06/17/2026
🌾 Summer Update from Love Your Neighbor Farm 🌾
Summer has been busy at the farm, and we're thankful for the many people who continue to support this mission.
This spring we reached a major milestone by securing financing for the farm property, allowing us to continue investing in the long-term vision of creating a place where stewardship, community, and ministry come together.
Some highlights from the season include:
🌳 Planting Asian pear trees along our creek walk with the help of volunteers from Antioch Church.
🌸 Launching our first cut flower production with zinnias, cosmos, snapdragons, strawflowers, sunflowers, and celosia.
🎃 Expanding beyond pumpkins by adding acorn squash and increasing our vegetable production.
🌻 Growing five acres of sunflowers that have attracted pollinators, deer, wild turkeys, songbirds, and countless beneficial insects.
🌰 Continuing to establish our orchard despite some setbacks, including rodents finding and consuming much of our chestnut seed stock. While disappointing, it reminded us that farming requires persistence and adaptability. Thank you to a generous donation, we were able to secure seedling stock as we continue building for the future.
♻️ Exploring a mulch production and reentry employment program that would create meaningful work opportunities while turning discarded pallets and wood waste into useful products for the community.
🏗️ Planning for the construction of a welcome pavilion later this summer that will serve future visitors, volunteers, educational programs, and ministry events.
As we look across the farm, we're reminded that the most meaningful things often take time to grow. Orchards, ministries, partnerships, and relationships all require patience, care, and faith.
Thank you to everyone who has volunteered, prayed, donated, shared advice, or simply encouraged us along the way. Your support is helping build something that we hope will serve our community for generations to come.
