$200,000+ on 1 Acre (In Their 2nd Season)

We have an honor system on our farm under the porch on the front of our barn. Nothing could be more simple to manage than keeping our table and cooler stocked with produce. The unlocked money box has been sitting on the produce table for 26 years, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, from may through thanksgiving. People shop all hours of the day and most don't see me all summer. We keep at least $30.00 in small bills and $15.00 in coin 24 hrs. A tv monitor shows shoppers just how good the five cameras are and we very seldom have to post a photo on our wall of shame. I have been out picking for 45 minutes and come back to find $ 150 in the box several times this year. We take over $ 40,000 - $60,000 out of that old box every summer. We post several times each week on our Facebook page and that's all the advertising we do. We go to a few markets when we have extra but most is sold at the farm. I do almost everything myself except for about 15 hrs from family a week. We have 7 hoop houses and raise 4 acres of sweetcorn and acre of veg and a 1/2 acre of spuds.

If you have a tomato hornworm problem, inter plant some dill. The worms love the dill and will go for it before the tomatoes. They are much easier to see on the dill, so you can go out and pluck a lot of them off the dill and kill them before they can get your 'maters!

You can look at this man's arms and veins and know that he does WORK in the garden. Impressive.

He has what I think most growers HAVE to have to survive. Flexibility, humility & creativity in equal parts

Damn. This guy is really organized and well spoken. Makes my garden look like a rubbish pile.

FYI: A great idea for customers waiting is having a canopy, cover or umbrella to stand under so not to melt under the sun. Customers appreciate it.

All the honor! It gives me joy to see what you're creating.

This was so encouraging and helpful to watch. I’m in zone 8a in Georgia and I’ve had a horrible growing season... being somewhat still a novice gardener I’ve put a lot of the failure on myself ... seeing this video though and seeing that others have experienced the same problems with pest and weather and especially coming from seasoned professionals gives perspective and the advice and tips he provided into his insight and thought process was so helpful. It’s given me some things to put into process to hopefully have a more productive fall / winter season

So good to see a great tour of his farm!! He's been a valued member of our community for the last year plus!!

i'm from Raleigh and never knew people were farming like this so close to the city. ive realized recently that i want to live a life like this and seeing this video helps me to understand that it's not only possible, but i can do it without having to move too far away from my family and it can thrive! gives me hope.

How cool to have contact with the longtime owners and to be able to build off their history and make it come back alive again

Awesome video. I’m blown away at how well they are doing and the business model Weaver Farms provide in only their 2nd season! I wish them great success. Thank you for sharing this video.

Very smart guy. Managing this complex lot looks like a really daunting task.

What a beautiful way of preserving a historic farm and providing the community with a valuable service. Well organized set-up. I love the idea of using the point system to allow the customers to fill their veg boxes.

Mind blowing operation! Love the set up of the CSA model. So grateful that property found him. 😎

Farm looks great and the free choice CSA bag is genius.

So many plants! What a beautiful farm! Thank you for sharing!

I like the roll of twine for the drop & lean and I too have some of the trelis and plan to put up more. Love all the info too. Thanks

What an inspiration! Thank you for sharing his story and creativity

Amazing, Amazing, Amazing! His model for being such a new farm even with his experience prior is fresh and insuring to me about myself starting our farm this fall full time! Wow im definitely pulling some keys to use in our future!!!! THANKS Josh for the videos again!