Frabby Farm

15/04/2025

We have had a lot going on lately, not just in our life but in the world in general. Our chickens were hunkered down safely and we headed out on an adventure to see the moon, sadly we thought we missed it and took the opportunity to enjoy the stars. We got a surprise right before heading out and the moon made an appearance! I figured I could bring a smile to your face and you could escape with us.

20/02/2025

Thank you for following our wild journey 🖤

04/02/2025

Starting to share where the weight loss, chickens, and MS all started.

07/01/2025

Behind the scene moments:

11/03/2024

We have been a little silent around here. We figured we would explain why a little bit more in this video. We hope you enjoy it and maybe find comfort in the fact that we all go through low moments and times of slowing down 🫶🏽

We have one last chance to rest and process our sadness before this year gets busy with Farm things. All in Gods timing and I couldn't have planned a better ...

13/02/2024

✨Our First Garden✨
After a lot of trips to gardens and farms, this was our first attempt at gardening. This was from seven years ago! We didn’t grow much, but we had a herb garden in the window and an 11’ cherry tomato plant! 😳🌱Don’t let your location keep you from moving towards your dreams. We mounted curtain rods and hung dollar tree galvanized steel containers with S hooks then got to work planting our garden. We also added a cute desk to have a creative space to feel immersed in our garden 😂🥰🪴

13/02/2024

✨Our First Garden✨
We want to continue sharing parts of our story with you in hopes that it will inspire you to reconnect with your food. This was our first attempt to garden when we lived on the third floor of our apartment complex. We had a successful herb garden and an 11ft cherry tomato plant. You can chase your dreams no matter where you live.

08/02/2024

You learned a lot about Abby last week,so now it’s my turn! Here are a few facts about Frank.

1. The only thing I love more than my wife is God and money 😅
2. The only sports I’ll watch are fighting sports 🥊
3. Farming is my dream 🧑🏼‍🌾
4. My favorite movie is Rocky
5. I love adventuring in nature 🗻
6. I married a Mexican for the food 🌮🫔
7. Gold panning is great
8. Born in 1991 in upstate New York
9. Favorite food is peanut butter and honey. 🍞🥜🍯
10. My favorite animal is an Otter 🦦

Swipe until the end to see a comparison of Frank and his grandpa!

01/02/2024

Hi my name is Abby. If we’re not already friends we should fix that. 😊🫶🏽 Here are a few of my favorite things to break the ice:
1. I love dressing up for life 🎩🫴🏽
2. I love doing my hair and helping others learn 🎀
3.I love making new friends and learning about their life👩🏽‍🤝‍👩🏼☕️
4.My favorite movie..s are Cinderella (both live remake and classic) and anything Audrey Hepburn/Grace Kelly. 🎬🦢
5. I love adventuring and finding new places ✈️
6. I’ve never cut my hair 😲
7. I love appreciating nature while I picnic then documenting it 🧀🍇🥖🍷🧺
8. I was born 1992 in Washington and promptly moved to Colorado at the ripe old age of two weeks 😂🫶🏽🏔️
9. Favorite food is everything especially French food 🥐🧀🍇🍾🐌🍟
10. Elephants and swans are the best animals 🐘🦢

22/01/2024

This is a favorite photo of mine. It was taken by my neighbor. This is was her view every time she exited her house last year. She gave me this photo because she was very happy and grateful for the beauty that the flowers brought to her little corner of the world.

I felt I did a very poor job of growing these flowers. I look at this photo and think “I should have thinned them more. I should have planted them earlier. I should have spaced my rows better. I should have planted a ground cover. I should have fertilized more.” But my neighbor did not see any of my criticisms, she just say pretty flowers that made her happy. These flowers went on to produce seeds that I ate and made me happy. The stems and leaves were composted into a garden bed which grew lettuce, which made some rabbits and chickens happy.

Overall, this picture reminds me that even when I’m being critical of myself the things I grow have a far reaching and positive effect, and that makes me happy.

21/01/2024

We started baking sourdough! I’m very excited for this (video coming soon). Sorry for the dirty cast iron, it didn’t like being heated to 500F.

I gotta admit, the 900 year wait time for that starter was worth it. The taste and texture is great, but I’m also learning a lot about the health benefits that come with sourdough. I’ve also fully fallen into the sourdough cycle, my life now revolved around feeding my sourdough, folding my bread, and prepping my next loaf. This is too much fun!

- Frank

19/01/2024

“The more you sweat in peace the less you bleed in war.”
When I was in the Army and the sheriff’s office I heard this quote more times than I could count. Being a fan of military history I’ve also heard this quote attributed to every well known military leader or group, from Sun Tzu to Alexander the Great, from the Spartan Hoplites to the Roman Legion. From what I can tell this exact phrasing came from General Norman Schwartzkopf, but most militaries seem to have adopted some phrasing of this maxim.

Even though I’ve transitioned into a more peaceful life, I still like this attitude, and I’ve found a new way to phrase it: “The more time spent in preparation, the less time is wasted in action.” This might not be totally new, but I googled it and nothing came up on the first page, so I’m claiming it!

I found out last year how important preparation can be. A lack of preparation came back to bite me many times. Gradually we formed lists and systems that allowed us to maximize the precious little time we had during our season. I am hoping this year will be different, I have calendars made, orders placed, and plans in place. Life has a way of messing up our plans, but we have plans for that too. Hopefully our preparation while we have time will mean we maximize our time when time is short!

- Frank