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Farm Happenings at Tumbling Shoals Farm
Farm Happenings for October 11, 2022
Summer collides with fall here for the next couple of weeks with the triumphant return of salad mix and the last of the peppers. The result is a delicious and temporary tangle of seasons that I intend to fully enjoy.
This week's waxing poetic:
We stumbled past the equinox to stop in the solid1 read more »
Time to customize your fall harvest share!
Welcome to your fall harvest share! Things are looking pretty green around here these days, and the weather has been more than fall-like. We even had a super light patchy frost on Wednesday morning! It was still September! So just in case you are new to the harvest shares:
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Final main season delivery! Still time to sign up for fall shares!
This is the final week of harvest share deliveries! Congratulations! You've been eating fresh, local, organic veggies and fruits for 22 weeks! Thanks for being such a big part of our local food community and keeping us going. Now is a great time to sign up for a fall share i1 read more »
It's customization time!
I’ve been in full pursuit of “living my best life” lately. I’m entrenched in an epic search for the academic concept of “True Fun”: the magical confluence of playfulness, connection, and flow. I’m learning new things and in this am reminded that1 read more »
CSA customization time!
Out with the old and in with the new. Well, almost. As we start to say goodbye to the fruity flavors of summer, we get to say hello to these delicious, hearty greens. And yes, these collards are at least 3 times the size of my head. read more »
Customize your CSA now!
As we become ever entrenched in adulthood, our focus can narrow to our careers, families, and responsibilities. We’re so busy putting one foot in front of the other on the path laid down before us to…what…retirement? And then, if we make it as far as retirement (no o1 read more »
Farmstand ordering open now!
The heartbreak of ephemeral experience
I did a lot of leaving when I was young. I tried different types of work and lived in different types of places and participated in temporary programs. This ephemeral living involved many tearful goodbyes, but I was always the one leaving. Goodbyes1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 23, 2022
I really don't know how this happened, but we're already in the last half of August. It's cooler (which the humans and the fall crops enjoy; the summer crops, not so much--notice a drop off in tomato production), we're planting a lot of cool season crops, and the farmily begins to spread its1 read more »
Farm Happenings for August 16, 2022
Looking for some inspiration? Our newest farmily members mentioned that they had never worked for foodie farmers before, which surprised them. I guess you can come at this farming thing from a plant nerd perspective, but we definitely come at it from a flavor standpoint.
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Pictured here is Jason's1 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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