Farm Info

Blue Mountain Vegetable Farm Mentor Farm

Farmers: Patrick Jones and Destiny Schnechler

Location: Magazine, AR

Housing available: Yes

Qualifications:

• Efficiency valued
• Positive attitude
• Interest in cut flowers and floral design
• Dog friendly
• Comfortable working in Arkansas weather

Farm Tasks

• Greenhouse
• Harvest/Post-Harvest
• Mechanized Equipment/Maintenance
• Planting/Weeding
• Irrigation set up
• Floral arrangements
• Rotating shiitake logs
• Pest management
• Property maintenance and moving wheelbarrows of compost

Farm Description

Blue Mountain Vegetable Farm consists of 34 acres nestled between 2 ridges and alongside a creek. Patrick and Destiny operate a 1-acre market garden, growing specialty cut flowers and shiitake mushrooms. A small variety of vegetables to market and a more extensive array of vegetable varieties for meals are also produced.

Patrick and Destiny are a young couple in their fourth growing season. Patrick runs the farm full-time. Destiny has a full-time remote job and assists during time off. The farm implements low-till methods in a market-garden format. 2 small propagation houses are used to start many of the farm’s transplants and four Farmer’s Friend Caterpillar Tunnels, which allow for vegetable production year-round.

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bluemountainvegetablefarm/