After reading our story on the front page of our local paper this week, I thought I should post some thoughts and links to supplement the section on compost…
After reading our story on the front page of our local paper this week, I thought I should post some thoughts and links to supplement the section on compost…
Today is the first day of Fall and the official start of our organic Shiitake and Maitake mushroom production at Half Hill Farm! This Summer we began working with…
We had no idea our first year’s test patches would produce anything near enough to go to market. Maybe it’s all the rain. Maybe it’s a couple of exciting…
Around the end of May through mid June, some of our organic Western Rose garlic (and most any hard-neck garlic) send up flowering shoots called scapes. This usually means…
The idea of starting a bee sanctuary at Half Hill Farm is taking on a life of its own. As we weeded the garden before the rain, I caught…
Organic cilantro awaits a late planting at Half Hill Farm. (Woodbury, TN) — Half Hill Farm has become one of Cannon County’s first farms to receive USDA organic certification….
(May 13, 2013) – The temperature outside right now is at its predicted low of 33 degrees, I’m hoping the crops made it through the night without any frost…
If you’ve ever wondered how many gallons of rain water fell on your roof or your property, here is some rain math I whipped up this morning to figure…
One of the most important organic cultural practices I use on the farm is inoculating crops with mycorrhizal fungi. The photo above shows an application on one of 100…
Two things I’m very excited about arrived at the farm this week. First is the endomycorrhizal fungi I’ll tell you more about later. The second are the first of…