snug hill farm

05/10/2012

04/16/2012

April 15, Walker Farms, Sylvania, Ga. The Augusta Farmers Market sponsored a celebration for the 10th anniversary of Walker Organic Farms, featuring a local…

03/10/2012

Organic Certification Inspector came and reviewed our docs and the farm this morning - we're hopeful to be certified as of mid-July, our third anniversary here and the minimum delay time to certification.

02/11/2012

Tough day today, with the wind. I had just finished shoveling a couple of tons of cow manure off the trailer onto spots for olive trees that are due to arrive early next week, when I noticed the wind had torn open a zipper on one end of the high tunnel. I had to install framing and sister together a couple of deck boards over the broken zipper. Finished up daylight with opening up faucets in the shop and trailer to a slow drip to keep from freezing tonight. Forecast for Garfield is low of 21 with winds of up to 30 mph. Extra rations for the animals today to help them through the night.

02/05/2012

6000 feet of irrigation trenches dug, pipe laid, connected to water source and filled today, with lots of help from Relinda Walker and Elliot McGann. Lunch of homegrown egg omelets, cole slaw (Red Earth Farm cabbage) and coconut brown rice. What a day, sunny with high near 80 degrees.

01/18/2012

We're both back from presenting at the South Georgia Conference and back to work - indoors on paperwork today.

01/05/2012

Spending the day cleaning out the high tunnel - lots of dead tomatoes, basil, etc. More lettuces and Arugula, kale to go in. Looks like the lemon grass did suffer after all from the freeze. Stalks are rustling in the breeze with the sides open, and have turned grayish green.

01/04/2012

We still have 2011 pecans vacuum packed, available in 1/2 and 1 lb packages, in the form of chunks, halves and crispy (Sally Fallon recipe). Half pound prices are: Crispy - $7.50; Halves - $7 and Chunks - $6. 1 lb prices are double these prices.

01/04/2012

Irrigation all survived intact over 12 hrs below freezing.

01/04/2012

Overnight lows of 19 degrees, and all the basil is now killed, along with the tomatoes, peanuts and ground cherries in the high tunnel. Lemon grass, brussels sprouts, kale, lettuces, and daikon survived.

11/12/2011

Pecans in half pound and one pound vacuum packed bags available in the Statesboro Market2go and Augusta online Farmers markets,

11/12/2011

Wil be at Statesboro Farmers Market tomorrow with one pound and half pound vacuum packed bags of chemical-free pecan halves, pieces and crispy halves, as well as a limited number of chocolate pecan slabs and chocolate covered pecan half gift boxes. Let us know if you want/need lemongrass, we have lots of it still in the high tunnel.