As food growers, we sometimes have a wonderful problem: too much fruit! We recently had this issue with the delicious passion fruit. Yes, you can make juice, tarts, smoothies, marinades and more with the passion fruit. With a little chocolate and patience, we made passion fruit truffles. Here’s how:
Tropical Flowers
Some of our regular clients may have realized that we added a few new items to our order form this year (check it out here).
CSA Box, December 8th
The CSA program has recieved a lot of attention on our Facebook Page and on the blog these days. Want to know what exactly comes in those boxes people are picking up? Our blogger has shared her CSA box contents and what she’s done with them with us. Check it out:
Mangos in October?
Mangos are similar to many large fruit trees in that they typically only bear fruit once a year. This year, our mango trees on the farm that produced beautifully during our summer have given us a little fall crop. Our CSA recipients received a few of this extra crop of mangos in their boxes this past Saturday.
Growing well!
Our plants are growing well on Good Moon Farm this season!
Our CSA is starting October 13th
GOOD DAY from GOOD MOON FARM! Community Supported Agriculture With the growing season back on us we are re-opening our CSA program for the autumn. To start with, we are only going to offer this opportunity to 10 people or households. It works like this: The customer will pay in advance for a months worth…
A Productive Summer
The lazy days of summer were productive ones on Good Moon Farm this year. Check out what we’ve been up to: First, we built a new 35×8 roof /water catchment structure to shelter some new tanks. So far we have 4000 gallons …but the structure is designed for another 3×2000. One fine day, this will…
Summer Time…
It’s summer time on Good Moon Farm. The kids are out of school, there are less visitors to the islands and it’s slightly warmer than our winter months. That doesn’t mean it’s not busy on the farm! Summer time in the BVI is mango season. Our trees are full of ripening or fully ripe fruit….
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Property Guide article on modern farming in the BVI
BVI MODERN FARMING Written by David Blacklock Monday, 20 September 2010 High above the North Shore’s Trunk Bay, Aragorn Dick-Read has created a working market garden and farm, Good Moon Farm, that promises to become a source of inspiration as well as a source of organic greens and fruit. Aragorn is best known as the…