We are a small-scale market garden, based in Marion, North Carolina that uses natural and regenerative practices; no-till, no synthetic chemicals, and no pesticides. We grow a variety of vegetables, and a few fruits, with a focus on lettuce, kale, beets, and heirloom tomatoes.
When I began the adventure of creating a farm from scratch on raw land, one of the first things I needed to start building a shed was a pair of sawhorses. If you’re new to woodworking, basically they are a beam with 4 legs, used for cutting boards and other materials that are lain across…
In the calm of an early Saturday morning last May, I drove northeast from Charlotte North Carolina, ready for my first experience with cob and natural building. Passing through Asheboro, I turned off the highways and onto the empty roads of the unincorporated county of Snow Camp—located in between Durham and Greensboro, just west of…