Salty Acre Farm

06/20/2025

Water kefir grains have arrived! I am so damn stoked! They are currently being activated by soaking in filtered water and organic cane sugar and will sit beautifully in a cabinet at a good room temperature before being able to be fermented their first time.🖤

06/09/2025

Finally seeing why people use an auger. This hole drilling for posts is a MOTHER FU**ER!

Ugh.

Breaks over. Tonight I'm going searching for an auger.

06/06/2025

AvaLeigh and I made the best outta the rainy gloomy day...
We redid the food pantry. Now to put stuff in jars, vacuum seal and label. 🖤
She did great! I'm so looking forward to the tiktok of this!🤣

06/03/2025

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTj4EUsum/

213 comments, "and we have had an exponentially increasing mental health and mental acuity crisis 🤔" - nutsacto

06/02/2025

Healthy soil. Healthy animals. Healthy minds.
This month, we’re standing with the men in our community — especially those who fish, farm, work hard, and carry more than they speak of.

Mental health is just as important as physical health.
If we can care for the land, the animals, and the waters…
We can care for ourselves — and each other.

Check in on your friends. Make space for hard conversations.
And if you’re one of the strong, silent ones:
You matter. Your story matters. Your healing matters.

05/29/2025

🌿 HUGE THANK YOU TO OUR LOCAL SUPPORTERS!
We’re so deeply grateful for the amazing donations that came in this week for Salty Acre Farm:

🪴 2 grape vines (already 2 years old!)
🫐 2 blackberry bushes, 1 raspberry bush
🌿 3 fig trees, 4 lavender plants, 1 eucalyptus starter
🌱 6 bags of composted manure mix + 5 bags of garden soil
📏 6 green T-posts for the garden fencing
💧And a small above-ground pool gifted for the kids—so they have something fun to enjoy while we build the rest of the farm around them.

Every single item makes this farm more possible. Every kind gesture brings us one step closer to self-sufficiency. We appreciate you more than you know.

If you’d like to donate supplies, tools, plants, or gear—just send us a message.

05/14/2025

Please share! I am on the hunt for a small commercial crab lease. Thank you.

05/13/2025

🐐 Salty Acre Farm Wishlist 🐓
We’re building our small, sustainable, regenerative farm from the ground up on the Eastern Shore of Virginia. If you'd rather help by donating items instead of money, here’s what we could use:

🌱 Infrastructure & Supplies

Fill dirt or gravel (for leveling/flood protection)

Fencing materials (8 ft+ for garden, 4–6 ft for animals)

Garden beds, soil, compost, mulch

Lumber and hardware (barn repairs, aviaries, coops, garden structures)

Cinderblocks and bricks (greenhouse foundation + walkways)

Solar lighting or panels

Cold storage/fridge/freezer units (market & processing use)

Hot plate or induction cooktop (demo/market use)

Grow lights, fans, small heater (for greenhouse/grow tent)

Storage bins, shelving, plastic crates

🐐 Livestock Needs

Animal shelters (pigs, ducks, chickens, rabbits)-the goats have a barn I am refurbishing and renovating.

Milking stand & supplies (sanitizer, jars, filters)

Livestock feeders/waterers

Portable fencing/panels for rotational grazing

Hoof trimming kit

Hay, grains, minerals, feed containers

Rabbit hutches but more for a fenced in area for them to run around but to prevent burrowing under. There will be mounds for them to burrow but not to get out.

🥬 Garden & Food Production

Raised beds, irrigation hoses

Seeds & starter plants (veggies, herbs, fruit, grain)

Fermenting jars, dehydrator, canning supplies

Egg cartons, produce baskets, packaging

🐟 Fish & Crab Processing

Fish/crab cleaning table

Commercial crab traps, bait storage

Boat-related gear (anchors, buoys, crab lines)

Insulated coolers, vac-sealer, food-safe gloves

Refrigerator/freezer for fillets

Commercial food scale

🧼 Product Prep & Market Use

Tents, tables, signage for markets

Soap molds, curing racks, base oils

Herd share bottles, labels, print supplies

Display shelves, storage bins

Paper bags, jars, stickers, stamps

🎥 Social Media / Marketing

Ring light or camera tripod

Clip mics for voiceovers

💌 DM us if you'd like to drop off, send by mail, or have a business donation match! Every bit helps us grow.

05/05/2025

Only about a dozen bags short of garden soil for the first bed. And I need to decide how I am going to plant my potatoes. I was thinking of using cattle wire to form a cylinder and then use hay and dirt. Hopping on Pinterest for some ideas before I run up to Thomas Gardens for more dirt. I have to promise myself I won't buy anything else there....this is gonna be fun!