Our young hens are starting to lay larger and more eggs
Our beekeeper has replenished our honey
Raw honey from hives on our farm
Our soap is curing
Our plants are busy growing in the greenhouse
We have freshly ground Turkey Red wheat
And, we will have alpaca “beans” ready for your garden
A warm day or 2 always make us anxious to get something planted. So, what can we plant when it’s still too cold for tomatoes, beans and other warmth loving plants?
Some of the things we planted last week are lettuce, spinach, kale and sugar snap peas. In the next week, we will plant beets and start putting out transplants of cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower. We will have those cool season transplants available in our stand next week.
black seeded Simpson lettuce
We start planting tomatoes, eggplant and peppers AFTER Mothers DAY – and sometimes later if it falls early in the month or the weather forecast is still cold. I know it’s tempting to plant earlier, but these plants will be not grow to their full potential if the temps overnight are below 50 degrees. We will have a nice variety of organic heirloom tomatoes, eggplant and peppers available at the appropriate planting time.
Now is a great time to get your garden ready for the warm weather ahead. We have alpaca “beans” available to improve your soil. I can put them in our farmstand for you on request. We have cat litter buckets full for $6.00.
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Our winter flock is still producing well and out young hens are winding up. So, we have plenty of eggs. We are getting small/medium eggs from the young hens and have those in 18 pack cartons for $5.00.
18 pack of medium/small eggs $5.00
The regular size eggs are $5.00 per dozen.
Our hens have free access to pasture and are fed a diet of certified organic ground feed and whole grains (wheat and oats) that we raised on our farm.
We will have a larger selection of organic plants this year. In addition the the heirloom tomatoes, we will also have eggplant, peppers, cabbage, broccoli, cauliflower, kohlrabi, herbs, pansies and potatoes!
Lemon thyme, rosemary and succulents
Cilantro
Lime, lemon and sweet basil
Broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage enjoying the cooler temperature under the benches
Tomatoes, eggplant and peppers enjoying the warmth on the greenhouse benches
2 big boxes of seed potatoes
Sourdough starter made with our Turkey Red whole wheat flour
Our antique combine loaded up and moving on to a new home where it will be living the “retirement” life.
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We have our regular eggs which are a mix of sizes ranging from jumbo to medium.
We will also be selling eggs from our young hens as they start to lay. They will be packaged according to size (small or medium) and priced accordingly. ($3.00 and $4.00).
Our hens have free access to pasture where they can eat vegetation, scratch in the dirt and enjoy the sunshine. In addition to what they pick up on their own, we provide them with a certified organic ground feed from Yorktown Organics in Tampico Illinois, oats and wheat that we grow on our farm using organic methods and lots of vegetable scraps.
Some of the steps in “making” whole wheat flour
Un-cleaned wheat going into the screens, Clean wheat comes out the bottom, Cleaned wheat stone ground into whole wheat flour
As the name suggests, ‘Turkey’ Hard Red Winter Wheat is a tall, winter hardy cultivar, grown in the Great Plains. This wheat variety has a unique, rich, and complex flavor and excellent baking qualities.
This particular variety can be traced to Crimea between the Black Sea and the Sea of Azov in the early 19th century and earlier to Turkey to the south of the Black Sea. Mennonite immigrants brought it to the United States in the early 1870s, introducing it to the areas surrounding Marian, Reno and Harvey Counties in Kansas. It became the dominant hard red winter wheat in Kansas and much of the Great Plains bread basket and was the major hard winter variety in the 1920s. Significant acreage was planted in Kansas until the mid-1940s when it was replaced with modern higher-yielding cultivars.
The wheat has excellent flavor, good protein quantity and quality.
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Waiting in line to have the “babies” boxed up
Honey, cornmeal, eggs, ect… are available in the winter by appointment only so Please contact us ahead of coming out (info below). This ever changing weather can sometimes lead to very slippery conditions – especially in the country.
Our honey is pure 100% honey from hives on our farm. Our bees have 76 acres of “crops” to forage from. That includes more than 20 acres of pollinator habitat, several acres of vegetables, 30 acres of hay and pasture and our dandelion and clover filled yard. We farm using organic practices (no GMO’s). While we can’t control where our bees forage, we really can’t see any reason for them to leave this bee friendly paradise!
Raw honey from hives on our farm
We have Floriani Red Flint corn – grown here with organic practices – stone ground on our farm to a coarse grind. Floriani is a hard corn that was developed in Italy for polenta or grits. We have a delicious polenta recipe on our site.
We also have heirloom yellow cornmeal that is a great baking cornmeal.
Wheat berries can be used like ferro – cooked whole ( we have a recipe on our site). They can also be ground into flour.
We kept a very small winter flock this year but they are working overtime. So, we have a limited amount of eggs available. Our hens eat a combination of certified organic ground feed and some whole grains (wheat and oats) that we grow on our farm using organic methods. They also get vegetable scraps – sourdough starter – pumpkins from last years garden – and anything they can find in the pasture.
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Today is a perfect day to plant 8 acres of seed for our Monarch butterfly habitat. Can’t wait until it’s all gro
Comb honey is sections of the hexagonal-shaped beeswax cells of the honeycomb that contain raw honey that have been cut from the wooden frames of a beehive.
It is the rawest honey available and contains all of the pollen, enzymes, propolis, vitamins, amino acids, antioxidants, minerals, and aromatics that the honey had in the hive.Comb honey is more expensive than raw liquid bottled honey. Bottled honey is extracted from the beeswax comb and the comb is able to be used again. Since the comb is completely removed to produce comb honey, the bees and beekeeper must work harder to produce it.
We have a very limited amount of comb honey available.
1 pound container is $20.00
Please contact us ahead of coming out.
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Honey is available in the winter by appointment only so Please contact us ahead of coming out (info below). This ever changing weather can sometimes lead to very slippery conditions – especially in the country.
Our honey is pure 100% honey from hives on our farm. Our bees have 76 acres of “crops” to forage from. That includes more than 20 acres of pollinator habitat, several acres of vegetables, 30 acres of hay and pasture and our dandelion and clover filled yard. We farm using organic practices (no GMO’s). While we can’t control where our bees forage, we really can’t see any reason for them to leave this bee friendly paradise!
We sell it in a 1 pound jar for $13.00
Raw honey from hives on our farm
815-467-5259
pam@creeksidenaturalfarm.com
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We also have heirloom stone ground cornmeal – $5.00 for a 3 pound bag
and a limited amount of eggs – $5.00 per dz
-15 outside this morning. Thankful for heated water buckets lots of straw and good hay. Plus a great coat for Thomas.
The other boys are thankful to live with Thomas – who get extra special hay and treats!
And the farmers are thankful for this!
Our honey is pure 100% honey from hives on our farm. Our bees have 76 acres of “crops” to forage from. That includes more than 20 acres of pollinator habitat, several acres of vegetables, 30 acres of hay and pasture and our dandelion and clover filled yard. We farm using organic practices (no GMO’s). While we can’t control where our bees forage, we really can’t see any reason for them to leave this bee friendly paradise!
Raw honey from hives on our farm
$13.00 for a 1 pound jar
Desiree
The most popular “red” potato in Europe. Round to oblong tubers, satin-like pinkish/red skin and gourmet quality creamy-yellow flesh. Prolific yields of excellent all-around cooking potatoes. Very resistant to common diseases. An easy and very reliable gourmet potato to grow.
Nicola
Delicious German potato with low glycemic level. Uniform medium-large oblong tubers have smooth yellow skin and light yellow flesh. Firm waxy texture is excellent for boiling and salads. High yield potential. SSE staff favorite. 90-110 days.
La Ratte Fingerling
Long prized by French chefs as a top quality fingerling. We cannot recommend this variety highly enough, an absolute delight to cook with. Long uniform tubers, yellow flesh with firm waxy texture and a nice nutty flavor, holds together very well. Especially good for potato salad or as a boiled potato. We love it roasted with garlic!
Viking Red
Viking has main season maturity but has early tuber set. Yielding ability is high. Plants are medium sized, upright and vigorous. Tubers are large, oblong to round, medium thick, with a smooth, medium to deep red skin and white flesh. Eyes are shallow and well distributed. Culinary quality is excellent.
Masquerade
A yellow-skinned potato that’s all dressed up in a cloak of purple. These slightly flattened, oval tubers have moist, yellow flesh, an irresistible creamy, rich flavor, and an elevated anthocyanin content. Sized nicely to bake whole, Masquerade makes a triumphant presentation at the table, and doesn’t disappoint on the palate. A very versatile potato, it’s delicious mashed or roasted as well. Vigorous plants deliver very high yields.
Raw honey from hives on our farm
Heirloom Grains – Turkey Red wheat flour, Yellow cornmeal and Floriani Red Flint cornmeal (Makes really great polenta). All grown and stone ground on our farm using organic practices.
$5.00 for a 3 pound bag
Tomato beauty! Woodle Orange, Mortgage Lifter and Cherokee Purple
Dill Pickle kit
Heirloom organic tomato plants
Tomatoes!
Garden bounty
Bumblebees and honey bees enjoying the sunflowers
Cinderella pumpkins
Love a full cooler!
Parabella and Leonardo
Our raw honey and goat milk soap
Swallowtail caterpillar
Monarch in the pollinator habitat
Partridge pea in the pollinator habitat
Thank you to all of our loyal customers who take the time to come out to shop with us. We are looking forward to 2019 and a few new things! We like to try at least 1 new veggie every year, we have some new flowers planned, I’m working on some new soap recipes and we will be starting some new conservation plantings.
2019 Egg layers
We got our baby chicks in November so we will have eggs in the spring!
Curing soap
Raw honey from hives on our farm
Heirloom Grains – Turkey Red wheat flour, Yellow cornmeal and Floriani Red Flint cornmeal (Makes really great polenta). All grown and stone ground on our farm using organic practices.
$5.00 for a 3 pound bag
We have the following gift sets or individual items available. You can also request different soaps in your gift sets and add items that are not already included.
Lavender infused Creekside honey, 2 oz lotion bar stick, 2 bars of handmade goats milk soap,
Sage or thyme infused Creekside honey , Detox salt soak, 2 organic tea bags
Creamy body butter
Detox salt soak
Lotion bar sticks
Infused Creekside honey
We’ve been busy making some new items for our December Creekside Market.
They will all be available individually and in various gift sets.
We will also have our handmade goats milk soap, a fresh batch of honey from hives on our farm, freshly stone ground cornmeal and Turkey Red whole wheat flour, and beautiful yarn and fiber from our Suri alpacas.
We will be set up in the garage just past our farmstand so no worries about the predicted rain. Come do some Christmas shopping or find a treat for yourself.
Tomorrow December 1st from 9 until 2
We will be closing the farmstand at the end of the day on Saturday October 20th. This week will be your last opportunity this year to get vegetables.
We have cherry tomatoes, salad tomatoes, garlic, fingerling potatoes, baking pumpkins, butternut squash, sweet peppers, poblano peppers, bell peppers (both ripe and green), watermelon radishes and kale, black turtle bean, cornmeal and Floriani polenta.
We also have decorative pumpkins.
Thank You to all of our customers who have made the extra effort to shop with us!
We will be closing the farmstand at the end of the day on Saturday October 20th. This week will be your last opportunity this year to get vegetables.
We have cherry tomatoes, salad tomatoes, garlic, fingerling potatoes, baking pumpkins, butternut squash, sweet peppers, poblano peppers, bell peppers (both ripe and green), watermelon radishes and kale, black turtle bean, cornmeal and Floriani polenta.
We also have decorative pumpkins.
Thank You to all of our customers who have made the extra effort to shop with us!
We will be closing the farmstand at the end of the day on Saturday October 20th. This week will be your last opportunity this year to get vegetables.
We have cherry tomatoes, salad tomatoes, garlic, fingerling potatoes, baking pumpkins, butternut squash, sweet peppers, poblano peppers, bell peppers (both ripe and green), watermelon radishes and kale, black turtle bean, cornmeal and Floriani polenta.
We also have decorative pumpkins.
Thank You to all of our customers who have made the extra effort to shop with us!
We will be closing the farmstand at the end of the day on Saturday October 20th. This week will be your last opportunity this year to get vegetables.
We have cherry tomatoes, salad tomatoes, garlic, fingerling potatoes, baking pumpkins, butternut squash, sweet peppers, poblano peppers, bell peppers (both ripe and green), watermelon radishes and kale, black turtle bean, cornmeal and Floriani polenta.
We also have decorative pumpkins.
Thank You to all of our customers who have made the extra effort to shop with us!
We will be closing the farmstand at the end of the day on Saturday October 20th. This week will be your last opportunity this year to get vegetables.
We have cherry tomatoes, salad tomatoes, garlic, fingerling potatoes, baking pumpkins, butternut squash, sweet peppers, poblano peppers, bell peppers (both ripe and green), watermelon radishes and kale, black turtle bean, cornmeal and Floriani polenta.
We also have decorative pumpkins.
Thank You to all of our customers who have made the extra effort to shop with us!
We will be closing the farmstand at the end of the day on Saturday October 20th. This week will be your last opportunity this year to get vegetables.
We have cherry tomatoes, salad tomatoes, garlic, fingerling potatoes, baking pumpkins, butternut squash, sweet peppers, poblano peppers, bell peppers (both ripe and green), watermelon radishes and kale, black turtle bean, cornmeal and Floriani polenta.
We also have decorative pumpkins.
Thank You to all of our customers who have made the extra effort to shop with us!
We will be closing the farmstand at the end of the day on Saturday October 20th. This week will be your last opportunity this year to get vegetables.
We have cherry tomatoes, salad tomatoes, garlic, fingerling potatoes, baking pumpkins, butternut squash, sweet peppers, poblano peppers, bell peppers (both ripe and green), watermelon radishes and kale, black turtle bean, cornmeal and Floriani polenta.
We also have decorative pumpkins.
Thank You to all of our customers who have made the extra effort to shop with us!
Raw honey from hives on our farm
Curing soap
Aleppo style soap – olive and laurel berry oil -no milk
Suri alpaca fiber from Freedom
Suri alpaca yarn and roving
Body butter
We will also have stone ground yellow or Floriani Red Flint cornmeal and Turkey Red wheat flour – all raised and ground on our farm.
We will be set up in our garage from 9 until 2!
We will be closing the farmstand at the end of the day on Saturday October 20th. This week will be your last opportunity this year to get vegetables.
We have cherry tomatoes, salad tomatoes, garlic, fingerling potatoes, baking pumpkins, butternut squash, sweet peppers, poblano peppers, bell peppers (both ripe and green), watermelon radishes and kale, black turtle bean, cornmeal and Floriani polenta.
We also have decorative pumpkins.
