Words cannot describe just how grateful we are for your love, kindness, patronage, and ongoing support of our farm. 2024 was a year of blessings and we owe it all to you. THANK YOU for everything. We are now closed for the rest of the year, taking some time off to spend with our family. We will re-open on Saturday January 18th 2025 and we look forward to seeing you then!
Much love and Holiday blessings to you and your loved ones.
Jim & Debbie
Treat your loved ones with the gift of organic maple syrup, organic bourbon maple syrup or a gift certificate to visit the cider barn..
Final CSA harvest for the season: apples, ginger, squash, herbs, green tomatoes, greens (kale, chard, collards), peppers, 3 four packs, and one dozen eggs.
There is nothing more aromatic, tender, and delicious than freshly harvested, Minnesota grown, organic ginger. In the store you will usually find only the root, but the stalks and leaves are equally delicious.
First, don’t throw out the stalks and leaves as they are also edible. At minimum you can make some incredible ginger tea, but also use them sliced up and added to stir frys or used to infuse flavor into baked goods. The easist thing to do is to ask Chef Google “how to use ginger stalks and leaves” and you’ll find quite a nice list of fun ways to prepare it.
For the root, be sure to clean it well as the crevices to get full of dirt. Once cleaned, of course the root can be used in any way you like to use ginger. But if it is more than you can use up in about a week, you can just slice it up and freeze it into portions that work for you.
Thank you for supporting our farm and we hope that you will enjoy your ginger!
We are celebrating the GINGER harvest! On Saturday October 5th and Sunday October 6th join us for Ginger Fest. We’re celebrating the ginger harvest, a crop that is not usually grown here in Minnesota. Pick up some freshly harvested organic ginger, ginger syrup, ginger tea, ginger cider, ginger ale, PLUS ginger gelato and candied ginger made by Rustic Island Farm. Meet the adorable alpacas and shop for alpaca wear as the weather begins to chill. On Saturday Thai Thai Street Food will be serving up his delicious Thai food and will include our fresh ginger in his creations. At 6pm Bluegrass Jam takes the stage. On Sunday 10/6 feast on the Extraordinary Wood-fired Pizza by El Hornito Wood Fired Pizza and walk the Sugar Maple Trail of Colors. Always fun for the whole family including the dog!
September CSA harvest includes: leeks, grapes, apples, cucumbers, heirloom tomatoes, sage, hearty greens (collards, kale, chard), one dozen eggs and three four packs of beverages.
Vine-ripened heirloom tomatoes, sweet peppers, hot peppers, onions, beets, cucumbers, gnarly carrots, eggplant, kale, one dozen eggs, three four packs of beverages.
There is no such thing as toon many Minnesota apples. We will happily take your unwanted apples and magically convert them into our award-winning cider! Sorry, we do not have the staff available to come and pick them. We do have a big bin to drop them off, and we greatly appreciate them!
We love dogs. So much so that we are having an all-day dog event celebrating International Dog Day here at the farm. Join us for a fun day featuring all of the many different ways dogs enhance our lives. Meet dog experts in many different arenas including:
Versatile Hunting Dog training and demonstrations by NAVHDA
4H dog champion demonstrations
Chipping clinic by a veterinary clinic
Dog food and dog treat suppliers
Ruff Start Rescue dogs for adoption
We welcome mushroom expert Kathy Yerich to the farm. She will be doing a presentation about foraging for mushrooms, and we will take a walk on the trails of our 172 acres to see what we can find (observation only, no harvesting).
“Start Seeing Mushrooms” Co-author of the popular and accessible local field guide, Mushrooms of the Upper Midwest. Kathy Yerich has been hanging out with the Minnesota Mycological Society (MMS) and North American Mycological Society (NAMA) for more than 15 years.
THIS EVENT IS FREE but registration required and limited to 50 participants. Please be kind and not take more tickets than you know for sure that you need. If you have to cancel, please let us know ASAP so we can make the tickets available to others on the waiting list. REGISTER HERE
