Carolina Edible Forest and Gardens

10/25/2025

Todays harvest takes us back to our roots and why we named the farm and plant nursery "Carolina Edible Forest and Gardens". We can forage and consume from all corners of this property. We just have to know where to look.
Black Tupelo fruit. Generally ripe here in upstate SC late September through early November. Edible when ripe straight from the tree or from the ground, they are tart, but full of nutrients and vitamin C.
We cook it down, strain out the seeds and use the resulting juice to make everything from syrup to jam or preserves.

Being able to forage on our wooded property year round always brings Matthew 6:26 to mind.
Even without government, money, infrastructure or grocery stores. We could still survive off of the land if we absolutely had to.
God's got this.
Laurens County Conservation District

09/25/2025

HOOORAAAAYYY! The pullets are finally hens and are laying big girl eggs.
We currently have 6 dozen large to jumbo sized, colorful eggs available and ready for pickup.
Let me know if you want to be placed on the VIP egg availability text thread and I'll be happy to add you.
If you want to swing by to pick up a few dozen and you already know where to find us, just message or text with your ETA.
If you don't know where to find us or need the number to text or call please use FB Messenger to reach our US based on-shore call center for info.

08/30/2025

Intrusive thoughts win again.
This was an out of control tangle of elderberry, kiwi and asparagus that had rooted through the pots and into the soil.
Im cleaning up this part of the nursery to make an outdoor seating area with a firepit.
So much easier with a tractor.
Of course now I get to cut, untangle, and put each plant in a bigger pot (or scoop it all up and put it in the compost pile).

08/29/2025

Aug 29 - 31 Friday through Sunday.
End of season plant nursery and farm clean-out sale, just in time for fall planting or dormant overwintering.
Due to a labeling mishap (Peacocks will eat plastic labels. WHO KNEW???), I have several unlabeled fig trees available at $10 each. These could be really costly varieties of fig, but my loss, your gain.

I also have 8 fruit trees in 5 gal buckets (see images) for absolutely free.

Eggs for $5 / dozen
Honey $15 pint jars, $25 quart jars
Farm-made 12 month aged vanilla extract $45 pint jars.
I may even give a rooster or two away.
Come on by. Please message me with your ETA or to ask for the address.
UPDATE...
The unlabeled fig trees have been sold.
Only two of the free fruit trees remain.

08/27/2025

I'm thankful for the rain, but enough is enough. This week let's be thankful for beautiful blue skies, a successful pollinator garden, and of course... pollinators.

08/22/2025

From today onward all farm operations, business, and leisure will be conducted from the tree swing.
Carry on.

08/19/2025

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$250,000 for a single acre. That is what developers are offering for my farm. At first glance, it sounds like a dream. But for me, it’s a reminder of the pressure closing in on farms like mine. Our land sits in a place they call a “land shortage” area, where open fields are quickly disappearing to make way for houses and shopping centers.
My farm is 313 years old. For the past 92 years, my family has cared for it, just as three families did before us. We’ve worked these fields through good harvests and bad storms, trusting the soil to give back what we put into it. Developers visit often, talking about how many houses they could build here. But they don’t see the history, the sweat, the long nights, or the generations of love that are rooted in this ground.

Farming is not easy. It demands everything from you—your strength, your patience, your hope. Yet it’s a life I would never trade. There is a quiet joy in planting seeds, caring for them, and watching them grow into food that feeds not only my family but my neighbors too. Even in the hardest years, when nature works against us, farmers rise again with a new season ahead.

As the New Year begins, I want to ask you to add one more resolution to your list—support your local farms.

Here’s how you can make a difference:
• Cook at home more and let farm-fresh produce guide your meals.
• Buy a farm share through a CSA and invest in your local growers.
• Choose milk from nearby dairies.
• Visit farmers markets close to your home or work.
• Spend a day at a farm and meet the people who grow your food.

Once farmland is developed, it’s gone forever. The only way farms can survive is if their communities stand with them. Every choice you make at the market is a vote for the future you want—one that keeps green fields, fresh food, and hardworking farmers alive.

Let’s make that future possible. Choose local. Eat local. Support the hands that feed you.

08/19/2025

Inside the house and outside on the property I find myself surrounded by Gods wonderful creations.
It's a beautiful morning in the fig orchard.

08/08/2025

When a small plant nursery cannot justify ordering 5000 plant labels from the commercial nursery supply stores, you purchase $6 mini-blinds and a roll of packaging tape and make your own.
Cut the strings from the top of the slats. The individual slats will slip out easily.
Cut to desired length.
Use an acrylic paint marker to write on the slats.
Cover both sides of the new label / plant stake with a layer of clear packaging tape.
Stake these deep into the soil to keep the sunlight from fading or cracking the labels.
These will generally last more than 5 years. By that time the plants will likely be sold or planted in ground.

07/25/2025

Mmmmm...
Black Gold!
22 tons of biochar.
Let the soil building begin!!!

07/25/2025

Pastured, grass and insect fed chickens make for happy chickens and very nutritious eggs.

07/23/2025

Sharing the sounds of my morning in the plant nursery.
Surrounded by the sights and sounds of life.
Volume up.
Enjoy.