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Farm Happenings at Tumbling Shoals Farm
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 »
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 »
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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