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Holiday Creekside Market Day
We are busy getting ready for our final Creekside Market Day for 2024 November 30th from 9 until 1 Our goat milk soap is all finished and curing. We will be working on our calendula & comfrey infused salve so … Continue reading →
Who is picking tomatoes from Creekside plants? We’ve been getting a few Sungolds for about a week. It looks like Piglet Willie will be ready next. We would love to hear which plants were your favorites
Did you miss our Creekside Market Day?
Did you miss our Creekside Market Day? It was a beautiful & busy day. BUT, We still have a nice selection of organic plants for your garden & yard. You can also order any of our remaining gift sets, goat … Continue reading →
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Creekside market Day 2024
Our first Creekside Market Day of 2024 is May 4th from 8 until 1 In addition to our organic garden plants, we have been busy making our goat milk soap & body products. We will have plenty of our raw … Continue reading →
Posted in 2024 harvest, Garden at Home, Main Menu
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Tagged organic heirloom tomatoes, organic herbs, organic vegetable plants, raw local honey, Suri alpaca yarn
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Creekside Market Day – Plant Sale
Our first Creekside market Day of 2024 will be on May 4th – from 8am until 1pm Our greenhouse is full of baby plants in various stages of growth. We grow all of our own plants – either from seed … Continue reading →
Posted in 2024 harvest, Garden at Home, Main Menu
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Tagged goat milk soap, heirloom organic vegetable plants, local raw honey
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New Plant Containers!
We are excited to be using these biodegradable containers this year! We’ve tried other brands but found them too thin to hold up in the greenhouse but still not really “plantable”. We’ve also tried different plastic containers – including one … Continue reading →
Honey is back in stock
Our raw honey & our comb honey is available for pick up by appointment. You can contact us by email pam@creeksidenaturalfarm.com You can send us a PM on our facebook page or you can call us at 815-467-5259 (please leave … Continue reading →
Vegetable Plants available for 2024
Below is a list of the vegetable varieties we will have available for pre-order this year UPDATE: Good morning, I have a plant order update: Tomato plants will start their transition out of the greenhouse tomorrow, followed by the peppers. … Continue reading →
Posted in 2024 harvest, Garden at Home, Main Menu
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Tagged heirloom organic vegetable plants
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January Farm Pick-up
You have a few days this week to get your soap, skin hydration supplies & honey before we take a break from on-farm pick-up. We will be taking a break for the rest on January to work on our 2024 … Continue reading →
Fruiting Plants
We are considering offering strawberry plants again this year and adding blueberry plants. Both varieties can be grown either in a container or planted in the garden. However, our immediate area does not have the correct soil PH for blueberries. … Continue reading →
Happy 2024!
We wish a happy & healthy 2024 to all of our Creekside Natural Farm friends and family. Looking forward to a new garden season! Here is my favorite tomato to give you something to look forward to.
Creekside Market Day – July 29th
July Creekside Market Day is Saturday, July 29th from 8 until 1 We will have lots of lavender, honey from our farm hives, hand made goat milk soap, herb and succulent plants AND, the garlic will be ready! Plan to … Continue reading →
Creekside Market Day May 6th
Our first Creekside Market Day of 2023 is May 6th. In addition to our organic garden plants, we have been busy making our goat milk soap & body products. We will have plenty of our raw honey and also our … Continue reading →
Raw Local Honey
Our honey is re-stocked and available for easy pick-up at Minooka Grain & Lumber. You can get our honey without a trip to the farm! They have the basket on their counter. Glass jars only at this time. 1 pound … Continue reading →
Posted in 2023, Main Menu, What's Available This Week?
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Spring Soap in progress
My first batch of Spring soap is Lilac – because it’s my favorite! All of our soap is made here in small batches. We use organic and sustainable ingredients – local when possible. Our goat milk comes from a local … Continue reading →
Posted in 2023, Main Menu
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Tagged hand made goat milk soap, local soap
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2023
Happy 2023! The new year will bring a few big changes to our little farm. The biggest being that we no longer have our Farmstand for vegetable & egg sales. We will have our organic plants available by pre-order. You … Continue reading →
Last Week for Farmstand
This will be the last week for our Farmstand. We will spend this week keeping the stand full of beautiful tomatoes, peppers and potatoes. Our Creekside Market Day is this coming Saturday ( Sept. 17th) from 8 until 1. In … Continue reading →
Creekside Market Day
Next Creekside Market Day is September 17th from 8 until 1 Creekside Market Day is a great opportunity to see (& smell} some of the items that we don’t stock in the Farmstand. Our hand made goat milk soaps, body … Continue reading →
Our Farmstand is Open & Here’s How it Works
Our Farmstand is open for the season. It will be stocked with fresh produce as it’s ready. Everything we sell is produced on our farm and raised organically. That means that we will only have what is currently in season. … Continue reading →
Roasted Garlic Dip
Roasted Garlic Dip Ingredients 3 heads garlic, unpeeled 1 tablespoon olive oil ½ cup sour cream ¼ cup mayonnaise 1 green onions, chopped 1 tablespoon red wine vinegar ½ teaspoon salt ¾ tablespoon ground black pepper Directions Preheat an oven … Continue reading →
Lavender & Garlic
We have been busy getting things ready for our Creekside Market Day – this Saturday – July 9th from 8 until 1. In addition to the dried lavender and fresh garlic, we will have our handmade goat milk soap & … Continue reading →
Organic herbs & flowers
We will have organic plants in the Farmstand through the end of May. Our self service farmstand is located along our driveway. We ask that you park along the driveway. This is a working farm with many things happening – … Continue reading →
How we plant tomatoes
Tomatoes do not require much additional water after the first couple of weeks. We very rarely water ours at all after that point. Too much watering will also water down the flavor of your tomatoes. If you do need … Continue reading →
Potato Grow Box
It’s still too cold and wet to plant potatoes in the ground. But, you can start planning and building 1 or more of these Potato Grow Boxes. Potatoes are one of the easiest vegetables to grow in a container & … Continue reading →
Goat Milk Soap
I have been working on soap for the past few weeks so it will have plenty of time to cure before the May 7th Creekside Market Day. As it cures, some of the moisture evaporates and the saponification process (oils … Continue reading →
Potato”Seed”
Lets talk about one of my favorite vegetables – Potatoes! We will be offering sets (seed potatoes) of my 2 most favorite varieties this year. We ordered extra so we can offer them as sets for anyone wanting to grow … Continue reading →
Spring Begins!
Spring begins today & the sun is shining! – YAY! And, we have been busy getting ready Vegetables, herbs flowers and succulents are growing in the greenhouse and chives and garlic are popping up in the garden! Lots of goat … Continue reading →
Posted in 2022, Main Menu
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Tagged goat milk soap, grow your own, handmade soap, local plants, organic greenhouse, organic plants
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Gift List
This will be a great week to finish up your shopping. The weather will be a little warmer (which is good for honey pick-up). To Order: e-mail pam@creeksidenaturalfarm message us on our Facebook page call 815-467-5259 (leave a message and … Continue reading →
Posted in 2021 Harvest, Main Menu, What's Available This Week?
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Tagged handmade body, handmade soap, local yarn, raw honey, shop local
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Creekside Holiday Market
Our annual Creekside Holiday Market will be on Saturday – December 4th from 9 until 2 Various plants & Holiday greenery This a sample of what we will have available All priced between $10. & $20.
Posted in 2021 Harvest, Main Menu, What's Available This Week?
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Tagged hand made gifts, holiday gifts handmade soap, raw local honey, shop local, Suri alpaca
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Creekside Holiday Market Day
We are busy preparing for our Creekside Holiday Market Day! December 4th from 9am until 2pm We’ve started soap making and will soon move on to body butter, lotion bars, sugar scrub, salt soak, facial oil & a couple of … Continue reading →