Olde Carthage Farm

We are a small family owned and family run organic farm. We currently have strawberries, blueberries, blackberries, Muscadine grapes, tomatoes, and flowers. We use no pesticides, no herbicides and if there's a weed, we have to bend over and pull it by hand. We do things the hard way...the right way. For example:
-We've planted a beneficial pollinator habitat consisting of 12 species of native North Carolina wildflowers surrounding all our crops;
-We depend on beneficial insects to help fight off pests. This summer we released 4200 ladybugs to help fight off spider mites;
-We have provided nesting habitat for brown bats and purple martins, which help control insect populations on our farm;
-Instead of treated posts for our grape vine arbor, we’ve used untreated Black Locust post from Western North Carolina;
-No 10-10-10 or other synthetic fertilizers on our farm. Instead we use OMRI approved natural fertilizers such as fish emulsion;
-In an effort to be a sustainable farm, we are raising Sorgum-Sudan grass to make our own organic compost.