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• Posted by: Misplaced Gardener on May 18th, 2013 at 10:38 am

  Gardening in the yard is very rewarding. Keep up the good work.

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• Posted by: Backyard Grower on March 31st, 2013 at 11:46 am

  Pretty flowers! Voted.

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• Posted by: Wong88 on March 31st, 2013 at 08:35 am

  Best Wishes to the Farmer of the Day!

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• Posted by: Backyard Grower on December 9th, 2012 at 06:50 am

  Beautiful flowers! Voted.

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• Posted by: Red Hill Hollow on October 28th, 2012 at 09:49 am

  Town Flower Farm, how did you do with the sale of your place?

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• Posted by: Town Flower Farm on August 11th, 2012 at 11:15 am

  so, after months of working on the place, our house with it's .23 acres (Town Flower Farm) is for sale and our first showing is next Tuesday. It took some doing to find a realtor that would buy into marketing it as an urban farm. Most felt it would be more likely to put off potential buyers. I'm thinking it will narrow the field down to only those buyers that won't be put off by the gardens and the nice piles of compost and kindling. My dream home would be a townhouse in downtown Portland with a flat roof so we could put in a rooftop garden with a bird feeder and bird bath. We'll trade in squirrels for pigeons and I'll still have a Town Flower Farm.

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• Posted by: Town Flower Farm on June 20th, 2012 at 10:41 am

  Here's a few photos of late spring and first day of summer. The farm will soon go on the market, we've nearly finished reworking the inside, making it ready to show.

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• Posted by: Town Flower Farm on May 16th, 2012 at 06:56 am

  here's a few photos of our Maine spring 2012. It's been the best spring ever, long and slow, cool and damp enough. we did have a really early warm spell that lasted 4 days and nights, it shut the maple syrup season off a month early. most farmers here knew not to bee fooled and didn't plant early, but we could have. I put in peas in April which is a little early usually, the lilacs are bountiful.

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• Posted by: Town Flower Farm on May 9th, 2012 at 09:27 am

  an excerpt from Lewiston/Auburn Magazine latest issue. This is a great time to be and urban farmer in Auburn.
  Currently, the LA community is experiencing a surge in urban farming, similar to the movements happening around the country as depicted in ''Growing Cities'', a documentary film to be released later this year that examines the role of urban farming in America and pursues the power it can have to revitalize our cities and change the way we eat. We have the opportunity to join this movement and bring our food back into our control.
  
  The LA community is strategically positioned to connect leaders in the local food and farming movement to create a sustainable urban food hub in the downtown. The immigrant population that has established their farming practice locally, along with Good Food for Lewiston-Auburn, St. Mary's Nutrition Center, Lots to Gardens, local farmers markets, and others have been building the local food and agricultural economy for over a decade. The groundwork is in place for a sustainable indoor farming model that would provide an urban food center and result in food security and greater local economic benefit. Many people across the two cities want cost effective, healthy, local food available. This model provides a bridge to connect food, culture, economy and sustainability in a holistic reuse of an existing structure. Bates Mill 5 and advances in technology bring this exciting potential to life.

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• Posted by: Town Flower Farm on May 9th, 2012 at 09:02 am

  We are enjoying a long slow spring here in Auburn, Maine. Apple, blackberry and strawberries are blooming, rhubarb is tall and thick, herbs and pea pods are in the ground. Swiss Chard and Spinach seed will go in this weekend. The bouquet flowers are coming up, forget me nots, violets, various groundcovers are filling in with flowers. The bulbs were early and beautiful this year, tulips, hyacinths etc. I sold my gold jewelry and bought 3 yards of mulch and 2 yards of compost. Now that is real wealth. 5 yards of food for the gardens looked wonderful in my driveway. It'll look much better after it's all spread.

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