Frontwards Farm

Where are your pick-up locations?

2012-05-12T06:34:45.427-05:00

Where are your pick-up locations?

Nice Blog ! Thank you for your very nice articles....

2012-03-14T09:35:48.534-05:00

Nice Blog ! Thank you for your very nice articles. I look forward to visiting your site in the future! I like this very much.
Methods of Modern Farming

the hoop house looks great, hooch. i always knew ...

2011-06-05T10:37:16.941-05:00

the hoop house looks great, hooch. i always knew you could dig a trench. btw, i'm sans hooch eggs at the present and life is a little shittier.

Thanks for following the blog. It's great to g...

2011-03-26T08:37:10.334-05:00

Thanks for following the blog. It's great to get positive feedback.
Marsha & John, I am so glad to hear that the plants look good this spring. These long, frigid winters make me a little uneasy regarding last year's plantings.
You know where to find me if you ever have questions or concerns about any of the plants.
Take care!

Jason, We are impressed with what you've done...

2011-03-23T09:29:30.547-05:00

Jason, We are impressed with what you've done and what you do. It is so life affirming. The landscaping you did for us last year looked great over the winter and everything is now greening and budding. Thank you for all your landscaping skills. It's obvious that you and Sarah have strong feelings for the land and a professional approach. Good for you! Marsha and John Norman

Looks good Kids!!

2011-03-23T09:29:06.108-05:00

Looks good Kids!!

Sorry I missed this Scott. We considered bees last...

2011-03-03T07:03:39.727-06:00

Sorry I missed this Scott. We considered bees last year, but time got away. Feel free to send me an email if you want to talk further.

Have you considered adding bee hives to your farm....

2011-02-11T21:36:00.760-06:00

Have you considered adding bee hives to your farm. You might then be able to offer local honey as part of the produce. We might be able to provide a bee swarm(s) to you if you create a hive(s).

Jason, Sarah, Dagan and Talia, We are proud of the...

2010-11-26T19:02:41.677-06:00

Jason, Sarah, Dagan and Talia,
We are proud of the hard work you have put into the farm the past 5 years in making it your home!!!
We love you all,
Mom and Dad

Hey! Long time no updates. Was listening to WDBX y...

2010-08-10T15:46:17.852-05:00

Hey! Long time no updates. Was listening to WDBX yesterday and was listening to the Glinda Greenhouse show and you guys were mentioned several times! :) How have things been?

Hi, neighbor, sorry about the stone,-it was my nei...

2010-04-30T09:31:12.140-05:00

Hi, neighbor, sorry about the stone,-it was my neighbor over here! As A former Decaturite(Mac '72), 20yr resident of Rocky Comfort area, I am thrilled to see such a revival going on at that farm! Did you ever eat @ LSB in Decatur when they had Soup & Salad Bar? My daughter &chef Jamie Boaz were in honor band tog. Haven't eaten there- is it good & fresh? I'm doing some research for my tourism-food interest area.

Hope things are going well since Spring has sprung...

2010-04-22T23:56:43.213-05:00

Hope things are going well since Spring has sprung down here. I was hoping to get the garden in this weekend but I have fighting demo's at Irish Fest...of course now its suppose to rain on and off all weekend so even if I weren't on demo duty I wouldnt be able to get in the garden :( Of course first week of May is Makanda Fest I hope it has better weather.

Apparently C'dale is considering allowing a sm...

2010-03-29T14:44:16.777-05:00

Apparently C'dale is considering allowing a small number of chickens per home in town. Perhaps this will trickle down to surrounding communities with the concerns about the hormones/other chemicals, as well as the movement back towards people raising their own food. I know a few folks with the City of C'dale. I'll see if they have any suggestions.

Oh how I long for chickens. However, De Soto won&...

2010-03-27T19:36:01.294-05:00

Oh how I long for chickens. However, De Soto won't let you have chickens OR rabbits as they are deemed livestock. If I had known that beforehand we would seriously had looked for another place to buy a house at. I just figured "It's DeSoto..." and didn't think it would be an issue. :( I know I need to propose/challenge the chicken laws but I must confess to being a bit intimidated by the whole thing.

Great post; Great pics!

2010-03-18T18:58:27.259-05:00

Great post; Great pics!

Looking good kiddo!! We're so proud of you for...

2010-03-18T10:57:15.182-05:00

Looking good kiddo!! We're so proud of you for the work you're putting into this. You may want to put a couple of the buckets we talked about in the hoophouse. Your unwanted "guests" may like the peanut butter better than your greens. Dad

Good luck with this years growing season. Mice are...

2010-03-18T08:34:44.053-05:00

Good luck with this years growing season. Mice are a tough creature to control. Hopefully with warm weather approaching they will find another haven to dwell in.

I got the conduit at Lowe's :( Associated Lum...

2010-03-17T21:42:19.083-05:00

I got the conduit at Lowe's :( Associated Lumber may have it, and there is an electrical supply place across from Goodwill on 13 W Cdale, and another on Industrial Park, but I needed mine on a Sunday when they are closed. Not sure how much more $, but you won't need many unless your doing a large area. You can get the smallest diameter (3/8, I think) as it is relatively rigid, and they only need to be every 5-6 feet with the reduced risk of heavy snow. As for bending it, it will crimp, so you have to inch along the entire length, except for about 8-10 inches on each end which will be pushed into the ground. With respect to a bender, you need two firm, stationary objects that are offset by about 5-6 inches. A person attempting the "Union County" method might use the conveniently located (chest high) fork of a hackberry tree.

Yep Four Season Harvest! Today I took a half day f...

2010-03-16T22:04:33.338-05:00

Yep Four Season Harvest! Today I took a half day from work and went out into the garden and cleaned up the raised box beds. It is still too wet here for the rest of the garden to do anything with. I also set up some onion bulbs (later than I had planned on setting some up but I had an attack of laziness). Bill is drilling some holes in a plastic tub for me and I'm planting red potatoes. Oh how I wish I could take tomorrow off too there is so much to still do!

We are discussing the Four season harvest method. I will tell him about the conduit pricing. Where were you getting it at?

Hooray for moldy brains in the plastic sense!

2010-03-10T00:27:56.461-06:00

Hooray for moldy brains in the plastic sense!

Stephanie, How's it going? Great to hear you&...

2010-03-08T19:49:49.037-06:00

Stephanie,

How's it going? Great to hear you're trying this out, too. The official study will run for three years, so that data may be a while, but I would love to talk about my unofficial results/lessons learned thus far.
If you're interested in starting right away, let me know. There is a really cool article about the "quick hoops" developed by Elliott Coleman (see the link below). Is it his book that you're reading?
The 10-foot conduit sticks cost about $2.00, and if you're creative you can come up with a way to bend them without buying the bender.
Let me know what you think.

http://www.motherearthnews.com/Organic-Gardening/Low-Tunnels-Quick-Hoops.aspx?page=1

I am currently reading a book about four season ha...

2010-03-04T20:17:54.103-06:00

I am currently reading a book about four season harvesting that discusses this and I am extremely interested in the application albeit on a smaller scale. I'd love to hear about the data when it comes in.

i don't know my telephone number but you kiss ...

2010-02-28T23:07:29.561-06:00

i don't know my telephone number
but you kiss good
and i'd like to see you tomorrow ...

one of the best opening lines in music history.

Yep and my parents live on Mulberry Dr right off o...

2010-01-24T22:03:25.636-06:00

Yep and my parents live on Mulberry Dr right off of Ment. :)

KC, I seriously considered stressing that I was fr...

2010-01-23T23:50:27.944-06:00

KC,
I seriously considered stressing that I was from the Soybean Capital Of The World (as cosmo as it gets), but any connection to ADM & their GMO research could get me in trouble here...shhhh.
We should have plenty of eggs within 2 mos., so we're gonna need some bacon.