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Farm Happenings at Joy Haven Farm
Farm Happenings for June 30, 2021
Summer is in full swing which means plenty of tomatoes, peppers and those beautiful eggplants! Part of the joy and sometimes the over plentiful of certain veggies of a CSA is eating seasonal and what is producing at the time of delivery! Greens like spinach, arugula, lettuce an1 read more »
Week #9 is all about peppers!
The peppers are really starting to shine this week! We are growing frying peppers (shishito and Jimmy Nardello), sweet pepper (orange Aura/Glow) and Bell (green/yellow/red). We will also have hot and spice peppers for the Fall CSA.
If you look closely at the picture you can see slight damage1 read more »
Week #8 Hornworm Caterpillars have arrived!
Growing organically in the south is full of many challenges. Inclement weather with hail, wind and tornadoes, moisture overload, humidity, hot, hot extreme temperatures and the many insects that love this environment! The hornworm is one of those insects and they have arrived! If you're not1 read more »
Tomato Season is rolling in!
Tomatoes, eggplant and green beans lets us know its summer in Alabama, right along with the hot muggy weather! This week many of you will receive arugula from Bad Goat Greens. Their farm is in Wetumpka and they grow a variety of greens. They sell to many area restaurants and you can also find them1 read more »
Week #6 Summer is Here!
Well summer is official here in the river region of Alabama. Tomato plants are loaded and many of those tomatoes are beginning to blush. Cucumbers are sizing up and of course we are still harvesting loads of summer squash. Coming soon are peppers and eggplants!
Last week we included lettuce mix fro1 read more »
Week #5 CSA Teaching the next generation!
One of the most rewarding parts of farming is that the grandchildren love everything about it. They gladly pick and eating right off the plant things like cucumbers, blueberries, and love pulling carrots out of the ground. Their expressions make it all worth the long days and the very late dinners.1 read more »
#4 Spring/Summer CSA
Week #4 Spring/Summer CSA.
We have begun harvesting cauliflower and summer squash. Caterpillars are munching on everything especially the cauliflower and broccoli plants! The number of caterpillars is staggering, Ive honestly never seen this many. We have decided to harvest all cauliflower heads th1 read more »
Spring Cauliflower coming soon!
Week 3 in here! I spotted the cauliflower beginning to form heads while doing my weekly (was daily lol) farm walk through. The squash and zucchini are also blooming and should be producing within 2 weeks.
The severe storm that came through on Monday night brought heavy rain, wind and we lost power1 read more »
Week #2 Spring/Summer CSA
White Stem pac choi is my favorite Asian Green! It does well in our heat and its one of those veggies that bridges the winter and summer crops. My other favorite (not as photogenic) is the sweet snap pea. Both of these yummy will be part of our week 2 offering. read more »
About the farm
Joy Haven Farm is a small Certified Naturally Grown market farm located in Shorter, AL, just north of Montgomery. We are entering our ninth growing season and strive for sustainability. We are currently offering Spring/Summer and Fall Farm Stand Session that includes our fresh seasonal vegetables and fruit. Add-ons such as eggs, yogurt, granola, coffee and meat from a neighboring sustainable farm can be delivered with each weeks share. We also provide seasonal vegetables to a number of local restaurants. We are thankful for what we have been entrusted with and will never use pesticides, insecticides, synthetic fertilizers or gmo seeds. Our goal is to leave our little piece of this world better than we found it.
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