A Certified Naturally Grown Farm - Saint Marys, Pennsylvania
Posted on March 17, 2016 by Joshua
Sorry for the dramatic title but…we just got word today from Hines Equipment in Altoona, the Case-International Harvester dealer we took the tractor to…that repairs have been completed on the 674!! We will be clearing out room in the barn this coming Monday as ironically…
Category: Blog, Equipment Tags: Barnraiser, Tractor
Posted on February 11, 2016 by Joshua
Each year, as the doldrums of Winter settle in here in Pennsylvania, folks from around the country gather in Central Pennsylvania for one of the nation’s premiere and long-standing sustainable ag conferences – PASA’s “Farming for the Future” Conference! PASA (Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable…
Posted on January 21, 2016 by Joshua
On Tuesday afternoon, January 19, myself and other members of the board of the Headwaters Charitable Trust (HWCT) took a field trip to the Tuscarora Organic Growers Cooperative (TOG) located in the beautiful rolling south central mountains of Pennsylvania. Founded in 1988. In TOG’s own…
Posted on December 21, 2015 by Joshua
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Posted on December 11, 2015 by Joshua
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Posted on November 18, 2015 by Joshua
Well…it took us three days to do it, mostly due to very wet fields on day 2…but all the poles are in and are they beauteous! Even for someone who’s used to walking amid these 20′ giants, to see 45 of them jump out…
Posted on October 19, 2015 by Joshua
If like me, you grew up in the 80’s, this blog entry title’s play on a classic tune from that era felt appropriate. If not, go ahead and make “that face” and continue reading 😉 We were only able to get to this point because…
Posted on August 30, 2015 by Joshua
The day(s) have finally arrived…time to harvest these bad boys. The harvest this year took place over three days; August 30-31 and September 2. This happened for a couple of reasons. First the availability of our volunteer farmhand workforce. As we’re still operating on…
Posted on July 27, 2015 by Joshua
Well you’ll see by the pictures and video below, that the hops are tall and strong and full of hops cones! I’ll be doing a dry matter test soon to determine just about how “done” they are. We’ll then need an “all hands on…