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One Hawk Homestead

Farmstand open Sundays, May through October. Beyond-organic fruits, vegetables, and culinary herbs. Many of our fruits are unique or rare.

Our vegetables are heirloom varieties, and most are grown from our own saved seeds. Small scale permaculture farm and gardens. We use regenerative agricultural practices, with a focus on soil building and ecosystem health. We grow a wide variety of 100% pesticide free annual and perennial fruits, vegetables, herbs, and flowers, using only organic fertilizers. Our property is a certified wildlife habitat and a certified butterfly habitat. Open May through October.

08/01/2026

Our family has been enjoying homegrown cherry tomatoes and zucchini recently 😋 These cherry tomatoes are a variety called Citrine - aptly named, as their flavor is sweet, fruity, and very bright. Admittedly not heirloom, but I forgive them because they are really that good.
Last year, we were eating them fresh, like little snacks.
This year, I find that I prefer them roasted with zucchini, garlic, and Italian herbs. They are even sweeter when they are roasted, and the flavor really pops in contrast to the Italian herbs. Serve with a little feta - delish 😘

07/29/2026

Our heirloom tomatoes are setting fruit now 🍅 I planted less this year, under the circumstances. Strange to think about the condition I was in when I planted these back in March... didn't know if I would be able to take care of them, but I planted them, anyway, out of both optimism and habit. Very thankful for how it all turned out 🙏🏽
The tomatoes this year will be for our family.
Thank you for your patience with me and for understanding that I couldn't be available this year. Slow and steady, slow and steady...
Partly, I have been sharing pictures here and there because they are reminders of the beauty and blessings that exist outdoors.. some of that is natural, inherent.. some of it is cultivated, though not forcefully. It's a partnership between plant and human. A dance of sorts.
And partly, I have been sharing pictures so you know I'm still here doing the things.. still growing food.. in the capacity that I can.. and I haven't given up 💚

07/18/2026

Something that does well in an extended drought: pomegranates. While most things in our gardens have been challenged with the lack of rain this year, the pomegranates have been unbothered.
A bonus that they were also unaffected by the late freeze in April, which took out most of our other fruit for the year. Unaffected because they had not yet come out of dormancy when that freeze occurred.
The lesson being that there is wisdom in diversifying. Something will make it, no matter what the conditions turn out to be.
A quick update on my recovery - I am finally feeling like myself, other than some lingering sound sensitivity and not being quite up to full strength yet. The sound sensitivity has been really difficult for the brain to figure out. It can still be very confusing and disorienting sometimes.. otherwise, I mostly feel like myself. One-on-one interactions are fine.. the brain gets confused with overlapping sounds, though. It's still not sure how to filter sounds to the background, so overlapping sounds are basically coming at me all at once, hence the confusion. It's been eight months. So much progress since last December. I am very thankful.. and hopeful that the brain will figure out the rest before the year is up 💚

06/27/2026

Something I have been working on, throughout my recovery this year - Not expecting so much of myself and truly being ok with it. Decoupling my productivity from my worth. Prioritizing rest and downtime as much as I prioritize work.
My husband has been helping me dig the potatoes out of the raised beds the past few weekends. The raised beds make the harvest easier, though I do wear down quickly. Not on a full battery yet. Hence, the help. The yield has been light due to the drought - still a much welcomed blessing for our family.
Something else I have been working on (it's related) - reminding myself to not be so tough on myself. I'm always looking at the ways I can improve, and then I push myself in that direction. Healthy, to a point, yes. Grace and forgiveness needs a space in there, though. I forgive others.. gotta forgive myself, too. Humans have limits. Humans are fallible.. and being human is not an error 💚

06/21/2026

Cosmos ✨

05/27/2026

An update on things - the gardens are coming along, now that the cold weather is finally behind us and the rains have returned after a several week hiatus. You can see in the pictures that the persimmons are starting to bloom, and the blackberries are in full flower. I had designed the gardens to carry on mostly without me, thinking that would be a someday thing... not realizing I would need that at this age.
Things with me - I have been back to my 'real job' full-time since sometime in April. Mostly that is something I am doing remotely because I still have lingering cognitive challenges since the November stroke. Sounds, especially, are very difficult for me... I do ok in calm quiet environments, but I find that I still have to take a lot of small breaks. The battery is low, and I get worn down easily. That part is something I did not really anticipate being an issue this many months removed, but I was warned that it could be like this for the first year or so. I don't enjoy it, but I am respecting it and taking the cues to rest. I am doing outside things here and there, but it does feel like I am dragging myself to accomplish so little. I am drained by my 'real job' most days, and there isn't much left to give. It is a season.. and I have accepted what is. I do miss the energy, though.
Anyway - just sharing where things are currently. I'm still keeping the gardens going to the extent that I can, and my husband is helping a lot. I don't know if or when I'll be up to handling a market day this summer. I'll update here when the time comes. In the meantime, enjoy the view. It's what I'm doing.. it's pretty outside 💚

05/16/2026

Our heirloom sugar snap peas are starting to bloom 🌸 We've been growing this variety from our own saved seeds for close to 10 years. It's called Magnolia Blossom Tendril.
Thank you to my husband for helping me keep the gardens watered this year. It's been exceptionally dry the past month or so, and I don't have the physical capacity to do the hauling and whatnot like I used to. I'm hoping I'll be able to do more next year - this year, I'm taking a light approach while I'm still working through my recovery. One day at a time ☺️
And the earth provides. For that, I am very thankful.
As always, grown with zero pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, or synthetic fertilizers. Ever 💚

05/06/2026

First strawberries of the season 🍓 And a couple weeks earlier than I had thought!
As always, grown on our own land with zero pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, or synthetic fertilizers. Ever 💚

04/26/2026

One of the reasons I have never tilled .. some of my best friends live in the soil this time of year 🐸 If I loosen an area by hand, I can find the toads pretty easily and put them back unharmed. They'll come out when they're ready and help keep the insects in check.

04/24/2026

Planting her cucumber seeds 🌱 .. I'm a couple weeks behind, but it's probably ok. She was often behind by other people's standards, too. It happens. She told me she preferred that her food came in toward the autumn, so being behind worked out well in the end, anyway. There are plenty of berries to keep us active and nourished in the meantime.
These cucumbers will likely be fruiting around early July. I have a spot picked out for them where there is afternoon shade. That should help a lot with the heat.
As always, grown with zero pesticides, herbicides, fungicides, or synthetic fertilizers. Ever 💚

Address

Dover, DE
19904

Opening Hours

10am - 2pm

Website

http://www.onehawkhomestead.wordpress.com/

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