The farm is transitioning from a spring filled with warm weather and violent storms to the heat and hummidity of early summer. Many of our spring crops are sensative to the heat and we are rapidly coming to the end of any produce these crops are providing us. We still have some lettuce that is heat tolerent [...]
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Advancing Seasons
Posted in Other on May 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
BTC & Community Supported Groceries
Posted in News, Other on April 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
From our friends at the BTC (Be The Change) Grocery in Water Valley, comes a novel way to bring local food and healthy options to Oxford residents. The concept of a community-supported grocery evolved out of the desire to bring the unique offerings that BTC provides straight to its customers. BTC hopes to start distributing [...]
Old Thyme Farms: Locally Raised Pastured Pork
Posted in News, Other on March 26, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Always glad to support local growers, producers and farmers – especially those promoting sustainable practices and a responsibility to both the land and the community in which they are a part of - we’d like to introduce you all to Brad, Jodi and Willow Solomon of Old Thyme Farms right here in Oxford, MS. “At Old [...]
Green Week 2011
Posted in Other on March 22, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Green Week 2011 is coming to Oxford, MS! Save the date – April 15-22 right here in Oxford! This Green Week we are encouraging everyone to Go Local by supporting your community—with actions, with pocketbooks, with ideas, and with passion! Go Local is a general term for a meaningful concept. It promotes a re-orientation to [...]
Quitman County Comes to Yokna Bottoms!
Posted in Educational Outreach, Events, News, Other, Yokna Bottoms on October 27, 2010 | 1 Comment »
We wanted to thank Katy Heavener and her students from Quitman County who visited the farm (as well as Oxford’s Community Garden) last week for sharing their energy and enthusiasm with us here at Yokna Bottoms! Visit our blog and Facebook page to see photos from the field trip. It was inspiring to see 30-40 [...]
Weekly Update, Oct. 25-31
Posted in Other on October 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Hello, Hello, Hello … “There is no season when such pleasant and sunny spots may be lighted on, and produce so pleasant an effect on the feelings, as now in October.“ ~ Nathaniel Hawthorne ~ These are the days that make poets and artists out of us all. The colors of Autumn as [...]
As Summer Becomes August …
Posted in Farm and Garden, Other, Yokna Bottoms on August 28, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
We now know that August is a season of transition at Yokna(patawpha) Bottoms Farm. The weeks of hot weather brought an end to produce from most of the crops we planted in the spring (okra and peppers the exception). The slowdown provided an opportunity for a brief vacation and I attended the Rocky Mountain Folk Festival [...]
Weekly Food Distribution, July 30, 2010
Posted in Other on August 2, 2010 | 2 Comments »
Here is a picture of our July 30th food ready to distribute at the Oxford Community Garden. The following are included in the picture: Item Weight or number Jalapeno Pepper 4lb Mixed Banana Peppers 3 lb 2 oz World’s Hottest Pepper 17 lb 4 oz Green Bell Peppers 3 lb 23 oz Cayenne [...]
July 26th Drum Circle
Posted in Events, Other, Yokna Bottoms on July 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Remnants of Tropical Storm Bonnie greeted our drum circle Monday night right at sunset. A mad dash for the porch resulted in drummers accompanying an intense summer thunder shower and the cover of the tin roof. The rhythm continued as lightning lit up the land and sky like day, thunder crashed and boomed, and rain fell in [...]
Children Visit the Farm
Posted in Educational Outreach, Events, Other, Yokna Bottoms on July 21, 2010 | 1 Comment »
We had about fifty kids from the Ole Miss summer program, Rebel Quest, visit the farm yesterday sponsored by The Ravine Restaurant. Daniel and Trey provided lessons on all aspects of the farm and the kids enjoyed fresh produce they picked from the field. To watch a short video of the children at the farm, [...]
