Category Archives: 2017 Harvest

Merry Christmas and happy New Year

Wishing a very Merry Christmas and a Healthy and happy New Year!

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Last minute gifts

If you are looking for a gift for teachers, hostess, co-workers, friends, ect… – we have 2 great options! 2 oz Honey Bear with a bar of handmade goats milk and honey soap is $7.00 16 oz jar of honey … Continue reading

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Creamed Honey is Ready!

Our bee keeper made creamed honey from our Creekside Natural Farm honey. It has a smooth butter like texture and is especially delicious on toast, biscuits, muffins, ect…  $13.00 per 1 pint jar Call 815-467-5259 Email pam@creeksidenaturalfarm.com Send a FB … Continue reading

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Winter starts tomorrow!

Starting tomorrow – Dec 5th – the stand will be closed and we will be on the “Winter Program” for eggs, honey and grain. Let us know ahead of time what you’re looking for and we will set up a … Continue reading

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Eggs, Kale and Grains – Updated

Eggs are still available in the stand cooler. We will be watching the overnight temps in the cooler and make an announcement when we go to the “winter egg program”. The summer vegetables are done but we are now picking … Continue reading

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Organic popcorn and Black Turtle beans are here!

The organic popcorn and Black Turtle beans are here! The pre-orders are filled and we have some extras that I will put in the stand this morning. They will be in a plastic tote in our farmstand. We have had … Continue reading

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Peppers by the pound!

We are still picking beautiful peppers and have them available in 5 pound bags for $10.00. They are super easy to freeze for your winter dining pleasure. I core and slice them, put them in a quart size freezer bag, … Continue reading

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Thank You!

Thank you to everyone who came out yesterday and helped to make it our most successful Creekside market yet! We still have pumpkins, Glass Gem corn, tomatoes, garlic, and LOTS of beautiful peppers.  Peppers are super easy to freeze and … Continue reading

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Tomorrow (Oct. 1st) – Last Creekside Market for 2017

  This will be our last Creekside Market for this year. We will be in the farmstand from 8 am until 1 pm with seasonal vegetables, Glass Gem cornmeal, Turkey Red wheat berries, Creekside Honey (with our lovely new label) … Continue reading

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Sweet Peppers

We have Sweet Italian frying peppers and sweet mini peppers for sale by the half bushel. $25.00 for a half They are super easy to freeze and you will love having them to use in the winter! We have a … Continue reading

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Pumpkins and fresh Honey

Our bee keeper delivered our second batch of honey yesterday. This is “summer honey” from hives on our farm. While we can’t totally control where the bees fly, we purposely have lots of “bee food” planted on the entire farm. We … Continue reading

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Pumpkins!

It’s a beautiful day to come out and pick up your pumpkins! Our pumpkins – like everything we grow – are grown with no chemical sprays. We have small – $2.00, medium – $5.00 and large – $7.00 on the … Continue reading

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San marzano Tomatoes

We have a bushel of San Marzano tomatoes available today or tomorrow. San Marzano is an heirloom roma type tomato that makes fabulous sauce, sun dried tomatoes or tomato confit. They also work well in salads. A full bushel is … Continue reading

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This week – 8-29

We are picking lots of heirloom tomatoes this week. Also in the stand – garlic, zucchini, yellow squash, beans, sweet peppers, bell peppers, jalapeno and poblano peppers, eggs and the last of the sunflowers. Honey from our hives is available … Continue reading

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Beans and Broccoli are back this week

We are back to picking beans and broccoli! In addition, we have beautiful orange sweet peppers, heirloom tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, eggplant, cucumbers, poblano peppers, jalapeno peppers, bell peppers, zucchini, lemon squash, garlic and our Animal Welfare Approved eggs. We have … Continue reading

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Creekside Market Day Saturday

  Our August Creekside Market Day is August 19th  (this coming Saturday). In addition to an abundance of veggies, we will have our own honey and our hand-made goats milk soap for sale. We’re still picking sweet corn (ahead of … Continue reading

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The sweet corn is fantastic this year (and the raccoons agree!)  We will continue to pick daily until it’s gone. We’re also getting some really nice heirloom tomatoes, sweet peppers, eggplant, lemon squash, cucumbers,  jalapeno peppers, sunflowers and garlic that … Continue reading

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Calico Sweet Corn

And – the sweet corn is ready! In the cooler in bags – $6.00 per 13 ears. Some bags will have more if the ears are smaller. We’ve been eating it for the past couple of days and it’s fabulous. … Continue reading

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Tomatoes!

Our tomatoes are finally ready and in the stand!  Both full size and cherry are $3.00 per pint. We also have eggs,  zucchini, yellow squash, eggplant, beans, beets, sweet peppers, garlic, kale and lots of cucumbers.  Honey is available on … Continue reading

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Dill Pickle Kit

We are selling a Dill Pickle Kit for $5.00. Included are the pickle cucumbers, garlic, dill weed and a mature dill head. We have a recipe for Refrigerator Dills on our page in the Pam s Recipes section. We also … Continue reading

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Thank You!

Thank you to everyone who came out for our Creekside Market yesterday. We appreciate all the support and are especially happy that the on farm Market Day has been a success. If you were not able to make the Market … Continue reading

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Creekside Natural Farm Honey

The honey is here! We are hosting bee hives that are maintained by a local bee keeper. The bees forage on our land which includes 20 acres of pollinator habitat, pollinator friendly trees, our organic gardens and lots of clover … Continue reading

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Fabulous Beets!

We are having a fabulous beet crop this year – we planted more and they’re loving all the rain. So, we will be selling them by the half bushel (26 pounds) for $26.00 – that’s half of our normal price. … Continue reading

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Making Honey

The honey bees are enjoying the clover in our pollinator habitat. Can’t wait for the clover honey!

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Creekside Market – July 15th

We are 2 days away from our July Creekside Market – July 15th from 9 am until 2 pm We will have honey from hives that are maintained on our farm. It was harvested on Sunday and will be delivered to … Continue reading

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Lots of Veggies!

  The rainy weather may not be great for making hay but the vegetables love it! We have an abundance of really lovely broccoli, several types of beets & mixed lettuce. We still have some purple cauliflower, sugar snap peas … Continue reading

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Cylindra Beets are ready!

  We made our first picking of Cylindra beets this morning. They are sweet and tender and are the favorite of our beet loving customers. They’re in the stand for $3.00 per bunch. My favorite way to use them is … Continue reading

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Beets, broccoli and lettuce

We picked fresh beets ($3.00), broccoli ($4.00) and lettuce ($3.00). All are in the cooler in our stand along with plenty of eggs.

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New this week

We’re starting to pick beets, cabbage and romaine lettuce. All washed and in the cooler.  We also have broccoli sprouts and plenty of eggs.

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Garlic Scapes

  What is a garlic scape? It’s the flower stalk of a hard neck garlic plant. Soft neck garlic does not get a scape.  One scape comes up from each plant one time during the growing season. So, when they’re gone … Continue reading

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