What We Grow

We grow a wide variety of vegetables on about 2.5 acres of vegetable fields. We love exploring the many varieties of each crop: golden beets, purple potatoes, and pink turnips. Our growing region in Northern Maryland offers a generous growing season, and we use season extension techniques to expand our offerings for as long as possible.

And How We Grow It

We are committed to being transparent about our growing and animal husbandry practices and will happily answer any questions you have. We believe that everyone has a right to know how their food is produced.

Here is a quick overview of our growing practices.

• Soil fertility: We test our soil annually and amend it according to those test results. We maintain soil fertility by rotating crops, planting cover crops, and applying organically-approved fertilizers and micronutrients. The products we use include manure, feathermeal, bloodmeal, fish emulsion, compost, lime, and mineral supplements.

• Weed control: We control weeds with biodegradable plastic mulch, straw mulch, wood chips, and cover crops. We remove weeds with hand tools and tractor-mounted cultivators.

• Pest control: We plant and maintain a flowering farmscape and cover crops to attract beneficial insects to the areas around our crops. We hand-pick pests, and when necessary, spray our crops with organically-approved controls. Rotating our vegetable crops also helps with pest control.

• Plant diseases: We manage plant diseases by balancing soil nutrients, rotating vegetable crops, planting cover crops, and removing severely infected plants.

• Livestock care: We are committed to caring for our animals in a manner that allows them to live full lives. This means living outdoors on fresh pasture and providing a lifestyle that allows them to exhibit their natural instinctual behaviors.