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Farm Happenings at Saint Isidore Homestead and Permaculture
Eggplant
We love growing eggplant. This is one of those crops that took us a while to learn how to grow but, once we figured it out, it became one of our most reliable ones year after year. If you've tried growing eggplant at home you'd know how difficult it is to have it established. The problem is that eg1 read more »
The Cracks
You have surely noticed that we went from a very dry spell to a wet one recently. And while our grass looks green and the ponds are full, our field tomatoes are not happy at all. Excess watering has many negative effects on tomatoes and one of the common ones is cracked fruit. When the plants drink1 read more »
The Crew
To us your CSA box is in many respects a celebration of hard work. And luckily for me, I have a crew that is not afraid of breaking a sweat in a hot field while keeping social distancing. And the best part, they keep their smiles through the day, even behind face masks, for the sheer joy of working1 read more »
About the farm
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.