July at Alternative Roots Farm
When I think of July on the farm I think raspberries. The beauty, flavor and abundance usually defines the month!! A solid 3-4 weeks of berries - shorter in drier years - with the middle portion of that time defining peak season. During peak it's the best time to buy more for freezing berries, or making jams (or freezing berries for making jams later).
We freeze all the seconds for use all year. For us they mostly go into muffins, oatmeal and top bowls of yogurt. Then July raspberries move into blackberries! And apples!! The farm store cooler only begins to fill. Garden produce will begin to show up as well.
What's in the Farm Store?
Let's take a peak at even more reasons to visit the farm! Aside from connecting with the land your food comes from... :)
Canned Goods:
-Apple Butter
-Jam/Jelly - will return to stock soon!
Eggs - $7 per dozen - Organic fed free range hens.
-Organic Raspberries $4/half pint
-Coming Soon: Organic Blackberries, Early Season Apples, Garden Produce
*All of our produce is Certified Organic!
Indispensable for summer adventuring --> Cottonwood Salve (all the cuts, scrapes, rashes & burns), Bug Bite Salve (soothe & heal), Herbal Bug Spray (kiddo safe, vanilla & citronella round out a spray for mosquitos & gnats), Calendula Lotion Bars (rehydrate skin parched or after pool skin).
-Herbal Bug Spray - catnip and yarrow tinctures, blended with vanilla and citronella EO
-Elderberry Syrup Kits - DIY kits with ginger and cinnamon
-Digestive Bitters NEW - herbal tincture blend that stimulates digestion, helps sluggish digestion, balance blood sugar and so much more.
-Herbal Sore Throat Spray - use for sore and dry throats, as well as when you get that little tickle in the back of your throat
-Herbal Tinctures - Willow Bark, Stinging Nettles, Holy Basil, Astragalus, Ashwaganda, Elderberry
-Calendula Lotion Bar - solid lotion bar, lightly scented with lavender EO
-Knitbone Salve - sprains, strains, broken bones, pain and soreness, tendonitis/artritis, external use only
-Bruise Salve - prevent or treat bruises, good for small wounds also
-Cottonwood Wound Relief Salve - all your cuts, burns, hangnails, general wounds, big and small, a natural neosporin + pain relief
-Bug Bite Salve - rub as needed on bug bites for relief and healing; plantain is a drawing herb that helps pull out what shouldn't be there - also great for splinters.
Farm Store Open Tuesday - Friday 9-7 & Saturday 9-2
