Category Archives: Harvest from Prior Years

Organic veggie plants

We will have organic transplants available for sale beginning on May 6th. They are currently getting acclimated to the cooler temperatures and will be ready for planting in your garden as soon as the danger of frost has passed. Tomatoes … Continue reading

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Asparagus season

We are just beginning to harvest asparagus! We have a few bags in the stand – $5.00 per bag and will also be adding wheat berries so you can make this delicious salad. The recipe is on our blog. We … Continue reading

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Bees and the honey they make!

Super excited by today’s development!  We were contacted by a local bee keeper who would like to place some of his hives on our farm! There are not enough exclamation points to convey how excited I am!!!!! He will maintain … Continue reading

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Morning Project

Our morning project was building a gate in the lean to so that Thomas and Luna can easily (meaning we don’t need to put halters and leads on) have access to the pasture that’s been re-seeded and “resting” since last … Continue reading

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Eggs are in the stand

We have opened the farm stand and stocked the cooler with eggs!               Our egg price remains the same as last year – $5.00 per dozen Our hens eat a diet of certified organic … Continue reading

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Winter Chores and Projects

            Just in case anyone wondered what we do in the winter – here is a partial list Start seeds, read books (that inspire us to continue what we’re doing), make lovely yarn, re-paint our … Continue reading

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Animal Communication Workshop

If your coming for the workshop tomorrow – dress warm as part of our time will be spent in the barn. We will have some alpaca products and our first batch of lotion bars available for sale prior to the … Continue reading

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Save the Date!

Creekside Natural Farm will be hosting Cindy Myers for a day of learning how to communicate with animals of all species. We first learned of Cindy from an article in an alpaca magazine and were impressed with her methods and … Continue reading

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Seeds – YAY!!!

Look what came with the mailman! I’m SOOO ready!!!

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Ordering for the New Year!

Today we started our “New Year” ordering with our first 2 batches of chicks – 1 heritage and 1 broiler. Next up was our Bakers Creek Heirloom Seeds order. Lots of old favorites as well as a few new varieties including … Continue reading

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Barn comedy

In an effort to give Thomas as much “eating time” as possible, I’ve been leaving the barn lights on for a couple of hours after dark. When I go out to turn them off, I offer Thomas some feed before … Continue reading

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Bread Lab

Today was a perfect day to do some “bread lab” work. This was the result! I used our own stone ground Turkey Red wheat flour that I sifted once.  We grow our heirloom wheat with minimal natural fertilizer  (horse manure) … Continue reading

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Ready for the cold-we hope

Thomas has his coat on, everyone (alpacas,chickens and Tiger) has lots of fresh straw, the alpacas have high value hay , all the heated water has electrolytes and the heater is running in the barn just long enough to take … Continue reading

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Winter Egg program

It is officially too cold to keep eggs in the cooler so we are now on the “Winter egg program”. We still have plenty of eggs, but you will need to either call or send a message before you come … Continue reading

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Eggs are back – yay!

The hens are finished growing their winter feathers and are laying eggs again! And, it’s still warm enough to keep them in the stand. We also have some young hens who are just starting to lay so will have the … Continue reading

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Happy Halloween!

Wishing a happy and safe Halloween to our friends and family.

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Yay! The alpacas are outside!

Uncle.Smoky is happy when the alpacas are out of his way and he can eat out of their bowls. He doesn’t care to eat off the floor like a “common” rooster.

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Corn Picking

Yay! We are now the proud owners of a New Idea 1 row corn picker! It’s a great improvement over picking by hand. 7 minutes for for rows compared to 2 hours for 4 rows! Now on to shelling and … Continue reading

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Peppers

We picked all of our peppers yesterday in anticipation of the frost. LOTS of nice poblanos, jalapenos, sweet frying peppers, sweet Melrose and sweet minis.  The poblanos are the most abundant so we are selling them by the half bushel … Continue reading

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Glass Gem Corn

New in the stand – Lovely bundles of Glass Gem Corn $2.00 per bunch We also have sweet and hot peppers, eggplant, kale, potatoes, garlic, Turkey Red wheat berries, a few tomatoes and eggs. We also have frozen heritage chicken … Continue reading

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Glass Gem Corn

Some of our harvest of Glass Gem corn. This is our first year growing it so most of it will be saved as seed for next year. This spectacular flint corn was developed by Carl Barnes who was half Cherokee … Continue reading

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Hay Day!

A beautiful day for making hay. And Eclipse thinks the hay is better in her neighbors feeder – LOL

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Thank You

Thank you to the person who left these chicken supplies in the stand. We can never have too many supplies!

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Peppers

We are starting to pick the poblano peppers and tomatillios and continuing with the jalapeno and sweet peppers.  We have a half bushel of Melrose peppers available this week for $20.00. They are the peppers that were used on the … Continue reading

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Kale and Swiss Chard

Kale is back in the stand and we have swiss chard that I will pick on request. It wilts pretty quickly in the cooler so if you would like some, please call 815-715-3590 or email pam@ creeksidenaturalfarm.com We also have lemon … Continue reading

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Farm Day Tomorrow- Sept. 25th!

Luna Lu says Come out and see us on September 25th from 9 am till 3 pm! We are having an “Open Farm” as part of national Alpaca Farm Days. In addition to our beautiful Suri alpacas, you will see … Continue reading

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Half-Bushel of sweet peppers

This beautiful half-bushel of sweet peppers is available for $12.00. There are about 40 peppers and they would be great for roasting and canning or freezing. You can also core and blanch the whole for stuffing during the winter. I … Continue reading

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Pepper Preserving Ideas

Here is what mine look like without roasting but otherwise following this recipe. Marinated Roasted Ripe Sweet Peppers Recipe Ingredients 4 pounds firm, fresh, clean ripe sweet peppers 1 cup bottled lemon juice* 2 cups white vinegar (5%) 1 cup olive oil … Continue reading

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Beautiful and bountiful peppers

We have an abundance of lovely peppers – mostly sweet except for the jalapenos. They include Melrose, yellow Italian fryers, colored bells and sweet little mini peppers. We also have okra, beans, lemon squash, eggplant, a variety of potatoes, garlic, … Continue reading

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Fresh or Frozen Chickens

Today we had our last batch or meat chickens of the season processed. These are a Sagitta chicken and are available as a whole chicken for $4.00 per pound. They were raised on a combination of certified organic feed and … Continue reading

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