Hickory Run Homestead

01/23/2026

01/20/2026

We're back! (Sort of...)👋

You all know we've quit the market garden...

But we're still farming! We've shifted our focus to edible perennials, those plants that'll produce year after year with almost no work.

🌳 Pawpaw trees (native, tropical-like fruit, grows here!)
🌰 Nut trees (chestnuts, walnuts, hazelnuts, hickories, oilnuts)
🍂 Persimmons
🫐 Elderberries, currants, blueberries, honey berries...
🌿 And lots more!

We're offering 15% off all plants this week only!

Use code: HICKORYRUN at checkout

🌱 Shop plants: www.hickoryrunhomestead.com

Sale ends Sunday, Jan 25.

Feel free to reach out if you have any questions! We're happy to help you figure out what might make sense for your space.

01/17/2026

Maybe this is why I've been so quiet on here lately?

Big project happening on the farm this winter! Soon to be filled with edible perennials like figs, potted trees to sell, ginger, turmeric, and more.

All nursery stock will go on sale next week. Stay tuned!

09/01/2025

Am I crazy? It's September! Can you guess what I’m seeding in the garden now?

08/27/2025

The elderberry jelly is here earlier than expected!

We've got lots at today.

Plus some potatoes so colorful someone thought they were fruit.

And of course lots of other fresh veggies.

08/26/2025

The beginning of the end...

The weather has shifted. The shadows are shifting, the nights are cooler and the katydids are beginning to sing. It's the beginning of the end.

In the market garden we're preparing for the end too. A lot of beds are empty.

We plan to stop coming to market at the end of October.

We've done this before, but this time feels different. Because it is.

This time, we don't plan to restart next spring.

Over the years as we've grown vegetables for you, it's been really good. Over and over we've talked about the many wonderful relationships we've been able to have, the gifts that you've given us and the fun our children have had all because of market. You all have been incredibly supportive and we are so, so grateful.

At the same time, the rigors of growing food have been catching up to us. Picking lettuce for a meal is no big deal. But picking lettuce for 187 meals is hard on the back.

And keeping 60 some different crops growing and harvested at the right times can be pretty mentally stressful too.

We're realizing this isn't for us over the next season of our lives.

We've also come to the realization that there are other things we care about and would like to pursue.

Growing food for other people is wonderful but even more wonderful (to us) is teaching other people to grow their own food. Laverne's Substack "Your Garden Coach" and his garden consulting makes that a reality.

Growing annuals is good, but growing perennials, trees and shrubs makes my (Julie's) heart even happier. The tree nursery comes out of that.

We also love to see people thrive and grow and pursue God and Laverne's life coaching business as well as the church we're leading come out of that.

So we are letting go of the market garden.

It's hard and sad in some ways. It would be even harder if there weren't so many other great organic/naturally grown produce stands at market. You are in good hands.

It also helps that we may be back at market next spring with trees and perennials, so maybe you can stop by and say hi, even if we aren't selling vegetables.

We're excited about the next season for our family and about where God's taking us!

08/22/2025

If there's only one backyard fruit I could grow, I’d likely choose the red raspberry.

Easy to care for and trellis, bears nearly every day for weeks, takes less space than a tree, starts bearing the first year, requires no pesticides or herbicides, and is just absolutely delicious of course.

I didn't grow up with these. And I must admit, it took some years for me to catch on to why my wife liked them so much.

But they’ve now won a place in my heart.

Do you agree?

08/04/2025

Sun orange tomatoes making me very happy right now.

Crazy, crazy good.

True vegetable candy.

07/16/2025

Just a few pics of the stand today.

I'm at from 8-3 every Wednesday.

06/17/2025

If you missed the sights of our market stand last week, here's a glimpse of what's coming tomorrow!

Ya'll almost cleaned us out last week, but I've got lots more on the way tomorrow. (Thinking about you especially, kohlrabi!)

Don't miss out on this abundant time of year. See you at market!

05/28/2025

It's a wonderful time of year!

Come see us at every Wednesday 8-3

05/28/2025

The head lettuces are 🔥 this week!

And there's beets and snow apple turnips and rhubarb and beautiful red radishes and pawpaw trees and blueberry plants and lots more.

Come see us at every Wednesday 8-3!