Meet our Members ~ Front Yard Farm

REGENERATIVE FARMING

HANDCRAFTED POTTERY

KELLY WHEELER + CHRIS ALLARD

For Kelly and Chris, their Front Yard was just the start! They still grow a large market garden in our Front Yard but have since put up several greenhouses and built more gardens on their lower property.  The gardens in the front yard were started with a technique called sheet mulching. This technique smothers the existing grass with organic matter that composts in place creating a thick layer of healthy soil. They scavenged people's leaf piles, harassed tree workers for wood chips, collected goat manure, whatever we could get our hands on. Their greenhouses are built on land that was not suited to agriculture. Kelly and Chris turned that unproductive land into one of their more productive spaces on the farm

Kelly started diving into pottery in 2019 and has been throwing pots ever since. In any of her "free time" you'll find her in the studio. Kelly and Chris produce unique handmade pottery for sale at our honor system farm stand from April to October. Our stoneware is dishwasher, microwave, and food safe. We use all lead-free glazes. Stop by the farmstand during the season for fresh veggies from the field and fresh pots from the kiln!