The year was 1919. Woodrow Wilson was president, World War 1 came to an end, and Genevieve and Lancelot Maclin were living with their two children at Oak Hill Farms. Back then they grew cotton, corn, hogs, chickens, and a kitchen garden. We aren’t sure what they used for harvesting, but it may have been …
The Organic movement has taken off, and is becoming big business. Organic certification means that there is some guarantee that what you are buying is not contaminated with potentially harmful chemicals or excess antibiotics. Organic products are now available at all the standard Big Box stores–often produced by a small number of huge agricultural firms. …
Nearly twenty years ago, Oak Hill had running water in several outlying barns–one of which is now the chicken house. Earlier today, I started a quest to get the water up and running again. After some diligent digging, I found the place where the water had been shut off. The pipe had been cut and …
Planting continues here at Oak Hill Farm. The vegetable patch is just over 5000 square feet, and just over half of that space is now seed-ready. Since this area has been pasture/hay land for the past several decades, removing the sod and weeds is the biggest current project. We started in the fall by running …
We aren’t organic growers. That isn’t because we don’t appreciate organically grown food, but because the process of becoming a certified organic farm is lengthy and expensive. We may be certified one day, but for now we are focusing on growing plants without inputs of industrial fertilizers or artificial chemical insecticides. Our approach draws heavily …
Here is a partial list of the veggies on tap for this year: Arugula (Roquette) Basil (Genovese) Beans, bush ‘Magpie’ Beans, bush ‘Blue Lake’ Beets, gold ‘Yellow Intermediate Mangel’ Beets, red Bull’s Blood Broccoli Calabrese Broccoli raab (Sessantina Grossa) Cabbage, Chinese ‘China Choy’ Carrots ‘Nectar’ Carrots ‘Sc. Keeper’ Celery ‘Red Stalk’ Corn, Broom Corn, Pop …
