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Farm Happenings at Tumbling Shoals Farm
Farm Happenings for July 25, 2023
Slowly the late(r) summer crops are beginning to produce: sweet (and hot) peppers, eggplant, and okra. Beans are still steady as the squashes and cucumbers fade. We're keeping that salad mix going with misters (we plant it every week to keep that steady supply). I've been busy see1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 18, 2023
We saw the first color in the peppers, so we should be inside the sweet bliss of pepper season pretty soon. And hopefully, the field tomatoes will start to ripen at a quicker pace since the ones from the greenhouse are slowed way down. We just mowed down the kale, collards, chard, which indic1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 11, 2023
Good news! Our blueberries turned out to be a bust, but our neighbors at Blueberry Hill Organics have blueberries for us! Yay for the Thompson family! Still going strong in the zephyr squash, cucumber, zucchini departments and we're seeing some coloration in peppers, so it won't b1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 4, 2023
Summer has finally arrived and the heat loving crops are relieved. And so the transition to summer in the food department starts in earnest, albeit a bit later than normal. This is probably the final week of cooking greens, at least Chard and Collards (the kale still looks surprisingly1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 20, 2023
This week's blog:
“My wife has finally realized that she has a tendency to over book” my brother says to me and the concept doesn’t quite register with me. He says he understands that they only get so much time with their kids and don’t want to miss out on any opportun1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 13, 2023
Squash, the great harbinger of summer, has arrived on the scene despite the cool weather. I love this time of year, despite how insanely busy we get on the farm, because of the seasons melting together. We get to enjoy a mix of cool season and warm season crops together on our menu.&nbs1 read more »
Farm Happenings for June 6, 2023
We're seeing another drop in our cucumber production in the greenhouse, but it won't be long until the field cucumbers start producing. Celery is in full force and carrots are back! Tomatoes have picked up a bit of production in the greenhouse (we're still a long way from the field toma1 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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