Fool's Paradise Farm

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We are a small farm in the mountains western NC and grow ecoganic ginger and turmeric which we sell locally every fall usually starting in late October through December. We love growing this beautiful family of Zingiberaceae. Its a new adventure after our upick raspberry crop loss due to an introduced Asian fruit fly pest, Drosophila suzukii in September 2012. We lost every berry to this new fruit fly laying larvae in our berries and did not recover. So in 2013 we completely reinvented ourselves and began to grow three new crops in our new NRCS funded hoophouse...Dutch tulips, tomatoes, and turmeric. We added ginger and galangal and Thai tulips the following year. We continue to learn so much about using and growing turmeric and ginger. Gotta love these amazing tropical perennial plants. Nowadays, we sell the turmeric and ginger plants in summer and have rhizomes harvested in fall. We no longer sell raspberries, tomatoes or tulips, but continue experimenting. We still have raspberries blueberries, sour cherries, mulberries, strawberries, persimmons, and lots of flowers, herbs, and heirloom vegetables like beans and tomatoes for our own fresh eating, canning, and freezing. Until we find a way to work around the Drosophila suzukii fruit fly, our raspberries are mainly a fruit fly trap crop until further notice. Research is being done to figure out an acceptable and affordable organic solution in the future. Presently, we have begun to teach folks how to grow their own turmeric and ginger, enjoy gardens, and support organic farming. Its important work and requires skill to understand how to grow, maintain, harvest, cook, and eat good food. We keep honeybees, plant milkweed for monarchs, grow native wildflowers, shrubs, and trees for all, and harvest mushrooms from 100 shiitake logs. We are creating a legacy farm of both home grown goodness and sacred forest featuring the American Chestnut and White Oak trees. Always lots of work left undone because we work other jobs but we are never bored! Hope springs eternal in a plant lover's heart.