Invasive Species

October 14, 2020October 27, 2023

This farm is some place special and I intend to manage it so that it maintains what’s breathtakingly beautiful and productive and enhances what needs to be enhanced. The maintenance of it includes management of invasive species. Invasives come as insects and trees. They come as grasses and wildlife. They come in all shapes and sizes from many locations foreign and domestic. And, even some natives can act like invasives. Managing invasives on the farm versus managing them in your yard is just a matter of scale. Here’s what I had to say about it in Beginning Farmer Magazine. Read more here.

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Protecting and Restoring

ByTiffany Crockett September 10, 2020October 27, 2023

At Coal Creek Farm we are committed to generating profits while protecting and restoring environmental resources. We’ve had to make hard choices when invasive insects attack our native trees. We’ve been working with the Southeastern Grasslands Initiative to inventory the natural resources and restore lands that had been clear cut for years. We’ve deployed a…

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Benefits of Controlled Burning

ByTiffany Crockett April 29, 2020October 27, 2023

Coal Creek Farm has rolling hills, flowing water, flora and fauna, and clear cuts. Such beauty contrasted with such abuse. For years, as I drove by those clear-cut trees, I was troubled by the look of it. I knew that the land couldn’t be put into productivity and wasn’t providing much in the way of…

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What’s Next for the Piney and Soak Creek Watershed

ByGeorge Lindemann March 4, 2022October 26, 2023

Coal Creek Farm is special. Over the years we’ve learned a lot about the tension between economic viability and environmental enhancement. We’ve learned that while you sometimes have to choose, more often they are complementary. In the last few weeks a group of people, environmentalists, landowners, government, non-profit and education have successfully closed an effort…

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Here’s the buzz on Australian Bees

ByTiffany Crockett February 14, 2020October 27, 2023

Invasive bees can push the natives out. Over time, non-native bees have been introduced on the Australian continent. Scientists are now calling on residents to help them survey the kinds and quantity of the Australian bee population. Read more here.

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Birds on the Cumberland Plateau

ByTiffany Crockett June 16, 2020October 27, 2023

While it’s challenging to be “trapped” quarantining, it’s also a blessing. We’ve been able to spend time hiking and bird watching on the Cumberland Plateau. As Cumberland bird observers, we have noticed that there are so many birds on the farm. With that knowledge, we have been diligently working to create habitat for native and…

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River Conservation and Ecotourism in River Management Society

ByTiffany Crockett May 19, 2020October 27, 2023

While we can’t literally look out our backdoors to see vast swaths of nature….still, living on the Cumberland Plateau, there is so much to appreciate. We’re a biological hotspot of diversity and there’s the water. Paddling… we love it. Here’s an example of one day on the creek. Here’s a story I wrote about the…

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