Tag: no till farming
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Celery: A New Farm Crop
Overview of growing celery and why we decided to do it.
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Notes From A Brutally Cold Winter
How Good Dirt Farm handled this year’s cold winter.
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A New Germination Setup At The Farm
How Good Dirt Farm is improving our germination process for the 2026 season.
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Wood Chips Are Gardening Gold
How we use mulch on the farm, and why you should, too.
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How Eating Local Can Help Save the Environment
As someone who is outside most of the time and cherishes the beauty of nature that we all share, I care deeply about our collective attitude and relationship as humans toward our earth. Our environment is everything to us, shaping our bodies, minds, spirits, relationships, basically everything about us. Sometimes, to put it quite mildly,…
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To-do List Season on the Farm
Unsurprisingly, our farm is extremely busy from around May through mid-October. Between planting, weeding, mowing, harvesting, packing, and selling, it’s full steam ahead for more than 5 months, and there really isn’t time for much of anything else. But winter is a different story. You’d think that once our harvests are out of the field…
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Our Introduction to Storage Crops
We started a farm for, among other things, fresh produce. A cherry tomato straight from the vine or baby greens harvested and cooled quickly are marvelous compared to what can be found at the grocery store, both for us and our customers. However, one of those other reasons to start a farm is to eat…
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Spring 2025 Recap: Market Season, Round 2
Market season is upon us, and we’re reflecting on our second spring in production as a farm! Learning From Last Year This spring, we made a lot of progress in managing aspects of the farm that ranged from so-so to outright terrible last year. First and foremost, we have a much better understanding of our…
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5 Vegetables That I Can’t Help But Love To Grow
As I soak in the warm spring sun and enjoy the ever-longer days this time of year, I’m constantly excited about what’s to come. In just a couple of months, my farm will be bursting with life, color, and most importantly, food. This week, I’m taking some time to reflect on the vegetables that are…
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Here Comes The Sun: How Sunlight Affects Farmers
Ah, late February. Punxsutawney Phil (only a 45-minute drive away from the farm) predicted six more weeks of winter, and it sure seems like he was right. This month saw a brief respite from the deep freeze of January, but we’re right back in the middle of another very cold stretch, with lows in the…
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A Ten Year Plan for the Farm
With brutally cold temperatures this week, there’s not too much going on at the farm, which gives us time to reflect on long term goals. What might things look like 10 years from now, and what are we doing right now to work towards that goal? I should emphasize up front that the title of…
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An Ode To Garlic
In the bitter cold of February, it is the lone brave soul daring to pop out of the ground through the snow and ice. It powers through the spring, always the biggest and greenest member of the garden through May, usually at least a foot higher than all other growth. Then, the relentless heat of…
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2024 Farm Updates: Final Thoughts on Spring Planting
It’s been a while since our last blog post. Chalk it up to a very busy push to get lots and lots of plants in the ground ahead of the start of market season! Our first CSA shares go out next Friday, and our first Farmers Market (the Ligonier Country Market) opens the day after…
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How to Direct Seed Vegetables Like a Pro
If you’ve been following us here at Good Dirt Farm, you probably know that we start the majority of our crops indoors using soil blocks. While that is accurate, some crops aren’t suited to soil blocks for one reason or another. Certain crops need to be sewn very thickly, while others are large-seeded. And then…
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My Best Friend the Stirrup Hoe
A heavy rain fell all day yesterday, and this morning the garden beds are speckled with bright green weeds vying for life in my good dirt. A dismaying sight for me, but in situations like this, there’s always someone who has my back. He (yes, he) is always ready for battle, he never takes a…