Even though our melons are late this year, finally making their appearance in some of your boxes this week to reassure us that we are still in the summer season, the first of the winter squashes is also starting to come off the field. I'm pleased to introduce this variety of acorn squash, Starry Night, which we are growing for the first time. The seed catalog describes it as "superior to industry-standard green acorns...selected for flavor, this variety stays reliably smooth and sweet when stored through the New Year." This crop has been a real joy to grow. No pest or disease issues at all. And the fruit is an absolute delight to the eye. I hope those of you who get it this week enjoy it. Blessings from the homestead.
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We are a small family farm located in Grottoes, Virginia, serving the city of Harrisonburg and the counties of Rockingham, Augusta, and Greene. We produce high-quality food using sustainable practices and ethical principles of care for the common good. Having witnessed the healing power of good food in dealing with family health issues, we started farming in 2015 in an effort to sharing with others the benefits of fresh, nutritionally-dense food, grown in a clean environment, using integrative agricultural methods. We believe that in order for food to be healthful, the environment in which it grows has to be healthy. To that end, we integrate animal and plant systems in ways that, in their natural interactions, they create an ecological balance leading to abundance and quality.
We grow over 50 different vegetable crops, perennial vegetables and fruits, and raise pastured pork, as well as ducks and chickens, for meat and eggs.
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We grow over 50 different vegetable crops, perennial vegetables and fruits, and raise pastured pork, as well as ducks and chickens, for meat and eggs.