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Farm Happenings at Tumbling Shoals Farm
Farm Happenings for October 8, 2024
I don't know what to say y'all, except thanks for your outpouring of support and concern. Our farm was relatively unscathed. It felt very dramatic while it was happening as it was the worst flooding we've seen, but it left structures in tact and most of the fields and didn't get high en1 read more »
Farm Happenings for October 4, 2024
We've begun digging out from under Helene's mess, but the farm is still here and we were relatively spared. We still don't have power or internet, but we've been running our cooler with a generator and are expecting a larger generator to come today which will run the whole pack shed and green1 read more »
Farm Happenings for October 1, 2024
A very soggy crew staring at the radar hoping for some green instead of yellow/red.
Welcome to the Fall Harvest Share! It is a very wet and cold day and we're looking at A LOT more rain tomorrow so we're still not sure how much and how bad the flooding is going to be. So, in my estimati1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 24, 2024
Welcome to the final delivery of the main season harvest shares! You have been eating fresh, local, organic, healthy produce for 22 weeks! We are filled with gratitude for your support, for the cooler weather, and for the beautiful change of seasons approaching. We hope you have e1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 17, 2024
Well we've really done it now, haven't we?? We have been eating healthy fresh local organic produce for 21 weeks! One more week after this one before we head into fall shares. You can sign up now from your portal if you haven't already. We actually limit fall shares (unlike the ma1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 10, 2024
Fall is in the air! Which means the summer heat loving crops will soon be on their way out (okra, eggplant, peppers, and tomatoes), but we still have sweet corn from Fishel Organics coming this week and zephyr squash from Creeksong Farm. We're eating the last of our butternut and acorn1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 3, 2024
Planting the final planting of beans
Well, as predicted, it heated back up this week (and then some!). The okra, eggplant, and peppers really appreciated it. I'm sure the sweet corn up in Ashe County did as well! Lucky, because we get to eat it a second week in a row! The to1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 27, 2024
Well that cool down just threw a wrench in my late summer harvest plans, didn't it. We're slated to warm back up this coming week, but that won't help us until the following week. So some crops (like eggplant) are getting a week's vacation to grow out some of the tiny fruits they manage1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 20, 2024
We've been preparing and planting fall fields like crazy and this week's weather finally makes that activity feel appropriate. (that picture is an entire field of fall carrots!). But we're still harvesting the abundant sweet peppers, eggplants and okra. Still trickling in some "wi1 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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