Goldberry Grove
@goldberrygrove.bsky.social
Chestnut orchard utilizing integrated agroforestry systems in south eastern WV. Discussing sustainability, ecology, permaculture, and farm dogs.
All my socials + farm blog -> hopp.bio/goldberry
All my socials + farm blog -> hopp.bio/goldberry
Community in action
July 27, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Community in action
🌿 Meet Sambucus canadensis (American Elderberry)! 🌿
Watch through to learn how to grow, care for, and enjoy this powerhouse plant on your land.
#AmericanElderberry #Foraging #Permaculture #RegenerativeAg #FoodForest #EdibleLandscapes #NativePlants #WildHarvest #FarmLife #GoldberryGrove
Watch through to learn how to grow, care for, and enjoy this powerhouse plant on your land.
#AmericanElderberry #Foraging #Permaculture #RegenerativeAg #FoodForest #EdibleLandscapes #NativePlants #WildHarvest #FarmLife #GoldberryGrove
June 21, 2025 at 7:28 AM
🌿 Meet Sambucus canadensis (American Elderberry)! 🌿
Watch through to learn how to grow, care for, and enjoy this powerhouse plant on your land.
#AmericanElderberry #Foraging #Permaculture #RegenerativeAg #FoodForest #EdibleLandscapes #NativePlants #WildHarvest #FarmLife #GoldberryGrove
Watch through to learn how to grow, care for, and enjoy this powerhouse plant on your land.
#AmericanElderberry #Foraging #Permaculture #RegenerativeAg #FoodForest #EdibleLandscapes #NativePlants #WildHarvest #FarmLife #GoldberryGrove
Planting a vision isn’t just about seeds—it’s about commitment.
Read more and start planting your vision today ➡️ goldberrygrove.farm/planting-a-v...
#RegenerativeAg #Agroforestry #ChestnutRestoration #Mycoforestry #GoldberryGrove
Read more and start planting your vision today ➡️ goldberrygrove.farm/planting-a-v...
#RegenerativeAg #Agroforestry #ChestnutRestoration #Mycoforestry #GoldberryGrove
June 21, 2025 at 7:28 AM
Planting a vision isn’t just about seeds—it’s about commitment.
Read more and start planting your vision today ➡️ goldberrygrove.farm/planting-a-v...
#RegenerativeAg #Agroforestry #ChestnutRestoration #Mycoforestry #GoldberryGrove
Read more and start planting your vision today ➡️ goldberrygrove.farm/planting-a-v...
#RegenerativeAg #Agroforestry #ChestnutRestoration #Mycoforestry #GoldberryGrove
If there’s one thing I’ve carried from my past life into farming, it’s this:
How to fail.
And how to fail again.
And still get back up. 💪
I’ve now missed my planting window twice for getting things in the ground. 🌱
I just lost 200 trees this week to a surprise heat wave. 🔥🌳
All that work, gone.
How to fail.
And how to fail again.
And still get back up. 💪
I’ve now missed my planting window twice for getting things in the ground. 🌱
I just lost 200 trees this week to a surprise heat wave. 🔥🌳
All that work, gone.
May 7, 2025 at 8:02 AM
If there’s one thing I’ve carried from my past life into farming, it’s this:
How to fail.
And how to fail again.
And still get back up. 💪
I’ve now missed my planting window twice for getting things in the ground. 🌱
I just lost 200 trees this week to a surprise heat wave. 🔥🌳
All that work, gone.
How to fail.
And how to fail again.
And still get back up. 💪
I’ve now missed my planting window twice for getting things in the ground. 🌱
I just lost 200 trees this week to a surprise heat wave. 🔥🌳
All that work, gone.
Growers tip: it loves high humidity and clean hardwood logs. You can even grow it in bags indoors—but it belongs in food forests too, where it quietly rebuilds ecosystems and neurons alike.
May 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Growers tip: it loves high humidity and clean hardwood logs. You can even grow it in bags indoors—but it belongs in food forests too, where it quietly rebuilds ecosystems and neurons alike.
🍄 Fungal Underground Highlight: LION’S MANE 🍄
Looking like a white waterfall or brain coral, Lion’s Mane is one of the coolest-looking mushrooms—and one of the most powerful. This isn’t just food. It’s medicine.
Looking like a white waterfall or brain coral, Lion’s Mane is one of the coolest-looking mushrooms—and one of the most powerful. This isn’t just food. It’s medicine.
May 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🍄 Fungal Underground Highlight: LION’S MANE 🍄
Looking like a white waterfall or brain coral, Lion’s Mane is one of the coolest-looking mushrooms—and one of the most powerful. This isn’t just food. It’s medicine.
Looking like a white waterfall or brain coral, Lion’s Mane is one of the coolest-looking mushrooms—and one of the most powerful. This isn’t just food. It’s medicine.
Fungal Underground Highlights - Porcini Mushroom
You might know it as 'king bolete' or 'cepe'—Porcini is a prized wild mushroom with a meaty texture and rich, nutty flavor. It's the kind of mushroom that makes chefs weep (in a good way).
You might know it as 'king bolete' or 'cepe'—Porcini is a prized wild mushroom with a meaty texture and rich, nutty flavor. It's the kind of mushroom that makes chefs weep (in a good way).
April 30, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Fungal Underground Highlights - Porcini Mushroom
You might know it as 'king bolete' or 'cepe'—Porcini is a prized wild mushroom with a meaty texture and rich, nutty flavor. It's the kind of mushroom that makes chefs weep (in a good way).
You might know it as 'king bolete' or 'cepe'—Porcini is a prized wild mushroom with a meaty texture and rich, nutty flavor. It's the kind of mushroom that makes chefs weep (in a good way).
🍂 Amazing Agroforestry Tree Highlight: Kentucky Coffeetree
It's not actually a coffee tree, but a tough, underused native that’s worth a look at for food forests and agroforestry systems. Here’s what makes it interesting 👇
It's not actually a coffee tree, but a tough, underused native that’s worth a look at for food forests and agroforestry systems. Here’s what makes it interesting 👇
April 29, 2025 at 6:02 PM
🍂 Amazing Agroforestry Tree Highlight: Kentucky Coffeetree
It's not actually a coffee tree, but a tough, underused native that’s worth a look at for food forests and agroforestry systems. Here’s what makes it interesting 👇
It's not actually a coffee tree, but a tough, underused native that’s worth a look at for food forests and agroforestry systems. Here’s what makes it interesting 👇
🌳🌰 Exciting news from Goldberry Grove! Our nursery journey is underway. Subscribe to our blog for farm updates and first dibs when our seedlings go on sale!
🍂 Year 2 Nursery (Fall 2026)
Chestnuts
Sugar Maple
American Plum
American Persimmon
(Stay tuned for updated lists and photos!)
🍂 Year 2 Nursery (Fall 2026)
Chestnuts
Sugar Maple
American Plum
American Persimmon
(Stay tuned for updated lists and photos!)
April 26, 2025 at 10:02 PM
🌳🌰 Exciting news from Goldberry Grove! Our nursery journey is underway. Subscribe to our blog for farm updates and first dibs when our seedlings go on sale!
🍂 Year 2 Nursery (Fall 2026)
Chestnuts
Sugar Maple
American Plum
American Persimmon
(Stay tuned for updated lists and photos!)
🍂 Year 2 Nursery (Fall 2026)
Chestnuts
Sugar Maple
American Plum
American Persimmon
(Stay tuned for updated lists and photos!)
🌰 Week 3 of Year 1: From Suburbia to Chestnuts 🌰
Most of my life was spent in academia or tech.
Suburban streets. Blue light screens. Logical plans.
Three weeks ago, I traded all that for dirt under my nails and the sound of rain on an empty field.
Most of my life was spent in academia or tech.
Suburban streets. Blue light screens. Logical plans.
Three weeks ago, I traded all that for dirt under my nails and the sound of rain on an empty field.
April 26, 2025 at 8:04 PM
🌰 Week 3 of Year 1: From Suburbia to Chestnuts 🌰
Most of my life was spent in academia or tech.
Suburban streets. Blue light screens. Logical plans.
Three weeks ago, I traded all that for dirt under my nails and the sound of rain on an empty field.
Most of my life was spent in academia or tech.
Suburban streets. Blue light screens. Logical plans.
Three weeks ago, I traded all that for dirt under my nails and the sound of rain on an empty field.
Found eastern red-spotted newts in the pond this week—tiny, spotted proof the ecosystem’s waking up.
These little amphibians are bioindicators:
If they’re here, it means the water’s clean, the habitat’s working, and the system’s holding.
These little amphibians are bioindicators:
If they’re here, it means the water’s clean, the habitat’s working, and the system’s holding.
April 24, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Found eastern red-spotted newts in the pond this week—tiny, spotted proof the ecosystem’s waking up.
These little amphibians are bioindicators:
If they’re here, it means the water’s clean, the habitat’s working, and the system’s holding.
These little amphibians are bioindicators:
If they’re here, it means the water’s clean, the habitat’s working, and the system’s holding.
April 23, 2025 at 11:53 PM
April 23, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Moonstruck Maple: West Virginia's New River Gorge | Wild-Harvested Maple Syrup
Born from passion, madness, and mountain flames, this family-run maple operation thrives in the rugged southern Appalachians. The trees grow wild, the labor is tough, and nights are lengthy, but the payoff is worth it.
Born from passion, madness, and mountain flames, this family-run maple operation thrives in the rugged southern Appalachians. The trees grow wild, the labor is tough, and nights are lengthy, but the payoff is worth it.
April 20, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Moonstruck Maple: West Virginia's New River Gorge | Wild-Harvested Maple Syrup
Born from passion, madness, and mountain flames, this family-run maple operation thrives in the rugged southern Appalachians. The trees grow wild, the labor is tough, and nights are lengthy, but the payoff is worth it.
Born from passion, madness, and mountain flames, this family-run maple operation thrives in the rugged southern Appalachians. The trees grow wild, the labor is tough, and nights are lengthy, but the payoff is worth it.
If you’ve got a trailer you can dump into with the tractor… you’re already winning. Cleanups, fence pulls, compost runs—just load it, haul it, dump it. No back-and-forth, no wheelbarrows, no regrets.
Thanks previous owner for leaving this with the house, already used it to great effect!
#farmlife
Thanks previous owner for leaving this with the house, already used it to great effect!
#farmlife
April 17, 2025 at 10:02 PM
If you’ve got a trailer you can dump into with the tractor… you’re already winning. Cleanups, fence pulls, compost runs—just load it, haul it, dump it. No back-and-forth, no wheelbarrows, no regrets.
Thanks previous owner for leaving this with the house, already used it to great effect!
#farmlife
Thanks previous owner for leaving this with the house, already used it to great effect!
#farmlife
🌳 📣 TREE HIGHLIGHT - HICAN 🌳 📣
In the quiet corners of agroforestry, there’s a tree that not many talk about. A cross between pecan and hickory. Tough. Humble. Nutritious. Meet the hican. It doesn’t shout its story, but it’s worth listening to.
In the quiet corners of agroforestry, there’s a tree that not many talk about. A cross between pecan and hickory. Tough. Humble. Nutritious. Meet the hican. It doesn’t shout its story, but it’s worth listening to.
April 16, 2025 at 5:03 PM
🌳 📣 TREE HIGHLIGHT - HICAN 🌳 📣
In the quiet corners of agroforestry, there’s a tree that not many talk about. A cross between pecan and hickory. Tough. Humble. Nutritious. Meet the hican. It doesn’t shout its story, but it’s worth listening to.
In the quiet corners of agroforestry, there’s a tree that not many talk about. A cross between pecan and hickory. Tough. Humble. Nutritious. Meet the hican. It doesn’t shout its story, but it’s worth listening to.
Another great day to see the world, and plant more trees. #agroforestry
April 15, 2025 at 1:32 AM
Another great day to see the world, and plant more trees. #agroforestry
Spent the day dragging out old locust fence posts and tearing down a mess of barbed wire that looked like it’d been holding secrets since the ‘70s. Hands are cut up, back’s talking, but there’s something good about reclaiming old ground. One post at a time, making room for what’s next.
#FarmLife
#FarmLife
April 12, 2025 at 1:09 PM
Spent the day dragging out old locust fence posts and tearing down a mess of barbed wire that looked like it’d been holding secrets since the ‘70s. Hands are cut up, back’s talking, but there’s something good about reclaiming old ground. One post at a time, making room for what’s next.
#FarmLife
#FarmLife
A day in the life of a year-one chestnut farm.
Fog rolls heavy over the ridge. Barn’s quiet. Soil’s waking up.
We ran the subsoiler deep—carving lines of breath into compacted ground. Flags mark the future: chestnuts spaced on 20-foot rows.
Fog rolls heavy over the ridge. Barn’s quiet. Soil’s waking up.
We ran the subsoiler deep—carving lines of breath into compacted ground. Flags mark the future: chestnuts spaced on 20-foot rows.
April 10, 2025 at 3:05 PM
A day in the life of a year-one chestnut farm.
Fog rolls heavy over the ridge. Barn’s quiet. Soil’s waking up.
We ran the subsoiler deep—carving lines of breath into compacted ground. Flags mark the future: chestnuts spaced on 20-foot rows.
Fog rolls heavy over the ridge. Barn’s quiet. Soil’s waking up.
We ran the subsoiler deep—carving lines of breath into compacted ground. Flags mark the future: chestnuts spaced on 20-foot rows.
My question now is which of these principles shows the most promise, I can understand that doing one of them is not enough and integrated they work well. But that implies they did tests over a period of time isolated?
April 10, 2025 at 1:42 PM
My question now is which of these principles shows the most promise, I can understand that doing one of them is not enough and integrated they work well. But that implies they did tests over a period of time isolated?
This will also control the tick population as a bonus, and be a good way to get the Tree of Heaven. Autumn olives are particularly bad, but they are not in the whole restoration of my native WV forest plan. Removing all fencing back there.
April 9, 2025 at 12:23 PM
This will also control the tick population as a bonus, and be a good way to get the Tree of Heaven. Autumn olives are particularly bad, but they are not in the whole restoration of my native WV forest plan. Removing all fencing back there.