The Kale Yard

The Kale Yard is a small-scale market garden and plant nursery situated on a three acre farm on the northeast edge of Lancaster, Ohio. The property is also a home, a historic farm and a permaculture demonstration site in the works.

The Kale Yard is operated by Erin Harvey, with the much appreciated help of friends and family. Everything is grown using organic methods, with a focus on the best of old and new human-scale, low-input techniques. Interesting and beautiful varieties of vegetables and herbs from The Kale Yard reminds us what food can and should look and taste like.

“Kale Yard” is an old Scottish phrase simply meaning “kitchen garden.” The name reflects the goal of growing food in a way that is never far from the kitchen. Literally – all food grown at The Kale Yard is sold locally in the community – and figuratively – part of the journey to eating locally is to learn how to enjoy what is available to us. Just as important as growing healthy food is keeping alive traditional ways of cooking, preserving and eating.