Upbeet Farms

Spring and summer get all the attention, but fall and winter are garden seasons too. Visit your local area farmers' markets for fresh produce throughout the year!

Read more at: https://alamance.ces.ncsu.edu/2023/01/alamance-area-farmers-markets-are-open-through-winter/

U.S. Domestic Honey Production

Over the last 30 years, U.S. honey production has declined by around 1.4 percent per year while honey imports have grown by 7.6 percent per year, filling the domestic supply deficit. Imports have exceeded domestic honey production since 2005 and accounted for 74 percent of total U.S. honey supplies in 2021. The top three foreign suppliers—India, Vietnam, and Argentina—supply more than 71 percent of imported honey.

To read on, go to: https://www.beeculture.com/u-s-domestic-honey-production/

When two 5 year olds decided they wanted to learn about beekeeping, we where happy to oblige. After a couple hours exploring the farm, assisting in a hive inspection, and tasting some honey, they proudly explained they wanted to become beekeepers.

Introducing our newest addition to the farm: Bear! Along with big brother Doc, they'll do what farm dogs do best, supervise. 😊

This month's Soap Challenge was the Oasis Swirl!

We pulled out the first harvest of these beautiful Easter Egg radishes today! This photo was taken minutes before chopping up a bunch to have in a salad. We even washed up the greens for adding to salads and smoothies this week. If you need some, let us know.

What's your favorite way to eat radishes?

Spring has things at the farm looking peachy. The blackberries are starting to bloom, corn and beans are sprouting, and the peaches are growing!

I spy some easter egg radishes peaking out of the garden beds.

It's swarm season! We just relocated this swarm into their new home at Upbeet Farms.

Spring is upon us at the farm!

Things are looking peachy on the farm today! We're getting things ready to plant in the garden soon. How are you spending this beautiful Saturday?

It's a beautiful 76 degrees and partly cloudy. Our chickens are taking some time to dust bath in our raised garden beds after they helped us clear weeds and fertilize.

We're getting ready for planting season and this year we're rooting some tree collards. These purple tree collards are a perennial vegetable that can grow up to 8ft tall!

It may be chilly outside, but this new soap has us thinking about fall nights around the campfire. Cold process soap is a new passion at Upbeet Farms. This hand molded soap dough embed has us feeling all cozy and dreaming about fireflies.

6 Amazing Health Benefits of Local, Raw Honey From a sleep remedy to a healing salve, read how raw honey is a natural, powerful antioxidant is a must-have in your home.

It's pepper season!!! What's your favorite way to preserve peppers/use them in the kitchen? *topeppers

They've taken some time, but our tomatillos are starting to ripen!!! These are the first five we picked just minutes ago.

After losing our first few to rabbits, we finally picked our first little cantaloupe tonight!

It's always exciting to discover hidden fruit trees peeking out of the woods by the garden! Have you ever had a persimmon?

What do we do when we have an excess of ripe tomatoes? We can tomato sauce! 23lbs of tomatoes made 7 quarts last night.

Did someone say tomato season? We grabbed these beauties before the rain hit today...

It's potato harvesting day! We're pulling up five varieties that make up a timely mix of red, white, and blue.

Every day we find another hidden gem in the garden. These baby Crimson Sweet watermelons popped up in the middle of our cantaloupe patch.

Two months later and those little pepper plants are producing like crazy! These Big Jim peppers are spicy and get to be 8-12" long. They'll ripen to red and are great for fire-roasting and rellenos.

Ripening blackberries are a thing of beauty!

The watermelon flowers are blooming like crazy!