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Farm Happenings at Saint Isidore Homestead and Permaculture
Farm Happenings for August 30, 2021
Some of you have heard us say that we primarily grow soil and the rest just happens. We believe our crops are nutritionally dense because they nurture themselves from a nutritionally-dense soil. So, yes, we believe in healthy soil and we take our soil very seriously. By healthy soil we mean a livin1 read more »
Winds of Fall...
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 Ni1 read more »
What we do and why we do it.
We started farming six years ago because my wife and I wanted to make sure that we were eating the best possible food available. At the time one of our children was struggling with severe eczema and it seemed that every physician we saw was only prescribing medicine to alleviate the symptoms but no1 read more »
Bean Beetles Win (this time...)
Ever since we started our market garden seven years ago green beans have been problematic. And for the past two years it's been almost impossible to grow them. Our main problem has been the Mexican Bean beetle (Epilachna varivestis). They reproduce fast, the hibernate in the ground, and they have n1 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.