That Ephemeral Fruit: Newsletter May 17, 2022
Upkeep Time! Though we are always constantly planting and harvesting, we are now spending a large part of our time maintaining the farm. What does that entail? Every week you can find us weed-whacking, mowing, tarping, pulling up cover crops, laying down landscape fabric and weeding. One project our crew mate, Fain, undertook this week was to […]
Thanks for your Support: Newsletter May 10, 2022
What a great week!It feels good to have the CSA underway and get to see your faces, new members and old. We opened up the farm store (picture above) and had a great turnout for our plant sale and farm tour! Thanks everybody who came out to support us this week. In other news, we’ve […]
Farm Market is Back!: Newsletter May 3, 2022
Our Farm Market is back!Since we moved the bakery to our detached garage on Thomas Jefferson Road a few years ago we have operated a mini farm-store in the front half of the building during the busy season. We’ve recently made some improvements, including a beautiful new sign, and we are expanding hours in hopes […]
Plant for Mother’s Day: Newsletter April 26, 2022
Big Things Just Around the Corner!As Spring heats up, Swiss Chard looks the size of prehistoric palm fronds, tomatoes are forming in the greenhouse and our schedule is about to get a lot busier! Don’t forget about Mom!Our plant sale is coming up fast. With so many ways to spend the day with her, why should […]
Farm Shares Coming Downtown: Newsletter April 19, 2022
Get Your Share Downtown The CSA starts in only 2 weeks and we have added a new CSA pickup location convenient to our downtown customers! This is the only Thursday pickup location, and also the only location where we can accept SNAP as payment for the CSA. A big thanks to the Lynchburg Community Market for […]
Spring Awakening: Newsletter April 12, 2022
Spring AwakeningThis is arguably the most exciting few weeks of the year on the farm. Unlike last spring, we have had some really nice rains that are encouraging amazing germination and growth of seeds that have been waiting in the cold ground. WE finally have a good amount of greens again! Chard, spinach, bok choy, […]
Can you Say Onion 10K Times Fast?: Newsletter April 5, 2022
10,000 Onions in the Ground!You read that title right. This week the Great Day crew planted 10,000 onion bulbs! It was a process involving multiple days and many beds. We chose four different varieties which we can look forward to harvesting in four months. They will be well worth the wait to those who purchase […]
Music in the Barn!: Newsletter March 29
News and Updates We will again be at the Millrace Market at Woodson’s Mill this upcoming Sunday (details in the Events section at bottom). If you haven’t experienced this event yet, it is a lot of fun! There is plenty of grass to set up a picnic blanket or explore the pond that feeds the water-powered […]
The Tiniest Vegetable: Newsletter March 22
Plant Your Garden We are ramping up our planting! Every week we have more and more plants in the ground. We are also spending a lot of time preparing for plant sales. From Tomatoes to Rosemary, we are potting up hundreds of organic, healthy seedlings so you can take a small piece of our farm […]
Wind and Rains: Newsletter March 8, 2022
News and Updates:We are busy this week getting seeds in the ground to soak up the warm rains! We still have some greens and roots, but our selection will be limited over the next few weeks while the new crops mature. Look for plants on the store– we will be adding more herbs, tomatoes, and […]