Overlook Community Farm

03/29/2016

Tommy and the gang just finished spreading some of the 21 tons of gravel we had delivered today. The new awning addition to the barn is looking better every day, and quickly becoming a pleasant place for the tractor to call home. 😊

11/12/2015

The bats have been living behind our shutters all summer so as the weather gets cold we decided to give them a cozy home of their own built from scrap pieces of wood we had laying around so they had a better place to winter over the cold months ahead.

10/12/2015

For those who know, you'll know. We finally, hopefully, won the battle of the weeds in our greenhouse.

09/03/2015

It's been awhile but were working on our native plant list for our nursery next year. Our milkweed this year did wonderfully and is currently planted all over Northern VA and DC, and at least ours here at the farm are covered in Monarch butterfly caterpillars.

02/09/2015

an afternoon walk is never short on beauty with 96 acres of sanctuary surrounding you.

01/10/2015

Flashback Friday...cause I forgot throwback Thursday...Here's to warm weather and bow drill kits.

12/14/2014

Early afternoon sun from my favorite porch.

12/04/2014

Winter is coming.

10/29/2014

Farm life...

06/24/2014

Summer 2014

06/15/2014

Earth Village Education

We are still up to our elbows in asparagus and likely will be for another week or so. We've also got our greens coming in so spinach, lettuce, and arugula are all now on the menu. Also within a week we should be ready to start offering peas, beans, onions, and cucumbers.

Stay in touch and well keep you updated. Don't forget were only two weeks out from the sacred order of survival course were offering through our partners Earth Village Education. Check out their website for more info and to sign up.

www.EarthVillageEducation.org

To develop an educational platform of sustainable living models based on wilderness survival, permaculture based gardening, and off-grid architecture techniques.

06/12/2014

Native American slip and slide on the golden retriever's birthday.

06/04/2014

Overlook Community Farm's cover photo

06/03/2014

Summer 2014

06/03/2014

Some info on the upcoming class we're hosting.

06/03/2014

Tomatoes and peppers went into the beds yesterday which shifts our focus to getting ready for the Sacred Order class with our partners Earth Village Education and Tom Brown III.

05/30/2014

For all our faithful followers we now have an official email and can be contacted at [email protected]

05/30/2014

Next Saturday June 7th will be our first official trip to market here in Marshall and it will also be the first volunteer day of the year. If you haven't any plans and would like to spend some time outside learning send us a message and we can fill you in with any details you need.

04/24/2014

Overlook Gardens

03/26/2014

a.k.a. baby dinosaurs

03/26/2014

Overlook Gardens

03/22/2014

Overlook Community Farm's cover photo

03/22/2014

Where life begins.

03/16/2014

Overlook Community Farm's cover photo

03/14/2014

Groundbreaking on the hegelkulture beds. It's a traditional german permaculture method that allows debris to biodegrade naturally underneath your crops to ensure rich soil for years to come.

04/30/2012

You pick strawberries in about a week!!

04/28/2012

We have Honey in 1/2 and 1 lb sizes, Hardy Rosemary in 3" pots and Lavender plants, also in 3"pots

02/04/2012

Overlook Live Stock

01/17/2012

Overlook Live Stock

01/16/2012

We had 5 baby goats born this week three to Lucy, one to Nexus and One to Shamrock,

01/02/2012

We were hoping for Goat babies on NYE That did not pan out. Lucy is hanging on to them a bit longer. She is about 3 feet wide so I'm thinking twins!!

08/29/2011

We were so happy here to have Irene bring us some water, We are around 9 inches short and things have been suffering badly...1.25 inches fell, enough to contunue putting in the fall lettuce, cabbage, etc, plenty more food to grow, harvest and give away......

08/17/2011

....I was explaining what we are doing here at Overlook and He replied "You are giving it away!!" Yes I said, "you have to give it away to keep it".
We are providing over a ton a month of fresh, healthy food to local folks who are in need, along with large shares of food to our members every week. But we do need help in keeping this going and to make it possible give more,
Think about it..........

07/29/2011

483 pounds of food to the food bank this week (Mostly yummy Melons) and it is looking like another couple hundred on Sat, to all those helping out...Thank you!!

07/04/2011

Pot luck at the farm, then a run to fireworks, come on if you want...The barbi is getting hot soon!!