Our Farm Varieties

The walnuts have had the husk removed and then the nut in the shell was air dried 6 weeks using our two step curing process. These nuts were harvested in 2006 and have retained their excellent taste and nutritional value. Used by our family as a topping on pumpkin and sweet potato pies, and also added to porridge for flavor. Sold by the bushel. Smaller amounts available.

We let the bees pack at least two shallow supers per hive before we perform the season's first extraction. This means that nectar from a variety of trees and plants are usually mixed into a rich, dark, wildflower blend sure to please your sweet-tooth. We do not heat our honey, so you get all the natural, nutritional benefits that raw honey provides.

Our hens are a mixed flock of heritage breed birds. We hand gather all of our eggs into one basket and box them unsorted. This means that each egg carton may contain a mix ranging from medium to jumbo size, and shell colors ranging from buff to dark brown to green. No matter the color or size, all of our tasty, farm fresh eggs are from contented, well treated, pastured hens raised without medication or growth hormones or stimulants.

Our most drought tolerant, pest free, high-yield dried bean. Bumble bee pollinated, this indeterminate runner will out-climb Jack's beanstalk if it gets a little moisture. Average 3-4 medium plus sized beans per pod. In 2007 we harvested 208 beans for each bean seed planted! Find the pods in thick foliage by shaking the bundle of vines-dried pods become rattles. Cook until soft- 6 hours in a cast iron pot simmering on the back of the wood fired heater. 20 seed packet $1.50, 1 ounce pk (approximately 90 seeds) $5 + shipping

A hardy, tolerant vine that produces thick ropes of runners covered with a continual profusion of brilliant red and white flowers until frost-time. Bumble bee pollinated; the flower's configuration seems to presents a challenge for the bee, so bean pods to flowers ratio is around 10%. Pods are large and coarse textured -from one up to six beans per pod. Giant kidney shaped bean will amaze dinner guests. We grow them for the flowers as much as the bean. quite rare variety. 5 seed packet $1.50 + shipping - limited supply

A small, delicate vine, yet prolific half runner that grows to six feet. Plant thickly alongside a 5 ft fence and create a wall of white flowers that will delight your bumble bees. Indeterminate type if kept moist. High yielding, very tasty when cooked. rare variety. 15 seed packet $1.50 + shipping

This showy dried bean will have you thinking of a seed necklace while you stir your painted bean chili. More a partial runner than true bush, they will need a 4 ft. tall fence or trellis to hold them off the ground. Not as prolific as some varieties, but the color and taste more than compensate for your planting effort. 20 seed packet $1.50 + shipping - limited supply

No southern garden is complete without a row of these unusual plants. Long, round pea pods emerge from large, flat white flowers that sit atop the bald lead stem. The fast growing pods stick up and out like unruly spikes. Shelling dried peas while "rocking and chatting" on the front (or back) porch is a time honored tradition in Dixie. local variety 20 seed packet $1.50 + shipping

If you only plant one variety of bean, this is the one to choose. Fast growing and prolific, each bean vine produces numerous clumps of sweet, juicy, string-less green beans when young. Let them mature for pinto-like dried beans that are excellent for making chili. Initially passed on to us by an Alabama farmer friend, our family has grown this purple flowered variety for fifteen years. 20 seed packet $1.50, 1 ounce pk $5 + shipping