Carlito's Farms

Carlito's Farms First generation family farm with the mission to provide naturally grown plants, vegetables, fruits, raw honey and flowers to our local community!

Just some gorgeous shots from todays walk ⛄️ 🐶 gosh are we lucky to call this our yard! 🫶🏼 nature soothes the soul… and ...
01/05/2024

Just some gorgeous shots from todays walk ⛄️ 🐶 gosh are we lucky to call this our yard! 🫶🏼 nature soothes the soul… and so do dogs.

Happy Monday! Check out these yummy ENERGY ballz.  I changed the recipe by adding 1.5 scoops chocolate protein powder, 1...
09/11/2023

Happy Monday! Check out these yummy ENERGY ballz. I changed the recipe by adding 1.5 scoops chocolate protein powder, 1/4 cup melted coconut oil, and 1/8 cup h**p hearts. I rolled half in crushed peanuts & the other half in a sweet craisin/nut blend.
Also, Go Bills tonight 🏈

Here’s the recipe:
⚡️Energy Chocolate Butter Ballz⚡️
1 cup quick oats
¼ cup dark chocolate chips
½ cup peanut butter
¼ cup honey
¼ cup raw h**p hearts
¼ cup ground flax
1 tsp vanilla
pinch sea salt

08/06/2023
After almost thirteen years of being together and five years of marriage I finally listened to her about one thing, move...
08/04/2023

After almost thirteen years of being together and five years of marriage I finally listened to her about one thing, move the garden to the orchard. Now we have over 6000 square feet to play with with our organic/naturally grown crops we plant every year. It was great advice and I know our passions for growing aren't at the same level but she has stood by me and supported me. I couldn't of met a more hardworking, tough as nails women in my life. Yet she has her sensitive/emotional side that's underneath just like me. In our lives we have faced too many hardships and losses in our lives for our age, but I believe that's what only brings us closer. So to my wife on our anniversary, thank you for letting pursue my passion for farming, growing, harvesting, canning, poultry, beekeeping, wine making, maple syrup etc... You have been my rock and I love you for it forever and forever.

Tuesdays harvest! 🧅 ☘️ 🍅
08/02/2023

Tuesdays harvest!
🧅 ☘️ 🍅

Todays harvest! 🥒
08/02/2023

Todays harvest! 🥒

Some of today’s harvest :-)
07/31/2023

Some of today’s harvest :-)

Here's the before and after pictures. Now I call that a clean military hair cut.
07/04/2023

Here's the before and after pictures. Now I call that a clean military hair cut.

Time to butcher the zucchini plants. We received 3.5 inches of rain in 36 hours. This creates a breeding ground for dise...
07/04/2023

Time to butcher the zucchini plants. We received 3.5 inches of rain in 36 hours. This creates a breeding ground for diseases and pests. As I started pruning this morning I am finding hoards of silver whiteflies, remanance of cucumber bettles and first generation of squash bugs. After a rain like this it's the perfect time to prune and get diatomaceous earth on the ground to kill all of these pests. In add the leaf cutting brings needed sunlight in, exposes flowers for pollination and reduces the risk of harmful diseases that thrive in wet unlighted soil. I always say give them a buzz cut, new leaves will grow back, but if you leave old ones on that may carry a disease, you will lose the whole plant and possibly your entire crop.

No matter how grueling the day can be, the views of my backyard never disappoint at the end of the day.
06/26/2023

No matter how grueling the day can be, the views of my backyard never disappoint at the end of the day.

So I wanted to do a little run down on cucumber bettles. They do survive winters here in our location usually in leaf li...
06/24/2023

So I wanted to do a little run down on cucumber bettles. They do survive winters here in our location usually in leaf litter. The adults emerge in late May and June. They tend to go to squash and cucumber plants to feed and mate. Once fertile they lay eggs in soil and those eggs hatch several weeks later. The larvae will feed on a plants root system until they emerge from soil as adults. The most critical point for any gardener is the first adult phase. The feed can critically hurt/kill young plants and also mature plants can be infected with diseases such as bacterial wilt. Of course then the larvae from successful mating could entirely damage a plants root system. So spraying Neem oil on your plants either prevents them from eating and they starve or if they ingest sprayed leaves it destroys them internally. Diatomaceous earth spread around the base of the plant will pe*****te the shell and cause dehydration. They are on top of my list of pests next to squash bugs and tomato hornworms. I know this is a lot of information but I hope it can be useful.

Came home from work and found the largest infestation of cucumbers bettles I have ever seen. They coated my zucchini and...
06/23/2023

Came home from work and found the largest infestation of cucumbers bettles I have ever seen. They coated my zucchini and cucumbers. I have well over a hundred of these plants and they all had them mating to make the first generation of the season. I have filled my battery back pack sprayer with 4 gallons of my Neem oil mix. I knew pests would be an issue this year because of our mild winter and above average spring temperature. I suggest to fight them hard now because if you get a second generation this season you could lose a lot of your plants. Fight the fight, but stay down the natural organic path.

I know I haven't posted in a while but it was this garden I have been working on for almost three months. I have put ove...
06/19/2023

I know I haven't posted in a while but it was this garden I have been working on for almost three months. I have put over forty new pine posts I harvested myself, redid the fencing, resurrected old raised rows and created several new ones to make my over 6000 square feet of heaven. We have over 300 tomato plants in, over two hundred peppers, long day onions, carrots, beets, radishes, corn, cucumbers, beans and summer squash. We have winter squash and pumpkins germinating as we speak. I have never been more excited for a season and we look forward to seeing as many as we can stop by and buy our organic/naturally grown produce and free range eggs

Beautiful chive harvest this morning! Who is ready for some onion dip and salty chips!?
04/30/2023

Beautiful chive harvest this morning!

Who is ready for some onion dip and salty chips!?

Base is done for new greenhouse. All up cycled wood. Need to figure out door size and then comes the roof and greenhouse...
03/08/2023

Base is done for new greenhouse. All up cycled wood. Need to figure out door size and then comes the roof and greenhouse film

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458 Hall Road
Elma, NY
14059

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