On March 1st, 2015, we got our very own tractor! We learned of it being for sale through a friend on Facebook. We worked out the details and drove to Virginia to get the new addition to our farm family. And here’s the story! – Mary B. We learned about the tractor on Wednesday and it had to be picked up in the next week or so. We were blessed
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A bit before Thanksgiving, we were able to borrow a tractor and implements. We have been busy sub-soiling, disc plowing, and tilling! The field went from pasture grass to clods of dirt to broken up dirt to dirt that will work in the bedder equipment we’ll be renting. It’s been a process! – Mary B.
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GRRR (pronounced GRRR), Greer’s, Grier, the town between Spartanburg and Greenville – Greer, South Cackalakee, I mean South Carolina! Have you been to Greer lately? When I was growing up in South Carolina, it was a dot on the map. Today, it’s got an international airport, major businesses, a thriving downtown, proudly local businesses, big box stores, and a grocery store every ten miles on 29. Southern Hills Lavender is
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With a field of corn, you get to redo the planting every year and you even rotate where it’ll be. But how do you figure out how a field should look for plants that will be there 10-12 years? It’s a semi-permanent design! We used to dream about how we’d lay out a field and talked about straight lines, designs, everything. But we couldn’t really work on it until we
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I’m the organizer and planner. I make lists. I check things off and love bullets. We had a list of things to look for when looking at land. We have a list of all of our ideas and when we’d like to implement them over the next 3 years. And, we have a Master Plan for the development of the 15 acres. What does that mean – a Master Plan?
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