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Farm Happenings at Tumbling Shoals Farm
Farm Happenings for November 1, 2022
The killing frost has come and gone and left us with glorious autumn afternoons. The time pressure on farm work lifts (deconstruction happens on a much more flexible schedule), and our attention turns domestic. The detritus of lasts litters our countertops: the last beans, the last tomatoes,1 read more »
Farm Happenings for October 25, 2022
The heavy frost arrived right on schedule. We harvested every fruit of the warm season crops just before the frost to store in our cooler and distribute over the next couple of weeks. It's always bittersweet, the arrival of the killing frost. On the one hand, we have grown tired o1 read more »
Farm Happenings for October 18, 2022
This is it. The great clash of seasons likely ends this week with significant freezes predicted for later next week. It's been a wild and enjoyable ride this fall, with many kitchen experiments using the ingredients of overlapping seasons. We'll be out scrambling to get the last of thos1 read more »
Farm Happenings for October 11, 2022
Summer collides with fall here for the next couple of weeks with the triumphant return of salad mix and the last of the peppers. The result is a delicious and temporary tangle of seasons that I intend to fully enjoy.
This week's waxing poetic:
We stumbled past the equinox to stop in the solid1 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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