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Farm Happenings at Willowsford Farm
The Light at the End of the Tunnel
Greetings, Farm-ily,
This week on the Farm we're trading harvest knives for tool belts as we take on our biggest fall project: our high tunnels. Some of you may know that while a tunnel resembles a greenhouse structurally, it doesn't include a heat source. Our high tunnels are a metal framework wra1 read more »
The Not-So-Cold Shoulder
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Successful farming requires sturdy boots, cooperative weather, and just bit of poetic language. If you doubt me, I’ll send you a seed catalog; you can thumb through the pages from “Coastal Star” and “Rouge d’Hiver” lettuces to “Noble Jade” b1 read more »
Un-beet-able
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My first encounter with beets was a segment in a plastic lunchroom tray, filled with dark diced beets, soft from a can and swimming in fuchsia juice. It’s little wonder I didn’t revisit that particular veggie for decades! Childhood beet stories like mine seem to be commo1 read more »
Why Did the Chicken Cross the Farm?
Welcome back, Farm-ily,
We've missed you over the last week! We hope you played in the sunshine (and maybe the puddles, too) during our harvest hiatus. Here on the Farm, we've been busy chasing chickens.
One of many reasons that we moved our livestock base to the main farm at the Grange this1 read more »
About the farm
Willowsford Farm is a certified organic vegetable and livestock farm in Loudoun County, Virgina. Our farm is a creative, productive use of the green space within the Willowsford community that honors the agricultural history of our area. Our CSA membership is open to the public, and we consider all of NoVa our neighbors. Through farming, education, and land stewardship, we’re building a model for intentional, sustainable, delicious eating- one CSA box at a time!
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