Last Week of Regular Season
Second Chance at Sourdough Disappointed you couldn’t make it to Brian’s last Sourdough 101 class a few weeks ago? Not to worry, Flour District is hosting him again on November 18th!!! Brian is excited to once again show people the magic of baking bread using one of the oldest leavening agents known to man: sourdough. […]
Where We’ll be this Winter
Year-End MarketsOctober generally sees the end of regular season markets. The last day of our 2023 CSA is October 25, the last day for the Forest Farmers Market is October 28th and while the Lynchburg Community Market is generally year-long, there is a sharp drop off of vendors in attendance after October. Because of this […]
Corn and the Cold
Corn Harvest!These last two weeks we have started harvesting our flint corn varieties and we are happy with the results thus far! Flint corn varieties are different than the corn you may be used to having on the dinner table. The cobs have a very hard kernel and can come in many different colors. Rather than […]
Slithering into Fall
Save the Snakes!Though we’ve always seen snakes slithering around the farm, this year our snake population seems to have exploded! We have at least one hanging around our greenhouse who we first spotted slithering its way underneath our seedling trays. We also spotted THREE curled up along our seed garden. As is the norm, our […]
Learn all about Sourdough
CSA Products and News Vegetable Share:OkraEggplantChardBeetsCilantroKaleBasil Bread Share:MicheLiterally “loaf” in French, Miche (pronounced “meesh”) is an extra large loaf of bread, typically made with some whole grains. We feature whole spelt, whole wheat, and a bit of rye to make for a very flavorful loaf. A crusty unsliced loaf with a spongy interior.This is a […]
Fall Crops Coming In
Fall crops are back!Though the stock online is currently limited, we are so excited to bring back some of our cold-weather crops! Currently at market you can find lettuce mix, mighty mix, arugula, radishes, and salad turnips. We have several other veggies coming in soon such as watermelon radishes, purple top turnips, beets, carrots, cabbages, […]
Some Sweetener for Sour News
What is Sorghum?It’s a product you may find at your local farmers market or you see on our bread’s ingredient list. Sorghum, pronounced sor-gm, is a sweetener that is able to be grown locally. Often compared to molasses, it is a syrup deriving from the Sorghum plant. Originally from Africa, Sorghum arrived in the US […]
August Update with an Explosion of Color
What’s going on? August is generally the hottest month of the year. You may find yourself asking, what is it we do in the heat and in the midst of summer? Harvesting is usually the task which takes up the majority of our time this season. With rows of tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, okra, squash and […]
More Bread and More Soil
The Flour District DistributionWe are happy to announce we are now making multiple deliveries to the Flour District every week! This way, you can get our bread from Wednesday through Sunday on Bedford Avenue in Lynchburg! The types of bread will vary, but no matter what you can expect great sourdough to be available. We are so excited […]
Fall Seeding!
Fall Seeding and PlantingIt’s hard to imagine in the heat of August that we are already planning for the fall, but such is the way with farming. This last week we seeded all of our fall crops! From potatoes, radishes, turnips, kale, swiss chard, and more we are excited to watch these cold weather crops […]