Hilltop Hanover Farm - Farming

Hlltop Hanover Farm

	Check out our farm blog below to see updates on the farm at home garden, general farm care, and much more! HILLTOP HANOVER BLOG Come and visit the Hilltop Hanover Farm Blog written by our farmers. Our blog provides agricultural and environmental sustainability information, lets you know about events, workshops, and projects, and offers a glimpse into daily life here on the farm. Farmer Jenny manages the blog and posts regularly. So "ask the farmer" your questions to help us develop the blog into a real resource for home gardeners and area farmers alike. Before long we hope many more of you will grow your very own local produce! Farming Information Resources (Notes from farm workshops) Planning considerations for your vegetable garden Planning and using a cold frame Crop Growing guides Carrots Celery and Celeriac Squash blossoms, can you see the fruit? One of our favorite covercrops for soil and bees: Buckwheat!
Farming At Hilltop Hanover and At Home
Our "Farming" page has information about farming practices at Hilltop Hanover Farm and serves as a resource tool for the "At Home farmer" who needs information, advice and tips on growing vegetables at home. Philosophy The Hilltop Hanover Farm sustainable agricultural program implements best management practices designed to achieve and maintain a balance between conserving natural resources, protecting the watershed, preserving agriculture, and promoting environmental conservation. We are a pesticide and herbicide free farm that practices water conservation and rainwater harvesting all intended to protect the watershed and provide healthy local produce with minimal impact on the environment. We use only practices approved for organic certification. Farm at Home Videos Check out some of our informative videos that will help you with your home farming. New videos coming soon!