Conversations with Yoders' Farm

Yoders' Farm

A biweekly conversation around what has been going on here at Yoders' Farm in Rustburg, Virginia. We are a four generation farm providing "Locally grown, gourmet produce & family friendly activities." That includes a PYO Strawberry Patch, Hydroponic Tomatoes, and in the fall we have a Pumpkin Patch and Corn Maze.

  • 18 minutes 17 seconds
    054 - From Strawberries to Corn Mazes: Embracing the Summer Months

    Time for a quick catch-up from the farm... we're transitioning out of the strawberry, and spring seasons and moving into summer.

    6 July 2023, 8:59 pm
  • 36 minutes 39 seconds
    053 - Mid 2023 PYO Strawberry Season - Busy and Thankful

    Finally got around to recording an update here in early May of 2023. Our PYO strawberry season is about half over at this point (it started a little earlier than most years). We talk through some of the challenges of the last month or so, go through the updates of the different areas around the farm (strawberries, tomatoes, row crops, etc) and catch you up to date!

    9 May 2023, 12:41 pm
  • 20 minutes 44 seconds
    052 - Cold Nights As We Enter Spring

    Lowell and Eldon discuss things around the farm as we're officially heading into the spring season. There have been some cold nights here on the farm which have definitely affected our strawberry crop. There's also an update on the hydroponic tomatoes and how the greenhouses are doing.

    20 March 2023, 8:48 pm
  • 15 minutes 27 seconds
    051 - Feels Like Spring - Are We Behind Already?

    In this episode, Lowell and Eldon catch you up on the results of a super cold spell in late December, how that affected the Strawberries and how they are recovering, as well as some other odds and ends from the last month or so on the farm.

    6 February 2023, 8:18 pm
  • 20 minutes 42 seconds
    050 - Early Winter Months - Merry Christmas
    Lowell and Eldon recap November and December of this year, mostly talking about the strawberry plants and what we've been doing with them since they were planted later than we would have liked. Toward the end of the episode, we also talked about the greenhouse hydroponic tomatoes and Farm Store a bit.
    22 December 2022, 9:56 pm
  • 29 minutes 44 seconds
    049 - Fall Pumpkin & Corn Maze Season and 2023 PYO Strawberry Planting
    As usual, our fall season has been a unique one! In this episode, Lowell and Eldon talk through the planting of the pick-your-own strawberry plants for 2023 and some of the issues around that as well as give a brief recap of the Corn Maze and Pumpkin patch fall season.
    28 October 2022, 8:07 pm
  • 16 minutes 20 seconds
    048 - The Dog Days of Summer - Almost Pumpkin Season
    A short catch-up episode of what we've been doing here at the Farm for the last month or so... as well as what we're doing at the moment while we work towards getting ready to open for our fall Corn Maze and Pumpkin patch season.
    8 August 2022, 7:48 pm
  • 13 minutes 16 seconds
    047 - Mowing the PYO Strawberry Patch - Summer at the Farm
    Not a ton to talk about right now... the PYO strawberry patch is closed, and we're working on summer activities like planting the Corn Maze and pumpkins, but overall just a quick catchup for what's going on over here at the farm these days!
    24 June 2022, 9:56 pm
  • 42 minutes 12 seconds
    046 - Recap of the 2022 PYO Strawberry Season
    In this episode, Lowell and Eldon update you on what all has been going on over the last month or so here at Yoders' Farm, hydroponic tomatoes, field crops, fall stuff, and then go kind of deep on the recap of the 2022 PYO Strawberry Season. Finally, we respond to a listener's question regarding growing pumpkins in the remaining plastic rows after strawberry season.
    27 May 2022, 5:29 pm
  • 30 minutes 8 seconds
    045 - A Rough Week of Strawberry Farming
    In this episode, Lowell and Eldon catch up to talk about the past month or so here at the farm. Of particular interest to us recently have been several freezing temperatures that have caused some pretty major damage to our PYO strawberry patch, even though we did all that we could to protect the blooms and buds.
    4 April 2022, 9:12 pm
  • 15 minutes 36 seconds
    044 - Seems Like We're Always In A Transition
    In today's episode, Lowell and Eldon catch up about what has been going on over the last month here at Yoders' Farm. We talk a fair bit about the hydroponic tomatoes at this time of year, as well as the strawberry plants and what we're thinking about right now in relation to the upcoming PYO season.
    19 February 2022, 1:55 pm
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