Peace of Earth Farm

Peace of Earth is a small farm dedicated to growing food with animal power (humans are animals too). We strive to use the wisdom of natural systems as our guide. We are in the process of developing our gardens and improving the soil without using mechanical tillage. Instead we create gardens with the help of chickens, pigs, and sheet mulching. Sheet mulching involves covering the ground with a barrier layer that will break down within a season (cardboard or newspaper) topped with composted manures and mulch layers. This smothers weeds, adds fertility and keeps the soil covered. We grow shoots and sprouts, a wide variety of vegetables, some small fruits, and medicinal and culinary herbs. We do not use pesticides, herbicides, or chemical fertilizers. Instead we are trying to create healthy soils and in turn healthy plants that can resist pest and disease pressures on their own. We prefer to plant organic and open pollinated seeds as much as possible so that we can save our own seeds and keep a wide variety of delicious heirloom varieties alive.