Conscious Acre Farm | Regenerative Farming

A small farm focused on regenerative agriculture and building living soil through natural farming. Providing produce, flowers, medicinal herbs & natural inputs.

Conscious Acre Farm is a small farm run by David Hoover in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. We are a first generation family farm focusing on regenerative agriculture and building living soil through Natural Farming methods. We produce a variety of vegetables, fruits, herbs, and flowers. We also make and sell natural farming inputs from the land around us and things we grow (Conscious Natural Inputs). Read below for more details about what we offer!

Gettysburg, PA | @conscious_acre_farm | consciousacrefarm@gmail.com

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We use a method of farming called Korean Natural Farming, or KNF. David makes the farm's food & pest management following these principles. We also sell the inputs for you to use on your own garden or farm!

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David has been growing and studying plants and fungi for the last 13 years. In the process of studying cannabis he discovered the methodology of Dragonfly Earth Medicine and Natural Farming and dove in head first, knowing it was the way to help the plants express themselves to their full potential. Once he got a feel for the method of Natural Farming he felt compelled to share the experience and help others get a head start. That’s when Conscious Natural Inputs was formed: a small batch, self run input company aimed at educating and initiating people into a regenerative, healthy, and interactive experience with their food and medicine.

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🌱Starts are looking happy and responded really well to a foliar spray I did last weekend (OHN, FPJ, BRV, FAA). They will head out to the garden once they acclimate to full sun. I usually opt for a no-till approach, but the thistles were out of hand and I wanted to remodel some parts of the garden this year. No worries, the microbes will be restored quickly by using the IMO3 that I have on hand. I’ll apply it to my whole garden and lightly mulch right before the next rainfall.🌧️🌞

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Lots of peppers!🌶️ It’s fun seeing all of the unique traits that each variety expresses. Planning to ferment some for sauces and dry some for powders. The heat mat should speed things up for the peps. Tomatoes are seeded and the chard and lettuce is starting to pop up.🌱 Tobacco and flowers are next.

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WSK (water soluble potassium) will be made from charred stalks of tobacco. I use a cast iron dutch oven that sits in a fire to char the pieces thoroughly.
Asparagus greens (frilly tops) and sunflower stalks work for this as well if you have those around.
1 part char to 10 parts water, breathable lid for 10-14 days (1 go 14). Strain and store. Application rate is very low at 2-4ml/gal foliar or soil. The finished product has an indefinite shelf life, but I still find it easier to char and store the stalks until I need to expand them into water for this input. (shop link in bio)
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Shop has been restocked (link in bio).
More to come later this week.
Thank you for your support!💚

In stock:
OHN (Oriental Herbal Nutrient)
FPJ (Fermented Plant Juice)
FFJ (Fermented Fruit Juice)
FAA (Fish Amino Acid)
WCA (Water Soluble Calcium)
WSK (Water Soluble Potassium)
LAB (Lactic Acid Bacteria)
HWA (Herbal Wetting Agent)
T-shirts and Stickers💥🌱

Always feel free to DM me any questions.
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FPJ (Fermented Plant Juice) is used in solutions for seed & soil treatments and plant nutrition. Young shoots of healthy, vigorous plants are harvested before sunrise and fermented with organic raw sugar for ~7 days. The sugar draws the juices out via osmosis and uses the plant’s own microbial set to do the fermenting.

OHN+FPJ+BRV= Seed Treatment & Maintenance Solution
This is the base formula. Other inputs can be added depending on plant growth stage or application.
(OHN 1:1000) (FPJ 1:500) (BRV 1:500)

Our FPJs are made with plants grown on our farm.
Comfrey FPJ is made from True comfrey & Bocking 14 comfrey.

APPLICATION:
1:500 or 8ml/gal in a foliar spray/soil drench
Apply once a week.

This is a one day Introduction to Natural Farming class held on Saturday October 5th 2024 in Gettysburg, PA. I will go over some philosophy, IMO, how and when to spray different plants, input preparation and application. We’ll start an IMO3 pile that day so students can feel proper moisture content and I’ll have another pile that is already cooking so that the smell can be memorized. Starts at 10am and lunch is included. Limited to 10 tickets.

Garden walkthrough on this beautiful morning @conscious_acre_farm 🌞✨ #fungi #plants #dempurecertified #hemp #cbd #flowers #veggies

Water Soluble Calcium Phosphate is extracted from charred cow bones (local & organic) using Brown Rice Vinegar. WCAP is used during the Changeover period between the Vegetative and Reproductive growth periods. This input is best used 5-7 days before a plant transitions into reproductive growth.

I buy grassfed beef bones and make bone broth for the family. Then I char the bones thoroughly in a cast iron dutch oven on a grill or fire pit. After that I put the charred bones into BRV (brown rice vinegar) at a 1:10 ratio for 7-10 days.

OHN+FPJ+BRV+WCAP= Changeover Solution

APPLICATION:
1:1000 or 4ml/gal in a foliar spray or soil drench.
Apply once a week.

Care Instructions
Cap tightly and store in a cool, dark area. This input doesn’t go bad and has an indefinite shelf life.

OHN now available! (Link in bio)
OHN (Oriental Herbal Nutrient) is a specific mixture of 5 edible, aromatic herbs fermented with organic raw sugar and extracted with organic alcohol. This is made with 100% Organic Ingredients. OHN strengthens a plant’s or animal’s immune system and fights disease, promoting health and nutrient uptake. The 5 specific herbs used include organic Ginger Roots, homegrown Garlic Cloves, Angelica Sinensis Roots, Licorice Roots, and Cassia Cinnamon Bark. OHN is a vital component of natural farming and takes ~3 months to make with daily attention.

OHN+FPJ+BRV= Seed Treatment & Maintenance Solution
This is the base formula. Other inputs are added depending on plant growth stage or application.
(OHN 1:1000) (FPJ 1:500) (BRV 1:500)

APPLICATION:
1:1000 or 4ml/gal in a foliar spray/soil drench
Apply once a week.

Bringing organic 95% alcohol down to 40% for OHN (oriental herbal nutrient). Plant medicine. Immune support. ✨🌿
OHN (Oriental Herbal Nutrient) is a specific mixture of 5 edible, aromatic herbs fermented with organic raw sugar and extracted with alcohol. OHN strengthens a plant’s or animal’s immune system and fights disease, promoting health and nutrient uptake. The 5 specific herbs used include organic Ginger Roots, homegrown Garlic Cloves, Angelica Sinensis Roots, Licorice Roots, and Cassia Cinnamon Bark. OHN is a vital component of natural farming and takes ~3 months to make with daily attention.

Comfrey FPJ is on sale while this new batch finishes up (link in bio). FPJ (Fermented Plant Juice) is used in solutions for seed & soil treatments and plant nutrition. Young shoots of healthy, vigorous plants are harvested before sunrise and fermented with organic raw sugar for ~7 days. The sugar draws the juices out via osmosis and uses the plant’s own microbial set to do the fermenting.

OHN+FPJ+BRV= Seed Treatment & Maintenance Solution
This is the base formula. Other inputs can be added depending on plant growth stage or application.
(OHN 1:1000) (FPJ 1:500) (BRV 1:500)

Our FPJs are made with plants grown on our farm.
Comfrey FPJ is made from True comfrey & Bocking 14 comfrey.

APPLICATION:
1:500 or 8ml/gal in a foliar spray/soil drench
Apply once a week.

Little update on what’s going on with the farm and the store. Just strained off FFJ and put it back in stock. I put some FPJ on sale since I’ll be making more within the next few days and I also added T-shirts to the store. If you’re interested the link is in my bio. Thank you for the support! 💚

FAA is available (link in bio).
This FAA (Fish Amino Acid) was fermented for over a year. Made with fresh salmon heads, spines and tails from a local market that would otherwise be thrown away.

Ingredients: salmon, organic unrefined cane sugar, OHN, IMO4.

APPLICATION:
Can be added with type II or type III nutrient solution for additional nitrogen and vegetative growth enhancement.
1:1000 for foliar (4 ml/gal) - Traditional KNF application
1:500 soil drench (8 ml/gal) - Can be used in compost teas! Add at the end of the brew cycle for best results.
*Amounts can be adjusted dependent on the crop

Feeling really grateful to be able to experience @mycofest over the weekend. Thank you Will @mycosymbiote for envisioning this and bringing people together. Thanks to my younger brother, Ben, for taking care of the vendor table for me. Big thank you to Priyanka @daughtermycelia for making things run smoothly and for the invite to speak. It was a first for me and I look forward to more opportunities to share my love for natural farming with people. ❤️🍄

WCAP (water soluble calcium phosphate) starts by cleaning and charring large animal bones until they are black all the way through. I like to do this in a cast iron dutch oven with the lid on, sitting in hot coals. Most of the time this takes 2 burns, but I don’t have to babysit it at all this way.
1 part bones to 10 parts BRV (brown rice vinegar) with a breathable lid for 7 days. Going by weight is easiest for me to keep everything consistent.
WCAP is used during the Changeover period between the Vegetative and Reproductive growth periods.

OHN+FPJ+BRV+WCAP= Changeover Solution

APPLICATION:
1:1000 or 4ml/gal in a foliar spray or soil drench.
Apply once a week.
(Shop link in bio)

WSK (water soluble potassium) made from the charred stalks of tobacco & sunflowers that I grew last season. I use a cast iron dutch oven that sits in a fire to char the pieces thoroughly.
Asparagus greens (frilly tops) work for this as well if you have those around.
1 part char to 10 parts water, breathable lid for 10-14 days (I go 14). Strain and store. Application rate is very low at 2-4ml/gal foliar or soil. The finished product has an indefinite shelf life, but I still find it easier to char and store the stalks until I need to expand them into water for this input. 🌿🔥🪨 (shop link in bio)

Another year older, but it doesn’t feel like it. Grateful for my health and for everyone that supports me. Thank you all! 💚

FAA (Fish Amino Acid) is now available (link in bio).
This was fermented for over a year and came out super smooth and smelling nice. Made with fresh salmon heads, spines and tails from a local market that would otherwise be thrown away.

Salmon, organic unrefined cane sugar, OHN, and IMO4. 🐟🔥🌱

Can be added with type Il or type IIl nutrient solution
for additional nitrogen and vegetative growth
enhancement.
Apply weekly or biweekly:
1:1000 for foliar (4ml/gal)
1:500 soil drench (8ml/gal) - can also be used in
compost teas. Add at the end of the brew cycle for
best results.
*Amounts can be adjusted dependent on the crop

Still going and growing, just moving at a different pace this season. Thank you all for the support. Thanks to my buddy Josh for giving me a hand this summer as well. Lots of tomatoes, peppers, cantaloupe, watermelon, and squash coming in. Now that the soil is better established and thriving, the plants haven’t needed much help from me. Thanks to Mother Nature I haven’t even had to water the field at all this season. 💦 I’ve restocked a few things and have plans to pour off some FAA (fish amino acid) soon. 🌼🍅🍈🌶🍉

Comfrey FPJ (fermented plant juice) and a few other things have been restocked in the store (link in bio). More coming soon. �🌿💦

🌞Comfrey FPJ (Fermented Plant Juice) is used in solutions for seed & soil treatments and plant nutrition. Young shoots of healthy, vigorous plants are harvested before sunrise and fermented with organic raw sugar for ~7 days. The sugar draws the juices out via osmosis and uses the plant's own microbial set to do the fermenting.

OHN+FPJ+BRV= Seed Treatment & Maintenance Solution
This is the base formula. Other inputs can be added depending on plant growth stage or application.

Don’t be afraid to start small and use what’s available. 1:1 plant matter to organic unrefined sugar (brown sugar).

🦴WCAP (water soluble calcium phosphate) starts by charring large animal bones until they are black all the way through. I like to do this in a cast iron dutch oven with the lid on, sitting in hot coals. 1 part bones to 10 parts BRV (brown rice vinegar) with a breathable lid for 7 days. Going by weight is easiest for me to keep everything consistent. WCAP is used during the Changeover period between the Vegetative and Reproductive growth periods.

OHN+FPJ+BRV+WCAP= Changeover Solution

APPLICATION:
1:1000 or 4ml/gal in a foliar spray or soil drench.
Apply once a week.

Got the farm all tucked in for winter. Chopped & dropped, layered with wood chips, comfrey leaves, and IMO4. Big thanks to my buddy Josh for giving me a hand with this. 24” electric hedge trimmers made it easy to chop and drop and shape out the rows/walkways. Time to make some inputs!

Comfrey FPJ (fermented plant juice) made with freshly cut comfrey leaves from @conscious_acre_farm and organic unrefined cane sugar. I collect the leaves in the early morning to retain the dew which helps carry out a nice fermentation. Chopped up with a machete and mixed by hand with equal weight unrefined sugar. Brown sugar works too. I filled the jar a little over 2/3 full since I anticipate it dropping down over the next 7 days. When applying FPJ in a foliar always balance it with BRV at least. 🌿💦
OHN+FPJ+BRV= Seed Treatment & Maintenance Solution

Came out to find a lit up IMO3 pile that some rain got into during a storm.🌧🍄
Sitting at 100F. No harm, lots of life and good smell still. My little helper gave me a hand mixing it up and moving it back further under cover.

Wetting Agent and Herbal Wetting Agent are now available (link in bio). These are natural surfactants that can be used to control most soft bodied insects. Pests don't develop a resistance, and its efficacy can be further ehanced by adding an Herbal Solution prior to application (coming soon). Ships in a 16oz glass bottle.
The Herbal Wetting Agent is made with rosemary, oregano, and mint grown @conscious_acre_farm
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All credit for this recipe goes to JADAM Organic Farming.

IMO3 first turn at 24 hrs.
Spread it out thinner since it was pretty hot and holding it. Going with the hands on method until the new compost thermometer shows up. 👌👍🍄

IMO3 with rice bran, crimped oats, and aged woodchips.
Charged with microbes, natural farming inputs, and love.
It’s been too long since I made a pile. It’s a very interesting experience each time and allows for a lot of learning on many levels. Hard to explain… so give it a try! IMO (indigenous microorganisms) are the foundation of natural farming.

Alright let’s try this again.
Turned 33 yesterday. The last few weeks have been incredibly draining, but I’m back and pushing on.
Later today I’m going to start an IMO3 pile with my daughter. She likes talking about the microbes, has a grasp on the fact that they are in the soil, and that the soil eats what we feed it. 🥰🥳

Very sorry to announce that I need to postpone the upcoming intro class I had planned for this Saturday July 10th. Refunds will be coming in later today and I’ll be posting about a make up class in the future. ✌️❤️

After aging the wetting agent for 3 days I added some water and used the mixing arm to break it up into smaller pieces to help it dissolve faster. Then I topped it off the rest of the way, closely following the JADAM recipe. Soft water is needed for this and our well water is very hard so I’m using distilled.

Tomatoes are bouncing back nicely after getting smacked around by that crazy hail storm last week. Giving them some more support and then I’ll trim up the bottoms again and remove suckers. Fruit set is looking really nice so far and last week I began using the reproductive solution to help with their formation.
OHN + FPJ + BRV + WCA

The easiest way to understand these solutions is to first understand that maintenance solution is the base and simple add ons like WCA, FAA, WCAP nudge the plant in the direction that they want/need to go. 🍅💪💦

Mixing up some wetting agent following the JADAM recipe. Some water goes into the bucket followed by potassium hydroxide. Put the lid on quickly and swirl. Then I added organic canola oil and mixed with a steel spiral mixing arm on a hand drill for 10 minutes.
Like a thin mayo. 🤌
This will sit for 3 days before the next step.
Time to upgrade my IPM game.
🧼💦🐛

A severe storm came through our area two days ago and nearly ripped the farm apart. The bee’s roof blew off and rain dumped in, hail and winds damaged some crops and tree limbs came down all over. Thankfully our big trees held their ground, the bees seem to be ok, and nobody was hurt. I’m about to do a Maintenance Solution spray to help everything bounce back. ⛈🐝👌

WCA (Water Soluble Calcium) is extracted from the eggshells of our chickens using organic Brown Rice Vinegar. Eggshells are toasted and winnowed to remove the membrane before they go into BRV 1:10 shells to vinegar. Breathable lid for 7-10 days.
WCA is used during the Reproductive phase of a plant.

OHN+FPJ+BRV+WCA= Reproductive Growth Solution

APPLICATION:
1:1000 or 4ml/gal in Foliar spray or Soil drench
Apply once a week

🥚(Link in bio)🥚

These tomatoes are loving life, and so am I. After a short social media vacation I’m feeling refreshed and refocused.❤️
All of the tomatoes have been getting sprayed with Changeover solution + FAA once a week since they began to produce flowers.
The FAA addition is based on feel and the fact that our soil test showed low nitrogen. I’ll continue to use it as needed and drop the rate down as I go into fruiting.🍅🧄
Changeover/Transition solution:
OHN, FPJ, BRV, WCAP

WSK (water soluble potassium) made from the charred stalks of tobacco that I grew last season. I use a cast iron dutch oven that sits in a fire to char the pieces thoroughly. Sunflower stalks and asparagus greens (frilly tops) work for this as well if you have those around.
1 part char to 10 parts water, breathable lid for 10-14 days (I go 14). Strain and store. Application rate is very low at 2-4ml/gal foliar or soil.🌿🔥🪨

Ginger FPJ specifically for OHN. The ginger and garlic portions of OHN are started identically to an FPJ or FFJ with equal weight plant material to unrefined sugar 1:1. Brown sugar, turbinado, demerara, jaggery, sucanat... they all work.🤙
For garlic and ginger I smash them up, massage in the sugar, fill jar to 2/3 (anticipate some drop), sugar cap, breathable lid, 7 day ferment before the alcohol tincturing process begins.

FPJ (fermented plant juice)
OHN (oriental herbal nutrient)
FFJ (fermented fruit juice)

Fresh Comfrey FPJ (fermented plant juice). This is used in solutions for seed & soil treatments and plant nutrition. Young shoots of healthy, vigorous plants are harvested before sunrise and fermented with organic unrefined sugar for ~7 days. The sugar draws the juices out via osmosis and uses the plant's own microbial set to do the fermenting.

OHN+FPJ+BRV= Seed Treatment & Maintenance Solution
This is the base formula. Other inputs can be added depending on plant growth stage or application.
(OHN 1:1000) (FPJ 1:500) (BRV 1:500)

Our FPJs are made with plants grown on our farm.
Comfrey FPJ is made from True comfrey & Bocking 14 comfrey.

APPLICATION:
1:500 or 8ml/gal in a foliar spray/soil drench
Apply once a week

WCA (water soluble calcium) from our chicken’s eggshells. The shells get cooked over medium heat until they begin to look toasted. Then they go into organic brown rice vinegar at 1:10 shells to BRV. Breathable lid for 7 days, strain, store with a tight lid. Foliar or soil application at 4ml/gal or 1:1000 🥚🔥

For those interested, I just made 10 spots available for the class I’m holding @conscious_acre_farm on Saturday, July 10th. This is a one day Introduction to Natural Farming class.
I will go over some philosophy, IMO, how and when to spray different plants, input preparation and application. We’ll start an IMO3 pile that day so students can feel proper moisture content and I’ll have another pile that is already cooking so that the smell can be memorized. Tickets can be found at the link in my bio.

Big thanks and appreciation to my friend Ed @vwkid54 for getting us set up with bees. It’s been a few years since we’ve had them around so I’m pumped to welcome them to the farm. Ed is a bee wizard and great teacher, so he brought me back up to speed quickly.🍯🐝🧙‍♂️

Planting some grape vines and raspberries on this rainy day. I intend to build up a section of rows in a Syntropic fashion to see the differences and try something new.
Also, I’m starting to plan out an Intro to Natural Farming class that will be held on Saturday, July 10th @conscious_acre_farm 🎉 more info on that soon.

Comfrey harvest this morning for FPJ, JLF and topdressing. Comfrey FPJ (fermented plant juice) is my favorite one to use and it’s the one I have in my store as well. I’ll offer some other FPJs throughout the season, but this is my go-to all the time. FPJ is a ferment with 1:1 organic unrefined sugar. JLF (JADAM liquid fertilizer) is a water based ferment with leaf mold/IMO. These can be done with basically any non-poisonous healthy looking plant. Comfrey also makes a great topdressing that will breakdown very quickly. I’m planning to mulch with this, IMO4, hay, and woodchips before the rain comes later today and tomorrow.

Perfect morning to harvest some lettuce. I’m loving growing these this season and have been spraying them once a week with OHN, FPJ, BRV, FAA, LAB. ❤️🥬

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