Farm Products Currently for Sale
Why Locally Grown?
People nation-wide are rediscovering the benefits of buying locally-grown organic food. It is both more wholesome and picked fresher than any similar product in the supermarket, and that means it is both tastier and more nutritious. It is also safer as you get the same, clean-grown food as what we eat. No deadly e-coli, salmonella, or other pathogens are found in our produce.
Due to our sustainable (non-petroleum based) way of organic farming, our produce prices are not pegged to the current volatile price of fuel or long-distance transportation fees, and so our fresh produce is oftentimes less costly (than store bought) for much better quality food.
Our seeds and plants are heirloom varieties that we have grown organically here on the farm, year after year, so they are naturally acclimated to the soil and weather conditions here in East Tennessee.
Buying locally is also good for your local economy. Buying directly from family farmers helps them stay in business, keeps money circulating locally, and serves the community in a sustainable manner.
Why Organic?
We don't think that applying poisonous or synthetic substances to the food we eat, or the soil we grow it in, is a wise or prudent practice. Organic farming involves not only the avoidance of toxic substances in the growing process, but also the ongoing practice of naturally enriching both the soil and ecosystem, thereby helping to create healthier, more nutritious natural foods. Although not certified USDA Organic, we meet or exceed all the USDA National Organic Program standards.
What's Fresh? Since we feature only the freshest seasonal produce, our selection changes from week-to-week, season-to-season.
Please Note: Folks trying to reach our farm using Map Quest or GPS are mostly directed to Rodgers Circle, about six miles away. To find our farm, please go to our directions page.
Eggs - Seasonal product, currently not available.
Honey - We are sold out of our own honey, however we do have bottled raw honey from Eddie McKenzie of Sale Creek, (Hamilton County) TN. Eddie is our beekeeper mentor and maintains chemical and pharmaceutical free bee colonies near Spring City, TN, and on the Cumberland Plateau.
Potatoes - We still have a limited supply of Yukon Gold and Peruvian Tans available.
Hulled Black Walnuts - in the shell; a good tasting, high protein local nut, hand gathered, husked and air-cured.
Sold by the pound.
Seed & Plant Section
Organic Heirloom Bean Seeds -
Grown annually on our farm - naturally air dried, hand shelled and carefully sorted.
Sold by the packet @ $2.50 (40+ seeds - depends on variety - planting & growing instructions upon request)
Pole beans save valuable garden space, don't fall over so they limit spoilage as the pods don't touch the ground, easier to pick as most stooping and bending is eliminated, and consistently outyield bush varieties.
Black & White Lima Bean pole type- vigorous climber, high yielding, drought resistant, (I)
Christmas Lima Bean (crimson & white, pole type-vigorous climber, truly giant size (I)
Rattlesnake Bean (pole type, tasty, stringless green bean, heavy yielding, our favorite green bean, good as a dry bean also (I)
Granny May Black Eyed Peas (vigorous runner type, heavy yielding, short cooking time, very prolific (I)
Indian Woman Yellow Butter Bean (semi- half-runner type with dainty leaves and small copper colored beans, rare (D)
Paint Dry Bean (half-runner type, white with yellow saddle marking, heavy yielding, (I)
Jacobs Cattle Bean (bush type, heavy yielding, colorful white & maroon, large kidney type, (D)
Hutterite Soup Bean (semi half runner, good yielding, our best soup bean (D)
NOTE: With some pole bean varieties, we have harvested approximately 200 beans back per bean seed planted (measured by weight). Requires good soil with lots of organic matter worked in for best results and highest yield. (I=Indeterminate - D=Determinate variety) The determinate varieties will still lightly reflower and produce a second crop if given adequate moisture.
Organic Dent Corn Seed (for making cornmeal, cereal, cornbread, or poultry ration)
Our seed corn is hand shelled and sorted to guarantee you receive the very best kernels for planting. Sold by: - pkt. - 1 oz. $2.50, 1/4 lb. $5.50, 1/2 lb. $8.00, and 1 lb. $12.50
Shipping is by flat rate priority mail if possible, otherwise by regular priority mail.
Ohio Blue Clarage - Tasty, nutty flavored, sweet meal corn, (or roasting ear) 10-12 ft. stalks. Developed in Ohio & W. VA 1830-1850, tolerates crowding and resists corn smut. 90-100 days
Neal's Paymaster - White corn with red cob -consistent two large ears per plant - 90 days to roasting ears (pre-1915)
Broadened Horizons Yellow Giant - pale yellow seed on a uniformly large cob developed at our farm as a high-yielding poultry ration. (2008) 10 ft stalks -consistent two large ears per plant.
Perennial plants
Strawberry Crowns - High yielding vigorous plants, individually potted, ready for Spring planting. $2.50 ea. 3 for $5.
Multiplier Onion Bulbs - (Egyptian walking onion) use as green onions, onion stem top forms self-propagating onion sets, potted and ready to transplant.
Annual plants - Available in April - heirloom tomato plants @ $2.50 ea.
Brandywine, Stupice, German Pink, Martino Roma, Cherry & Broadened Horizon Survivors
NEW - Poultry Coming in 2010
We have received a number of requests for our naturally hatched, farm-raised starter chicks. We hope to have a limited number of birds available for sale by mid-summer. These will be eight week old birds, well developed, and fully feathered out.
Recycling packaging products
Help us hold down costs and become eligible for a discount at our farmstand.
Packaging adds to the cost of the food we sell to you-our customers, so we are asking that you recycle your paper bags, egg cartons* and honey jars with us. Also, if you bring us a quantity of the following items, we will give you a 10% discount on your next purchase from our farm stand.
Canning jars, glass pint and quart jars. Must have full screw on lid!- Please, NO Quick-Twist lid jars.
Wooden baskets-half and full bushel sizes. (either one in good condition qualifies you for our 10% discount).
Paper bags - all sizes and in good condition
*We are only accepting pulp-paper egg cartons
Thanks for your co-operation in helping to keep out costs down. Recycling does make a difference!