Delli Carpini Farm

Delli Carpini Farm Pesticide free. No GMOs. A small market farm. Natural, bio-dynamic crops for specialty retail trad Many of our crops are raised from seed.

When I was younger, I was an organic farmer, working about an acre in Bon Air, VA. Due to a series of cosmic events and the kindness of lifelong friends, I find myself in a position to explore farming again. We use only certifiable organic fertilizers and bio-intensive management techniques. We make our best effort to use non-GMO heirloom varieties. My goal is to collaborate with clients. We are o

pen to suggestions regarding what to grow, and are open to contract growing. Our main mission is to raise healthy food in an experimental positive open-minded environment.

"God bless the farmer". At times it can feel like everything is against you: weather, pests, disease (and slow-paying w...
08/28/2026

"God bless the farmer". At times it can feel like everything is against you: weather, pests, disease (and slow-paying wholesale customers). 👀 🤔

As Ellwood Thompson’s parent company prepares for a merger, local purveyors say they aren’t getting paid.

08/28/2026

Excerpt from my forthcoming book, The New Adventures of Green Acres...

"It rained and then rained some more. When it finished raining, it rained again. It was a month late preparing ground for potatoes. It was too wet to run the little tractor. He ran it anyway. The little tractor sank in up to its axles. He got the big tractor to pull the little tractor out of the mud. The big tractor got stuck. Then he called his friend with the 4 wheel drive truck and asked him to come help and pull the big tractor out of the mud. The truck got stuck."

07/12/2026

This is the kind of weather pattern that will destroy a tomato crop and make a corn crop flourish. Another reason why my peers who had high tunnels flourished when I sometimes struggled. Moisture control is huge in farming.

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05/06/2026

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When I farmed commercially, nights like this used to strike fear in my heart. I usually waited until May 1st to set out...
04/20/2026

When I farmed commercially, nights like this used to strike fear in my heart. I usually waited until May 1st to set out tomatoes (peppers, eggplant and basil even later). The old rose expert at the Great Big Greenhouse (Joyce Goggin) used to say Mother's Day was the frost date.

Don't be too hasty (you might get burned). A hard freeze can stunt Nightshades. One year a hard freeze in May burned all my potato vines down to the ground, never to recover.

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Richmond, VA
23230

Telephone

8043499104

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