Living Soil Tree Farm

05/29/2026

Support your local plant nurseries ! But also maybe consider asking them to start carrying smaller trees 🤣 spending big bucks on a massive tree in a pot is silly to me when smaller trees in pots are cheaper and much easier to establish. People want immediate gratification but you’ll save yourself work, money, and stress if you have a little patience. Just saying! Do you agree?

05/25/2026

Sending organic waste to the landfill really is a waste. Nick Wrenn of Living Soil Tree Farm will demystify composting while also providing insight into some of its lesser known benefits. Leave knowing why you should be composting and how to get started, including an exciting new potential for a curbside pickup service in Blacksburg.
Date: Wednesday, May 27
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Blacksburg Library, 200 Miller St.
Register to join via Zoom at https://tinyurl.com/SBCompost

05/25/2026

Blacksburg area friends! come out and learn about making compost in your backyard this Wednesday at the Blacksburg Library. I’ll be covering various composting methods and tips for back yard composting. 🌱🪱

Sending organic waste to the landfill really is a waste. Nick Wrenn of Living Soil Tree Farm will demystify composting while also providing insight into some of its lesser known benefits. Leave knowing why you should be composting and how to get started, including an exciting new potential for a curbside pickup service in Blacksburg.
Date: Wednesday, May 27
Time: 12:00 PM
Location: Blacksburg Library, 200 Miller St.
Register to join via Zoom at https://tinyurl.com/SBCompost

05/20/2026

05/20/2026

05/19/2026

Serviceberry juneberry shadbush Saskatoon season is here in southern Virginia ! One of the first berries of spring. Full of flavor and nutrition - these plants are also very easy to grow. What questions do you have about serviceberry? What do they call it in your part of the world?

05/18/2026

A brief update on our potted plant selection! As of right now we have plenty of Ginko, paw paw, beach plum, Ohio buckeye, mountain mint, coneflower, and a few asters available in 1 gal pots. Pickup in Bassett or free delivery to Floyd/blacksburg or $4/mile for other areas within 2 hours of Bassett. We are potting up more plants everyday so expect more species to become available soon. Chickasaw plum, serviceberry, and hazelnut should be ready sometime in June! Happy spring folks, keep planting 🌱🌱

05/16/2026

I pot up plants using only native inputs for my potting soil. Most of the time it works really well. It’s cheap and I think ecologically pretty sound. You could easily do something similar wherever you live. What do yall think about this ?

05/12/2026

Update on our surprise baby chickens