One of our goals for this year was to be able to grow lettuces through the entire season. With some heat-tolerant varieties, constant irrigation, and the use of shade clothes to filter out some sunlight and heat, we have been successful. Yet, the persistent hot weather over the past few weeks is really hitting hard our lettuces and some other cooler-weather crops. We are grateful, however, that our lettuce mix has braved out the heat and drought and continues to reward us with tasty salads. Meanwhile, our heirloom tomatoes and peppers are finally starting to ripen and you should start seeing them in your CSA boxes pretty soon. Praying for some rain, blessings from the homestead.
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Resilient Lettuce
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.