The Good Life Farm

09/07/2020

👩🏽‍🌾Farm Update👩🏽‍🌾
I would like to announce that The Good Life Farm will be closing its doors as of this week. It is a bitter sweet ending to a beautiful learning experience that I am so happy to have shared with you all. In 6 months I have met so many wonderful people and have received such tremendous support. Thank you so much to everyone that believed in my wild dream. I would like to especially thank for being an amazing farm to table restaurant and purchasing what ever vegetables I had available each week, for mentoring me through the incubator farm, and ._brown for answering all my thousands of questions and giving me all the Cola connections, for setting up a fantastic farmers market, and especially to all my customers, you’re the reason that I grow veggies!

While the Good Life Farm is closing, I am not giving up on farming! I am excited to be accepting an assistant manager position at , a 12 acre certified organic, no-till, bio-intensive vegetable farm in Chester, SC. I will be working alongside an amazing team of farmers to deliver veggies to the Rock Hill and Charlotte area. I am so excited to continue farming and learning more and more about how to better produce nutrient rich veggies in a way that is beneficial for our environment. You can continue to follow along on my journey

09/04/2020

Bulk Peach Jam Sale!

If you would like to buy a bulk box of homemade SC peach jam, here's your opportunity! These jams are delicious, reduced sugar jams that make excellent gifts or perfect breakfast toast topping. Everyone who's tried it has loved it!

Get a box of 12 half-pint jars for $60
or 12 pint jars for $100

If you would like individual jars, they are $6/half pint, $10/pint.

Stock up for the fall, peaches won't be back until next summer!

08/28/2020

If anyone is interested in joining a CSA and supporting local Columbia farmers, check this out!

Hi guys, for the past few months I have been supplying a pick-up CSA with Organically Roland. It is a month to month CSA, so if you are interested for September, please see the link below:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScZIxn0m68l-PR-dh8ROyk7yfIekTZ3HImSBlnZTWmmmx3wPQ/viewform

08/28/2020

Come by Salem Church in Irmo today from 4-6 for winter squash, sweet potatoes, local honey, homemade peach jam, and vegetable seedlings!! See you later 👋 @ Salem United Methodist Church

08/24/2020

We still have lots of fall seedlings available for purchase! Each plant is $2, message me if you would like to purchase and we can coordinate pick up.
Seedlings available:

broccoli
broccoli raab
cauliflower
cabbage
collards
red russian kale
lacinato kale
purple kohlrabi
rainbow chard
lettuce
sungold cherry tomatoes
basil
sage
tattsoi
pac choy

08/18/2020

Fall Plant Sale!!
We are so lucky to live in a climate where we can grow food almost year round and fall is honestly the best time for a veggie garden in SC. I have lots of fall seedlings:
-basil
-sage
-rainbow chard
-dinosaur kale
-red russian kale
-broccoli
-cauliflower
-red/green cabbage
-broccoli raab
-tatsoi
-pac choy
-ruby mustard greens
Plants are $2 each. Let me know what plants I can get for you!

08/13/2020

Hi All!
I will not be at Salem Church this Friday as harvests are slim.
While looking at my okra this week I was baffled as to why many of my plants had no leaves. I decided to pull up one and check out the roots. You can see in the second photo the nodules and bumps along the roots. These are caused by parasitic nematodes that feed on the plant roots and prevent the plant from being able to uptake nutrients. Unfortunately, these nematodes seem to be everywhere in my field! They have affected tomatoes, carrots and now okra, and I suspect my eggplant. I am working to improve my soil by amending with compost, adding organic matter and cover cropping with species of plants that the nematodes do not feed on to hopefully rid my growing area of these pests.
I thank you so much for the continued support as I navigate the best ways to organically grow vegetables and manage pests.

07/28/2020

Hi all! This week I will be taking a break from markets and will not be at Blythewood on Wednesday or Salem on Friday. I’m taking this week to rest a bit and prep the farm for fall plantings. I will see you all next week!!

07/24/2020

Feeling overwhelmed. Farming is hard and it is 7 days a week, no days off. Whether it’s a holiday or not, plants keep growing.

I’ve been reminding myself this past week that I just reached my one year anniversary as a farmer 👩‍🌾 and I’m in my 4th month as a business owner 👶🏼! I am trying to slow down and let go of expectations. But It’s hard! You only get one try each year to have a good crop of certain vegetables (ahem tomatoes, I’m looking at you) but sometimes pests have other plans.

I have gained buckets of knowledge this past year and I look forward to the future where I continue to improve and grow 🌱

07/21/2020

We’re feeling the heat of summer now! Missing those 60 degree days we had in June! 🥵🥵

07/11/2020

Tomatoes inter-planted with marigolds and peppers inter-planted with scallions to keep the pests away and to make the most of my half acre!

07/09/2020

Order your veggies for pick up tomorrow in Irmo! You can even get your own personal sized watermelon! Visit www.thegoodlifefarmsc.com for details!