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Located in rural Scotland, Connecticut, Brown Farm is dedicated to providing high-quality farm products and lifelong learning services. Take a look at our events page to view upcoming farmers markets and other events where you’ll find us!

Find our produce at the Willimantic Farmers Market every Saturday from the end of May through October!

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Photo dump, farm highlights from the last month or

Photo dump, farm highlights from the last month or so (or at least what I remembered to take a picture of). Painted the old rabbitry into a new seed starting shack with cheerful sunshine and juicy rainbows. Got the second cat tunnel up, then decided to move it. Got the bebe plants in the tunnel covered, but still have to prune the figs. I’ve checked on neither since the rollercoaster of temps bottomed out: It’s like Schrödinger’s cat - overwinter flowers edition.

Early November photo dump. Got tulips in the gro

Early November photo dump.

Got tulips in the ground as soon as the irrigation trenches were filled (check out that subsoil next to the beds- it was on top of the beds🙃)

Planted garlic. BAMFin seed this year.
Used my leek dibbler. Dude I love this thing. Ive planted leeks, sweet potatoes, daffodils and now garlic. In the last pic- the first set of boards were to adjust the depth for daffodils (I still had to dig out each dibble alittle for the bulbs but still better than a trench) and I added the last board for the garlic depth.

Harvesting turnips for the root cellar. I’m really good at harvesting one type of root crop every year waaaay after markets. This year it’s turnips 🥳

Selfie setting rebar for cat tunnel number two. Woot woot. Got them in before the ground froze.

@softwarefarmer #thebigdig #tootiredproject

@softwarefarmer #thebigdig #tootiredproject

The perfect cut flower for your favorite Shield Ma

The perfect cut flower for your favorite Shield Maiden. #zuluwarrior #prickly

Aurora hot peppers; sexy and spicy 🌶 I’ll hav

Aurora hot peppers; sexy and spicy 🌶 I’ll have whole plants already hung with jute in a variety of sizes @willifarmersmarket tomorrow! Hang in your kitch and let her dry naturally and you’ll have hot peppers in gold, orange, white, red and purple for Autumn and Winter, warming you up from the inside out.

#spicylikeme #itsfallmotherfuckers

This photo pretty much sums up the season 🌻no

This photo pretty much sums up the season
🌻no one has the support/help they need (plants and farmer alike)
🌻by August end there’s no clear path/direction - just keep going
🌻flowers are taking over
🌻a single picture on Instagram doesn’t ever tell the whole story, but hopefully when I look back on this photo in the Winter I’ll long for the lushness of Summer; the weeds, sweat, blood, and tears a distant memory.

I/we/you made it to September. It’s going to be ok. #itsbeenreal

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Winter squash curing time! The personal butternut

Winter squash curing time! The personal butternut #cutestshitever

Fresh happiness dropped off @willimanticfoodcoop t

Fresh happiness dropped off @willimanticfoodcoop this morning! #makesomeonesday #ctflowers

I didn’t think my love and enthusiasm for @wild_

I didn’t think my love and enthusiasm for @wild_garden_seed lettuce could be surpassed. (Many a customer has not expected to embark on a 10 minute conversation when they ask “what kind of lettuce is this?” ) but here is the Mrihani x Opal F4 Basil population and I’m crushing on her hard 😍 The diversity of leaf shapes, textures, color, the FRAGRANCE. #swoon A little slow out the gate, but so worth the wait. #basilloversunite

I was ready to give up on finding the perfect red

I was ready to give up on finding the perfect red cherry tomato. Seriously, over the years I’ve only at best found mediocre. This year I tried two- one of them is the holy grail. Meet Sweet Aperitif! Sweet, tomato-y, and you can fit like 24 in your mouth at one time. Also, she fruits like I farm - chaos-trusses! All directions all the time! Fruits in my hand are Pink Princess and Honey Drop with the Sweet Aperitif in the middle: the #threemusketeers and probably the only cherries I’ll ever need.
Special shout-out to the Hoss harvest bucket STRAPS- I use these babies for EVERYTHING (including my rice sack filled with trellis clips!) #simplesolutions #farmsmart #tomatotalktuesday

If only I had realized I needed to harvest tomatoe

If only I had realized I needed to harvest tomatoes BEFORE market today 🙄 at least they’re finally coming in faster than I can eat them. #opalka #pastetomatobaby

Somehow only got a few pics of the bouquets I drop

Somehow only got a few pics of the bouquets I dropped off @willimanticfoodcoop this morning but there were so many different ones this week including Peach Vibes and one that yells Pomegranate Cocktail. Also some zinnia and #cosmoslove 🤪 #getflowers #localflowers

Just look at it. I love leeks. #igrewdis

Just look at it. I love leeks. #igrewdis

Brought in a few of the smaller garlic heads for p

Brought in a few of the smaller garlic heads for pizza tonight…. Dude those pink blushy hues 😍

Blooms. @willifarmersmarket 8-12. Also I have othe

Blooms. @willifarmersmarket 8-12. Also I have other things…but flowers are so photogenic. #amiright

When you don’t have paths, you throw the harvest

When you don’t have paths, you throw the harvest.

If you buy squash or cucumbers from me Saturday @willifarmersmarket know that I was a good parent who played catch with her kids even though it’s July, even if it was with cucurbits😜

#playwithyourfood #noonegothurt

Finally finished harvesting and hanging garlic. Th

Finally finished harvesting and hanging garlic. The fencing that the bulbs hang on extends another 7 feet behind the row cover. Safe to say I now know my limit for how much garlic I can handle in a season. Nearly 2,000 heads here.

#abitmuchmaybe
#butgarlic #icouldnthelpmyself
#heartctgrown #smallfarms #garliclovers

Just dropped off bouquets @willimanticfoodcoop ! M

Just dropped off bouquets @willimanticfoodcoop ! Make your week at least 10x better by having flowers in it 😉 #treatyourself #surprisesomeone #romanticwillimantic #heartctgrown #grownnotflown

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