Fruit Update

Apricots - done for the season! These aren't predictable, given their early bloom, SO, we'll see them again...when we see them! Apricot Jam will continue!

Raspberries - done for the season! We're hoping the patch recovers for a bountiful crop next year! An 80% crop loss, plus drought, made for a short season. We'll be mad rabbit hunters this coming winter...

Blackberries - a good, small start to a new crop! expect more in years to come!

Coming...

Plums - not looking like a big crop, so watch for updates. I may take some of the small crop for jam/jelly, as that was a hit 2 years ago!

Apples - getting started in August!!! Apple butter should be back in stock by September!!

Pears - a small crop like last year, perhaps, also still getting started!

BACK TO MARKET - August 12th is the plan! Saturday in Mankato only - 8-12 in the Best Buy parking lot!

Sowing Seeds: Celebrating Local Foods & Lost Skills

Sowing Seeds: Celebrating Local Foods & Lost Skills

Sunday, July 23^rd - 11:00am-3:00pm - Alternative Roots Farm, Madelia

Together let's plant the seeds of a more sustainable and resilient future! Join the Minnesota River Chapter SFA for a fun and memorable afternoon that’s all about celebrating local foods and rediscovering traditional self-sufficiency skills! 

Sowing Seeds: Celebrating Local Foods & Lost Skills is coming up on Sunday, July 23^rd. The event runs from 11:00am-3:00pm and features kids activities, a food truck, pop-up farmers market, 10 skill share demos, organic farm tour, and a flax-to-linen demonstration. 

Skill shares range from Canning 101 to Mushroom Prep & Preservation to Seed Starting 101 and more. The event is being hosted by Alternative Roots Farm, a certified organic farm focused on organic perennial fruit, pastured heritage pigs and more. 

Tickets: $10 for adults, kids under 12 free. Reservation only, no walkups please. 

Parking: Gravel road. 

Join the Facebook event for more updates, full schedule and information. 

Register HERE. 

Volunteer HERE.

Brooke Knisley, Alternative Roots Farm

Mary Fischer, K & M Fisher Farm

 

 

July Farm Store Updates

July Farm Store Updates!

July brings an uptick to the season, more bounty and blessings from the land!

Fruits

We have been berry picking! Daily raspberry picking is now added to the schedule - get them while they're available! Limited inventory, and no bulk orders, this year, due to large crop loss (rabbits). You may be lucky enough to snag a rare container of black cap wild foraged raspberries!

Fruits will just continue to roll in over the next month - apricots are blushing, plums will be on their way and NEW to the shelf will be blackberries this year!

We are also truly on the cusp of apple season, as we pick our earliest varieties in late July.

More In Store

Garden produce is coming in and more selection will be available over the coming weeks. Kale is in stock. Watch for cucumbers, green beans, celery and tomatoes.

NEW Bug Bite Salve is in stock!! Wild harvested and hand crafted, this salve is sure to cool and soothe itchy bug bites.

In Stock: Eggs, kale, seasonal garden produce, herbal healing salve, bug bite salve, calendula lotion bars, herbal tinctures, applesauce, apply syrup, strawberry-rhubarb jam, herbal bug spray, cool it spray, raspberries, black caps.

Sowing Seeds: Celebrating Local Foods and Lost Skills

Register HERE

Volunteer HERE

Facebook event HERE

We can't wait to see you at the farm for this unique event!! It's going to be a great day for the whole family - kids activities, food truck, skills demos, farm tour, market shopping! Hope you can make it!