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Dew Point Farm We are a microfarm in Columbus, Georgia, with a goal of getting our vegetables to all, including tho Some might argue it’s actually just a big garden. It’s not.
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DEW POINT FARM IS a tiny little place — a microfarm or a pocket farm, or, if you prefer, a farmlet — in Columbus, Georgia. In all, it’s about .07 acres and encompasses two small fields. We grow food primarily for farmers markets with a particular eye to getting our vegetables on the plates of people who struggle to access fresh food for economic or geographic reasons. WHERE IS IT? In MidTown Colum

bus. Specifically, it’s in the East Highland neighborhood, just outside of the Weracoba-St. Elmo historic district. For locals trying to place it, we’re a few blocks from Hannan Elementary and Buck Ice & Coal Co. Unlike Buck Ice, though, our product is touched by human hands. WHAT DO YOU GROW? Staple market-garden crops: tomatoes, peppers, turnips, collards, carrots, beets, eggplant, green beans, sweet potatoes, and the like. We dabble with dried beans, fennel, herbs for tea, and other crops as the mood strikes and space permits. We like root vegetables because they’re very shelf stable. WHY IS SHELF-STABLE IMPORTANT? Aside from just liking farming, we built Dew Point for two reasons: First, the city (the county! the country!) needs more growers; even farmers will tell you that. Second, we are trying to combat food insecurity in various pockets of Columbus. Among the people we hope will buy our produce are folks who may not have consistent access to refrigerators. For them to consider buying fresh food, that food must be shelf-stable. We want much of our produce to be able to sit at room temperature for a few days, until they have a chance to cook it. CAN I BUY THE FOOD YOU GROW? Yes and please! We primarily sell at MercyMed’s Farmstand Friday market. It’s open to everyone, but also allows SNAP or food-stamp customers to double their buying power. But full-price customers are not taking food away from others who need it. There’s plenty to go around. We should have a booth at MercyMed by early May and will return every week through the fall. Local restaurants also buy our food, including, most-significantly, The Food Mill, whose mission closely aligns with ours. Grabbing lunch from them often means you’re buying our produce. (Also, they make darn good food.) ARE YOU AN ORGANIC FARM? Dew Point is a Certified Naturally Grown farm, which is, in essence, organically grown food without the expensive and laborious USDA organic certification. But, as we had to spot-treat privet and kudzu with chemicals before we started growing, we are considered a “transitional” CNG farm through 2022. CAN I TAKE A TOUR? Let’s get through ‘rona first, but sure. We hope to do annual open-house “farm days” for the neighborhood, with a cookout or somesuch when it’s safer. We also hope to work out field trips for small classes with area schools, but a lack of both parking and bathrooms are two big challenges there. Stay tuned. DO YOU HAVE OATS AND P*S AND CHICKENS AND JUNK? Nope, it’s just too small a space. Also, animals require a level of attention that’s over and above what even finicky crops demand. They’re also troublemakers that rightly don’t like being penned in and inevitably find a way out. The farm’s neighbors have chickens, though, so it sounds like a storybook farm. The neighbors are also beekeepers whose little flying friends help pollinate our crops. DO YOU NEED HELP? From time to time we love to have volunteers help us stay ahead of the weeds. Keep an eye on the website or our page for the whens and wheres. IS THIS A COMMUNITY GARDEN? This is a private farm, and we discourage you from harvesting the food from Dew Point Farm. 🙂 We don’t make a living wage doing this; it’s a passion project. We only aspire to earn enough to pay the bills and then maybe a bit more to compensate us for our time. Operating it as a private farm gives us more incentive to make it successful and to push our yields. The lack of that incentive is why many community gardens wither after just a season or two.

Brad's latest column for Columbus and the Valley is a real, um, feather in his cap... The whole story at the link.
08/11/2024

Brad's latest column for Columbus and the Valley is a real, um, feather in his cap... The whole story at the link.

Sow it Grows

Is it boring, or is it cool? Birdwatching, I mean. Or just “birding” to those in the cool camp. It’s a hipster trend, championed by both writer Jonathan Franzen and Dakota Johnson’s lovable wreck in “Daddio.” A poll of women ranked it as an ideal hobby for a partner, not far below cooking, playing a guitar and hiking. But a social psychology journal’s findings disagreed, with its study finding it nearly as dull a pastime as watching television or smoking.

Me, I was just trying to grow food on our empty field.
And then there was a loud screech in the sky, and I looked up with wonder to see a hawk, not just flying but in flight from two measly little mockingbirds who were darting to and fro, fearlessly chasing it away, effectively shooting a middle talon at the big boy. It was a Cooper’s hawk, I would learn. There are two of them who frequent the fly zone above our little urban farm.

In truth, this wasn’t my first avian rodeo. My wife, Jenn, has been birding for years, and often I’m standing alongside her, trying to shoot pictures of the rare Flying Wallenda or whatnot that someone’s spotted at Oxbow’s north application field. But it was an eye-opening event for what I might see and hear while just at work in the field every day.

Read more here: https://issuu.com/columbusandthevalley.com/docs/nd24_cvm_lr/30

The houses on our street are so close that I can read my neighbor’s magazine — at the same time as him. There’ve been ti...
17/09/2024

The houses on our street are so close that I can read my neighbor’s magazine — at the same time as him. There’ve been times when three homeowners have been on our respective front porches, all having one conversation with each other.

What I’m saying is, we don’t have a big yard.

^^^ That's from Brad's latest column in Columbus and the Valley Magazine, exploring "found spaces" for growing food in small yards. Read the whole thing here: https://issuu.com/columbusandthevalley.com/docs/linkedso24_cvm_lr/60

"There are people who pride themselves on keeping gas-powered tools running. They are fine people who garner my awe and ...
11/07/2024

"There are people who pride themselves on keeping gas-powered tools running. They are fine people who garner my awe and respect, and I will never stand among them."

My latest "Sow It Grows" column is in the latest issue of Columbus and the Valley Magazine now! I call it All Hail Our Electric Overlords, and it starts on page 49.

Read July/August 2024 Columbus and the Valley by Sales Assistant on Issuu and browse thousands of other publications on our platform. Start here!

Yup.
03/07/2024

Yup.

Y'all. There's 86 more pounds of our delicious Galahad slicing tomatoes on the shelves at The Food Mill, fresh from the ...
01/07/2024

Y'all. There's 86 more pounds of our delicious Galahad slicing tomatoes on the shelves at The Food Mill, fresh from the field — and ranging from full-on red to just blushing from yellow, for anyone who likes to look at 'em for a few days first. :)

27/06/2024

Join us for a FREE 4-Week Nutrition Class! Learn healthy eating on a budget, get delicious recipes, master reading food labels, and enjoy cooking demos! 🥗👩‍🍳

📅 Tuesdays: July 9, 16, 23, 30
🕒 3-5 PM
📍 The Food Mill: 3718 2nd Ave

Sign up now by emailing Lauren Demko at [email protected].

Just dropped off our first big harvest of slicer tomatoes at The Food Mill! Nearly 60 pound of the biggest, juiciest red...
24/06/2024

Just dropped off our first big harvest of slicer tomatoes at The Food Mill! Nearly 60 pound of the biggest, juiciest red beauties you've ever seen! Go on, get it! ... Also stocked: cucumbers, cantaloupe, and spaghetti squash.

24/06/2024
We didn't think we'd have enough of these beauties to share, but boy howdy, they've come on like gangbusters! Minnesota ...
17/06/2024

We didn't think we'd have enough of these beauties to share, but boy howdy, they've come on like gangbusters! Minnesota midget melons are little round melons, like the sweetest little cantaloupe you've ever tasted! Nearly 30 lbs delivered to The Food Mill this morning. Get 'em while you can!

Made our first produce drop of the year to The Food Mill Columbus, with fresh cucumbers, as much kale as you can cram in...
21/05/2024

Made our first produce drop of the year to The Food Mill Columbus, with fresh cucumbers, as much kale as you can cram in your gob, and some fresh dill that they've turned into a lovely sauce for today's lunch special. Go get it while it's at its freshest! We also added some more of our homemade grapevine wreaths for your home decor needs!

Brad's new "Sow It Grows" column, in the latest Columbus and the Valley Magazine is out!"One of the tried and true one-l...
17/05/2024

Brad's new "Sow It Grows" column, in the latest Columbus and the Valley Magazine is out!

"One of the tried and true one-liners about home gardening is where a practiced grower tells a newbie, “Tomatoes! Start with those. They’re the gateway drug!” ... But tomatoes are a bad first choice for someone just starting."

A preview and link are below, and the full article is available for free in the online edition, on page 45.

One of the tried and true one-liners about home gardening is where a practiced grower tells a newbie, “Tomatoes! Start with those. They’re the gateway drug!” I get it. The seeds or plants are readily available, you can grow a single plant in a pot and it’ll flower and fruit, and tomatoes off...

09/04/2024

Impress your friends by letting them know these wreaths are woven from local grape vines — *real* grapes, not that musca...
29/03/2024

Impress your friends by letting them know these wreaths are woven from local grape vines — *real* grapes, not that muscadine trash, LOL. These are from a variety called black Spanish grapes, bred in Texas to withstand the hot climate of the Southeast. (Also, the grapes make fantastic jelly, but we're not selling any of that!)

Beautiful wreaths hand-made from the Grape 🍇 vines by Brad and Jenn at Dew Point Farm
Only $8
Just in time for Easter 🐣
Stop by and pick one up before they are gone ❤️❤️❤️

This is why we do it, y'all. We love us some South Columbus Elementary School!
21/03/2024

This is why we do it, y'all. We love us some South Columbus Elementary School!

Hey all, it's Brad. I've started a gardening/food-growing column for Columbus and the Valley Magazine, by which I mean I...
10/03/2024

Hey all, it's Brad. I've started a gardening/food-growing column for Columbus and the Valley Magazine, by which I mean I pick Jenn's brain about actual useful information and then write it in a way that's hopefully still useful. Or at least amusing. ... The debut piece is in the just-released ish (fittingly, the magazine's annual Green Issue). Deets below. And maybe best of all, we're calling it "Sow It Grows" — with a tip of the hat to Mssr Vonnegut.

When Columbus and the Valley Magazine approached me about writing a bimonthly column, I was trepidatious. After all, I’d force-fed people a music column in the Ledger-Enquirer for six years and a pop-culture column for three years after that. People had seen and heard enough from me, I thought. Ad...

I mean, don't just go eat *anything* in your yard. But Dew Point Farm's Jenn and Brad will share how they converted thei...
19/01/2024

I mean, don't just go eat *anything* in your yard. But Dew Point Farm's Jenn and Brad will share how they converted their tiny little lawn into a veritable fruit factory, despite having a lawn that's essentially the size of a postage stamp. Be astounded at the diversity of fruit — blackberries! persimmons! blueberries! grapes! (real ones, not that muscadine trash) — they produce. If nothing else, come get some free seeds. It's 11 a.m. January 27 at the Chattahoochee Valley Libraries Main Branch.

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