Circle V Farm & Lumber

08/05/2026

It's National Farmers Market Week!

One incredible trend I've observed is an increase in consumers wanting to visit and buy from their local farmers markets. We love going for some of our favorite local products.

I hope this post can serve as a way to connect more producers, crafters, bakers, and creators with our community.
Tag your products or your favorite products below, along with the details on which market they can be found in. Be sure to tag the market page, as well!

And for those that haven't gotten to set up at a market yet, still tag your business below.

08/04/2026

Um....goals??

08/03/2026

The freshest ingredients don't travel far—they come from your local farmers market. Be sure to visit your local market this week during National Farmers Market Week!

08/03/2026

‼ ATTENTION all new or soon to be farmers ‼ (or for anyone that wants to read a story).

One thing about me (Jessica), if I care about something or something has impacted me significantly, I'll probably never miss an opportunity to share about it.
In 2022, literally the week we moved into our home and farm, we learned about the Alabama Ag Credit JumpStart grant. With a week away until the deadline, I spent about 80 hours in that week creating a farm plan to submit in the first year of the grant.

A few weeks later, I was already spending time doing what I love- working all day in my garden. It was hot. It was sunny. It was perfect.
At some point, I check my phone to see how many calls I had missed, and I had a voicemail from someone with Alabama Ag asking me to call them back. I was so nervous.
When I called Andrew back, he told me that we were one of the 5 recipients of the grant. I LITERALLY dropped my phone in my garden. Everything in me was shaking from disbelief and happiness.
I fell to my knees. To this day, that was one of the happiest days of my life.

What I didn't know that we had won was new friendships, great memories, lasting contacts, and opportunities to learn and to get to know some incredible people.
The following summer we were able to attend the Alabama Coop Couple's conference where we were voted to be a host couple the summer after that. I was able to speak to the second round of winners at their reception event where Kaylee got to see her mom (largely pregnant with twins) stand on a stage and share her heart.

My rather well-written farm plan (if I may say so myself) didn't quite go the way we had anticipated thanks to an untimely machine fire- not that any machine fire is per say "timely." But that grant gave us the chance to live off the farm we had built at the time to help reshape us and our vision for our farm, therefore bringing us to where we are today.

I never would have imagined that we would have been one of the winners- seriously. I'm glad I didn't give into my doubt. If you're new farmers or planning to start a farm, I highly recommend taking the time to apply. You REALLY have no idea what could happen!

Enjoy a trip down memory lane with me. And for any new farmers, I'll put the link to the application site in the comments.

08/02/2026

A glimpse into the making of our Eastern Red Cedar posts and lumber.

07/31/2026

Circle V's cedars are harvested from within the Black Belt Prairie region.
But what is that?
Check out our blog, Selma Chalk Talk, to learn more about what the Black Belt Prairie is and why our cedars come from there.

https://landrevivalllc.com/index.php/2026/01/16/what-is-the-black-belt-prairie/

07/29/2026

Sweet Grown Alabama is proud to partner with iHeartMedia to celebrate one of Alabama's own— The Red Clay Strays Band. From their Mobile roots to national stages, their signature blend of country, Southern rock and soul is unmistakably Alabama.

Now through August 15, you can enter for a chance to win a concert getaway to see The Red Clay Strays live at Legacy Arena on October 31! One lucky winner will receive:
🎟️ Two concert tickets
🏨 A hotel stay
💵 $200 spending money

To enter, visit the websites of your local iHeartCountry station:
📻 WKSJ (Mobile)
📻 WDXB (Birmingham)
📻 WDRM (Huntsville)
📻 WTXT (Tuscaloosa)

Celebrate Alabama talent on and off the stage, and don't miss your chance to win! 🎸

07/28/2026

We will NEVER get tired of seeing what gets made with the cedar that we harvest and mill. We deeply value seeing how the lumber gets used, kind of in the same way a person values seeing their children learn and grow.

Speaking of... check out this child growth board built by h wood co. in Tuscaloosa from some of Circle V's cedar. This would make a beautiful gift for any parent or soon to be parent.
Be sure to follow their page for all of the other cool stuff they make!

07/28/2026

It may be 500 degrees outside, and I may have sweated through 2 shirts at 7PM to pick these things, but I'm currently heavily considering two things:

1. Decorating for fall with this gorgeous harvest in order to mentally think it's only 80 degrees outside and
2. Strongly contemplating adding decorative pumpkins to our products since these grew in the most UNINTENTIONAL way possible, with more on the way. (Of course, if I purposely tried to grow these, it probably wouldn't turn out as well.)

These sure would be pretty on a cedar box or board...

07/25/2026

We're proud to sell Sweet Grown Alabama cedar lumber and be a part of an amazing community of Alabama producers.
Our cedar is harvested from local land to improve local land, then milled locally to support our ecosystems and community.

Alabama’s farmers do it all.

From sun up to sun down, they work hard to put food on the table for Alabama families.

I was proud to proclaim today as Sweet Grown Alabama Day to recognize the importance of supporting our local producers year-round.