Back to farm profile
Farm Happenings at Tumbling Shoals Farm
Farm Happenings for September 21, 2021
There’s an art to the living of an ordinary life—a beauty in the mundane. The enlightened acknowledgement that you’ll never move mountains or part seas, that you don’t matter in the grand scheme of things, but that your importance lies in those immediately around you.&1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 14, 2021
Building organic matter with the amazing cover crop in this fallow field so it's ready to produce food for us next season!
Just two more weeks in the main season left after this week. This is bittersweet for us. It means the farmily shrinks to 5, which is always sad. It also means1 read more »
Farm Happenings for September 7, 2021
Welcome to the last month of the main season! You have successfully completed 18 weeks of eating fresh local organic veggies! Do you feel good? If you're not already signed up for a fall share, now is the time! We don't grow as much in the fall so we actually limit our share numbe1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 31, 2021
The weight of the world (or other farm vehicle) cracked this scale, but you know what? It still functions! Minus the display. How's that for resilience.
July and August are always the peak of busy in farm life for us and others like us. We’ve been going hard since May and are start1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 24, 2021
Local pastured poultry is hard to find, but one of our neighbors, Brooke, and her family are making it happen. If you're interested in purchasing a local, pasture-raised chicken (whole birds only, $5.50/lb), call Brook at 336-341-2223. It's still a limited supply, so don't hesitate if y1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 17, 2021
Well July and the first week or so of August were wild rides, but I appear to have most of my technology issues worked out (I've got access to email again!) and we're feeling great about being fully staffed again with Jeremy solidly on board. Just in time for peppers to take over our lives!&n1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 10, 2021
Welcome to your 15th week of eating fresh local organic seasonal produce! Enter Fishel Organics sweet corn from Ashe county! The season has been flying by for us here at the farm as we've been short staffed for a while now. But we welcomed Jeremy to the farmily this week and Kaiti1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 3, 2021
We’re quite familiar with grit. It’s everywhere-in our shoes, in our clothes, in our technology. There’s a layer of it in the tub after we shower. This is the nature of farming, I reckon. And so is (I’ve come to find out lately) the personality trait1 read more »
Farm Happenings for July 27, 2021
Jason preparing fields for fall planting (already!!!) on this hazy hot day
We're in a couple week gap in salad mix production (sorry!). This, of course, was not the plan. But plans, well, they are but theoretical guidelines designed for everything going..well..as planned:) And thi1 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.
Go to farm profile