Your Florida source for backyard Chickens, Ducks, Red Wiggler worms, Growboxes and MORE!
Funky Chicken Farm is your central Florida Sustainable Living source for chicks of all types of poultry and adult birds when available. Live poultry only. We supply composting worms, worm composters, Growboxes, Classes and Workshops on how to create a very productive web of life in your own backyard.
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Picking up chicks or other farm animals?? BRING A BOX or PET CARRIER
May 15, 2012 Farm Update
Hello Everyone,
Spring is over and it was great to meet new and returning customers at Funky Chicken Farm. Andrew and I would like to say a big “Thank You” for being returning customers. The level of knowledge about how to grow food, whether it comes from chickens or from the garden, has increased dramatically all over Florida in the last three years. Those who just started learning are gaining the experience of having done it. Good for you! And you can only build on what you've learned so stick with it. Every season brings its own rewards, challenges, and satisfaction.
Summertime temps are just around the corner and May is the time to get those heat loving vegetables planted. Suzanne has just updated the seed list for summer. ALL of the varieties listed can be planted in May. New seed offerings this year are four types of watermelon and a Canary Melon which is a cantaloupe. A few others to choose from are Scarlet Runner Beans, Florida Speckled Butterbean, Vinca flowers, Caribbean Red Habanero peppers, Jalapeno peppers, and Anaheim chilis. On the list are 3 types of mustard greens which are Florida Broadleaf, Red Giant, and Southern Giant. Its time to plant the cherry tomato types and we have Tiny Tim Cherry, Black Cherry, Yellow Pear, and Large Red Cherry. The large tomato types will not set fruit during our hot summers. All are available in our Funky Town Farm Stand, at the Brevard County Farmers market every Thursday from 3-7pm, or make your selections from the list. Instructions for how to order are on the seed lists of which there are two. One is for checking off the varieties desired to order, the other is the description that is on the seed package.
We will be hosting weekday tours for groups until the temperatures reach 90 degrees which is just around the corner. If your group is interested, please schedule with Suzanne asap.
Stay cool,
Suzanne and Andrew
POULTRY: Available now! Please bring a box or carriers when picking up poultry!
They are here!!!! Chicks have arrived. Awesome egg layers are available. Here are the varieties we have available now.
If you are considering getting a flock together now is the time!
ALWAYS Call Andrew at 321-505-4227 to make appt to come to farm. Leave a message as to what you are looking for if he doesn't answer right away.
Also available are:
4 Week old Black Australorp, Black Giant, Americana
2 week old Rhode Island Red, Gold Sex Links, Barred Rocks and Buff Orpington chicks.
10 weeks old French Guinea chicks,
11 week old Buff Ducklings, Fawn & White Indian Runner Ducklings
13 week old White Embden Geese
Days old Turkey chicks, various breeds.
NOTE: Days old chicks need heat until they are fully feathered.
Chicken eggs available for hatching. Teachers, please reserve hatching eggs ahead of time.
Red Wiggler Composting Worms available now. Place order with Suzanne and arrange time for pickup at farm. Orders can also be picked up at Brevard County Farmers Market on Thursdays from 3-7pm. $30 per pound.
Here are the next round of workshops on the calendar.
Growbox Workshop, $35 Saturdays at 11am. Or schedule with Suzanne for Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday. RSVP with Suzanne at 321-505-4066
Worm Composting Workshop $70. Schedule with Suzanne for Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday, or Sunday morning.
Raising Backyard Poultry, $30. Andrew teaches you how to raise your backyard poultry. Coops, feeding, breeds, answer all your questions. Call Andrew to arrange time. 321-505-4227.
Beginning Gardening: Tuesday Evenings at 6pm. $10 per person. RSVP with Suzanne at 321-505-4066
Farm Tour Most Sundays at 2pm. $6 per person, RSVP with Suzanne
Tie Dye workshop Learn to dye using Procion dyes. Bright colors! Groups of 6 or more. Schedule with Suzanne
NEW! Solar Cooker Plans, $20. I am offering plans to build an All Season Solar Cooker created by Jim La Joie, that is adjustable for any time of year at any latitude, . Easy to build and it works great. I use mine often. Order with Suzanne at 321-505-4066
NEW! Rain Barrel Valve sets $10. Build your own rain barrel easily.
Funky Town Farm Stand is open to the public from 10 am to 6pm daily. We request that you call before coming to the farm as we often run errands or host workshops. We sell heirloom seeds, local honey, soaps, balms, tie dyed clothing, rabbit meat when available, eggs when available, Zone 9 Planting Chart, Growboxes, Worm Composters, the Growbox: Guide to Making Self-Watering Containers, Bunny Berries, Worms Castings, Bandees, Scent Pots, Bee Feeders, Solar Cooker Plans. Please do not go wandering about the farm without the escort of Suzanne or Andrew. Please respect our privacy. Call us on the cell if you cannot see us or honk the horn.
Skin Balms that we make at the farm include Crusty Man Balm, Auntie Mae's Allover Beauty Balm, Lemongrass Bug and Beauty Balm, 'dual purpose', and NEW Ruthy's Granny Grease, Peaceful Patchouli ! Skin balms are made with beeswax, coconut oil and olive oil. Also, Local Orange Blossom and Wildflower Honey, all offered in the farm stand we call Funky Town!
NEW Bug Master Bugg Off. Its an all natural bug repellant using essential oils of Lemongrass, Citronella, and Neem oil.
Growboxes
Want to have a garden but don't want to dig up the yard? Tired of spending lots of money to put in a garden and not getting good yields? Soil in Florida is sandy. It doesn't hold the amount of moisture or nutrients that veggie plants need to thrive. Growboxes are easier and cheaper than trying to 'buy' good soil and landscaping timbers and wasted water on the water bill. Suzanne came up with a design to create your own self watering container for growing awesome veggies. Are you tired of the sand, the ants in the garden, weeds, not enough water, too much water, not enough organic matter, nematodes? Suzanne now uses the Growbox to grow most all the veggies in her garden. HYDROGANIC... you are still getting all the benefits of soil and soil organisms. The Growbox contains the nutrients and they don't wash away. They stay inside the box at the rootzone where nutrients need to be. Works great with worm tea as your nutrient source for an organic, closed system, food web. She teaches workshops and has a book on CD on how to make your own so you can make as many as you want! Open schedule so give her a call to take a workshop at your convenience. 321-505-4066
Funky Chicken Farm is Andrew Malone, Poultry Master, and Suzanne Richmond, Growbox Gardener, Vermicomposter, sustainable living advocate, Small Farms networker, writer for Orlando Gardening Examiner, Freelance Writer for Demand Studios, E-How.com, GardenGuides.com, home brewer of mead, fabric dyer, jewelry creator. Located at 3510 Hield Rd. Melbourne, Florida 32904 MAP Check out the side menu bar for more interesting verbage, slide shows, a place to donate cash to buy Andrew some shoes and Suzanne a small Tractor with a front loader. Boy the things we could accomplish with that!
Read 60+ articles on Central Florida Gardening and Small Farms at www.examiner.com and look up Suzanne Richmond for a complete list. You may also subscribe to receive articles as they are written.
See Menu Bar at left for other interesting pages.
Picking up chicks or other farm animals?? BRING A BOX or PET CARRIER
May 15, 2012 Farm Update
Hello Everyone,
Spring is over and it was great to meet new and returning customers at Funky Chicken Farm. Andrew and I would like to say a big “Thank You” for being returning customers. The level of knowledge about how to grow food, whether it comes from chickens or from the garden, has increased dramatically all over Florida in the last three years. Those who just started learning are gaining the experience of having done it. Good for you! And you can only build on what you've learned so stick with it. Every season brings its own rewards, challenges, and satisfaction.
Summertime temps are just around the corner and May is the time to get those heat loving vegetables planted. Suzanne has just updated the seed list for summer. ALL of the varieties listed can be planted in May. New seed offerings this year are four types of watermelon and a Canary Melon which is a cantaloupe. A few others to choose from are Scarlet Runner Beans, Florida Speckled Butterbean, Vinca flowers, Caribbean Red Habanero peppers, Jalapeno peppers, and Anaheim chilis. On the list are 3 types of mustard greens which are Florida Broadleaf, Red Giant, and Southern Giant. Its time to plant the cherry tomato types and we have Tiny Tim Cherry, Black Cherry, Yellow Pear, and Large Red Cherry. The large tomato types will not set fruit during our hot summers. All are available in our Funky Town Farm Stand, at the Brevard County Farmers market every Thursday from 3-7pm, or make your selections from the list. Instructions for how to order are on the seed lists of which there are two. One is for checking off the varieties desired to order, the other is the description that is on the seed package.
We will be hosting weekday tours for groups until the temperatures reach 90 degrees which is just around the corner. If your group is interested, please schedule with Suzanne asap.
Stay cool,
Suzanne and Andrew
POULTRY: Available now! Please bring a box or carriers when picking up poultry!
They are here!!!! Chicks have arrived. Awesome egg layers are available. Here are the varieties we have available now.
If you are considering getting a flock together now is the time!
ALWAYS Call Andrew at 321-505-4227 to make appt to come to farm. Leave a message as to what you are looking for if he doesn't answer right away.
Also available are:
4 Week old Black Australorp, Black Giant, Americana
2 week old Rhode Island Red, Gold Sex Links, Barred Rocks and Buff Orpington chicks.
10 weeks old French Guinea chicks,
11 week old Buff Ducklings, Fawn & White Indian Runner Ducklings
13 week old White Embden Geese
Days old Turkey chicks, various breeds.
NOTE: Days old chicks need heat until they are fully feathered.
Chicken eggs available for hatching. Teachers, please reserve hatching eggs ahead of time.
Red Wiggler Composting Worms available now. Place order with Suzanne and arrange time for pickup at farm. Orders can also be picked up at Brevard County Farmers Market on Thursdays from 3-7pm. $30 per pound.
Here are the next round of workshops on the calendar.
Growbox Workshop, $35 Saturdays at 11am. Or schedule with Suzanne for Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday. RSVP with Suzanne at 321-505-4066
Worm Composting Workshop $70. Schedule with Suzanne for Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday, or Sunday morning.
Raising Backyard Poultry, $30. Andrew teaches you how to raise your backyard poultry. Coops, feeding, breeds, answer all your questions. Call Andrew to arrange time. 321-505-4227.
Beginning Gardening: Tuesday Evenings at 6pm. $10 per person. RSVP with Suzanne at 321-505-4066
Farm Tour Most Sundays at 2pm. $6 per person, RSVP with Suzanne
Tie Dye workshop Learn to dye using Procion dyes. Bright colors! Groups of 6 or more. Schedule with Suzanne
NEW! Solar Cooker Plans, $20. I am offering plans to build an All Season Solar Cooker created by Jim La Joie, that is adjustable for any time of year at any latitude, . Easy to build and it works great. I use mine often. Order with Suzanne at 321-505-4066
NEW! Rain Barrel Valve sets $10. Build your own rain barrel easily.
Funky Town Farm Stand is open to the public from 10 am to 6pm daily. We request that you call before coming to the farm as we often run errands or host workshops. We sell heirloom seeds, local honey, soaps, balms, tie dyed clothing, rabbit meat when available, eggs when available, Zone 9 Planting Chart, Growboxes, Worm Composters, the Growbox: Guide to Making Self-Watering Containers, Bunny Berries, Worms Castings, Bandees, Scent Pots, Bee Feeders, Solar Cooker Plans. Please do not go wandering about the farm without the escort of Suzanne or Andrew. Please respect our privacy. Call us on the cell if you cannot see us or honk the horn.
Skin Balms that we make at the farm include Crusty Man Balm, Auntie Mae's Allover Beauty Balm, Lemongrass Bug and Beauty Balm, 'dual purpose', and NEW Ruthy's Granny Grease, Peaceful Patchouli ! Skin balms are made with beeswax, coconut oil and olive oil. Also, Local Orange Blossom and Wildflower Honey, all offered in the farm stand we call Funky Town!
NEW Bug Master Bugg Off. Its an all natural bug repellant using essential oils of Lemongrass, Citronella, and Neem oil.
Growboxes
Want to have a garden but don't want to dig up the yard? Tired of spending lots of money to put in a garden and not getting good yields? Soil in Florida is sandy. It doesn't hold the amount of moisture or nutrients that veggie plants need to thrive. Growboxes are easier and cheaper than trying to 'buy' good soil and landscaping timbers and wasted water on the water bill. Suzanne came up with a design to create your own self watering container for growing awesome veggies. Are you tired of the sand, the ants in the garden, weeds, not enough water, too much water, not enough organic matter, nematodes? Suzanne now uses the Growbox to grow most all the veggies in her garden. HYDROGANIC... you are still getting all the benefits of soil and soil organisms. The Growbox contains the nutrients and they don't wash away. They stay inside the box at the rootzone where nutrients need to be. Works great with worm tea as your nutrient source for an organic, closed system, food web. She teaches workshops and has a book on CD on how to make your own so you can make as many as you want! Open schedule so give her a call to take a workshop at your convenience. 321-505-4066
Funky Chicken Farm is Andrew Malone, Poultry Master, and Suzanne Richmond, Growbox Gardener, Vermicomposter, sustainable living advocate, Small Farms networker, writer for Orlando Gardening Examiner, Freelance Writer for Demand Studios, E-How.com, GardenGuides.com, home brewer of mead, fabric dyer, jewelry creator. Located at 3510 Hield Rd. Melbourne, Florida 32904 MAP Check out the side menu bar for more interesting verbage, slide shows, a place to donate cash to buy Andrew some shoes and Suzanne a small Tractor with a front loader. Boy the things we could accomplish with that!
Read 60+ articles on Central Florida Gardening and Small Farms at www.examiner.com and look up Suzanne Richmond for a complete list. You may also subscribe to receive articles as they are written.
