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Farm Happenings at Saint Isidore Homestead and Permaculture
Summer Break
Dear Friends,
This week our family is taking a few days off after a very long time. Our children, in particular, are very excited for a beach vacation. We are grateful for all the help we are getting to make this happen without interrupting our really busy farming schedule. We are most grateful for1 read more »
A little inspiration?
Some of you know that our family mostly eats local/seasonal food. For the past three years we have aimed at about 80% of our food being home-grown or locally sourced. We allow for one personal exception for each member of the family (for the benefit of all) and one household exception (all spices).1 read more »
Resilient Lettuce
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 re1 read more »
For the love of Basil
Basil and tomatoes are match made in heaven. They go extremely well on the plate and absolutely adore each other on the ground. This year we are growing both of those crops together in a high tunnel and they are thriving. And while the tomatoes still need a couple more weeks to ripen, the basil is1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 21and 22, 2021
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 fruits1 read more »
Here comes the Pigweed
We’ve finally got some much-needed rain. Two inches in three days makes for happy crops and very grateful farmers. And with the rain it feels as if the weed season has gotten into overdrive. There is a saying in permaculture that there is no such a thing as weeds but crops in the wrong place.1 read more »
Missing a beet?
Even though we have a full year of experience packaging customized boxes, we still find ourselves making mistakes at the box assembly line. We are trying hard to minimize packaging errors but our commitment is to you. So please let us know if/when something is missing in your boxes. We will be happ1 read more »
The Boxes
We pack your CSA shares in reusable wax produce boxes. These boxes are designed to keep your produce fresh and we like them and feel they are a good and safe choice (we line them with a plastic bag so that your produce never really touches the box). In an effort to reuse as much as we can, and to k1 read more »
Spring Lush
We have been blessed with great weather and the crops are looking beautiful and healthy. We have been blessed with an awesome farm crew and we are staying on task. And we have been blessed with your trust and we are feeling inspired. Our 2021 season is off to a great start and we can't contain our1 read more »
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.