The Good Ground Natural Farm

05/28/2026

More challenges…pigs this time…on the plus side, this is making us consider breeding our own animals.

05/28/2026

Just some clover doing its thing repairing the soil…and looking beautiful while it does it…

05/25/2026

I thought this was cool - my pole beans still in pots are trellising each other. One vine on its own can’t grow very tall, but by supporting each other, they can grow a lot taller. I’m sure there’s a metaphor somewhere in there for something, but it’s Monday morning…

05/24/2026

The result of our seedling challenges: spending time taking seedlings out of pots, and turning them into compost 👎.

I spent a few hours today dumping tomato seedlings. It was definitely demoralizing, but we took away a few lessons:

1. While it’s possible to grow a seedling to maturity in a small pot, it takes very finally tuned nutrition, which is very hard to achieve on a small scale.

2. It’s a far better idea in our market garden context and for our sale to start the seedling later. A small and vigorous seedling will out perform one that is large but stalled once it goes in the ground.

3. More marketing and/or decreased production, so production more closely matches the size of our customer base. Grow with increased demand.

Yes, we’ve made significant improvements from last year. While it feels a little like it’s two steps forward and one step back, we’ve gained valuable information - things we can implement over the winter in time for the start of next season.

Besides, now that the weather is warming up, we’ve got gardening to do, and chickens, pigs, and cows to take care of. All part of the journey…

05/20/2026

Soon to be available: pastured eggs!

05/19/2026

Good Ground takes work

05/15/2026

05/13/2026

Believe it or not, this little guy is hard at work preparing next season’s veggie garden!

05/12/2026

Zinnia buds are beautiful even before they flower!

05/07/2026

The sale is on! Every Thursday to Saturday in May we are selling seedlings at the farm, 8am - 4pm. The greenhouse is just a little down Zimmerman Road from the blue house at 3327 Zimmerman Road - it’s hard to miss. Price is $4 for a 4” pot. Lots of variety, don’t be late!