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New at Creekside Natural Farm!
Today Bill went to WI to pick up our “new” antique combine. We will use it to harvest small plantings of oats for the chickens and wheat. I also discovered that the alpacas LOVE apples. I gave them the scraps … Continue reading →
Minooka Market
Today will be the last Minooka Market, we will be there from 9 till noon with heirloom potatoes, tomatoes, garlic, okra, peppers and herbs,
Corn stalks and Straw Bales
We have corn stalks for $4.00 per bunch and straw for $5.00 per bale. We move the straw inside when there’s a chance of rain, so if you’re looking for it and its not outside you can ask us.
Fresh Salsa
We have a fresh batch of Heirloom Tomato Fresh Salsa in the cooler this morning! We also have heirloom tomatoes, eggplant, various sweet peppers and bell peppers, poblano peppers, hard-neck garlic, okra and beautiful zinnias.
3 French hens Market
We will be at the 3 French Hens Market in Morris tomorrow from 8 am till 2 pm. We will be bringing lots of heirloom tomatoes, garlic, eggplant, sweet peppers, bell peppers, poblano peppers, okra, herbs and our 100% Suri Alpaca yarn. It … Continue reading →
Chickens
If you reserved chicken, they will be ready for pick up tomorrow. I will be home all day but may be in the garden picking veggies. If you don’t see me, call my cell (815-715-3590).
Minooka Market
Tomorrow we will be at the Minooka Market from 9 till noon. We’ll have heirloom tomatoes, hard neck garlic, heirloom eggplant, okra, various heirloom sweet peppers, bell peppers and a small amount of beets.
Egg cartons
If you have clean egg cartons, we would love to recycle them for you. We use them to package our eggs in an effort to avoid a price increase and are running very low. You can drop them off in … Continue reading →
Fresh salsa
Fresh heirloom tomato salsa is back in the stand! This may be the last batch depending on the tomato supply.
Beets are back
We have beets in the cooler again for $3.00 per bunch. They are heirloom Cylindra beet with a buttery texture.
More Chickens!
We have decided to get another batch of meat chickens this fall because of the great demand for our pasture raised organic chicken. If you would like to reserve chicken, please either drop your deposit, order and contact info in … Continue reading →
White peaches
The yellow peaches that were picked on Sunday are almost gone, but this morning I picked white peaches. They are about the size of an apricot and even sweeter than the yellow peaches. They are not perfect because they have … Continue reading →
Fresh Salsa
Made a fresh batch of salsa on my rain day yesterday!
Tomatoes by the bushel
We are picking lots of heirloom tomatoes! They are available by the bushel for $1.00 per lb – a bushel is 56 lbs. if you would like a bushel you can e-mail me pam@creeksidenaturalfarm.com or call 815-467-5259
Chicken Orders
We are taking pre-orders for our organic chickens. They will be ready on Sept. 13th and will be our last batch until late next spring! They will be $4.00 per lb. If you would like them cut-up, the processor … Continue reading →
Minooka Market
We will NOT be at the Minooka Market tomorrow. The stand on the farm is open if you would like to come out for tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, garlic, sweet corn, ect…
Suri Symposium
So much information yesterday it’s difficult to absorb it all! Today we have more speakers including Dr. Temple Grandin. She’s an expert in animal handling and I’m very excited to hear her!
Salsa
I made a fresh batch of Fresh Salsa this morning and have it in the cooler in the stand. $5.00 for a 1 lb container.
Raccoons!
We had to put up a second row of electric fence around the meat chickens yesterday to keep our local raccoon from getting another chicken dinner – now he’s moved to the sweet corn! We would rather loose some sweet … Continue reading →
3 French Hens Market
We will be at the 3 French Hens Market in Morris tomorrow from 8 till 2. We will have Austrian Crescent fingerling potatoes, Flavorburst bell peppers, Golden beets, Cyndrilical beets, hard neck garlic, Sunflowers, okra, heirloom eggplant, heirloom tomatoes (both … Continue reading →
Uncle Smokey & the lovely Merideth
Father and daughter sharing their private lunch. The other hens and Rusty the bossy rooster go outside to eat and I close the door so Uncle Smokey can eat in peace. Merideth usually joins him and will come in when … Continue reading →
Fresh Salsa
I made our first batch this season of Fresh Heirloom Tomato Salsa using our heirloom tomatoes and peppers, garlic, onions, fresh cilantro and fresh lime juice. It’s in the cooler in 1 lb containers for $5.00
Harvest Day for the oats
Saturday was harvest day for our small patch of oats. It’s good to have friends with antique combines when you have a small piece. The modern combines are made for large acreage. Our hens will have lots of oats for the next … Continue reading →
Sunflowers
We have some beautiful Strawberry Blonde sunflowers at the Minooka Market – Just cut this morning!
Heirloom Eggplant and Peppers
We are picking a variety of heirloom eggplant and peppers that includes Fengyuan, Pandora, Kazakhstan and Ronde De Valence eggplant and Jimmy Nardello’s and Bullnose sweet peppers. the eggplants are $4.00 per bag, the Bullnose peppers are $1.00 each and … Continue reading →
Okra
We are just starting to pick okra and have it in the stand for $2.00 per pint. It’s great pickled with some of our fresh garlic.
Tomatoes
We are starting to pick the heirloom tomatoes as well as cherry tomatoes. The cherry tomatoes are sold either as a mixed pint of Sungold, Black Cherry and Red Cherry or by the individual variety. The Full-size tomatoes that are … Continue reading →
Chick Moving Day
We moved the fall chicks out to their pasture this morning. We gave them an electric netting fence in addition to the electric pasture fence. the extra protection keeps Tiger the barn kitty away. They really enjoy the fresh air, … Continue reading →
Minooka Market
We will be at the Minooka Farmers market today from 9 till noon in the lower parking lot across from Cookies. We will be selling sweet corn that Bill is picking this morning, cherry tomatoes, heirloom beets, herbs and zinnias. … Continue reading →
Sweet Corn is ready!
For all of you who have been asking for sweet corn – it’s ready! This is non-GMO and un-sprayed calico corn. We picked it this morning, checked each ear and removed any bugs. It’s bagged and in the cooler. $6.00 … Continue reading →