Good news! Our Kickstarter project was successfully funded thanks to all of our loyal fans! We truly appreciate everyone who donated, shared a link, or got involved in our project and farm. We love having the community gather around and create a great vibe for the farm, and this has kicked-off our spring season in a great way. Now if we could get our crops and the weather cooperating…..
Our Farm Needs Help!
Click Here to see our Spring Project
If you saw our last post, you know about our flooding issues in our crop fields, and you know about our plans to use permaculture as our solution to the problem. In addition to helping with our rainwater issue, our permaculture plans created by Shades of Green will also allow us to create natural gathering spaces, teaching gardens, and orchards for our family, friends, and community to enjoy.
As a small farm, we really depend on the support and interest of our friends and local community, and have had a few of our loyal supporters contact us about how they can help us out after the heavy rains and winds of late. We truly appreciate our supporters who stay engaged with us and keep tabs on what is going on here at Wolfscratch Farm. Please check out our Kickstarter, let us know what you think, and donate if you are so inclined. Also feel free to share these links, or a link to our Facebook page, with your friends or people who may be interested in helping out.
Every a little bit makes a big difference!
Flooding on the Farm
This winter has been an interesting one for us…we have had roller coaster temps, and lots of heavy rain. This culminated in the crazy tornado/flood warnings the week before last. We are still trying to recover from the damage on the farm. Luckily for us, this didn’t happen during a major growing season when all of our crops are already in the ground.
We have had some rain damage before, but nothing on this scale. We have been discussing this problem for a while, and deciding on how to fix this issue with rainwater control.
Fortunately, we recently found a great permaculturist to work with on this issue. The owner of Shades of Green, an edible landscaping and ecological design firm, has been kind enough to donate some of her time, and barter with us for more time to complete a personalized plan for our farm. Her designs incorporate swales and burms to control rain runoff, slow down the water flow, and keep it in the ground for our crops to use. She has also redesigned our space to incorporate some walking gardens and meeting spaces.
We are super excited about all these plans, and will have lots more posts to show you our progress as we implement Shades of Green’s designs.
For now, we “just” need to find the time and money to get all this work done!
2013 CSA Worker-Shares
Harvesting cabbage on the farm
We are gearing up for our 2013 growing season and are expanding our worker share CSA program this year. We always love working with these very special CSA members and sharing our vision for sustainable farming and land stewardship. Our worker-share volunteers gain a better understanding of how their food is produced, and get in a great work-out at the same time. We are only an hour away from Atlanta and it’s a great way to get out and enjoy the beautiful outdoors.
Being a worker-share volunteer means that you will come to Wolfscratch Farm to learn and work on the farm for 4-6 hours per week, and you will get a weekly CSA half-share to take home at the end of each shift. This is a great way to be a part of the growing experience, learn more about the food you eat, and pick your own food for the week. Although all of our worker-shares have fun, farm work can be very physical and we work in most weather conditions – hot sun, cold rain, and everything in between. We rely on our worker-share volunteers to help complete important tasks, like planting, hand-weeding, harvesting, and maintaining soil composition, throughout our growing season. If you are interested in joining us, please fill out this form.
We will have worker-share orientation throughout the spring, and all new worker-shares must show up for one day of orientation. Orientation includes a farm tour, an introduction to farm duties/rules/plans, as well as a time to share stories and ask questions.
We are also looking to barter some of our produce for carpentry/handy-man work, animal husbandry and/or veterinary care, and social media and networking support. If you have any of these skills, and are interested in trading services for our produce, please let us know.
Feel free to contact us if you have any questions about our worker-share program or want to join us for the upcoming growing season. You can leave a comment here or contact us at wolfscratchfarm@gmail.com
Want to be more involved? Contact us about a potential internship program as well.
Want free fall produce?
Turning under our cover crop for fall planting
We are excited to begin our fall growing season, but it’s time to to plant, weed, and harvest tons of food! We need all the help we can get, as we are a small family operation. We have 8 weeks of production left and are looking for a few new, dependable worker shares to join us and learn about how we grow our fall goodies.
We are looking for applicants for our CSA worker share program. This means that you will come to the farm and help us out in exchange for a free CSA basket. This is a great way to be a part of the growing experience, learn more about the food you eat, and get to know the farmers who grow your food. We are only an hour away from Atlanta and it’s a great way to get out and enjoy the beautiful outdoors, or get in your daily workout.
One of our “ugly” winter squash!
To join as a CSA worker, one day of work per week gets you a full CSA basket on the weeks you work. We would like an 8 week commitment to finish out the year for any new applicants. Please feel free to contact us at salacoacsa@gmail.com if you have any questions about our worker share program or want to join us for the summer growing season.
How to get free produce…
Photo from: T. Worthington Photography
We are excited to begin our summer season, but it’s time to dig in and get those weeds under control! We need all the help we can get, as we are a small family operation.
We are looking for applicants for our CSA worker share program. This means that you will come to the farm and help us out in exchange for a free CSA basket. This is a great way to be a part of the growing experience, learn more about the food you eat, and get to know the farmers who grow your food. We are only an hour away from Atlanta and it’s a great way to get out and enjoy the beautiful outdoors, or get in your daily workout.
To join as a CSA worker, one day of work per week gets you a full CSA basket on the weeks you work. We will also have other goodies available for you from time to time (like our fresh, pasture raised eggs). Please feel free to contact us if you have any questions about our worker share program or want to join us for the summer growing season. You can leave a comment here or contact us at salacoacsa at gmail.com.
Putting up strawberries
Strawberry season will be winding down soon in Jasper, and we have been trying to put away as many strawberries as possible! We have made some jam and frozen other strawberries. (We have also been making strawberry muffins, cobblers, etc). I put some whole berries away in simple syrup to freeze, and I am wondering how this will turn out. Has anyone tried this before?
