Preserving Traditional Farming and Gardening

At Tumbledown Farm, our purpose is
  • to preserve and re-publish the primary sources of knowledge about 19th and early 20th century farming and gardening
  • to rediscover the best of traditional farming and gardening 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 and garden in the old ways, and
  • to create a network of experimental field stations to provide advice for the creation of sustainable, suburban micro-farms

Jobs for Farmers

Dear Mr. President, While you are considering ways to create jobs by stimulating small business (both the creation of new businesses and new hiring by existing small businesses), please do not forget the sector of the economy that will produce the biggest bang in hiring (or working and producing, which isn't necessarily the same thing) for the smallest buck. I think you could more or less wipe out unemployment with a small investment in small farms.

Chapter V: Manure

EXCERPT: "MANURE is the most important factor in French gardening. The most suitable material is that from stables where the horses are bedded with straw. This, known as "long manure," should be brought into the garden in very fresh condition. There should be no peat, sawdust, shavings, or rubbish mixed with it."

A Steal! Earthway Seeder is on Sale at Amazon

Earthway Seeder On Sale!

I have only ever seen these at the local Feed and Seed for $100 or more. I used one for the first time this summer planting 50-foot rows of beans and peas. Wow!

Bicycle-Operated Corn Sheller and Grain Grinder

Global Cycle Solutions

MIT Effort Pays Off! A Portable, Sustainable, Human-Operated Solution

Web Sites:
http://www.globalcyclesolutions.com/
http://twitter.com/GlobalCycleSoln

Re: You Say Tomato

Tomato: Late Blight

You Say Tomato, I Say Agricultural Disaster By Op-Ed Contributor, DAN BARBER, Published: August 9, 2009 in the NY Times.

TV Series: 17th Century and 19th Century Farming

Tales from the Green Valley, Tales from the Victorian Farm

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