Hoffman Appalachian Farm
A Certified Naturally Grown Farm - Saint Marys, Pennsylvania
“God Bless Us, Every One!”
Like most, it’s that time of year where we reflect on the good, the bad, the happy, and the sad of the year we’ve come through. It was a challenge for sure at the Farm – starting and completing a solar irrigation project installation…
2021 Season – “It’s Done”
Apologies upfront. I’d stepped away from the weekly blog in late Spring as we began in earnest on our Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) solar pump/irrigation grant project. Although we’d been awarded the grant back in 2019, with the pandemic running its course through…
“Sincerely Yours, the Breakfast Club”
If you’ve followed along with the blog posts from this season, you may note a trend. I’ve been pulling images, storylines, or quotes from popular media – television shows, movies, both present-day and ones from my younger years. I’ve then been tying them or…
“Compost Piles Full!”
As noted previously, we are very thankful to have a local source of good horse manure to use as a base for our compost. We turn this pile for many weeks, monitor and record the temperatures before using it as a mulch layer in…
“I..have made…fire!”
This past weekend’s primary activity was…FIRE! And by that I mean, flame weeding all the beds. This is a pretty simple, mindless yet enjoyable task as you’re essentially hooking up a flame thrower to your regular “backyard bar-b-que” propane tank and letting ‘er rip!…
Gearing Back Up
“Spring work is going on with joyful enthusiasm.” John Muir The 2021 season is about to begin here at the Farm. This coming Saturday will be the first trip back up after what’s been probably the BEST Winter we’ve had in decades. And by…
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