Back to Roots Urban Farm

11/19/2024

As 2024 approaches its final months, we just wanted to say we are extremely grateful for all the support from the community over the years! We will continue our mission on and off of social media. Our page will be temporarily disabled within the next few days as we take a break from social media for a period of time.

11/02/2024

If you have leaves that aren't sprayed and are bagged, we will still come by and take them.

As we convert to a food forest we are accepting all leaves from local residents that are:

-from yards not sprayed with pesticides
-no trash bagged with the leaves
-leaves must be bagged

You can drop them off at our farm by the fence next to the garage at 2s462 RT 59 here in Warrenville at your leisure as well.
We will pick up the leaves free of charge for use within our permaculture systems. Message me here or text/call 630-696-5448 with details.

10/14/2024

It will be cold tonight so bring in your sensitive plants. If you still have pepper plants pull them up and trim them up, you can keep them dormant for next year and get early peppers next year. Peppers are perennials in warmer climates and can live 4 to 6 years. This is beneficial when you have delicious snacking peppers that aren't heirloom. Harvested ginger and turmeric to overwinter for next year.

09/24/2024

As we convert to a food forest we are accepting all leaves from local residents that are:

-from yards not sprayed with pesticides
-no trash bagged with the leaves
-leaves must be bagged

You can drop them off at our farm by the fence next to the garage at 2s462 RT 59 here in Warrenville at your leisure as well.
We will pick up the leaves free of charge for use within our permaculture systems. Message me here or text/call 630-696-5448 with details.

08/01/2024

Pictures for the album. These gorgeous flowers are from our 1st year Passiflora Incarnata or Maypop Passionflower. It is a beautiful Native perennial vine that creates edible maypop fruit as well as feeding the pollinators!

06/27/2024

Adding some photos to the album! The high tunnels are really growing with this heat!

06/15/2024

Adding photos to the album.

05/30/2024

Enjoying some freshly foraged strawberries from our strawberry patch. Strawberries are native to North America. They grow very easily and taste way better than store bought bitter strawberries. Grow some strawberries in a pot or in the ground as they are very versatile. You won't regret it.

05/12/2024

Disclaimer: Apologies for the wall of text.

Our farm and goals moving forward! Many have been asking about our vegetable production this year. Unfortunately we wont be hosting Farmer's markets going forward. We want to promote local food by connecting people to their food, through their plants.

Here on the farm we are working towards becoming a not-for-profit donation-based food forest in the future that may be opened up to the community. We have about 21 fruit trees and over 35 berries on site with plans for many other medicinal plants/native plants to be added(we are open to bartering for cuttings/propogations in the future as we devolop).

On our farm side of things, we have shrunk our traditional farming down to a fraction of the size mainly to create generational heirloom seeds for selling seedlings each year on the profit side of our LLC. We may be open during the spring each year as a nursery, hosting vegetable seedlings and native plant seedlings as well. A lot is in the works.

Follow us on here and our Next-door page as well as we plan to transition off of Facebook before the end of this year. Thank you to everyone who supports what we are doing as we couldn't do this without you, the community!

Live simply, farm honestly.

Sincerely, Farmer Josh, Back to Roots Urban Farm.

05/12/2024

Happy Mother's Day, We are open! Our last plant sale for the season is today, Sunday 12th 1pm-6pm. We will have a DEAL for BUY 2 GET 1 FREE of equal or lesser value which will count for every pair of like items on the order, no limit. I Look forward to seeing everyone this weekend and Happy Mother's day to all the Moms out there! Back to Roots Urban Farm will be closed for the season after today's plant sale.

Call or text (630)696-5448 for more information.

***No holds. First come first served.***

Location: 2s462 State Route 59 Warrenville, IL 60555

Payment accepted:
We can only accept cash/zelle/venmo/PayPal. No cards.

Plant Info:
Tomato 🍅 plants are acclimated down to 26 degrees in a greenhouse, and already flowering. Seeds can be saved from heirloom varieties each year and replanted. Expect tomatoes potentially within 3-6 weeks after planting.

Peppers🫑 are flowering and ready for planting and pollinated by our solitary bee hives. Many of the pepper plants are already producing peppers. Expect peppers potentially within 4-6 weeks after planting.

We will have the following:

🍅Tomatoes: $12 each or $20 for 2
Cherokee purple beefsteak heirloom
Kakao beefsteak hybrid
Galahad beefsteak hybrid
Yellow brandywine beefsteak Heirloom
Sungold cherry hybrid *low acidity, fruity*
Black strawberry cherry heirloom
Valencia Slicing heirloom
Yellow pear cherry heirloom *low acidity, fruity*
Small Red cherry heirloom
Roma heirloom
San Marzano heirloom *paste tomatoes*

🫑Peppers: $8 each or 2 for $12
California wonder bell heirloom
Mini bell pepper snackers heirloom
Lunchbox peppers orange, yellow, red hybrid
Poblano
Jimmy Nardello

🌶Hot peppers: $8 each or 2 for $12
Habanero heirloom
Santa fe
Sweet red marconi **Favorite sweet heat**
Cayenne heirloom **Medicinial uses**
Serrano heirloom

🍆Eggplant: $8 each or $5 for Smaller plants
Hybrid Nadia eggplant **Great for making healthy dips**

Ground Cherries: $8 each
Aunt Molly's ground cherries heirloom
*Sweet Tomatillos*

Artichokes: $8 each
Heirloom artichokes
*can be a perennial if mulched or covered before winter, beautiful purple flowers*

We look forward to seeing you there and thank you for supporting local small farmers and producers!

05/11/2024

4 years in the ground and we will have paw paws this year! Excited to try these!

05/11/2024

Our last plant sale for the spring is today and tomorrow, Saturday/Sunday May 11th and 12th 1pm-6pm. We will have a DEAL for BUY 2 GET 1 FREE of equal or lesser value which will count for every pair of like items on the order, no limit. I Look forward to seeing everyone this weekend and Happy Mother's day to all the Moms out there!

Call or text (630)696-5448 for more information.

***No holds. First come first served.***

Location: 2s462 State Route 59 Warrenville, IL 60555

Payment accepted:
We can only accept cash/zelle/venmo/PayPal. No cards.

Plant Info:
Tomato 🍅 plants are acclimated down to 26 degrees in a greenhouse, and already flowering. Seeds can be saved from heirloom varieties each year and replanted. Expect tomatoes potentially within 3-6 weeks after planting.

Peppers🫑 are flowering and ready for planting and pollinated by our solitary bee hives. Many of the pepper plants are already producing peppers. Expect peppers potentially within 4-6 weeks after planting.

We will have the following:

🍅Tomatoes: $12 each or $20 for 2
Cherokee purple beefsteak heirloom
Kakao beefsteak hybrid
Galahad beefsteak hybrid
Yellow brandywine beefsteak Heirloom
Sungold cherry hybrid *low acidity, fruity*
Black strawberry cherry heirloom
Valencia Slicing heirloom
Yellow pear cherry heirloom *low acidity, fruity*
Small Red cherry heirloom
Roma heirloom
San Marzano heirloom *paste tomatoes*

🫑Peppers: $8 each or 2 for $12
California wonder bell heirloom
Mini bell pepper snackers heirloom
Lunchbox peppers orange, yellow, red hybrid
Poblano
Jimmy Nardello

🌶Hot peppers: $8 each or 2 for $12
Habanero heirloom
Santa fe
Sweet red marconi **Favorite sweet heat**
Cayenne heirloom **Medicinial uses**
Serrano heirloom

🍆Eggplant: $8 each or $5 for Smaller plants
Hybrid Nadia eggplant **Great for making healthy dips**

Ground Cherries: $8 each
Aunt Molly's ground cherries heirloom
*Sweet Tomatillos*

Artichokes: $8 each
Heirloom artichokes
*can be a perennial if mulched or covered before winter, beautiful purple flowers*

We look forward to seeing you there and thank you for supporting local small farmers and producers!