Succulents

Posted on April 16, 2020 by admin

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Growing potatoes is a fun project for kids and adults. They can be successfully grown in a large container or directly in the ground. I’ve even seen them grown in straw bales! If you are interested in trying that, you will need to find organic straw.

Soil preparation is very important since potatoes like loose soil and our soil is naturally heavy. Compost is the easiest and fastest way to loosen your garden soil. You can even get herb seeds to combine them with potato and make delicious organic meals.

The first step is to cut the potatoes into chunks with at least 2 sprouts in each chunk. Our sets are just starting to sprout, making it easier to do. As you cut the potato, place the cut pieces in a container in a single layer – being careful not to break off the sprouts. We usually do this the day before we plan to plant so the cut part of the potato can seal over.

We plant ours in the ground and start by marking off the row with a string line – not necessary, but we like straight rows. Use a hoe to make a furrow in the soil about 12 inches deep. Start placing potato pieces in the furrow 12 inches apart. My hand trowel is 12 inches long so I usually use that for measuring. Carefully press the potato piece into the soil – still being careful to not break off the sprouts. I try to place the potato piece so that the cut side is facing down and the sprouts are facing up. After you have all your pieces in the furrow, fill it in with about half of the loose soil that you took out. The potatoes should be covered with about 1 inch of soil. As the potatoes begin to sprout through the soil, you will go back and fill in the furrow with the rest of the loose soil. Before I fill in the final time, I sprinkle some granular organic fertilizer in the furrow then fill in the soil over the top. I use Dr Earth.

When your potatoes are all up and out of the soil, you will need to check them every couple of days for Colorado potato beetles ( I do this while I’m hoeing weeds). If you can destroy the adults and any eggs you find early in the season, it will make a big impact on the health of your plants. They’re 2nd favorite crop is eggplant. So, if you’re growing eggplant, try to keep it as far from your potatoes as possible and check them for beetles too. This is also a good time to hill your potatoes. I use a hoe and pull soil up onto each side of the row. The benefits of hilling are you will get more potatoes as the plants send out roots into the loose soil and you are removing the weeds at the same time. After your final hilling, you can put down a mulch to keep the soil moist and reduce future weeds. Organic straw is my first choice. If you can’t find that – you can use crass clippings from a trusted source (the herbicides that many people use on their lawn will kill you garden vegetables) or chopped leaves.

I feed my plants with a spray of liquid seaweed 2 or 3 times throughout the season.

At the end of the season, the plants will start to turn yellow. Before the vines totally die (and you loose track of where your plants are) start digging your potatoes! This is the exciting part! We use a garden fork and loosen the soil about 12 inches away from the base of the plant. Nothing makes me sadder than to find a stabbed beautiful potato on the end of my fork.

We will have certified organic potato sets available starting Friday.

Contact us to place your order and we will have it ready for you in our self service farmstand. You can pick it up and pay with no contact!

All potato sets are $5.00 per container. Carola and Red Gold are 1 pound in the container – Austrian Crescent is 12 ounces.

email pam@creeksidenaturalfarm.com

Message us on FB (Private message is easier for me to keep track of than commenting on on our post)

call 815-467-5259

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Garlic and Cover

Posted on April 11, 2020 by admin

The garlic looks like every clove came up and will turn into a beautiful bulb in late June!

Bill went over the rest of the back garden bed with a disk and I planted it with a cover crop mix – buckwheat, medium red clover, forage beets, kale and Austrian peas. This garden is very close to our bee hives so the bees wont have to go far for dinner! I may but some late sunflowers in the garlic bed after harvest. This garden has really suffered from the past 3 years of flooding rain events and will benefit from a year of rest,

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Garden Planning

Posted on April 4, 2020 by admin

Now is the perfect time to be working on getting your garden beds or containers ready for planting!

Cool season crops are very happy to grow in these temperatures – Spinach, kale, lettuce, radishes and peas are all great for direct sowing in cool damp conditions.

1. Focus.

What are your favorite flowers or vegetables? Make a short list and start with those, to ensure you will want to eat and enjoy what comes up in the garden. Starting out with a smaller garden will also prevent you from becoming over-whelmed with the maintenance required. You will get a larger harvest from a small well tended garden than you will from a large garden filled with weeds that compete with your plants.

If you need organic soil to fill containers or add to your beds, we have bags available for pick-up in our farmstand. $8.00 per bag

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Bread Lab – Round 2

Posted on April 1, 2020 by admin

Yesterday I worked on a recipe that is a little less challenging than the wild yeast sourdough that I usually make with our flour. I started with a recipe from my favorite Williams-Sonoma baking book and made an adjustment to the flour. I used 4 cups of our sifted Turkey Red stone ground flour and 2 cups of organic all purpose flour. It rose beautifully but ended up a little too fluffy for our preference. So, if you like fluffy bread – this is perfect. Next batch I will try 100% whole wheat.

Our Flour is available in 5 pound buckets for $10.00

Call 815-467-5259

Email: pam@creeksidenaturalfarm.com

FB message us

We also have stone ground cornmeal in a 3 pound bag for $5.00

Honey from hives on our farm – 1 pound jar $13.00

And, a variety of hand-made goatmilk soap – $5.00

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Seed Potatoes

Posted on March 31, 2020 by admin

Today we picked up part of our seed potato order.

This part came from Vermont Valley – an organic potato grower in Wisconsin. We ordered extra so we could offer some for sale. Potatoes are easily grown in containers or in the ground – kids love the “surprise” of finding the potatoes at harvest time AND who doesn’t love potatoes!? We choose varieties that grow well in our soil and have a fabulous flavor. The great flavor means you don’t need to use lots of toppings. Actually, they are so good that less is better!

Potatoes growing in totes with drainage holes drilled in the bottom & lower sides

We will be selling seed potatoes in our farmstand along with our other transplants.

The varieties we will have available are Carola, Red Gold and Austrian Crescent.

Carola

Red Gold

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Grinding wheat this morning

Posted on March 24, 2020 by admin

I’ve been baking more bread than usual while we have been staying home so had used all of our flour. So, this morning we brought the stone grinder out for grinding some of our Turkey Red wheat into flour. We do not sell the bread but we do sell the flour. We also have lots of food grade buckets that come with our oils for soap making. They originally held coconut oil and have a nice tight fitting lid. We’ve washed them and are re-purposing them to hold flour.

Each bucket holds 5 pounds. $10.00 per bucket

I make a 100% sourdough (no additional yeast) with our flour & have found that this flour works best for me with a long (overnight) rise. There are several recipes for no-knead bread that use regular yeast and are far less complicated for a beginning baker. Breadtopia is a great resource for recipes as well as supplies. I would suggest starting with their No-knead recipe. Also, sifting at least half of the flour gives me a better rise.

breadtopia.com

Stone grinding our Turkey Red wheat into flour.

Stone ground Turkey Red whole wheat flour

Heritage Turkey Red Whole Wheat Flour

Our whole wheat flour contains 100% of the vitamins and minerals naturally occurring in wheat. Turkey Red is a heritage variety of wheat that was brought to the U.S. in the 1870’s, and was widely grown in Wisconsin a century ago. This flour has moderate protein, and excellent all-around baking qualities.

Why Stone Ground?

Our flour is produced simply by grinding grain between two stones, a technique that is centuries old. Stone milling maintains the grain’s integrity to produce flour that is more fresh, flavorful and nutritious.

Store in refrigerator. Best within 3 months – freeze for longer storage.

Contact us ahead of coming out and we will leave your order in our farmstand.

No lines and no crowds!

call 815-467-5259

email pam@creeksidenaturalfarm.com

message us on our FB page

We also have Cornmeal, liquid honey, comb honey, hand-made goat milk soap and hand-made lotion bars (great for your excessively washed hands!)

Heirloom Yellow Corn Stone-ground Cornmeal $5.00

Raw honey from hives on our farm $13.00

Raw Comb honey $20.00

Goat milk soap $5.00

Lotion Bar $14.00
Lavender or Sweet orange Ylang-Ylang

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How to Start a Garden

Posted on March 22, 2020 by admin

I know it’s snowing but now is the time to

start making plans to grow food!

Some things you can do while you wait for warmer weather:

Determine the amount of space you will have for planting. You will need to know how much space you have in order to decide how much of each plant you can grow. If you have never raised a vegetable garden, better to start small than to end up with a big garden that you can’t keep up with. The space you choose should have at least 6 to 8 hours of full sun. There are a few vegetables that will grow with less but most require at least this amount.

Decide what type of garden will work best for you. Do you want slightly raised beds, fully raised container beds, individual containers or a traditional flat garden.

Make a list of what you like and maybe try something new! Once you have your list, start looking for seeds. Most garden vegetables are easy to plant directly into the garden from seed. We will have plants available for some of the things that need a head start in the greenhouse. My favorite source for heirloom varieties is Bakers Creek Heirloom Seeds. I also like High Mowing Seed and Seed Savers Exchange. It’s really easy to get carried away so try to stick with your list.

Some vegetables that are easy to grow directly from seed are green beans, lettuce, greens, radishes, peas, cucumbers, melons and pumpkins.

We will have transplants available for sale when it is warm enough to plant. We grow a large variety of heirloom tomatoes, sweet and hot peppers, eggplant, broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage. There is a complete list of tomato, pepper and eggplant varieties on our post about plants.

I will continue to add tips as the season gets closer.

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Greenhouse Life

Posted on March 18, 2020 by admin

We have been working hard to get our seeds started and growing for your eating and gardening pleasure. The greenhouse is bursting at the seams!

We will have our usual selection (plus a few new varieties) of heirloom tomatoes, sweet and hot peppers, eggplant, broccoli, cauliflower, cabbage, herbs and flowers for “Cut Flower Fridays”. We will also be selling potato sets again this year.

All of our plants are raised in organic soil in our organic greenhouse. We purchase some of the herbs as tiny plugs (because some plants just don’t start well from seed) and immediately transplant them into our organic soil. Tomatoes, peppers and eggplant will be available in biodegradable Fertil Pots.

Tomatoes:

Blue Beauty, Gold Medal, Big Rainbow, Barne’s Mountain Yellow, Copia, German Pink, Carbon, Woodle Orange, Tappy’s Heritage, True Black Brandywine, Cherokee Purple, Mortgage Lifter, Moksovich, Nepal, Mountain magic, Piglet Willie, Black Verissage

Roma/plum: San Marzano & Purple Russian

Cherry: Sungold, Black Cherry, Pink Bumblebee, Citrine, Galiana, Tommy Toe

Tomatoes suitable for Container growing:

Amber, Cyrril’s Choice, Urlasiky, Sweetie, Sweet Cherriette

Peppers

Jimmy Nardello, Yellow Hungarien, Cornito Giallo, Cornito Rosso, Round of Hungary, Sweet Sunrise, islander, Red Knight, Glow, Lemon Spice jalapeno, Giant green jalapeno, Poblano

Eggplant

Rosita, Pandora Stripe, Little Fingers, Prosperosa

Herbs

Rosemary, Mojito mint, Chocolate mint, thyme, sage, cilantro, parsley, and various basil – sweet, lemon, lime, red & lettuce leaf

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Goat Milk Soap

Posted on March 14, 2020 by admin

Here is what the CDC says about soap for hand washing:

Regular soap and water clean germs away rather than killing them, but that’s still a key step in reducing infection, the CDC points out. Washing your hands with soap and water is one of the main recommendations for limiting the spread of the novel coronavirus, since it seems to spread primarily from person to person via respiratory droplets, which are often found on our hands and easily transferred to our faces.

Store shelves are also filled with products that boast antimicrobial properties, including antibacterial soap. There is a common misconception, however, that antibacterial soap is effective in eradicating all germs. Although antibacterial soap may kill some bacteria, there is little evidence that it’s more effective than regular soap, and it offers no additional protection from viruses.

In fact, many health experts advise against using antibacterial products, as many contain a potentially harmful ingredient called triclosan, which some research suggests is an endocrine disrupter. Moreover, overuse of these products may contribute to antibiotic resistance and the rise of so-called superbugs.

We have goat milk soap available for your hand washing pleasure! Our soap is gentle on your skin with a creamy lather to wash away dirt and germs.

$5.00 per Bar

Available scents are:

Rosemarry /spearmint

Lavender/Rosewood/ Patchouli w/oatmeal

Rosemarry/Lavender/Patchouli w/sea clay

Black Raspberry/Vanilla

Cherry Almond w/rose clay

Almond w/almond oil

Rosemarry/Lavender/Spearmint w/green tea

Grapefruit/ Bergamot/Ylang-Ylang with pink sea salt

Oatmeal with no scent

All of our soap is hand made on our farm using local goat milk, olive oil, coconut oil, local tallow, sustainable shea butter and castor oil & honey. Most have EO’s for the scent and those with fragrance oils are phthalate free. We use botanicals or natural pigments for color.

We also have 2 varieties of Lotion Bars in an easy to use tube.

Lotion Bar $14.00
Lavender or Sweet orange Ylang-Ylang

If you would like to stop and pick up some soap, let me know what you would like and I will leave it in our self service farmstand. No lines!

Email pam@creeksidenaturalfarm.com

Call 815-467-5259

Or send us a message on our FB page

Liquid and comb honey are also available

Raw Comb Honey $20.00

Raw honey from hives on our farm $13.00

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Greenhouse Sunshine

Posted on March 3, 2020 by admin

Thankful for sunny days in the greenhouse with great friends and helpers. We’ve had 2 very productive days! We have lots of little seeds tucked into warm soil and some already growing. We started a tray of tomatoes a couple of weeks ahead of the normal time with plans to have some extra large transplants!

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Creekside winter products

Posted on February 8, 2020 by admin

Even though our farmstand is closed for the winter, we still have some of our products available for pick-up at our farm.

Please contact us ahead of coming out

pam@creeksidenaturalfarm.com

815-467-5259

or message us through Facebook

Comb Honey from hives on our farm $20.00

Raw honey from hives on our farm $13.00

Goat milk soap Hand made/small batch – $5.00 per bar

Ask us what scents are available

Creamy Body Butter Lavender – $14.00

Lotion Bar Stick $14.00
Lavender or Sweet orange Ylang-Ylang

Facial Oil $24.00

Calendula and comfrey infused whipped salve – $10.00

If you have any questions about ingredients or scents in our products, please e-mail or message us.

Suri alpaca yarn
Parabella, Freedom, Chikillia, Bronson

Core spun bulky yarn Suri alpaca w/cotton core

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Surprise chore

Posted on January 27, 2020 by admin

Today’s surprise chore was adding fencing over the baby chicks. Yesterday we found 4 dead and a Coopers hawk in the barn. It was a pretty big job but we had some fencing that was donated last fall and prefer to prevent a future disaster while allowing the hawks to live their best rodent eating lives.

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Whipped salve

Posted on January 8, 2020 by admin

This morning’s salve trial.

I used calendula infused olive oil, comfrey infused coconut oil, cocoa butter, beeswax, vitamin E oil and lavender and rosemary EO’s

I whipped it as it cooled because I prefer the texture. It doesn’t feel as greasy to me.

After I’ve used it for a few days, I plan to make a larger batch and will have it for sale.

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Infusions

Posted on December 30, 2019 by admin

Today I strained the calendula blossoms from the olive oil leaving a beautiful golden oil.

I have some ground comfrey leaves that I harvested & dried in August infusing in coconut oil that will be combined with the calendula oil for a healing salve.

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Creekside Gift Ideas (Updated)

Posted on December 15, 2019 by admin

We still have a good selection of hand made bath and body items, Honey and some alpaca products.

They make great gifts (or gift yourself). We are happy to make up gift bags with items of your choosing! Let us know what you would like and when you would like to pick it up. We will have it ready for you!

One pound of Creekside honey & a honey soap $16.00

One pound of Creekside honey & a bar of goat milk soap $18.00

* Scroll down for a full list of available soap choices

One pound of Creekside honey, 1 honey soap & 1 Creamy body butter $30.00

Honey gift with Lotion bar, soap and honey bear. $20.0

Salt soak set with honey bear and 2 tea bags. $8.00 Detox or Relax

Creamy Body Butter $14.00
Lavender or Sweet orange Ylang-Ylang

Raw sugar scrub $8.00 Lavender

Facial Oil $24.00

Bee Hive soap with honey scent $3.00

Hand made soaps $5.00 *Details below

Scrubby Soap bags $2.00 each or Free with purchase of 3 regular soap bars

Raw honey from hives on our farm $13.00

Raw Comb Honey $20.00

Yarn and roving from our Suri alpacas

Alpaca socks $13.00-20.00

Gift Bags

Soap details: The majority of our soap is made with fresh/local goatmilk, shea butter, coconut, olive and castor oil, tallow and honey. We have 1 soap that would be considered vegan. Our Allepo soap – made with olive and laurel berry oil (no milk or honey).

Essential Oil soaps include :

Lavender w/oatmeal

Rosemary/lavender/mint w/green tea

Rosemary/Lavender with sea clay

Sweet Orange/Ginger/Patchouli

Lemongrass/Lemon/Lime

Ylang-Ylang/Bergamot w/ marshmallow root

Soaps made with philate free fragrance include:

Cherry Almond

Autumn Fig w/rose clay

Black Raspberry Vanilla

Almond

Contact us and we will have everything ready for pick-up on the farm!

email: pam@creeksidenaturalfarm.com

Call 815-467-5259 (leave a message if we don’t answer – we still have farm chores and may be outside)

Send us a message on our FB page

You can also use any of the above to ask questions about any of our products.

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Mini Pop-up Market

Posted on December 13, 2019 by admin

Mini Pop-up Market on the farm

This Saturday from 9 until 1.

Still need some gifts for co-workers, family members, teachers?

We still have a good selection of hand made bath and body items, Honey and some alpaca products.

They make great gifts (or gift yourself). We are happy to make up gift bags with items of your choosing!

Let us know what you would like and when you would like to pick it up. We will have it ready for you!

Honey gift with Body butter, soap and honey bear. $20.00

Honey gift with Lotion bar, soap and honey bear. $20.0

Salt soak set with honey bear and 2 tea bags. $8.00 Detox or Relax

Honey bear & Beehive/honey soap
$6.00

Lavender/oatmeal soap (2 bars) with scrubby soap bag, Lavender raw sugar scrub & choose either a Lavender Lotion bar or a lavender Creamy Body butter
$33.00

Lotion Bar $14.00
Lavender or Sweet orange/Ginger/ Ylang-Ylang

Creamy Body Butter $14.00
Lavender or Sweet orange Ylang-Ylang

Raw sugar scrub $8.00 Lavender

Facial Oil $24.00

Salt soak $4.00
Relax or Detox

Bee Hive soap with honey scent $3.00

Hand made soaps $5.00 Details below

Scrubby Soap bags $2.00 each or Free with purchase of 3 regular soap bars

Raw honey from hives on our farm $13.00

Raw Comb Honey $20.00

Honey Bears $3.00

Yarn and roving from our Suri alpacas

Alpaca socks $13.00-20.00

Choose a Christmas bag or a natural bag. Let us know what you would like in each gift bag and we will have it ready for you!

Essential Oil soaps include :

Lavender w/oatmeal

Rosemary/lavender/mint w/green tea

Rosemary/Lavender with sea clay

Sweet Orange/Ginger/Patchouli

Lemongrass/Lemon/Lime

Ylang-Ylang/Bergamot w/ marshmallow root

Soaps made with philate free fragrance include:

Cherry Almond

Autumn Fig w/rose clay

Black Raspberry Vanilla

Almond

Contact us and we will have everything ready for pick-up on the farm!

email: pam@creeksidenaturalfarm.com

Call 815-467-5259 (leave a message if we don’t answer – we still have farm chores and may be outside)

Send us a message on our FB page

You can also use any of the above to ask questions about any of our products.

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Gifts for the alpaca/fiber lovers on your list

Posted on December 12, 2019 by admin

We have some wonderful hand knitted items made with yarn from our Suri alpacas.

Hand knit Suri alpaca Cowell $35.00

Hand Knit Suri alpaca head-band & Finger-less Gloves Set $40.00

We also have great gifts for knitters, crocheters, weavers and spinners!

Suri alpaca yarn
Parabella, Freedom, Chikillia, Bronson

Our yarn comes in a 200 yard skein got $20.00.

All alpaca fiber comes from our small group of Suri alpacas. We send our fiber to small local mills for processing.

Core spun yarn Suri alpaca on cotton core $1.00 per yard

Our combed top roving is 100% Suri fiber from our finest fiber girl – Parabella. It’s unbelievably soft and spins into a wonderful yarn.

Combed top Suri alpaca from Parabella $5.00 per ounce

email: pam@creeksidenaturalfarm.com

call: 815-467-5259

Send us a message on our FB page

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Creekside Gifts (For others or yourself!)

Posted on December 4, 2019 by admin

We still have a good selection of hand made bath and body items, Honey and some alpaca products.

Here are a couple more Gift Set options:

Lavender/oatmeal goat milk soap, Lavender raw sugar scrub & soap bag $28.00

You can also add a lotion bar stick or Creamy body butter for $14.00 each

Honey bear and beehive/honey soap $6.00

Switch out the Honey bear for a 1 pound jar of our raw honey for a $16.00 set

Honey gift with Body butter, soap and honey bear. $20.00

Honey gift with Lotion bar, soap and honey bear. $20.0

Salt soak set with honey bear and 2 tea bags. $8.00 Detox or Relax

Creamy Body Butter $14.00
Lavender or Sweet orange Ylang-Ylang

Raw sugar scrub $8.00 Lavender

Facial Oil $24.00

Salt soak $4.00
Relax or Detox

Bee Hive soap with honey scent $3.00

Hand made soaps $5.00 Details below

Scrubby Soap bags $2.00 each or Free with purchase of 3 regular soap bars

Raw honey from hives on our farm $13.00

Raw Comb Honey $20.00

Honey Bears $3.00

Yarn and roving from our Suri alpacas

Alpaca socks $13.00-20.00

Gift Bags

Essential Oil soaps include :

Lavender w/oatmeal

Rosemary/lavender/mint w/green tea

Rosemary/Lavender with sea clay

Sweet Orange/Ginger/Patchouli

Lemongrass/Lemon/Lime

Ylang-Ylang/Bergamot w/ marshmallow root

Soaps made with philate free fragrance include:

Cherry Almond

Autumn Fig w/rose clay

Black Raspberry Vanilla

Almond

Contact us and we will have everything ready for pick-up on the farm!

email: pam@creeksidenaturalfarm.com

Call 815-467-5259 (leave a message if we don’t answer – we still have farm chores and may be outside)

Send us a message on our FB page

You can also use any of the above to ask questions about any of our products.

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Creekside Gift Options

Posted on December 4, 2019 by admin

We still have a good selection of hand made bath and body items, Honey and some alpaca products.

Honey gift with Body butter, soap and honey bear. $20.00

Honey gift with Lotion bar, soap and honey bear. $20.0

Salt soak set with honey bear and 2 tea bags. $8.00 Detox or Relax

Creamy Body Butter $14.00
Lavender or Sweet orange Ylang-Ylang

Raw sugar scrub $8.00 Lavender

Facial Oil $24.00

Salt soak $4.00
Relax or Detox

Bee Hive soap with honey scent $3.00

Hand made soaps $5.00 Details below

Scrubby Soap bags $2.00 each or Free with purchase of 3 regular soap bars

Raw honey from hives on our farm $13.00

Raw Comb Honey $20.00

Honey Bears $3.00

Yarn and roving from our Suri alpacas

Alpaca socks $13.00-20.00

Gift Bags

Essential Oil soaps include :

Lavender w/oatmeal

Rosemary/lavender/mint w/green tea

Rosemary/Lavender with sea clay

Sweet Orange/Ginger/Patchouli

Lemongrass/Lemon/Lime

Ylang-Ylang/Bergamot w/ marshmallow root

Soaps made with philate free fragrance include:

Cherry Almond

Autumn Fig w/rose clay

Black Raspberry Vanilla

Almond

Contact us and we will have everything ready for pick-up on the farm!

email: pam@creeksidenaturalfarm.com

Call 815-467-5259 (leave a message if we don’t answer – we still have farm chores and may be outside)

Send us a message on our FB page

You can also use any of the above to ask questions about any of our products.

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Creekside Holiday Market is Tomorrow!

Posted on November 29, 2019 by admin

Come out and see us tomorrow between 9 and 2.

We will be set up in the garage with hot cocoa & coffee and lots of great products!We will have some favorites from last year and a couple of new bath and body products.

Sugar Scrub

A few gift sets already made up

Or you can choose your own products and make a custom gift. We even have some cute Christmas gift bags & lots of hand made goat milk soap.Honey from our hives – including comb honey

Evergreen arrangements & Scented fire starters

Suri alpaca yarn & roving from our small herd of alpacas. And super soft and warm alpaca socks!

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Creekside Holiday Market – 2 More Days!

Posted on November 28, 2019 by admin

Creekside Holiday Market

Saturday November 30th

9 am until 2 pm

Today’s featured product is our Facial Oil

It is a blend of high quality oils :

Rosehip seed oil, Jojoba oil, Evening Primrose oil, Pomegranate seed oil, Meadowfoam seed oil & Vitamin E oil.

All chosen for their amazing skin benefits.

A little goes a long way!

$24.00 per bottle

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Creekside Holiday Market

Posted on November 25, 2019 by admin

Creekside Holiday Market

Saturday November 30th

9 am until 2 pm

We have 2 Lotion Bar formulas this year.

Both start with shea butter, coconut, pumpkin seed & Vit E oils plus beeswax from our hives. 100% skin loving butters and oils! We use a twist up tube to make it easy to use and store. $14.00 for a 2 ounce tube.

Formula 1 also contains mango butter and macadamia nut oil with sweet orange/ginger & ylang-ylang EO’s

Formula 2 also contains cocoa butter with lavender EO

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Creekside Holiday Market

Posted on November 24, 2019 by admin

Creekside Holiday Market

Saturday November 30th

9 am until 2 pm

Creamy Body Butter

This year we will offer 3 formulas! All 3 are lovely, creamy and filled with skin loving oils and butters! A 4 ounce jar is $14.00

Both formulas contain jojoba and pumpkin seed oil.

Formula 1 also has macadamia nut oil and mango butter with

sweet orange/ginger/ylang-ylang EO’s

Formula 2 has apricot kernel oil & cocoa butter with lavender EO

Formula 3 has apricot kernel oil & shea butter with Raw honeycomb FO and Lemon EO

Here is why we have added pumpkin seed oil to our body butter and lotion bar sticks this year.

What are the skin benefits of pumpkin seed oil?

Pumpkin seed oil is rich in vitamin E, zinc, omega 3- and 6- fatty acids as well as antioxidants, therefore it has tremendous benefits for the skin in terms of retaining moisture, fighting free radicals and maintaining a youthful appearance. The high amounts of zinc and vitamin E also improve skin tone, help wounds heal more rapidly, fight acne and help with skin renewal. Lastly, many of the minerals and vitamins have anti-aging effects as well.

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Creekside Holiday Market

Posted on November 23, 2019 by admin

We are 1 week away from our Creekside Holiday Market and busy working on products.

Today’s project is Salt Soak. We will have 2 options – both in a 8 ounce size for $4.00

Both versions have a base of Dead Sea salt, Epsom salt, and baking soda.

Relax Salt Soak also has chamomile powder and lavender essential oil

Detox Salt Soak has rhassoul clay and a mix of lemongrass, rosemary and ginger EO’s

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Contact us to place your order and we will have it ready for you in our self service farmstand. You can pick it up and pay with no contact!

Now is the perfect time to be working on getting your garden beds or containers ready for planting!

1. Focus.

Our Flour is available in 5 pound buckets for $10.00

Today we picked up part of our seed potato order.

Contact us ahead of coming out and we will leave your order in our farmstand.

No lines and no crowds!

I know it’s snowing but now is the time to

start making plans to grow food!

We will have transplants available for sale when it is warm enough to plant. We grow a large variety of heirloom tomatoes, sweet and hot peppers, eggplant, broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage. There is a complete list of tomato, pepper and eggplant varieties on our post about plants.

We have been working hard to get our seeds started and growing for your eating and gardening pleasure. The greenhouse is bursting at the seams!

Tomatoes:

Peppers

Eggplant

Herbs

Here is what the CDC says about soap for hand washing:

We have goat milk soap available for your hand washing pleasure! Our soap is gentle on your skin with a creamy lather to wash away dirt and germs.

The greenhouse is cleaned and organized, the seeds, organic soil and Fertil Pots are here and we will soon be in Full Seed Starting mode!

Even though our farmstand is closed for the winter, we still have some of our products available for pick-up at our farm.

First batch of soap for 2020 is Lilac.

We still have a good selection of hand made bath and body items, Honey and some alpaca products.

Contact us and we will have everything ready for pick-up on the farm!

Mini Pop-up Market on the farm

This Saturday from 9 until 1.

Still need some gifts for co-workers, family members, teachers?

We still have a good selection of hand made bath and body items, Honey and some alpaca products.

Contact us and we will have everything ready for pick-up on the farm!

We have some wonderful hand knitted items made with yarn from our Suri alpacas.

We still have a good selection of hand made bath and body items, Honey and some alpaca products.

Contact us and we will have everything ready for pick-up on the farm!

We still have a good selection of hand made bath and body items, Honey and some alpaca products.

Contact us and we will have everything ready for pick-up on the farm!

Come out and see us tomorrow between 9 and 2.

Creekside Holiday Market

Creekside Holiday Market

Creekside Holiday Market

Creamy Body Butter

Here is why we have added pumpkin seed oil to our body butter and lotion bar sticks this year.

What are the skin benefits of pumpkin seed oil?

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