Mulch Layer

New this year is our mulch layer! It should save hours of labor of weeding. We are using this mulch layer on beds containing our large transplants (like broccoli, cabbage, squash etc.). It is 100% biodegradable in 6 months time and is made from starch. In addition to laying mulch it will lay two lines…

Spring Volunteers

A group of students from Truthville Christian Academy in Grandville, NY visited the farm and helped out tremendously this month! We planted over 600ft of potatoes, manured and weeded several hundred feet of beds and spread chips on the paths in both greenhouses and strawberry beds! They were an awesome help! Thanks everyone!

Chester Youth Group Volunteers

This past Saturday a group of High schoolers participating in a 30 Hour Famine (by World Vision), visited Abundance Acres and volunteered for a few hours. We were able to get all our potatoes planted, apple trees mulched and Greenhouse paths mulched! It was quite a productive day. It was great to have their help…just…

How to turn Lawn into a Lush Garden:

Ingredients: -Newspapers -Manure -Grass clippings How to: This is only one of many ways to take sod and easily turn it into a lush garden. First you collect newspapers…lots and lots of newspapers. These are layered over grass that has just been cut short. Layer them 5-6 ply thick. The more the less likely weeds…