The Feral Field
@theferalfield.bsky.social
Small diversified flower & vegetable farm
in Brighton, MI 🌱
Growing unconventionally since 2017 🐛
We offer bouquet subscriptions & DIY 🌸
Follow us for farm stand & market updates
& photos of flora & fauna! 🐝
https://theferalfield.com/
in Brighton, MI 🌱
Growing unconventionally since 2017 🐛
We offer bouquet subscriptions & DIY 🌸
Follow us for farm stand & market updates
& photos of flora & fauna! 🐝
https://theferalfield.com/
I don’t think I ever shared a photo of our new farm stand here! Here’s a pic of it from last week, before the first snowfall. The stand was both constructed & painted by Lansing, MI artist Tom Phillips.
November 11, 2025 at 4:39 PM
I don’t think I ever shared a photo of our new farm stand here! Here’s a pic of it from last week, before the first snowfall. The stand was both constructed & painted by Lansing, MI artist Tom Phillips.
I always take a pic of the season’s first handful of cherry tomatoes, which this year came on 8/20. (Late!) They’re just not ripening, & other people have been telling me theirs aren’t either. Sure, my toms got early blight & the deer have cropped them a few times, but… www.mlive.com/news/grand-r...
August 21, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I always take a pic of the season’s first handful of cherry tomatoes, which this year came on 8/20. (Late!) They’re just not ripening, & other people have been telling me theirs aren’t either. Sure, my toms got early blight & the deer have cropped them a few times, but… www.mlive.com/news/grand-r...
First monarch caterpillar sighting of the year! This one is tiny, about the length of my pinky fingernail.
The milkweed in my front garden bed looks awful & I would love to rip
it out for aesthetic reasons, but there it will stay.
The milkweed in my front garden bed looks awful & I would love to rip
it out for aesthetic reasons, but there it will stay.
July 20, 2025 at 10:34 PM
First monarch caterpillar sighting of the year! This one is tiny, about the length of my pinky fingernail.
The milkweed in my front garden bed looks awful & I would love to rip
it out for aesthetic reasons, but there it will stay.
The milkweed in my front garden bed looks awful & I would love to rip
it out for aesthetic reasons, but there it will stay.
Just found out today is #WorldSnakeDay so I’m joining in the celebration. I’ve seen more garter snakes on our little farm than anywhere else ever—I think they nest under our deck! Here is a portrait I took of one sunning on a log shortly after we moved in. 🐍
July 16, 2025 at 6:56 PM
Just found out today is #WorldSnakeDay so I’m joining in the celebration. I’ve seen more garter snakes on our little farm than anywhere else ever—I think they nest under our deck! Here is a portrait I took of one sunning on a log shortly after we moved in. 🐍
Glad I got the garlic harvested before the rain. This year’s crop was grown with seed sourced from Northwoods Farm and Skill in Michigan, as well as some we saved ourselves.
I’ll be hanging these to cure in our barn’s loft, & after that I’ll bundle them with dried flowers & herbs. 🌸🧄🌿
I’ll be hanging these to cure in our barn’s loft, & after that I’ll bundle them with dried flowers & herbs. 🌸🧄🌿
July 16, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Glad I got the garlic harvested before the rain. This year’s crop was grown with seed sourced from Northwoods Farm and Skill in Michigan, as well as some we saved ourselves.
I’ll be hanging these to cure in our barn’s loft, & after that I’ll bundle them with dried flowers & herbs. 🌸🧄🌿
I’ll be hanging these to cure in our barn’s loft, & after that I’ll bundle them with dried flowers & herbs. 🌸🧄🌿
🌞 Happy Summer Solstice 🌞 from the wasp mantidfly, which isn’t a wasp or a mantid but is definitely my new favorite #insect
Seen here on one of our sweet pepper plants.
Seen here on one of our sweet pepper plants.
June 20, 2025 at 2:39 PM
🌞 Happy Summer Solstice 🌞 from the wasp mantidfly, which isn’t a wasp or a mantid but is definitely my new favorite #insect
Seen here on one of our sweet pepper plants.
Seen here on one of our sweet pepper plants.
Why keep geese when wild ones will do the trick? Currently three couples with three goslings each are raising their babes here, & they mow through at least 3 times a day.
Our vineyard just got planted, plz excuse the mess! (& don’t mind the sound of our radon removal system.) #farming
Our vineyard just got planted, plz excuse the mess! (& don’t mind the sound of our radon removal system.) #farming
June 5, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Why keep geese when wild ones will do the trick? Currently three couples with three goslings each are raising their babes here, & they mow through at least 3 times a day.
Our vineyard just got planted, plz excuse the mess! (& don’t mind the sound of our radon removal system.) #farming
Our vineyard just got planted, plz excuse the mess! (& don’t mind the sound of our radon removal system.) #farming
This spring I have been keeping a record of “firsts.” The first pea flowers of the season opened today. Also saw the first purslane sprout & the first earwig. #June
June 4, 2025 at 11:22 PM
This spring I have been keeping a record of “firsts.” The first pea flowers of the season opened today. Also saw the first purslane sprout & the first earwig. #June
Meant to do this 😉…latest bouquet
June 2, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Meant to do this 😉…latest bouquet
Iris season 💜🤍💛
This is the only variety I have & they are some my mother-in-law dug up & gave me—no tag. I don’t know a lot about irises, so if anyone knows what kind they are, plz do tell! #irises #flowers #bloomscrolling
This is the only variety I have & they are some my mother-in-law dug up & gave me—no tag. I don’t know a lot about irises, so if anyone knows what kind they are, plz do tell! #irises #flowers #bloomscrolling
May 30, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Iris season 💜🤍💛
This is the only variety I have & they are some my mother-in-law dug up & gave me—no tag. I don’t know a lot about irises, so if anyone knows what kind they are, plz do tell! #irises #flowers #bloomscrolling
This is the only variety I have & they are some my mother-in-law dug up & gave me—no tag. I don’t know a lot about irises, so if anyone knows what kind they are, plz do tell! #irises #flowers #bloomscrolling
A deep drink. (If anyone can ID this little wing, I’d appreciate it!) #butterfly #bloomscrolling
May 27, 2025 at 10:11 PM
A deep drink. (If anyone can ID this little wing, I’d appreciate it!) #butterfly #bloomscrolling
Happy World Turtle Day! We are bordered by marshes so get lots of shelled visitors on our farm, from freshly hatched painted turtles to elderly snappers.
May 23, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Happy World Turtle Day! We are bordered by marshes so get lots of shelled visitors on our farm, from freshly hatched painted turtles to elderly snappers.
Enter the ranunculus portal ✨
May 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Enter the ranunculus portal ✨
This is a close-up of one of the varieties I have but I don’t remember the name. I will find out! It has so many layers of petals.
May 19, 2025 at 9:18 PM
This is a close-up of one of the varieties I have but I don’t remember the name. I will find out! It has so many layers of petals.
Also: radishes! (More to come)
May 19, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Also: radishes! (More to come)
It’s morel season! We’re fortunate to have a patch very close by. 😉 Do you know any good morel recipes?
May 19, 2025 at 3:37 PM
It’s morel season! We’re fortunate to have a patch very close by. 😉 Do you know any good morel recipes?
Now that’s more like it. 8” stem, flower still unfurling. (Much better than 2” stems!)
May 15, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Now that’s more like it. 8” stem, flower still unfurling. (Much better than 2” stems!)
Happy Mother’s Day weekend! We’re at the Brighton Farmers Market today w/ tulips, bouquets, rhubarb, & fresh herbs. Our 💐subscriptions are 5% off for one more day—treat mom to a summer full of flowers!
Market runs til 1 in the City’s Municipal Parking Lot, 200 N. First Street, Brighton, MI.
Market runs til 1 in the City’s Municipal Parking Lot, 200 N. First Street, Brighton, MI.
May 10, 2025 at 12:33 PM
Happy Mother’s Day weekend! We’re at the Brighton Farmers Market today w/ tulips, bouquets, rhubarb, & fresh herbs. Our 💐subscriptions are 5% off for one more day—treat mom to a summer full of flowers!
Market runs til 1 in the City’s Municipal Parking Lot, 200 N. First Street, Brighton, MI.
Market runs til 1 in the City’s Municipal Parking Lot, 200 N. First Street, Brighton, MI.
Preppin’ for the farmer’s market tomorrow. Some of my tulips, flowering branches from the wild cherry in the yard, motherwort from a little spot I’ve been visiting for years, stock from Red Cardinal farm in South Lyon. Soundtrack courtesy of The Mars Volta: “Mito de los trece cielos” 💐
May 9, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Preppin’ for the farmer’s market tomorrow. Some of my tulips, flowering branches from the wild cherry in the yard, motherwort from a little spot I’ve been visiting for years, stock from Red Cardinal farm in South Lyon. Soundtrack courtesy of The Mars Volta: “Mito de los trece cielos” 💐
The tulips are almost done, but I’m still harvesting these beauties. Viridiflora “Virichic” 🌷
May 7, 2025 at 2:41 PM
The tulips are almost done, but I’m still harvesting these beauties. Viridiflora “Virichic” 🌷
Look closer ✨🌷✨
Tulip “La Belle Epoque”)
Tulip “La Belle Epoque”)
May 5, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Look closer ✨🌷✨
Tulip “La Belle Epoque”)
Tulip “La Belle Epoque”)
Farm stand bouquet. Spring flowers might be my favorites 😍
April 30, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Farm stand bouquet. Spring flowers might be my favorites 😍
The farm stand is open for the first time this season, & we’ve got pretties for sale ✨🌷✨
April 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
The farm stand is open for the first time this season, & we’ve got pretties for sale ✨🌷✨
Was hoping for 12 inch stem length on these babes, but so far it’s more like 2 🙃
April 25, 2025 at 7:24 PM
Was hoping for 12 inch stem length on these babes, but so far it’s more like 2 🙃