Sustainable Hemp Farming: How Tweedle Farms Prepares the Land Each Spring

Sustainable hemp farming starts long before the first seed goes in the ground. At Tweedle Farms, our late winter and early spring work, including water harvesting, crop rotation, and cover cropping, is what makes clean, high-quality hemp flower possible every summer. Here's an inside look at what we're doing right now, and why it matters.

Water Harvesting: Storing 60,000 Gallons Before the Dry Season

Northwest Oregon delivers generous rainfall each winter, and we capture all that we can. Our water collection system stores 60,000 gallons total across two 25,000-gallon field bladders, two 2,500-gallon greenhouse tanks, and one 5,000-gallon main reservoir.

That stored water supplements our well throughout the dry summer months, reducing our dependence on irrigation during peak growing season. The result: thriving hemp plants and less strain on local water resources! For a farm committed to going easy on the land, it's one of the most impactful things we do.

Crop Rotation: Why We Rest Our Fields Every Year

Every season, at least one of our planting zones gets a full rest. Crop rotation is one of the most well-established practices in sustainable agriculture, and for good reason.

Why Crop Rotation Matters for Soil Health

Growing the same crop in the same spot year after year depletes specific nutrients, encourages pest cycles, and degrades soil structure over time. Rotating which zones we plant hemp in, and which we leave to recover, keeps our soil balanced and resilient without relying on synthetic inputs.

It takes more planning than simply planting the same crop in the same place every year, but the benefits compound over time. Healthier soil produces healthier plants, and healthier plants produce better CBD flower.

Cover Crops: How We Naturally Restore Soil Nutrients

A resting field isn't an idle field. While a zone recovers from hemp production, we plant cover crops to actively restore what the soil needs for the next growing season.

Crimson Clover as a Natural Nitrogen Fixer

This year, we're growing crimson clover in one of our rotating zones. Clover is a nitrogen-fixing plant, meaning its root systems work with natural soil bacteria to draw nitrogen from the air and deposit it into the ground. Nitrogen is one of the most essential nutrients for plant growth, and replenishing it naturally means we don't need synthetic fertilizers to prep our fields.

In previous years, we've planted oats and peas in a rotating zone, but this year, crimson clover felt like the right fit. Different cover crops serve different purposes: some protect against erosion, some suppress weeds, and some, like clover, rebuild the nutrient profile that hemp needs to thrive.

Why Sustainable Farming Produces Better Hemp Flower

There are faster, cheaper ways to grow hemp flower, but at Tweedle Farms, we believe that how you treat the land shows up directly in what the land gives back. Every step we take in the off-season—from storing rainwater to rotating crops to nurturing our soil with cover crops—is what makes our products (like flower, smalls, and even pre rolls) worth growing and worth buying.

Pesticide-free. Third-party lab tested. Grown on land we've spent years learning to take care of. That's the Tweedle Farms difference!