What are we growing this year?

Wholly Rooted Farm is a few acres of beautiful land outside of Deerfield, Wisconsin.  We use organic and permaculture principles. 

Each year we try to grow a bit more and add and expand in a manageable way. 

Our plans for 2023:

• Add another 60-80 plant types to our medicinal and natives gardens 
• Grow herbs used in Asian medicine (TCM, Kampo, Hanyak, etc.) 
• Begin selling dried herbs
• Increase our permaculture reclamation in our energy optimization and organization
• Integrate fermented plant biological supports and controls in our systems
• Add another dozen perennial, cane, bush, and tree fruit
• Grow more plants used to collect seeds
• Design and implement water systems to help during dry times and to get rainwater catchment into the back acre
• Continue to look at options for building an outdoor kitchen that includes open fire cooking and wood fired oven
• Plant winecaps to be a part of our woodland medicinal area
• Add more raised beds for specific food plants that are eaten by wildlife - and use attractive fencing or deterrents with the beds
• Create vertical garden spaces on the greenhouse frames
• Work on fountain and seating area garden with aromatic plants
• Create a summer kitchen distillation space that is easy to use, without so much setup/breakdown time for hydrosols and education
• Add more at-risk native plants from Wisconsin DNR lists to grow and plant into the prairie spaces and woodland spaces
• Create summer shaded space on the deck using plants/vertical garden design ideas
• Create new garden area as the perennial areas to date have now been filled

Other future plans: 

• Future: Build a space where people can stay when they come to visit - either an RV, 2-3 season tent on a platform , or a tiny house. 
• Future: Create solar systems for the greenhouse and add a drying shed for herbs behind the greenhouse that utilizes the hot greenhouse air.
• And, more!

CLICK HERE to view the spreadsheet that includes plants already in ground and planned for 2023