The Moonbase Farm

21/01/2025

local to wi******er and surrounding areas -

want to join/help create a group of gardeners and farmers in our area to swap/barter harvests, make meaning contributions to local food banks together? i don’t want this to be a social media/business thing, rather just a group that can come together in person, celebrate harvests together once a month or something like that and support each other as needed.

let me know if you’re interested. i have a rough vision for this group but want it to be collaborative and good and make a meaningful impact locally. i’d hope this is a no money, no bu****it, no ugly politics and no nonsense kind of group of great people doing great things.

also, thank you to my best friends at for the sweet photo from our backyard garden.

30/06/2024

only tell me what i want to hear

17/02/2024

Don't miss out on preordering bareroot strawberry plants - only a few days left!

Avid gardeners sharing our favorite plants, garden gear and advice.

27/12/2023

Sold out of Ozark Beauty Strawberry plants, but we still have All Star and Albion (my favorite) for preorder! Get a discount if you buy before 1/5/24!

17/12/2023

Preorders are up for strawberry plants. We have our three favorite varieties up for sale. Shipping in march 2024 (or delivery if you’re within a mile or so of old town wi******er VA).

Avid gardeners sharing our favorite plants, garden gear and advice.

13/12/2023

Preorders are live for strawberry plants. Order some for yourself or the gardener in your life. Order on our at website www.modernmustard.com and get 10% off automatically (discount shows in your cart), using this link! This is best for USDA grow zones 5-7. Orders ship in march-april 2024.

10/12/2023

Go check out our website for bareroot strawberry preorders. We are running a discount for folks on instagram via the link in our bio, which shows up in your cart automatically. Our plants are best suited for USDA zones 5-7, shipping in march/april 2024. Preorders close down soon, don’t miss out!

05/12/2023

🍓 Calling 2024 gardeners in zone 5-8! Our website has preorders up for All Star and Albion Strawberries.

Limited stock available, so secure your bare-root plants and let the strawberry magic bloom in your backyard! 🌿

26/11/2023

Looking for volunteers and farm help over this winter and in the 2024 growing season. Use the form link in the comments if you’re interested!

16/11/2023

We grow a boatload of strawberries every year and will be planting out another field in spring. Love to share and get them to people cheaper than the bigger online retailers can. Order your bareroot strawberry plants for spring 2024! I recommend buying if you’re in USDA 5–7. Limited offering, and the link in my bio applies a discount at checkout.

09/11/2023

I am gearing up to plant our strawberry field in spring and would love to share some of my extra plants with folks. Go to my bio to find the link for the product. Ask me questions here or DM’s.

Preorder link is up for all star strawberry plants next year. Shipping to continental US only, recommended to people within USDA zone 5-7. Orders go out in mid-March 2024 via UPS. Price goes up the closer we get to spring!

23/09/2023

Planning a small CSA offering next year for fruit and veggies, comment if you are interested!

17/07/2023

any of y’all have quail too? gimme a quail yeah if so.

this is pip. pip is the boss quail. he’s the leader. he’s simba. hes Dwayne the rock Johnson. he’s the alpha we all want to be (fair, honest, soft).

also he’s my favorite of our quail. raising quail has been an interesting journey. we have 12 quail now. we haven’t bought any eggs since mid april and have been able to do the waterglassing thing to store some for winter when they inevitably lay less. they do p**p a lot, but it’s a nice addition to keep our compost HOT and ready for garden beds.

27/03/2023

Hi! 👋 I'm Emily. I'm your partner in building beautiful and hard-working marketing systems and website design that match your business goals and can pivot with you as you grow.

🎙 You can find me recording The Bella Femme Podcast with Amber Twice Is Nice - a consignment boutique or
📚 Designing the next award-winning book cover for Alicia Cahalane Lewis or
💻 Writing emails, blogs, and website copy that keep your clients + customers engaged with your brand or
💭 Optimizing your brand to be the best that it can be.
🌱 You can also find me in the garden with Modern Mustard and
🐦 Tending our hungry, hungry backyard quail and
☕️ Drinking all the coffee.

I love being an independent business owner because there is room for the WHOLE person. 🪐 Though, it has been a learning curve to step into this different world where 'professionalism' has whatever definition you feel comfortable giving it.

Thanks for sticking around!
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20/01/2023

It’s been a while since I did an intro here! My name is Chris and I’m the plant guy at Modern Mustard. If you’re new to my page, HEY! If you’ve been following for a while, HEY AGAIN!

I’ve been gardening on and off most of my life, but it’s become a personality trait basically since we bought a house a few years ago. I write and record music in my spare time. If I’m not in the garden, I’m probably running around building projects with my son or driving my wife insane with crazy ideas about the garden. We forage for fun, often updating on our story here with cool finds. We have quail, farm fish, an awesome dog and a handful of pet ants.

We have two sites for growing. Our .19 acre urban homestead focuses on fruit trees and berries and our .5 acre farm plot for cut flowers and nursery production. It’s a lot of work, but we love it.

Our goal is to share what we grow with others, to demonstrate how small spaces can produce lots of food and have a little fun along the way.

You can expect to see a lot of plant propagation, flower hauls and harvests, deep dives into processes and a little bit of animal husbandry content mixed in. You also may see some new faces this year on our reels and other social media channels.

Tell me about you and what you’re up to in 2023!