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Farm Happenings at Tumbling Shoals Farm
Farm Happenings for November 3, 2020
Well, October is going out like a lion. Most of the month was beautiful, and so, just to spite us (as if no Halloween plans isn't enough to spite me), Mother Nature threw in a flood. Surprise! Just when you thought October 2020 was going to have no terrible crazy stuff. Sigh. 1 read more »
Farm Happenings for October 27, 2020
The sweaters have come out of the storage and the shorts have gone into the closet, and thus begins the down-shift season. With just a bit over a month left to go in our harvest season, the last half of October brings a slowing down. With all the planting finished, the deconstruction ha1 read more »
Farm Happenings for October 20, 2020
This week began with humor. The photo on the left is the now empty emergency Prosecco kit my friend David made for me a year or two ago. I had a Prosecco emergency this year! The picture on the right is, I presume, my new emergency Prosecco kit made by my friend Robert who heard a1 read more »
Farm Happenings for October 13, 2020
Just in case you haven't seen this beautiful monarch chrysalis, here it is just before it emerges for it's long flight to Mexico
It’s only October, but the change of seasons is bringing some sense of hope that just moving forward will bring a beneficial change. This year has felt like o1 read more »
Farm Happenings for October 6, 2020
I learned from a Jesuit brother many years ago that we are the universe’s method of reflecting upon itself. I’ve never forgotten that piece of wisdom. Since then, I’ve been trying to show the universe a good time. I mean, self reflection is good and all, but it c1 read more »
About the farm
Nestled in the bucolic valley where Tumbling Shoals Creek meanders beneath the shadow of Bullhead Mountain in beautiful Wilkes County, NC, Tumbling Shoals Farm is a diverse certified organic vegetable and fruit farm.
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