We believe that healthy food comes from healthy soils. We continually strive to improve our soils with the application of nutrient rich compost, mulch, cover crops, and crop rotation. These methods increase soil nutrition and organic matter making the plants grown in it more robust and resistant to pests and disease.

 

Weeds, pests, and disease are managed using controls such as row cover or kaolin clay to protect the plants without using harmful pesticides. We believe you can't have a healthy garden if you use toxic chemicals. Our growing methods strive to support beneficial insect populations who will help maintain the productivity of our gardens. As a result of not spraying pesticides, our gardens are always alive with buzzing bees and helpful insects! 

 

Weeds are managed either by cultivating with hand tools, a flame weeder or a small tiller. We also use the stale seed bed method and cover beds with tarps to smother weeds. Pests and disease are managed using a "beyond organic" methodology. We monitor and hand-pick certain pests like Potato Beetles, Hornworms, and Cabbage Worms. As a last resort we will use organic certified controls like Neem oil or insecticidal soaps.

 

We strive to produce the best food we can because we care deeply about the people we feed it to.