SUFFOLK, VIRGINIA · THE WORKING JOURNAL2026 SEASON / VOL. 01
ROOTED HERE. ALWAYS GROWING.

Grow Harder.
Grow Better.

From the first seed to the next orchard.
A living record of what we grow, learn, and bring in.

Explore the garden
The owner of Creasy Aviation Farms holding a large green-and-tan pumpkin above his hat in the garden.
IN THE CROP LIBRARY42 crop profiles
2026 SWEET CORN HARVEST~400 ears brought in
THE YOUNG PECAN ORCHARD5 trees · 4 cultivars
SEEDS STARTED · SEP 1713 crop profiles started
Corn season is complete.112 pints of Robust 997 popcorn packaged October 3, 2026. Fall brassicas transplanted and Tragopan spinach direct-sown today.
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01 / WHAT WE GROW

The crop library.

Field crops, familiar favorites, and a few long-term ambitions.

Records through
September 28, 2026

Field records, dated seed starts, future additions, and removed crops are kept distinct. Season tags describe recorded or planned activity, not a planting prescription.

02 / KEEPING A RECORD

Notes from the field.

The harvests, observations, and ideas worth keeping.

Built from the farm’s recorded notes. New notes stay in this browser; export a copy to keep them.

03 / HOW OUR CROPS BEGAN

Education Center.

Explore how people shaped the plants we grow and the foods we make.

25 crop, food, and agricultural tool history videos from Neon Rush, plus practical gardening channels in Field Operations. Each link opens on YouTube.

04 / SEEDS AND SUPPLIES

Seeds and Resources.

Seeds, nursery plants, tools, and supplies for the garden.

Supplier websites open in a new tab.

05 / BEYOND THE FIELD

From harvest to pantry.

The cannery, the freeze dryer, and the farm’s familiar faces.

Green beans packed into jars in the farm kitchen
THE CANNERY

Keeping the harvest.

Canning is part of life at Creasy Aviation Farms. The garden’s harvest continues into jars and the pantry.

Open freeze dryer with trays loaded inside
FREEZE DRYING

Another way to preserve.

Our freeze-drying operation works alongside the cannery. Onions prepared for powder are already part of the farm’s preservation journal.

Read the onion record →
The farm’s black-and-white and orange cat mascots curled up together by a window
THE FARM MASCOTS

A place on the crew.

The farm’s two cat mascots, sharing a quiet spot by the window.

A cat with a white chest and mottled coat sitting at the base of a tree.
A FARM VISITOR

A barn cat visitor.

A barn cat visitor stopped by the farm.

FROM THE COMMUNITY

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