Preserving and Promoting Traditional Farming
At Tumbledown Farm, our purpose is
- to preserve and re-publish
the primary sources of knowledge about 19th and early 20th century
farming
- to rediscover the best of
traditional farming skills and techniques
- to increase the number of
diversified farms
- to gather a community of
support for those who want to learn how to farm in the old ways, and
- to create a network of
experimental field stations to provide advice for the
creation of sustainable, suburban micro-farms

Tumbledown
Farm is a virtual haven, a place to learn and explore 19th and early
20th century farms. ...a place to sow and grow "contrary"
dreams.
Check out what's
new in the Tumbledown
Farm Library: Soil Management (Farm Management, Chapter X)
Ready to plant tomatoes?
We've added a page to our resources, how to do EVERYTHING
tomato
in the garden. Assuming that you planted some last fall,
winter
wheat will begin to grow soon. Warmer days are just around
the
corner. Also new to the site is a resource page on
growing Jerusalem
artichokes (Sunchokes) in the garden,
which will show you the whole process, start to finish. Why
not
plan on adding Jerusalem artichokes to your garden rotation this year?
We've added a new Gardening
Calendar to the site. The calendar is specific to
Indianapolis (and similar Midwest climes) and will be updated monthly.
Already we have included the planting dates for most common
vegetables. As we become aware of other such calendars we'll
create and post a list of recommended online gardening calendars.
Do you use Google for calendaring? Click here to
add our gardening recommendations to your personal calendar!

Spring has finally sprung at Tumbledown Farm. The daffodils
are blooming, the peas are sprouting, the broccoli is now a few inches
tall. The strawberries
have once again been planted too early
into ground that was worked too early, churning the heavy, wet
clay into a consistency better for throwing pottery than growing tender
fruit. Now that the ground has dried, it is as if the tiny plants
were encased in cement. Yet they always seem to survive the
abuse--and eventually even thrive. Why don't you drop a few
lines with some
photos to share your favorite signs of spring and share some the of the
heartaches too? Surely everything is not bliss on your green
acres. Then again, if it is 70 degrees and the sun is
shining, who can really complain?
Indianapolis
Area Farms and Farmer's Markets: Local and Organic Food
Sources (Map)
Do you have a favorite farmer's market?
Send us a
description, photos, and contact information. Together, we'll
map
and describe the very best sources of locally grown food for
communities across the U.S. (and beyond).
Here's what we're reading
this month. An e-book, for a troglodyte. Go figure.
Watch for the book review on the Tumbledown Farmer's blog.
Get the book
and read it on
the Amazon Kindle (and almost any other book you want for
$9.95). The device is simply amazing. We
love it. 200 books always in our hands. Haven't
stopped reading since it arrived. 'nuf said!
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