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Stay on One of These Flower Farms

When we think of farming, we often picture tidy rows of vegetables or herds of animals grazing in open pastures. But tucked across the countryside are farms that trade tomatoes for tulips and cornrows for cosmos—where blooms take center stage and every corner bursts with color.

Aug 5, 2025

#Vermont #Alabama #California #flowers #Idaho

Farm Life Agritourism

By Faith Farm in Joelton, Tennessee

By Faith Farm is sited on land that has been farmed since the early 1800s – primarily cattle, tobacco, and vegetables. When the 96-acre farm was bought in 2011 by the Birckheads, it had become fallow, the buildings abandoned, the fields and forests left unattended. For the suburban couple, with no experience in farming (she was an accountant and he was a doctor), this was truly a calling with a mission.

Feb 11, 2020

#flowers #u-pick #cattle #Tennessee #vegetables

Farm Stories

The Power of Community - Neighbors Teaching Neighbors

When I decided to raise backyard chickens three years ago, I consulted books and the internet, as it is so easy to do these days. But books and web forums didn't prepare me when one of our hens broke her leg. As a girl from the suburbs, whose only real outdoor chores growing up were weeding a lawn or raking leaves, I laugh now (and cringe a little) to recall our dash to the vet's office to have them put a splint on that little chicken leg, when, really, I could have handled it myself.

May 25, 2012

#u-pick #workshops #riding lessons #community #cheese making