Shill Farms

06/28/2024

Companion planting with a hydroponics system whaaaat. This should help reduce pest pressure and increase the health of our plants 😀

June 28, 2024 - We are companion planting our dutch bucket hydroponics this year with a mix of flowers and herbs to help reduce the pest pressure just like w...

06/27/2024

We have adopted a no-till approach to our soil plots and it's working out really well. Here is how we build them.

June 25, 2024 - We have adopted no-till and started building new plot areas with this technique that is working very very well. This video shows you how we ...

06/26/2024

Come with us for a walk through plot 1!

June 25, 2024 - Taking a walk through plot 1 and looking at the progress of the peppers and tomatoes. The flowers are coming in really nice and will hopeful...

06/22/2024

Today was a very hot one outside but we harvested all of our garlic and they are huge!

June 22, 2024 - Wow, it's a hot one outside but we must get this garlic harvested. We got 226 bulbs, planted 235 back in October 2023, I would say that's a ...

06/19/2024

Long video but there is so much to cover and show how the season is progressing!

June 15, 2024 - This is a long video but we haven't posted in a while and there is so much to cover. The highlights are, companion planting is working out f...

02/23/2024

Our first slicer of the season! Cherokee purple!! Can't wait to taste it!!

10/01/2023

We got the beet!!

09/21/2023

The “Wonder” of nature.

09/18/2023

Pretty productive "lazy day". There are 3 more cases of hot sauce bottled, including our latest creation that simply cries out to be on a pulled pork sandwich!!

09/17/2023

No market today due to the weather (but also because it is our last day of vacation and we've still got a lot on our fall crop list!) We'll be around if you need any veg or a tour, just DM us! We'll be watching the race and making cider and capsicumel and fermenting the 7000 tomatoes we just harvested!!

09/10/2023

Shill Market Sunday: WE HAVE PUMPKINS!!! Tiny, spicy pumpkins... Habaneros are what the pumpkin spice craze is about, right?

09/09/2023

Garden ferment in the works!

09/05/2023

Not sure what to do with all this... Vacation= harvest, can, plant, repeat.

09/03/2023

Block rockin' beets! Golden beets straight from our Tranquility Garden. Come get some at the Shill Market today!

08/27/2023

I think we’re about ready for market tomorrow!!! Going to grind up some scape powder now!! Just need to pick some peps, beets, and mates in the morning!! Come see us in front of the house 11-3pm!!

08/25/2023

So at the start of my evening rounds I noted that there were a bunch of w**ds in the garden. By the end of rounds I was so thankful for those w**ds. Made a poultice from some Plantain "w**d" to sooth my hands.

08/23/2023

Sriracha fermenting! Who was this song written for?!

Me, I guess.

08/20/2023

These peppers have legs! We're up late bottling up the hotness for market tomorrow!!! 11-3pm in front of our house!

08/13/2023

Quality assurance on our spicy garlic scape spice, Gone Rogue hotsauce, and fritanga sauce from our carrots, peppers, and onions in taco form. You could be eating this if you come out to the market tomorrow!

08/13/2023

I should maybe be posting this in but our first lemon for scale on this monster zucchini. We're prepping for hot sauce and spice rubs for the market tomorrow. We'll have squash, garlic, spices, hotsauce, and of course the freshest peps this side of the Shenandoah. Come on out!

08/11/2023

I fixed it! TIL in VA you can sell processed foods with a pH of 4.6 and below and dried spices from your house without USDA certification. So... we will now be adding our hot sauce and spice blends to the menu at the Shill Farms Market on Sunday!!!

08/09/2023

Nerding out rn with this Thai chili

08/06/2023

We're going all out at the market tomorrow. Need to harvest a ton!!! Whatever is left will become hotsauce and pepper lasagna!!! 🌶 🌶 🫑 🌶 🫑 🌶 🫑

08/05/2023

Oh my squash! Pickle for scale.

07/29/2023

Peppers, anyone? We'll be out front at the ShillFarms Market tomorrow (Sunday) from 11-3pm ET!! We might even break out the Paper Lanterns (my favorite pepper) and some garlic that just finished curing!

07/26/2023

Assessing the damage from the freak hail storm. Before and after...

07/25/2023

So, I *might* have had too much wine celebrating the market success yesterday and "accidentally" "interplanted" a BUNCH of seeds in plot1.

07/23/2023

We had 4 customers! Made some new friends and got to see some friends we haven't seen in a long time!! Beautiful day sitting and reading my book :)

07/23/2023

07/17/2023

A little Sunday evening update on the farm 🌶🌶🫑🫑