For 2024 Scenic Valley Farm is planning to grow raswpberries, strawberries, blackberries, heirloom slicers/cherries/romas, red slicer tomatoes, peppers green/red,yellow/orange, jalapeno, poblano, mini, hungarian wax, zuchinni, butternut squash, broccoli, cauliflower & herbs. The berries should be available mid May through November at the the Driftless Cafe in Viroqua. We deliver to restaurants in the Twin Cities and La Crosse.
Grants: Establish Self-Sustaining Local Food Sources For Readstown, Wisconsin Project> This is a USDA UAIP grant for $350k. It will be submitted in 2025. To grow produce for the food pantry and community gardens compost will be used from compost produced by the Recycle Compost System (RCS).
In 2024, we had record yields in quanity and size of individual produce. We attributed it to the compost over the years that we have added to the tunnels. Also growing in tunnels provide an ideal climate for growing circumventing early season excessive rainfall and late season drougth. Here are some fall 2024 pics:
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We had a severe thunderstorm with very strong winds go through the farm on Dec 15, 2021. A suspected 90 mpg wind destroyed high tunnel 15. We had just constructed this high tunnel the previous year.
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The storm also blew off the roof on three other tunnels. This spring, 2022, we have had some of the strongest spring winds ever on the farm.
We have two research & development projects going; 1) Vertically Growing Strawberries in Stacked Pots, 2) Vermicompost System for Growers. Both project are described in detail in the BLOG. We also will status the projects in the BLOG as we proceed….