffee as a add-on in your weekly share and ask Stacey to tell us about their story...
We are a small family business. We love coffee and1 read more »
Alabama beginning to open up.
Kay Ivey announced last week a gradual opening up of Alabama starting 5/11/2020. We have decided to error on the safe side and continue to do our drive thru pick up at both Eat South and Farm locations. To simplify and speed up pick up we are asking that you place a sign in front window on the driv1 read more »
Tomatoes, cucumbers, squash oh my!
The first deliveries of 2020 went very smoothly and we hope everyone is enjoying their veggies. I do vote that all automobile makers standardize trunk openers (Haha)! Due to our new normal we are a little sad not to be able to really meet our new members and it was a quick hello through masked face1 read more »
First delivery, we are excited!
First delivery is always very exciting, however this one tops the memory books! Covid-19 has made us all appreciate many things we sometimes take for granted. We are thankful to be able to grow healthy produce and share them with your families. It has also created some challenges to our usual share1 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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