The long and warm days are finally setting in and the summer crops are as happy as they can be. Tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, green beans, onions, summer squash, cucumbers are all taking off fast, and, if you seat calmly and patiently in the garden, you can almost see the plants grow and the fruits ripen. Or you can just enjoy the views. For me, my favorite thing is to walk the gardens at 6AM. The light is perfect, the colors are vibrant, the moisture in the air makes everything fresh, the smells are sweet, the veggie snacks are delicious, and the sounds of nature are as perfectly harmonious as any of Mozart's piano sonatas. Perhaps even more. And that makes me happy, and humble, and grateful for the beauty of creation and the gift of the senses to experience it. Blessings from the homestead.
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Summer Bounty, Summer Beauty
About the farm
We are a small family farm located in Grottoes, Virginia, serving the city of Harrisonburg and the counties of Rockingham, Augusta, and Greene. We produce high-quality food using sustainable practices and ethical principles of care for the common good. Having witnessed the healing power of good food in dealing with family health issues, we started farming in 2015 in an effort to sharing with others the benefits of fresh, nutritionally-dense food, grown in a clean environment, using integrative agricultural methods. We believe that in order for food to be healthful, the environment in which it grows has to be healthy. To that end, we integrate animal and plant systems in ways that, in their natural interactions, they create an ecological balance leading to abundance and quality.
We grow over 50 different vegetable crops, perennial vegetables and fruits, and raise pastured pork, as well as ducks and chickens, for meat and eggs.
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We grow over 50 different vegetable crops, perennial vegetables and fruits, and raise pastured pork, as well as ducks and chickens, for meat and eggs.