ASAP Farm Tour 2014

The ASAP Farm Tour was a huge success. We had perfect weather and welcomed almost 300 people to Root Bottom Farm on Saturday and Sunday afternoon. There were self guided or guided tours and we transformed the barn into a giant farm stand. We had winter squash, microgreens, lettuce, arugula, collards, kale, chard, potatoes, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, garlic, garlic butter, garlic samplers, pesto, carrots, beets, strawberry plants, blackberry plants, stickers and buttons for sale. We had a lot of great friends volunteer with parking, veggie stand sales and garden tours. Our neighbor also set up his BBQ food truck, Fish's Backporch BBQ, and sold Root Bottom Salad (microgreens & lettuce) and he smoked local pork from our friends at Dry Ridge Farm. He sold out both days. Here are a few photos I was able to take before we got busy and stayed busy.We had a blast all weekend and couldn't be happier with the turn out.

 

ABOUT US DISPLAYS

 ROOT BOTTOM IN THE NEWS

 

  

 

The Root Bottom Garlic Sampler

 

A tour in process.

 

We also had signs describing the orchard and the berry patch (not pictured)

Thanks everyone!! (The Cutshall Family not pictured)

Taste the rainbow. July was beautiful, busy & bountiful.

Colorful harvest heading to market.

100 % ours. Fingerling potatoes, glazed carrots, giant beet, shredded cucumber and sunflower microgreens.

 

Cherry tomatoes.

 Blackberries continue to be a great crop.

 

Swiss chard and morning light.

 Scallions.

 

Tomatoes have just started

 Picking Beans

 I don't know why, but I love diggin' taters.

 

Harvest schedule in the barn

 

Winter squash makes its first appearance. Acorn, Delicata and Carnival Acorn.

 Carrot love.

 Market bouquets

Making calendula oil

 ALWAYS great to have family visit the farm. 

We love my Jones cousins & family from Massachusetts.

 

Find your inner pumpkin.

 

 

 Young Fall garden.

 Upper Annual Field

Aesa doing her part around the farm and leaving us her recent catch.

 Finished a landscaping project around the guest house.

 Rounded out the design and mulched. Next year I will plant flowers.

 ALL our groceries for the week. Eat. Love. Live. Local.

Support Root Bottom Farm on ASAP's Farm Tour! Sept 20-21, 2014

  We are proud to be one of the four farms representing Madison County this year on the ASAP Farm Tour!! Don't miss out on this great opportunity to see where your food comes from and meet the farmers who grow it.

Every year over 2,000 visitors participate in ASAP’s Farm Tour Weekend connecting people firsthand with the producers who grow their food.  Connecting farmers and consumers is a key goal of ASAP’s mission and helps us build a stronger local food system.

Who: 37 farms on the tour representing Appalachian Grown certified farms in Buncombe, Haywood, Henderson, Madison, McDowell, Rutherford, and Yancey Counties of Western North Carolina

When: Saturday and Sunday, September 20-21, 2014 (1-6 pm)

 << Root Bottom Farm grows specialty crops including microgreens, vegetables, root crops, herbs, flowers and berries. We also specialize in multiple garlic varieties. See how we transformed an old tobacco farm into a diverse farm with established perennial crops, a fruit orchard, and two greenhouses. >>

If you or anyone you know might be interested in volunteering, 
please contact us at rootbottom at gmail.com.

We are also excited to announce our friends at Fish's Backporch BBQ will be cooking up some pulled pork for Saturday! Back Porch Friends are the Best!

Here are some links for more information about this year's farm tour:

ABOUT THE FARMS ON THE TOUR:

http://asapconnections.org/events/asaps-farm-tour/2014-participating-farms/

TO PURCHASE A FARM TOUR PASS & MORE INFO

www.asapconnections.org/events/asaps-farm-tour/

ALL ABOUT ASAP:

ASAP (Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project) helps the community connect with fresh local food, the farmers who grow it, and the markets, grocers, and restaurants committed to using locally grown products. More about ASAP: www.buyappalachian.org/ 

TO VOLUNTEER WITH ASAP FOR THE TOUR: 
www.asapconnections.org/support-local-food-movement/volunteer/

Root Bottom in WNC Woman Magazine's August Issue

Root Bottom in the August issue of WNC Woman Magazine in preparation for the upcoming ASAP farm tour. 

Check it out. Here is the link to the online version:

http://www.wncwoman.com/2014/07/29/how-their-gardens-grow/