Introducing the Garden Card
The Garden Card: Pay Up Front and Save We’re excited to announce a new bulk purchasing option: the Garden Card! After purchasing your Garden Card, you can use this card to pay for your purchases with a permanent 5% off! Like our CSA program, this is a way to leverage your cash to save on Great Day products […]
It’s Planting Season
Planting and More Planting With the greenhouse ready to burst at the seem, we have been transferring plants from the tunnel’s protection to the outside world. After a “hardening off” period just outside the greenhouse, we planted different varieties of greens including lettuce mix, kale, spinach, and more. This week alone, we have planted several hundred […]
It’s Bread Day
Hot from the Oven Happy Friday! Don’t forget to order your bread for tomorrow, here are some overdue updates from the bakehouse. CSA member and Miami native Brian Ray joined our team as Assistant Baker almost a month ago and has been learning the ropes with Michael. He is excelling at the craft and is […]
The Launch is Here!
Our Website is Live! We thank you for your patience while we reformatted our website. The re-launch created more down time for the site than we had hoped, but we hope you will agree it was worth the wait! A big thank you to the folks at Sustainable Digital for building the new site and to the […]
Another Trip Around the Sun
The 2022 crew: Allison, Fain, Marci, Arden and Michael. Wrapping Up 2022 As we wrap up our 8th season at Great Day Gardens, we have many reasons to celebrate and much to be thankful for! Here are a few farm highlights from 2022 and thoughts about where we are headed: -At the start of the year, we […]
Working Against the Elements
Why are my greens wilted? Have you ever gone to a market, whether in Lynchburg or elsewhere, found the perfect head of lettuce, carefully escorted it home only to find it now wilted and sad? Unfortunately, many factors can effect the state of your produce from the time it is harvested to when it arrives […]
No Rest for the Winter
Winter is Project Season Do farmers take the winter off? Not usually. Because Summer is the best season for growing, we spend a majority of it harvesting and tending to plants. Winter is the best time for us to tackle big projects like building high tunnels, new organization locations and an overhang where we wash […]