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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

Rethinking Regenerative: A Permaculture & Syntropic Hybrid for Real-World Orchards New BLOG out - link in bio

Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

🌿 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

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

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

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Arthur Graves and others began crossbreeding American and Chinese chestnuts. The goal? A tree that looked American but fought like the Chinese.

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

A food forest isn’t a product—it’s a promise. One you make to the soil, the pollinators, and the people you love.

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Our chat went deep. Agroforestry as healing. Truffles as restoration. Chestnuts as a legacy. Food as a way home.

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Chestnuts flower late—after spring frost. That made them a reliable food source in tough years. Bears, deer, squirrels, and families all depended on them.

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

The grove is waking up strong. Green tips, zero irrigation stress. Feels good to watch nature collaborate like this.

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Pro tip: catch invasive shrubs after a good rain. Less resistance, more satisfaction. Especially when you got a tractor bucket to help.

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

One text with Badger turned into a course invite, a consulting plan, and a mutual aid forestry group. That’s agroforestry magic. Don’t silo your ideas. Talk to people.

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

Planting apples on a slope means two things: great drainage and zero room for tractor mistakes. Ask me how I know.

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Plant an apple tree today, and a future kid might climb it before they scroll it.

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

We talked kilowatt hours, drying times, preservation logistics. Turns out farming nerds come in all flavors. Lisa’s one of the best kinds.

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

We gather what the land gives us: grass clippings, fallen leaves, even stubborn weeds. Then we layer, ferment, and return it to the soil as living nutrients.

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

🍄 Truffles in West Virginia? Yeah, real ones. Dietrich Jonathan is farming *native* truffles—Tuber canaliculatum. Appalachian soil. Local fungi. Real food systems. We talked symbiosis, not silver bullets.

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Serviceberry: the plant with a name that sounds like a tech startup but feeds birds like a grandma.

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

If you’ve got truffle dreams, chestnut schemes, or ramp broth visions—Let’s link up. Weird and beautiful things grow in good company.

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Every log is a memory. Every board we cut has a plan. Turning storm-felled trees into something that lasts—that’s the dream.

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Cutting down invasives ain’t glamorous—but it’s the backbone of restoration. Sweat, roots, and a whole lot of stubborn brush.

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

If you’re not planting with pollinators in mind, you’re just decorating.

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

Autumn olive thinks it owns this hillside. Not on my watch. Spring rains made the soil soft, so it’s root-pulling season.

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

You can’t rewind the past. But you can sow something different into the soil you have now. That's what I’m doing. One chestnut at a time.

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

River cane isn’t just grass—it’s memory. It holds water, holds soil, and holds stories if you listen close.

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Modern agroforestry isn’t just regenerative. It’s relational. Pass the knowledge like seeds in the wind.

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Badger. Dietrich. Lisa. One’s a burn boss. One’s a truffle wizard. One’s a freeze-drying futurist. All part of the same ecosystem of practice.

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Sourwood isn’t just for bees—it’s the fire of fall color and the soul of southern honey.

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

This trailer’s already earned its keep. Two hauls in and I’m wondering why I waited this long to buy one.

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

If you’re not thinking about fungi in your agroforestry plans—You’re missing half the story. Mycorrhizal partnerships run the show underground. We’re just catching up above the soil line.

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Chestnuts are cruising. Haven’t had to irrigate once this week. Appalachian sky’s been doing the work for me.

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

We’re at weekly storm o’clock. Every weekend it pours, and every chestnut says thank you. Deep roots, happy trees.

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Black locust: the Appalachian fence post that refuses to rot or apologize.

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

New trailer day! Just picked one up to haul logs to my friend’s mill. Tulip poplar and pine—what should we make?

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

Took the bucket to the big ones. Now I’m dragging out autumn olive by hand while the ground’s wet. Roots slipping out like loose teeth.

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

American chestnuts fed people, wildlife, and entire economies. Restoring them isn’t nostalgia—it’s justice.

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 12/05/2025

The chestnut isn’t just a crop for me. It’s a way back to something I thought I’d lost — my own Korean roots.

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

The orchard will feed us one day. But first, we have to feed it. Korean Natural Farming reminds me: Grow roots, grow food, grow people.

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

By breaking down weeds and grass into fertilizer, we’re saving money, restoring nutrients, and closing the loop. Nothing leaves the farm without giving something back.

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

If you’ve never cursed at a thicket of invasives while covered in mud and glory—you haven’t lived the land steward life.

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 11/05/2025

Hickory trees take decades to fruit. Plant one anyway. Some legacies are worth the wait.

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Farming on a hill teaches you two things fast: contour planting and humility.

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Ever try to till a West Virginia slope? That’s why I’m a fan of no-till and strong knees.

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Why does any of this matter? Because modern farming isn’t solo work. It’s networks, alliances, and deep nerdy friendships. Agroforestry is community-rooted.

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

These convos reminded me: Land stewardship is relational. We’re not lone farmers. We’re a mycelial web.

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Don’t just grow crops. Grow connections. Text someone. Talk nerdy. That’s how ecosystems regenerate.

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

🧊 Ever freeze-dried nut milk? Lisa from Oregon Oak Co. has. She’s taking berry scraps, bones, and pawpaws and turning them into shelf-stable, farm-preserved products. This ain’t your mama’s fruit leather.

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Goldberry Grove @goldberrygrove.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Chestnut flour. Elderberry crunch. Ramp broth, freeze-dried and shelf-stable. Imagine what that means for local growers. Nut trees meet the future.

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