Honey Tree Farm

04/10/2026

The team has been killing it as we transition from growing and harvesting all winter in to spring without having gaps in production. These 3 beds of winter spinach served us well. They survived both of the snow storms, multiple nights below 10 degrees with wind and also were covered by snow and ice for 3-4 weeks. We couldn’t believe the regrowth and how healthy it all was. A month or so after the last bit of the snow melted it was 88 degrees and we had to shade cloth the beds 😂. Since then we’ve had 3 50 degree temp swings and they started to bolt so we harvested what we could, flail mowed them to be soil food, amended via soil tests, sprayed on the secret sauce of microbe food and microbes and planted again! Scallions, Dill,Parsley, Cilantro and arugula. This is a pretty standard procedure for all of our bed prep. So if you’ve wondered what it’s like to go from crop to crop this is it. We do it multiple times a week, all year! Emma Meyer on the BCS 💪.

Open on the farm today from 3-6 and we’ll be at the Hickory Farmers Market and Charlotte Regional Farmers Market Saturday 8-1.

03/20/2026

We’ve put in a LOT of work this winter to keep harvests going, keeping plants alive, installing heaters in the nursery and greenhouse amongst many other projects. It’s starting to pay off. Team is killin it 💪. Hopefully spring is finally here. We’re prepping and planting like it is anyway. We have made a lot of upgrades and have some ideas for growing better produce next winter! Thanks for all the customer support to make this possible!
Open on the farm today from 3-6 and we’ll be at the Hickory Farmers Market and Charlotte Regional Farmers Market Saturday!

03/10/2026

03/06/2026

Amelia with some of the butter lettuces for this week. Lots of greens available this week along with super sweet carrots, some radishes, leeks, scallions, herbs and more. Open on the farm today from 3-6 and we’ll be at the Hickory Farmers Market and Charlotte Regional Farmers Market tomorrow morning.

02/11/2026

We’re glad the snow has melted. We made it through both storms and the single digits temps with less crop damage than we thought. It took a lot of effort to keep all of our structures free of the weight of the sleet/ice/snow. We have about 7200 broom swipes over both storms 💪😩. The lack of sunlight and long consecutive hours below freezing are really hard on the plants. Thanks to all the customers who made an extra effort to get produce the last few weeks!

01/28/2026

Due to there being another storm and a high of 25 deg saturday we decided with other farmers to go to the Charlotte Regional Farmers Market FRIDAY 12-4. We will be open on the farm as well on Friday 12-6. Please pre order if possible 👍. We won’t be at the Hickory market Saturday but we do have produce available at Dockside Seafood Co. and Raising Roots Farm. This is annoying. Drone shot of the farm from yesterday morning. We put in ALOT of effort to keep tunnels clear of the heavy sleet. Two days below freezing and a 8 degree low was rough!

01/22/2026

Open on the farm tomorrow (Friday) 12-6. We also stocked up produce at Raising Roots Farm and Dockside Seafood Co.. The photo is baby salad in the nursery! We have about 10,000 seedlings we will have to keep good in there and 20 tunnels full of crops to maintain snow, ice, wind, single digit temps… maybe rain after all these forecast changes 🤣.

01/16/2026

Joni harvesting the last of the pink cauliflower and a close up of the purple broccoli. We’ll have both available this week at the Hickory Farmers Market and Charlotte Regional Farmers Market Saturday morning. We’re also open on the farm today from 3-6. We experimented with planting these crops “late”, next winter we will have more successions so they’re available further in to the winter. We have some cool projects planned to help that be more of a reality! Winter growing is tough. It was 15 degrees this morning 😬. Saturday weather looks nice though for markets.

01/02/2026

Happy New Year! Open on the farm today from 3-6 and we’ll be at the Hickory Farmers Market and Charlotte Regional Farmers Market Saturday morning with a big harvest of cauliflower, broccoli and broccolini.

12/19/2025

Tough weather this week with a windy 10 degrees. We did what we could and got through with minimal crop damage and a few busted pipes. Could have been and has been a lot worse 🤣. Stock up on fresh produce this week for Christmas and New Years. We will be at the Hickory Farmers Market and Charlotte Regional Farmers Market this Saturday. We will not be at market next Saturday (Dec 27) because we’ll be visiting with family. We are open on the farm today and you can find our produce at Raising Roots Farm and Dockside Seafood Co.. A cool thing the crops do is move sugars inside the plant before a freeze (tropical plants also do it before storms) so that they can re grow foliage if it gets damaged. The carrots this week are the sweetest we’ve ever grown due to this survival tactic! We hope everyone has a great Christmas!

11/21/2025

Open on the farm today from 3-6 and we’ll be at the Hickory Farmers Market 10-1 and Charlotte Regional Farmers Market 8-1 on Saturday! We’re LOADED with fall veggies! Lots of produce listed on the High Country Food Hub as well.