Jim and Peter's Farm

10/05/2023

Refresh your wardrobe or just come to hang out!

DONATIONS:
Donations not required to attend! We are accepting clothing and usable items of all kinds, even toys and non-perishable foods. If you want to bring an item that requires heavy lifting, DM us first. Leftovers will be donated to community orgs!

VOLUNTEERS:
Please DM if you'd like to volunteer! - Help sorting donations throughout the event as they arrive
- A few drivers needed who can help take some donations in their car to mutual aid orgs for drop-off

04/16/2023

11/26/2022

Shop small + local for your 2023 veggies, herbs, and flower bouquets grown using regenerative practices, harvested at the peak of freshness at our Detroit urban farm.

Weekly CSA subscriptions available now at

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10/24/2022

Hey Hamtramck! This year we’re taking on new snow shoveling clients for residential homes & small apartments. Each time it snows we’ll come and shovel the entryways, sidewalks, mailbox area, and whatever else we discuss.
We apply Calcium Chloride rather than salt - safer for your pets and the environment. Email jimandpetersfarm@gmail or DM ❄️

We’re also a part of a larger snow co-op that has its roster full for the season, so if you see us around Detroit don’t be surprised!

10/19/2022

Today we pulled a 30’ bed of flowers that were done for the season, saved seeds, and planted 430 garlic cloves in their place 🐎

10/07/2022

Here’s our rented backyard we’ve slowly transformed over the last two years.
In addition to farming we love making gardens with edible landscaping, thriving ecosystems, and using plants to create tiny rooms. We’ve noticed more native wildlife visiting our yard, like a ton native bee species, orioles, goldfinch, predatory wasps, and swallowtail butterflies. It sounds so different at night with all these lil dudes chirping away, compared to a few years ago 💚

09/02/2022

The dahlias are finally here full force! This Pink Gingham is one of our favorites. We started these tubers indoors way back in April and they’ve been babied in a hoop house all year. 💖

Catch these in our edible flower bouquets at Palmer Park Farmers Market next Wednesday (9/7) from 4:30-7:30pm!

08/25/2022

Flower pics from tonight’s edible bouquets at Palmer Park Farmers Market 💛

Detroit & Hamtramck grown from seed with no pesticides or sprays, just compost & worm castings. We grow all of our edible flowers to the same standards as our veggies in regards to food safety.

Soon we’ll begin to prep beds on the new farm for soil remediation sunflower growing next year. We were hoping to start that this year, but with so little time left it’s better to wait. We’ll also plant some early season cold hardy flowers and cover crops that will help uptake lead and won’t be eaten.

07/09/2022

Cauliflower is finally harvestable! We sold some at HOPE Village Farmers Market last week and should have more ripening over the next few weeks.

Reach out to us directly if you want to purchase a box-full o’ produce.

06/29/2022

🍒 Tart Cherries are available at $4 per half pint! These are amazing for baking & cooking & eating (if you like sour candy). Get them from us in Hamtramck this week, or at HOPE Village Farmers Market today from 3:30pm-7pm.

Local Chefs get a deal if bought by the pound!

We’ve been taking care of these forgotten Cherry trees lately - clearing w**d trees around them and pruning off dead branches. We love to give back to nature, since it gives so much to us.

Photo 2: Fresh tart cherries, garlic scapes, yarrow, hyssop, thyme, oregano, and olive oil. Placed under chicken skin and bbq’d on smoky cherry wood. 🍒

06/04/2022

🌈 In honor of Pride Month, our “Rainbow Loveliness” Dianthus decided to bloom for the first time since we started it last Spring. They are so fragrant and beautiful 🥲

Keep an eye out for these and other Dianthus in our Edible Flower clamshells at the market, or in bouquets!

06/01/2022

We will be here on Wednesdays! Come and buy our produce today 🥬

Greens:
Arugula, Spinach, Swiss Chard, Kale, Collards, Spicy Salad Mix

Herb Bunches:
Green Onion, Green Garlic, Cilantro, Peppermint, Chocolate Mint, Fennel, Thyme/Sage

Edible Flowers:
Dames Rocket, Fleabane, Roses, Red Clover

Don't miss it - the Hope Village Farmers Market opening day is today!!! There might be a slight rain delay, but the market will go on! See you later today!!!

05/25/2022

Eastern Market, Shed 2, Saturdays 8am-1pm ✨

03/22/2022

Spring is here and I can’t wait to see thirsty pollinators on our flowers again!

Don’t forget to check out our CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) options for weekly produce and bouquets this summer 💐🥒🌶

Support your local Detroit farmers and reserve your subscription!
https://www.jimandpetersfarm.com/csa-info

03/14/2022

We’ve put down about 32 trays of seeds by now for both our personal garden and the farm. Over 80 varieties planted, and plenty more to go 😅

01/23/2022

🌸 CSA SIGN-UP 🌼
Our website is now active!
Sign up for food, flower, or combo CSA's today.

https://www.jimandpetersfarm.com/

01/20/2022

These black nebula carrots were one of our favorite veggies we grew last year! (And one little red rainbow baby here). They’re slightly less sweet than orange carrots and we loved them so much more for roasting and savory recipes. We hope you’ll love them too, because we already bought the seeds for this coming year ✅

These would also be amazing for juicing, the super dark black/purple juice turns bright pink when an acid is added

01/20/2022

Keep on the lookout for CSA news soon 🌱

We’ve been staying busy with farm math, spreadsheets, mapping, seed buying and planning for the coming season. Lots of color coordination and timing to keep organized!

01/06/2022

Hover Fly being a helpful pollinator on a False Sunflower in August 🪰🌼

01/04/2022

Inside this Gladiolus is a Paper Wasp. They eat garden pests and help pollinate when snacking on nectar. With little to no hairs, they’re less efficient pollinators than bees, but they are still beneficial insects to keep around 🔪🐛

11/08/2021

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11/02/2021

Working with Brother Nature Produce has been incredible this year. We’re excited to see what more we can accomplish cooperatively in the future 💚🌻🤎

10/23/2021

Wheelbarrow, Oh Wheelbarrow, how long have I forsaken you?
Yet now you serve me with endless loads of mulch, compost, and organic matter…
Wheeled from bed, to pile, to garden pathway and beyond.
What, perhaps, could occur if I chained thine wheels to a lawnmower motor? 🤔

10/15/2021

First lil harvest of the French Breakfast Radishes!
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Also on the way are the Champion Radish, Watermelon Radish, and mixed colored Beets!

09/26/2021

Went on a quest in the woods and found some chickens 🍄🍽

06/20/2021

Over here glueing flowers to tomatoes & making mini bouquets from our lil garden at home. 🍅🌾🌼

Now for some bittersweet news. Last month we lost access to the land we planned to farm on, due to circumstances outside of our control. We haven’t posted any farm updates because there’s been a lot to sort through emotionally and logistically. It’s been valuable to take time to regroup and replan.

Lately we’ve been helping a new community garden in Hamtramck get up and running. Check out Community Healing Garden on Harold and Alpena 💞

05/16/2021

We had to build mini greenhouses outdoors for seed starting this year, after spider mites took over our house a couple months ago ~ so having healthy transplants feels especially good right now.
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Nasturtiums, Bunny Tails, Calendula, Parris Romaine, and Four Seasons Lettuce ~ almost ready to transplant!