My Fiat Farm

10/14/2026

We will have Music garlic available at Wild River Market this weekend while it lasts.

These bulbs were harvested in June. They can be used either as seed garlic or in the kitchen for cooking.

Want to grow your own garlic? We got you

Want to make honey fermented garlic for immune support? We got you

Love garlic in your recipes? We got you

Now is the time to plant garlic so you can harvest your own next June.

10/13/2026

I did something right

This fence separates my garden from some pasture. I have battled with weeds and thorny vines encroaching on this space for years.

In the fall of last year I decided to try something.

I dug up an existing comfrey (the big green leafy plant), and transplanted sections of the root along the fence line.

Why?

Comfrey grows big and bushy as you can see here. Suppressing the growth of anything underneath.

Comfrey roots are deep and vigorous. Blocking any root encroachment from the pasture.

Comfrey can be harvested several times in a growing season. Those leaves can become mulch or feed the compost pile.

My livestock love comfrey. It is densely nutritious forage. My hope is that the plants will expand out to the right side of the fence for the animals to munch on.

My experiment worked.

I did something right

10/07/2026

It is a beautiful day to plant garlic.

Planted now, heavily mulched for the winter, then harvested in June.

Garlic requires the freeze-thaw cycle of winter to develop individual cloves.

When you garden you hope in the future 💕

10/02/2026

Ajax and Borax.

The only way I can tell these two apart is when they are standing next to mom.

09/25/2026

I have some beautiful eggplant on its way to Wild River Market this afternoon.

I will also be dropping off Roma II beans, okra, beets and Butternut squash.

💕 Real food, in season, from my chemical-free, biodynamic garden 💕

It doesn't get much better than this.

09/22/2026

My Roma II beans are coming in.

These flat stringless pods have a crisp meaty texture.

The intense flavor of these beans are great fresh, sauteed, in soups, or any recipe that calls for beans.

A few years ago a friend told me these were the only beans he would ever grow. I can see why.

09/22/2026

The recent rain has brought life back to the garden.

Looking forward to this week's harvest for Wild River Market.

I'll have Emerald Green okra, eggplant, Roma beans, butternut squash (and possibly more) available at the market on Friday.

09/20/2026

Gotta love fall chicks.

Mama has twelve under her skirts.

How many can you see peeking out?

09/19/2026

Saving seeds secures the future.

Some of the tomatoes grown this past summer were from a seed exchange with Gateway Garlic Farms. He sent me seeds with the promise that I would send them back.

Look! There they are.

Do you remember that free heirloom/heritage tomato seed giveaway we started last year in order to support the tomato Dave seed bank ?
We gave away these seeds from the massive tomato seedbank we have with only one catch…. That you grow and send seeds back so we can continue to give them away and keep these strains alive .
Well we are starting to get them back and I gotta say ….. you all are making me feel your love !!

This giveaway was so popular we had to shut it down as everybody here overwhelmed us with their interest.
A few people told me it wouldn’t work and people won’t cooperate and can’t be trusted .
Well yall are starting to prove them wrong !

This collection was assembled by my friend tomato Dave and is massive. Our dream was to open it up to the public as an open source seed bank .

Other people told me I should sell them but I have no intention on making a profit from this . I don’t want your money but instead I want something more valuable ….. your belief
The belief in a publicly traded seed bank where seeds are exchanged for the cost of a SASE .

The belief that some people want to preserve the diversity of this seed bank for future generations

We are gonna open it up again later on this month and again these seeds are only gonna cost you a Self address stamped envelope.

We hope to mail out everything by January 1st
Like this post of interested because I’ll connect a future link to this post

Thank you and thank you from future generations of growers , farmers , gardeners and enthusiasts

09/17/2026

Hoping to finish digging up sweet potatoes this weekend.

Then the bed will be cleaned up and planted with garlic.

This transition has worked for me for the past few years.

Sweet potatoes harvested in September. Garlic planted there in October.

Digging out the sweet potatoes gives me a clean bed ready to be planted.