Sam's Homegrown at Moses Farmstead

Sam's Homegrown at Moses Farmstead ~ Lovingly sown, organically grown ~
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Y'all 😍 look what Mercedes brought us! 🍵🍓Come try a matcha strawberry cookie! Baked By Bouyer
06/03/2026

Y'all 😍 look what Mercedes brought us! 🍵🍓

Come try a matcha strawberry cookie!

Baked By Bouyer

06/03/2026

Being new to the world of retail, we're learning lots of things. Apparently months beginning with "J" are some of the hardest for small businesses. Who knew?

January - recovering from the holidays and resoluting to get skinny

June and July - vacations.... Aaaand vacations? 🤷🏻‍♀️🤣 What's that? 🤪

BUT did you know for farmers those are some of the BUSIEST months with the most work put in. On our own small farm we begin seed starting in January to grow all of our own plants and plants to sell too. Mixing soil, filling trays and pots, seeding, transplanting all throughout the cold months going into spring. Then we plant and tend daily until ready to pick.

🧺June and July harvesting begins! Homegrown tomatoes, cucumbers, watermelons, sweet corn and beans and everything in between.

During those "J" months our bakers are still filling in orders and baking, our farmers are still raising livestock and growing produce and flowers to take care of their families.

So we're challenging everyone who sees this to set aside one day each week committed to supporting a small business. That could look like lots of things!

*A cooler to take to the pool could look like a homemade loaf of bread with homemade jam, a big ol' watermelon and some cucumber salad
McCranie Meadows Kingdom Gardens Smith Farm and Table, Sam's Homegrown at Moses Farmstead Daily Bread Co. Lake Wylie

*A dinner at home night could be some nice farm fresh chicken thighs or pork chops, sweet corn, and a salad
AJ Davis Farms Herndon Farming & Welding

*A quiet morning breakfast with some homemade cinnamon rolls, locally roasted coffee with some local milk, and local fruit.
JoyCafé Faith & Wildflours Home Bakery Parkin’ Latte: South Carolina Pin Oak Farms Legacy Springs Farm Dairy, LLC Nance Farm Creamery

*A movie night with some fresh baked cookies and veggies and dip.
Baked By Bouyer Thomas Family Farms

*A diy morning making your own elderberry syrup to help ward off summer colds or taking in some fresh pressed juices to stay super hydrated and healthy
Honest Elderberry Co. HoneyStrong Good Habits Juicery

*Adding to your morning routine with nice smelly goods
Small Town Traditions

*Hosting a get together with local food dishes. Breads with spreads and microgreens or chopped fruits and veggies are great!
Fields of Revery

This is nowhere near all of our vendors but y'all get the idea. 😉

What ways have you used your The Mustard Seed Clover finds? To make meals? To give a gift? We'd love to hear from you!

Tomorrow we have lots of produce, bread and other things coming in. Come see us!

Finley picked the very first Sungold of the season...and devoured the first two cucumbers 🤦🏻‍♀️. We may have some to br...
05/29/2026

Finley picked the very first Sungold of the season...and devoured the first two cucumbers 🤦🏻‍♀️. We may have some to bring to the store this weekend, if not then for sure next week. I can't wait to start bringing in some fresh produce. This all begins in January and it takes so long to see fruit but when it's here it's so worth it. It just starts with a seed 🌱.

Come see us today! I brought more tomato plants up so there's a whole rack full of peppers and tomatoes 💚
05/28/2026

Come see us today! I brought more tomato plants up so there's a whole rack full of peppers and tomatoes 💚

Life has been so busy but it's good. It makes me really take in the quiet and slow moments and I've really enjoyed my d...
05/27/2026

Life has been so busy but it's good. It makes me really take in the quiet and slow moments and I've really enjoyed my daily garden walks. Finn spied the first of the cherry tomatoes while helping me do some weeding and weaving tomatoes.

We've had lots of ducklings hatch and some mama hens sitting on eggs. Yesterday we stumbled upon a mama duck with 10 babies 😵‍💫. Everything feels safe to have their babies here 🤣. A funny thing, it's time for the chickens and ducks to molt their winter feathers and it looked like a down comforter exploded. I watched all my little purple martins scurrying around the yard the last few mornings gathering them for their nest gourds and it's all cleaned up again.

Harvesting will be starting soon and these long days will begin earlier but I enjoy the quiet at dawn to work. I can take daily harvests to the store. What a dream 💚. The first cucumbers will be coming in before the end of the week. My mini-me cucumbers and gherkins are starting to load up. Pickling cucumbers come next. Tomatoes are starting to set first fruits too.

I know I've been quiet here y'all so come see us at the store. 💚

So much local goodness y'all! It's been a great day! Come in and see us! 10-6
05/22/2026

So much local goodness y'all! It's been a great day! Come in and see us! 10-6

Moving into the produce season I wanted to give some perspective. Farming is more than backyard gardening and a hobby. ...
05/18/2026

Moving into the produce season I wanted to give some perspective. Farming is more than backyard gardening and a hobby. As wonderful as those things are for our own families and personal use, this is a way of life for some. People see a farmers market or a produce stand and there's a disconnect on how exactly that food got there. I just wanted to take some time to talk about what we do here and all the things that interpret costs for things that not only we grow but for other farmers too.
Our season here begins in January and not a dollar is made until April and that labor and material cost for this months in between cannot be free to be sustainable. There's a lot more than putting a seed or a plant in the ground and we have to steward our land, our business, employees, and families well in that cost. These are just a few things that are factored into the cost of local food without grants and government subsidies

• seeds
• greenhouse costs
• soil amendments
• irrigation materials and repairs
• water
• fertilizer
• equipment repairs
• fuel
• insurance
• harvesting
• washing produce
• refrigeration
• packaging
• labels
• bags
• ice
• coolers
• loading and unloading
• payroll or labor
• taxes
• store utility bills
• Square fees
• crop failures
• weather losses
• unsold produce
• and months of physical labor before a single dollar is ever made

Then after that we're competing with every chain grocery store that's passed on the way to us. We can never be the same price wise because we are not the same.

We grow with integrity and full transparency the way we want our food to be grown. No-till, no spray, and only amendments and fertilizers that the good Lord made. That's fighting off a lot of pests by hand or with fostering wildlife such as purple martins and other birds and predatory wasps, long hot summer days that start before the sun comes up, hauling, washing, cooling, packing, and finally bringing it to market. Rising food costs directly reflect rising material and fuel costs not greed. If our seeds cost more we have to adjust accordingly. If we have to pay triple shipping costs now on pots and irrigation materials we can't just take the hit for it. It's so terribly hard but we have to keep moving forward or we lose our crops. We also don't want to lose customers so I wanted to share what all goes into not just our farm but all of the other farmers and makers in our store.

Nobody gets rich farming for sure and it's something you only do if you love what you do and love people. Pray for us this year that we can do the work well and that our harvests will be abundant and that our communities value local healthy foods. We love y'all and just know we're all doing our best 💚.

This morning I want to speak on the pure, unfailing goodness of God. On Wednesday The Mustard Seed Clover had our grand...
05/15/2026

This morning I want to speak on the pure, unfailing goodness of God. On Wednesday The Mustard Seed Clover had our grand opening ribbon cutting celebration. It was a beautiful day and we gathered with so many friends, new and old, and had a great time. What I did not realize was that day was also the 2 year anniversary of when we announced that we may lose our right to farm and began the work to rezone. Our little town and many others showed up to meetings, wrote letters and emails and spoke on our behalf and then it was our turn to speak. We all did the good work together and did it without pitchforks and we successfully rezoned and moved on back to our quiet life. But then we started to grow more and knew we wanted to continue farming and what we were doing but now there were more than what we could provide for and more work than we could do ourselves so again we started to call our friends. Some make bread, some make chicken, beef, or pork, but we needed them, so we started to plan our store. Our community wanted farm fresh and local so we're doing just that.

God has a plan and a time for everything and we just have to have faith, even just the size of a mustard seed, because He is faithful. So thankful to have such a dedicated, loving community to stand and grow along with us.

💚Love y'all, mean it
💚Sam



thank you so much for taking these wonderful pictures of our ribbon cutting. These are memories that I'm so thankful to have.

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