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Farm Happenings at Tumbling Shoals Farm
Farm Happenings for October 3, 2023
Welcome to the first fall/winter share! The orb weavers have begun to weave, their dew encrusted webs glisten in the low morning sunlight. It's time to get back out the long johns and sweaters, and to begin the long process of deconstruction of the long term summer crops and the dissipation o1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 12, 2023
The intense colors of summer slowly transition into the greens of autumn. Funny to think as the leaves start to think about their intense coloring, our food switches back to green intensive. Don't worry though, we've still got a few colorful weeks. Our main season runs through Sep1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 5, 2023
Whoa! Idalia brought along fall weather like we're headed into October, not September! The humans are happy; the summer heat loving crops, not so much. It's been a generally cooler summer for us here (again, happy humans, slow producing summer crops). But last week's mini he1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 29, 2023
This week's Blog: The Costume Manifest
My costume suitcase (doesn’t everyone have one?) is overflowing with delights. I opened it up yesterday to search for last year’s snake skin leggings from our WWE costumes and out tumbled some “jorts” (I just learned that word) an1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 22, 2023
We find ourselves in yet another transition period. We're planting fall things like crazy (and re-planting after the flood), and pulling out the early summer crops like zephyr and cucumbers while we move into late summer (already? really?) and the chile variety and sweet peppers explode onto1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 15, 2023
Despite the dramatic pictures and the mess, it's mostly okay. Big mess of debris and mud and random things that we'll be cleaning up for the rest of the season, and some losses, including salad mix for the next few weeks. We've replanted, but it will take 3-4 weeks to get back. Pe1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 8, 2023
It's the season of the sweet stuff! Sweet Peppers are here in earnest this week, and Fishel Organic Sweet Corn has arrived on the scene! The okra is still just trickling in, look for that to hopefully pick up over the next couple of weeks. We're back in planting season around here1 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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