Six Figs Farm LLC

by Sunday

Six Figs Farm is

Mike, who works full time off-farm as a helicopter pilot to support us and the farm, in addition to doing the heavy lifting on the farm; Sunday, the full-time farmer and homeschooler, and our two farmhands (the kids), K (11) and L (8), who are homeschooled on the farm, and assist with many farm tasks daily. Welcome to our journey from homestead to farm.

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This whole thing started with a dream of raising our own food. It became important to us to know where the things on our plates came from. We wanted to be sure that the animals were treated well and that the food was nutrient-dense.

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Once we started growing for ourselves, it was a short leap to the desire to grow for others, as well. What if we could start a small market farm, right here in Walton County, Georgia? Crazy, right? Well, the USDA didn’t laugh at us. In fact, they had all sorts of information to help us go about it.

We decided to base our small farm primarily on perennials. Elderberries, figs, blackberries, raspberries, muscadines, asparagus and a variety of fruit trees all figure heavily in our future plans.

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Since perennials don’t bear well for several years, this means that we have long-term goals. We hope to have lots of produce to market in 2020 and on from our perennial plantings. Until then, we will have annual crops (tomatoes, cucumbers, etc.), as well as eggs and chicken, along with whatever small amounts our perennial crops start bearing. We are working toward organic certification, and hope to be certified organic sometime in 2020 as well.

2019 is all about expansion. If we are going to have figs, asparagus and elderberries to market in 2020, we must plant them now! The old farmer’s adage- when’s the best time to plant a fruit tree (last year) has us working hard to plant all the things NOW.

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So far in 2019, we have planted many things, installed drip irrigation, begun working toward organic certification, and kept all our baby plantings alive through a scorching hot, drought-filled summer. We have begun selling the organic eggs from our pasture-raised chickens.

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Thank you to everyone who is following along with us on this journey. We appreciate so much all the support. If you are so inclined, you can follow along with us on our mailing list, here. Some days this drought-filled summer, we have worked harder than we ever thought possible. We are grateful every day that we are able to pursue our dream of building a farm. Seeing that people are interested in what we are doing lifts us up to work even harder. Thank you for reading!