Category Archives: Harvest from Prior Years

We think it’s finally warm enough   to take off the the little boys coat and uncover his beautiful fiber. Everyone feels the need to check him out  – including his big brother Apollo

I had to take a picture of the lovely Grandpa Admire’s lettuce before I cut it. In addition to the lettuce, we have started picking strawberries so there are a pew pints in the stand. Also getting to the end … Continue reading →

This is what I found at the end of a really long day. Thank you to our young fans!

Does she look like an Iris?

It’s finally warm enough at night to safely plant tomatoes! We have several varieties of heirloom tomatoes and some lovely pansies. All our plants are started here from seed and grown in organic Cowo soil. And – of coarse –  … Continue reading →

Today is the first French Hens Market of the seaaon. We’re here with our organic tomato and basil plants, lettuce, radishes and rhubarb. All grown by us and fresh picked.

We have our first batch of air chilled chicken from a new processor. It’s a small batch so we are offering 1 or 2 to those who would like to try them before our larger batch is ready in June. … Continue reading →

We now have a Lost and Found bin in the stand. Someone left the sunglasses yesterday afternoon and the keys are still here from last fall.

Happy 2nd Birthday to our first cria. Apollo is a handsome boy with beautiful fiber. And – of coarse- we love him! This is my favorite picture of him peeking out from under his mama. She is a rockstar mom!

Tiger likes to keep me company while I do chores.

71 pounds of seed potatoes from The Potato Garden. We will wait about a week for the to send out sprouts, cut them into smaller pieces and plant them. Clearly, we love potatoes and want to be sure not to … Continue reading →

On our way to pick up organic chicken feed and lambs and Baron is doing his best to stay awake. Not very successfully.

Lady bugs coming to life under the crabapple tree. Love the red lady bugs!

Baron found the coolest spot in the greenhouse

We were expecting 100 Barred Rock hens this morning and this mornings surprise was an extra box with 25 Easter Eggers and 25 Cornish Rocks! We had to come up with an emergency spot for the Cornish to get them … Continue reading →

This morning we planted spinich, beets, carrots, radishes, sugar snap peas and lettuce in the smaller tunnel And Bill rototilled the bigger tunnel for planting later this week.

I planted lots of little pepper, eggplant and early tomato seeds today. We also have some cabbage,  broccoli, cauliflower, kohlrabi and lettuce growing from last week’s planting. Baby purple cabbage pushing out of the Cowsmo  compost.

if you need to reach us for eggs today, please email pam@creeksidenaturalfarm.com Or call 815-715-3590

I just checked with the library and there is no need to register – just show up They will also have Free popcorn! This coming Sunday at the Black Rd. Branch of the Joliet Library. Event Date:  Sun, 03/01/2015 – 2:00pm – 4:00pm … Continue reading →

I know it seems early, but today I ordered the potatoes. Bill made the raised beds last fall and we are adding a bed since we ran out of potatoes to sell in early September last year. Some of the … Continue reading →