Holiday Farm Store Hours

Regular hours through Dec. 14

Wednesdays and Thursdays 4:00-7:00
Fridays and Saturdays 9:00-12:00

Special Hours

December 18 12:00-7:00

Closed December 19-26

In stock:

Apples

Applesauce

Apple Butter

Garlic

Butternut Squash

Acorn Squash

Microgreens

Pea Shoots

Salad Greens (as available to harvest)
Eggs (limited)

Beets

Apple Rings

Thanksgiving Special Hours

Extra Hours for Thanksgiving Week

Pick up some local for your turkey day feast. Stop by during the extra hours this week and grab some of the delicious, organic, local goods!!

Thanksgiving Week Hours

Tuesday 12:00-7:00
Wednesday 12:00-7:00
Thursday Closed
Friday 9:00-12:00
Saturday 9:00-12:00

Available at the Farm Store This Week

Garlic  NEW 1lb bags available
Heirloom Acorn Squash
Butternut Squash (excellent pumpkin substitute, and it doesn't come in a can)
Microgreens - Zesty Mix, Mizuna (mild)
Pea Shoots
Salad Greens - limited amount
Beets
Apples - Haralson (excellent cooking variety), Regent (my fav), Fireside, Honeygold NEW reduced packaging use  **Make sure to keep coming out for your apples while they are available, we are going to run out sooner than last year
Apple Butter
Applesauce

tips for the farm store

•bring your reusable bag please (there is a box of misc bags to use in case you forget)
•exact change cash or check please, drop in the honor box
•holler anytime with questions, my cell # is up in the store
•park so others can get around

Finding the Farm Store

11197 130th St, Madelia - Second driveway, with the farm sign by the road. Store is in the rounded quonset hut.

12 miles South of New Ulm - past the big S-curve, first left past Cty Rd 20, left on 130th St.
8 miles North of Madelia - next turn past the turn to Hanska, right on 130th
23 miles West of Mankato - cut over on 68, or buzz down 60 to Madelia and up on 15

Google Map

2 Pantry CSA Available!

Pantry CSA begins NEXT WEEK! November 20th is the first box for both Winter and Pantry CSA.

We have 2 spaces remaining for our Pantry CSA (Winter is sold out)

Email or text to reserve a share --> 507-412-7605 or info@alternativerootsfarm.com

Pantry CSA
Here are the details… 

•What’s in the Share: This share features our organic storage crops and canned items.
Apples, applesauce, apple butter, apple rings, acorn squash, butternut squash, garlic, onions, potatoes, beets, carrots.

•Cost: $95  -  please pay in full at the time of reservation, or make a deposit of $65, with $30 due by first box. Payment by cash, check or Venmo.

•Pick Up: Shooting to start Wednesday, November 20—the first of 4 pick ups. Pick up will be at the Farm Store, Wednesdays from 4:00-7:00 pm. Pick up will be once per month, approximately. Flexibility is a must, as we will line up with Winter CSA pick up as we are able (some folks do both). Boxes in Nov./Dec./Jan./Feb.

Reservation

Please email info@alternativerootsfarm.com or text 507-412-7605, to reserve your share and make sure there is one available. Then I will give you the sign up link.

Pick Up

Pick up of shares will be at the Farm Store - 11197 130th St. Madelia, MN 56062 - 23 miles West of Mankato, 12 miles South of New Ulm, 8 miles North of Madelia.
   •Wednesdays 4:00-7:00 pm
   •Thursdays 4:00-7:00 pm
   •Fridays 9:00 am-12:00pm
   •Saturdays 9:00-12:00pm

Notes

•Some folks to decide to get both shares.
•Other Items: When picking up at the Farm Store there will be other items you can add on to your share—eggs, raw apple cider, greens, etc. As pick up approaches we will offer reservation on eggs.
•Weather: In case of winter weather we may postpone pick up, or change the day that week.
•Your investment in a Pantry CSA Share gets you a discount on all these items and the best of our storage produce!

Order Your Holiday Apples!

For baking crisps and pies, baked oatmeal and baked apples, simply healthy snack for loved ones, family and guests over the holidays. Local apples are perfect to round out your holiday (and everyday) cooking.

Order table apples, or baking apples, for pick up at our on-farm store, or delivery by arrangement/availability. Please holler with any questions at all - info@alternativerootsfarm.com or text/call 507-412-7605. November dates are listed, Dec. dates will be added later on.

 ORDER HERE


••Table Apples (1st quality fresh eating apples)
••Baking Apples (2nd quality apples for processing, cooking (and fresh eating with some trimming))

Varieties in stock for holiday apple orders - Sweet Sixteen, McIntosh, Honeygold, Regent, Cortland, Haralson, Mystery 2, Connell Red/Fireside. Varieties are subject to availability.

Orders will be a mix, unless you have special requests, see order form.

••Table Apple Options
3lb bags $6.50 available in the farm store, no need to preorder
10lbs $20
20 lbs $38

••Baking Apple Options
10 lbs $10
20 lbs $17
Bushel (40 lbs) $37.50


ORDER HERE

Alternative Roots Farm Store & Hours

11197 130th St, Madelia
Many other items available for purchase at the farm store - garlic, acorn & butternut squash, eggs, raw apple cider, beets, microgreens, pea shoots, salad greens, applesauce, apple butter, dried apple rings.
Wednesdays 4:00-7:00
Thursdays 4:00-7:00
Fridays 9:00-12:00
Or by appt.


HOLLER WITH QUESTIONS! Thank you so very much!!

Apple Sale!

All 3 lb bags of apples are now only $6.50 (reg. $7.50)!!!
Sweet Sixteen and McIntosh on sale for $5, while supplies last.

Where to Purchase

ARF Farm Store: Wed. & Th. 4:00-7:00, Fri. 9:00-12:00

ORDER your holiday apples--10 & 20 lb bags, baking apples.

Now in stock:

Sweet Sixteen *get it before it's gone!
Haralson
Cortland
McIntosh
Regent
Connell Red  *get it before it's gone!
Fireside *get it before it's gone!
Mystery
Honeygold  *get it before it's gone!

Winter CSA Shares Available!

Read on for full details on Winter and Pantry CSA Shares! These run November through February (Pantry) or March (Winter), with pick up at the farm store, rural Madelia.

There are currently 3 Winter and 9 Pantry Shares available! Winter features our winter greens. Add on items will be available for purchase at the farm store at pick up (eggs, greens, etc.).

Winter CSA

Here are the details…

•What’s in the Share: This share features greens from our passive solar winter greenhouse, alongside storage crops and canned goods.

Apples, applesauce, apple butter, apple rings, baking apples, acorn squash, butternut squash, garlic, onions, beets, carrots, pea shoots, microgreens and salad greens.

•Cost: $285  -  please pay in full at the time of reservation, or make a deposit of $185, with $100 due by first box. Payment by cash, check or Venmo.

•Pick Up: Shooting to start Wednesday, November 20—the first of 7 pick ups. Pick up will be at the Farm Store, Wednesdays from 4:00-7:00 pm. Pick up will be every 2-3 weeks, approximately. This all depends on the growth of the salad greens. Flexibility is a must. Boxes in Nov./Dec./Jan.x2/Febx2/Mar.

Pantry CSA

Here are the details…

•What’s in the Share: This share features our organic storage crops and canned items.
Apples, applesauce, apple butter, apple rings, acorn squash, butternut squash, garlic, onions, potatoes, beets, carrots.

•Cost: $95  -  please pay in full at the time of reservation, or make a deposit of $65, with $30 due by first box. Payment by cash, check or Venmo.

•Pick Up: Shooting to start Wednesday, November 20—the first of 4 pick ups. Pick up will be at the Farm Store, Wednesdays from 4:00-7:00 pm. Pick up will be once per month, approximately. Flexibility is a must, as we will line up with Winter CSA pick up as we are able (some folks do both). Boxes in Nov./Dec./Jan./Feb.

Reservation

Please email info@alternativerootsfarm.com or text 507-412-7605, to reserve your share and make sure there is one available. Then I will give you the sign up link.

Pick Up

Pick up of shares will be at the Farm Store - 11197 130th St. Madelia, MN 56062 - 23 miles West of Mankato, 12 miles South of New Ulm, 8 miles North of Madelia.
   •Wednesdays 4:00-7:00 pm
   •Thursdays 4:00-7:00 pm
   •Fridays 9:00 am-12:00pm

Notes

•Some folks to decide to get both shares.

•Other Items: When picking up at the Farm Store there will be other items you can add on to your share—eggs, raw apple cider, greens, etc. As pick up approaches we will offer reservation on eggs.

•Weather: In case of winter weather we may postpone pick up, or change the day that week.

•Your investment in a Pantry CSA Share gets you a discount on all these items and the best of our storage produce!

NEW Apple Shares Available!

NEW Weekly or One-Time Pick Up options!!

Direct questions to info@alternativerootsfarm.com

Weekly Options 

ORDER HERE

Late Fall Apple Share  

4lb bag each week for 4 weeks  |  $36
Pick up at the farm store Wed or Th 4-7 pm, Fri 9-12 weekly (Oct. 30-Nov. 20)

Apple Lovers Weekly

3lb bag of apples each week + apple products  | $55
(apple butter x 1, apple cider x 2, apple rings x 2, applesauce x 1)
Pick up at the farm store Wed or Th 4-7 pm, Fri 9-12 weekly (Oct. 30-Nov. 20)

One Time Pick Up Options

Select the dates below or make an appointment. Don't want to come out weekly? Grab some apples to stock up for fresh eating, or for cooking, etc. Or, grab an Apple Lovers Share to get apples and apple products!

ORDER HERE

Winter Apple Share

10lb  |  $22
20lb  |  $40
Larger quantities may be ordered for $2/lb.

A mix of late-season storage apples that keep well for longer periods. Or we can stock you up on tart Haralsons for baking, etc.

Apple Lovers Share

A box with 4# bag of apples, 2 apple butter, 2 applesauce, apple rings.  $30

Dates For One Time Pick Ups

Saturday, October 26 :: last summer Mankato Farmers Market 8:00-12:00, Best Buy Lot
Wednesday, October 30 :: 4:00-7:00 pick up at the Farm (Fall CSA pick up day)
Saturday, November 9 :: 10:00-12:00 Winter Mankato Farmers Market, Drummers Garden Center
Wednesday, November 20 :: 4:00-7:00 pick up at the Farm (Thanksgiving Share)

More dates will be added as we go on, or make an appt!

Fall CSA Shares Available

Fall CSA Options   ::   Online Order Form

“Going to Alternative Roots Farm to pick up our Fall Share is something we really look forward to. It’s fun to see the animals! The vegetables are great and beautifully displayed. Heading out to the farm makes us “town folks” feel like we are part of the harvest season.” -Yvonne & Lee, CSA members

It’s that time of year again! Join us for our fourth season of Fall CSA. Enjoy the bounty of the season, fresh from the farm. This year our Fall Shares focus on the basics and best of the apple season.

In the past we have had a larger Full size, and a Mini Share; this year there is one more medium sized Fall Share and a new Apple Lovers Share. Join us for our Fall CSA, or swing by the Farm Store!

Fall CSA Shares are picked up at the farm between 4:00-7:00 pm on the dates specified.

Shares are done “market style” where you bag up your items—please bring your own container(s).


Wednesday, October 2  |  Hunter’s Moon Share  |  $45
Apples—fresh eating and baking, apple butter, applesauce, apple rings, acorn squash, butternut squash, garlic, onions, pea shoots, potatoes, kale/chard. Add on items will be available in the farm store.

Wednesday, October 30  |  Snow Moon Share  |  $45
Apples—fresh eating and baking, apple butter, applesauce, apple rings, acorn squash, butternut squash, garlic, onions, pea shoots/microgreens, kale/chard, potatoes. Add on items will be available in the farm store.

All items subject to availability, items may change based on abundance, or availability of other produce.

Apple Lovers Share  |  $30
Apples 4# bag, 2 apple butter, 2 applesauce, apple rings.

     Available Oct. 2 and 30, along with Fall CSA, or anytime in October by preorder appointment!

Online Order Form

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Apple Season Update 9/17

Now Available: 
Zestar!, Paula Red, Honeycrisp, Honeygold, Haralson, Cortland, Sweet Sixteen, McIntosh and Mystery apples. 

Apples are available at our Farm Store, at the Saturday Mankato Farmers Market and by contacting us directly and at the New Ulm Community Market.

Contact us at info@alternativerootsfarm.com - Sign up for our newsletter for updates!

Apples :: Honeygold

Late Season • Sweet

Ripens

Late September-Early October

Characteristics

A high quality apple that is crisp, juicy and sweet with a honey-like flavor. The apple is golden to yellow-green, with a reddish-bronze blush. Honeygold is great for fresh eating and cooking - it makes a no-sugar apple pie. Exceptional storage qualities.

History

Developed by the University of Minnesota as a Northern alternative to Golden Delicious. Introduced in 1970.

Parentage: Golden Delicious x Haralson.

Storage

Keeps 3-4 months, exceptional storage qualities.

Notes
Bruises very easily. A very winter hardy variety, said to be hardy to -50°.

Fresh Raw Cider Available!

NEW this season - fresh pressed, raw apple cider! Made with our organically grown apples. 

If you have never had fresh cider you will be amazed at the flavor and refreshing quality. (Processed apple juice is much different.) Crisp and clean tasting, it is a fall treat!

Available in half gallons for $7.00 - only at the Farm Store. More store info.

We press every 2-3 weeks and will post on facebook if we are out/back in stock, or contact us directly - info@alternativerootsfarm.com or text Brooke at 507-412-7605.

Apple Season Farm Store Hours

The A.R.F. Farm Store is now open! 

Store Hours

Wednesday 4:00-7:00

Thursday 4:00-7:00

Friday 9:00-12:00

Saturday 9:00-2:00 (mid-August-October)

Our farm is located 12 miles South of New Ulm, 23 miles West of Mankato and 8 miles North of Madelia, 1.5 miles off Hwy 15, at 11197 130th St, Madelia, MN 56062.

Turn in where you see our farm sign, and the open/closed sign; the Farm Store is located in the large rounded quonset hut.

What's in Store?

A mix of seasonal items, eggs and canned goods. Apples and apple cider during apple season! Summer greens - kale and chard - garlic, onions, cucumbers, basil and herbs, tomatoes - always changing with the seasons. During the winter (Oct-Mar) watch for baby winter salad greens, microgreens and pea shoots from our passive solar deep winter greenhouse.

Canned items include our ever popular no-sugar applesauce and apple butter, as well as strawberry jam, strawberry-rhubarb jam, and more.

Snapshot of mid-August: Apples, apple cider, eggs, cucumbers, zucchini, chard, kale, onions, basil, herbs, garlic, tomatoes, applesauce, apple butter, jams, herbal wellness.

Shopping Tips

•We take cash or check, please come prepared to pay exact change.
•Please bring reusable shopping bags to keep waste down. Plastic bags are available in store also.
•Contact us ahead of time for special orders, large orders, or out of hours appointments.

Now Picking Paula Red Apples!

Early Season • Sweet-tart

Ripens

Mid-late August

Characteristics

Paula Red apples are an attractive fruit with dusty red colored skin covered in gold spots and aromatic flesh. They have crisp white flesh that is juicy. The flavor is both sweet and tart, with a hint of cherry.  If you like McIntosh or Cortland give Paula Red a try. Uses: fresh eating, cooking, great for applesauce; mix in pies with another firmer apple.

History

Lewis Arrends discovered a Paula Red tree as a chance seedling in 1960 in Sparta, Michigan. He named the new variety after his wife Pauline. Paula Reds appeared on the market in 1968.

Offspring: .

Parentage: This variety is thought to have originated from mcIntosh, but its exact parentage is unknown.

Storage

2 months

Now Picking Zestar!

Now picking Zestar! apples! This is one of your favorites. Pick some up at the farm store or the Mankato Farmers' Market on Saturdays. It’s a great time of year to be eating local!

Zestar! Characteristics

A pleasing crisp texture, juicy, sweet-tart flavor with a hint of brown sugar. Skin is 60-85% red, where the sun hits it, contrasting with a creamy yellow skin. Round 3" diameter fruits. Excellent for fresh eating, storage varieties and great for cooking too.

Fall Apple Shares Now Available!

Fall Apple Shares Now Available!

Please holler at us with any and all questions!

Fall Apple Share

$54.00 :: 24 lbs/4 lb Bag x 6 weeks 

Beginning the first week of September

That's $2.25/lb, regularly $2.50/lb! Filled with standard and heirloom varieties, which change week-to-week - the best of what's in season. Last year we harvested over 20 varieties! Featuring organic & transitional organic apples hand-picked by your local apple farmers, John and Brooke. Weekly reminders will be sent out, along with nerdy apple information and recipes! 

Winter Apple Shares will be available later in the season. Applesauce and Apple Butter Shares are currently available.

Delivery: *Please pick an option that works for all 6 weeks.*

     (1) Wednesday @ the Farm 4:00-7:00 pm

     (2) Thursday @ the Farm 4:00-7:00 pm

     (3) Friday @ the Farm 9:00 am-Noon

     (4) Saturday @ the Farm 9:00 am-2:00 pm

     (5) Saturday @ the Mankato Farmers' Market 8:00 am-Noon

Reservation: complete the online ORDER FORM

Payment: Due at the time of reservation, cash or check please.

Farm Store Hours & New Items

We are so grateful to everyone who stopped to shop at our farm store in the first two weeks being open!! Folks enjoyed our first sales crop of raspberries, along with greens, eggs, jams and more.

Farm store is closed this week, but we'll re-open Wednesday August 7th with regular hours (below). Mid-August we'll add Saturday hours, for apple season!!

Watch for our FIRST APPLES OF THE SEASON next week! Pristine apples are delish!

Pristine are wonderfully tart, crisp, juicy and firm, with flavor and sweetness under the tartness.

What's Coming

Apples start with Pristine next week and continue regularly with Zestar! beginning mid-August. Watch for fresh garlic appearing over the next couple weeks. The first tomato has been picked, so tomatoes will be regular soon. Follow on facebook for updates!

Farm Store Hours

Wednesday 4:00-7:00
Thursday 4:00-7:00
Friday 9:00-12:00
Saturday *beginning August 17 9:00-2:00

Please come prepared to pay exact change cash or check. We're generally around, but the store runs on an honor system. Bring bags to keep plastic use down!

Farm Store Opening This Week!

Farm Store Opening Wednesday, July 17!!

Shop Wednesdays 4:00-7:00, Fridays 9:00-12:00

Alternative Roots Farm • 11197 130th St., Madelia

Raspberries available for a limited time, over the next couple weeks! Organic kale, chard, garlic scapes. Applesauce, apple butter, strawberry jam (limited!), strawberry rhubarb jam. Farm fresh eggs! More as the season moves on!!

We are excited to have you out to the farm!! Getting your food right from the source. We appreciate you supporting our family, and farm, in this way. And Leo appreciates fewer delivery drives! ;)

•Please come prepared with exact cash/check for the honor box.

•Please bring bags to keep plastic use down. Reduce reuse!

•Farm store is in the rounded quonset hut, the second driveway - pull in to park on the right, with overflow parking along the road.

Come see how the store has been updated!

Pick up a Garlic Scape Share at the store -  order here!!

What's a garlic scape?

Pick up your Fall Apple Share at the store -  order here!!

Coming Soon!

Farm Share Options Coming Soon!

We offer different share options that provide you with a discount on a little larger purchase of various items. Perfect for enjoying the best of each season and stocking the pantry or freezer!

Fall Apple Share Sign Up

Opening shortly! Beginning in September enjoy 6 weeks of seasonal organic/transitional organic apples. Pick up at the Saturday Mankato farmers market or on farm (12 miles South of New Ulm, 8 miles North of Madelia). More info: 2019 Shares.

$54.00 :: 24 lbs/4 lb Bag x 6 weeks

Tomato Shares

10 or 20 lbs boxes of organic, heirloom tomatoes for canning. For purchase during the season as available - join the wait list to be notified.

$28  ||  10 lbs  30% discount
$52  ||  20 lbs  35% discount

Pesto Shares

Includes 2 lbs of fresh, organic basil and 4 heads of organic garlic. Delivered as available in August/September. Eat it fresh and stock up your freezer.Add into scrambled eggs, pastas, spread on sandwiches or garlic bread or pizza. Delish! For purchase during the season as available - join the wait list to be notified.

$23.00  ||  2 lbs basil & 4 bulbs of garlic

Fall CSA Shares

Fall CSA Shares will be offered once in September, twice in October. Sign up for one, or all three, dates - coming soon. An on-farm market will also be available during Fall CSA pick up.

Full details coming soon!

Now Available!

Applesauce Shares  -  Apple Butter Shares

Applesauce Shares - A case of 12 quarts for $65. A popular option for the kiddos!

Apple Butter Shares - A six pack of butter to stock your pantry, $26.

Clean eating treats made with no extra sugar - just local honey!

Rhubarb time!

Spring is sprouting up, and blossoming forth, all over the place! That means it's almost rhubarb time!

This brief delicious season is the right time to enjoy rhubarb crisp, making jam and freezing chopped rhubarb for year-round use.

Rhubarb is chock full of vitamin C, fiber, vitamin K, and several B-complex vitamins, rhubarb is low in calories (about 13 per half-cup serving). However, because it is so tart, recipes often call for sweetener to be added, which can raise the amount of calories.

Rhubarb is excellent for canning and easy to freeze. Here are some rhubarb tips:

•One pound of fresh rhubarb = about 3 cups chopped or 2 cups cooked.
•Removing leaves and store rhubarb stalks in a plastic bag in the fridge for about a week. If stalks get limp, stand them in a cup of cold water for an hour.
•Not into canning? Chopped rhubarb can be frozen for up to six months (or so).
Because of its acidity, rhubarb will turn your pan brown unless you cook it in a stainless steel or enamel-coated cast iron (non-reactive pans).


Try a recipe or two!

Rhubarb-Yogurt Tart

Strawberry-Rhubarb Crisp Bars

Rhubarb Simple Syrup

Rhubarb Crisp

2019 Dirty Dozen//Clean Fifteen

It's time to print off a new Dirty Dozen/Clean Fifteen card for your wallet! This fantastic, quick and easy, guide offers a great reference where best to spend your organic grocery dollars, if you aren't able to go all in on organics (like most families on a budget).

Click over and Get the Guide

The Dirty Dozen is a list of the most highly contaminated fruits and veggies - buying these items organic is a higher priority, if you are working to keep your diet clean.

We are proud to bring you organic apples, as they are always a high-ranking item on the Dirty Dozen list. This year apples rank #5, alongside a couple other A.R.F. specialties kale (#3) and tomatoes (#10).

Apples

"Apples are generally near the top of EWG’s Dirty Dozen™ list because they contain an average of 4.4 pesticide residues, including some at high concentrations..."

"...most conventionally grown apples are drenched in diphenylamine, an antioxidant chemical treatment used to prevent the skin of apples in cold storage from developing brown or black patches..."

"The European officials' concerns center on the possible formation of nitrosamines on diphenylamine-treated fruit. Nitrosamines cause cancer in laboratory animals, and some studies have found that people who eat foods with nitrosamines have elevated rates of stomach and esophageal cancers."

Kale

"More Than Half of Kale Samples Tainted by Possibly Cancer-Causing Pesticide"

"Conventional kale farming relies heavily on the use of several synthetic pesticides, including Dacthal. The EPA’s 1995 classification of it as a possible carcinogen noted increases in liver and thyroid tumors. Dacthal can also cause other kinds of harm to the lungs, liver, kidney and thyroid."

Go Organic

We are proud to bring you clean-eating, local organic produce. We believe it is the best thing for a healthy lifestyle and a healthy environment. Reseach supports this.

"A French study published in December in JAMA Internal Medicine, a journal from the American Medical Association, found that among nearly 69,000 participants, those with the highest frequency of organic food consumption had 25 percent fewer cancers than individuals who did not eat organic food."

"...the most recent of several studies evaluating the impact of an organic diet found that after only six days of eating organic food, adults and children had on average a 60 percent reduction in the levels of synthetic pesticides measured in their urine..."

Read the full report

ISO Egg Lovers!

Rhode Island Red "in" the nesting box.

Despite the cold temps and mountains of snow, the chickens are enjoying longer days, as well as apples, and some greens from the winter greenhouse.

Eggs are in abundance! We are looking for a few more regular/weekly/biweekly egg customers to enjoy these beautiful brown orbs.

Eggs are $4/dozen. They may be picked up at the farm by arrangement, some regular deliveries are made to New Ulm. Our farm is located 12 mi South of New Ulm, 8 mi North of Madelia, about 25 min East of Mankato.

Brown eggs, with a few blue ones.

Chickens are fed a non-GMO ration, with organic ingredients. They are allowed access to the outdoors year-round, expect on these few exceptionally cold days.

Order by texting Brooke 507-412-7605, messaging on facebook or emailing info@alternativerootsfarm.com.

Questions? Just holler!

Hard boiled eggs!

2019 Grafting Classes

We are hosting two fruit tree grafting classes this March - join us in Mankato or the cities!

Falcon Heights - Saturday, March 16th - at The Good Acre
        Join the facebook event

**Snow Day Reschedule Date**  Mankato - Saturday, March 23th - at Wooden Spoon
         Join the facebook event

Time: 9:00 AM - 1:00 PM
Cost: $50 / participant

Online Registration

You Bring:
•Large trash bag, & pot/bucket to take your grafts home in.
•Lunch or snack for yourself.

Class:
•Two hour classroom portion and two hours for grafting. Hands on learning.

Registration & Payment:
$50 registration must be paid in advance. To reserve your spot register online, email info@alternativerootsfarm.com, or call/text 507-412-7605. Mail payment to Alternative Roots Farm, 11197 130th St., Madelia, MN 56062.

•••Learn how to graft your own Fruit trees!•••
In this class we will teach you how to propagate your own apple trees. We will discuss the time-tested techniques of fruit tree grafting including grafting tools, timing, proper scions and rootstocks. Attendees will practice what they learn by “Whip & Tongue” grafting different varieties of apple trees using modern day rootstocks.

Each participant will take home 3 newly grafted apple trees to be planted on your own property. Additional rootstocks available for purchase at class. All materials and tools will be provided for the workshop. Optional: Bring scions of your favorite old apple tree if you would like to graft these at the class. (Call John, 507-439-6541, for tips how to properly collect scions.)

 Online Registration