Come Visit The Harvest House Farm Stand - Every Thursday 4-7pm!

Fresh Hand Picked Veggies! Come On By and Enjoy The Harvest!

*** 4 - 7 pm Every Thursday ***

Lookout for our awesome Farm Stand Signs on 191 Hand painted by Ross Trebilcock

Welcome New Farm Residents!

Miss Lamby Lamb & Lil Lamby Lambs!

June 2016 Farm Update!

Lots happening on the farm with projects, planting and harvesting! We've been busy busy busy!!!

CSA shares are now ready to be picked up weekly at the big red barn in the back. Drive in from the west driveway for your convenience and pick up ease. Pick up time for  CSA shares is 4-7pm every Thursday!

We have our new walk-in cold room online now holding nice cool temperatures for all of our fresh harvested bounty! Along with the cold room being completed we have a state of the art wash station for the freshest cleanest veggies in the valley!

The northern plots are now being planted with an assortment of mixed salad greens, squash and pumpkins etc. While the greenhouses are transitioned for warmer varieties like tomatoes, cucumbers and basil.

We will be selling weekly at the Big Sky Farmers Market on Wednesdays 5pm-8pm. The Big Sky Market season is from June 22nd to September 28th.

We also will be hosting our own Farm Stand here at Harvest House Farm (55 Axtell Anceny Road) on Thursdays from 4-7pm. Keep an eye out for our awesome and eye catching signs on 191 painted by our ultra talented resident artist Ross T visiting from Australia!

It really is shaping up to be a great summer with all the new changes here at HHF! Come by and visit us on Farm Stand Days! In the meantime enjoy some pictures of our latest tasty bounty!

Hope to see you soon!

Mixed Salad Greens

Chives in Bloom

Fresh Mint

More Salad Mixed Greens

Snap Pea Shoots

Spinach

Baby Carrots

Lupine Blooms

Pak Choy

Come Join Us This Saturday April 23rd For Our Full Moon Shindig!!

We're kicking off the spring growing season with a Full Moon Party! Come join us this Saturday for a grand ole time at the farm. It's a family friendly event, complete with all sorts of fun activities for everyone. We are also proud to be hosting this event with the MSU Lacrosse Club! Proceeds will be aiding their program for an even more successful season next year. So come on out and support local farming in the Gallatin Valley and help Support MSU Lacrosse! See our poster below for all the details. Hope to see you on Saturday!

Like us and see more details regarding this event on Our Facebook Page!

Spring Has Sprung In The Valley!

 

 Fresh snow on the Bridgers, Spring greens growing in the green houses!

 New chickens enjoying the sunny weather... finally outside of their indoor coop!

New Cold Room

We're excited to move our pick up station to the North Red Barn where will have our brand new cold storage room with plenty of space for our increased harvest planning for 2016 and easy pick up for our CSA member's weekly shares.

Becoming Member for the 2016 Season

To Become A Member:

Harvest House Farm membership consists of fresh picked veggies, flowers and herbs. Your weekly share will be ready for you to pick up weekly at the farm at 55 Axtell Anceny Road: 3.2 miles south of 4 Corners. Membership includes 20 weekly shares starting early-mid June (with seasonal variance with temperature and weather factors), continuing until early September.

Weekly shares include: tomatoes, onions, peppers (spicy and Bell), radishes, corn, cabbage, peas, french beans, potatoes, beets, kohlrabi, carrots, garlic, zucchini and winter squash; herbs: fennel, parsley, hyssop, and basil; and flowers: mixed bouquet of sunflowers, aster, and others. Exact quantities and types of fruit and veggies will vary by availability during the growing season--harvested as they ripen and mature.

A Seasonal Fee of $500 for a full share. Full shares are designed to provide produce needs for one family of  four for one week. (Payments options are available upon request, payable by check to Harvest House Farm).

If you are interested in becoming a member this season please email us at HarvestHouseFarm@gmail.com and we will send you our latest CSA application. 

Or call us at 406-763-4464

Also, please visit and Like Us at our Facebook page:  https://www.facebook.com/harvesthousefarmmontana/

Location/Contact

55 Axtell Anceny Rd, Bozeman, Mt 59718
HarvestHouseFarm@gmail.com
406-763-4464

Happy New Year!

January 20, 2015

What a beautiful sunset to start the New Year!

Warm days in January have melted the valley snows, but the mountains

continue to their snow depth..

Lots of good cooking has graced our kitchen..

Welcome  to winter on the farm. We are reminiscing about seasons past, working members, WWOOF- ers, GYG Camp, good food  and all that goes with summer.  Now that its nearly February already   we are  organizing  leftover seeds and formulating this year's order it will be another great garden with more flowers than ever. It  it will be so beautiful...again!  We all look forward to reconnecting  to all our community farmers,  local foodies and all the great events and connections  another season will bring.

                                                     Enjoy these highlights from 2013.



                      Really this was just September! Look at all the green grass  and leaves on the trees...

                                                           "Strong Work"  Dylan

                                          You helped us used to the fact winter would be her soon!

                               This working member pauses to help show off a couple  pumpkins.

                     Jean with a very aromatic bouquet of  basil- you can see there was no shortage!

                                            Oh What a Crew!  ...  Jefe' is  the fun boss.
                                             

Sparce  with a great load of beet greens. .. any one for beets? 

 Beets anybody?

Above 

Gerty - (the Jersey heifer) sure  liked having the GYG   summer camp, she attracted  a lot of Love that day!

Late May...Niels and  James  enjoying a sunny day, after mulching the hedge row of Nanking cherries. 

Thursday, October 3, 2013

Snowflakes alternately drift slowly from the sky, then come in sideways when the wind picks up, on this dark, damp October day.  Some of us are left wondering what happened to autumn, yet I'm certain an Indian Summer spell is waiting for its cue just behind this curtain of winter-like weather we're experiencing today.

Lori, Neils and working members have been busy buttoning up Harvest House Farm for the winter.  Tomatillas, tomatoes and peppers were just harvested from the hoop houses.  Nick just came in with two handfuls of fresh eggs.  The pumpkins, in their assorted shapes, sizes and colors, have been brought in from the field.  As a working member who has helped with Thursday harvests, it's hard to imagine our season is over already.

I'm learning a little something about food after four years at the farm helping out on harvest days!  I laugh when I think back to Lori asking me to go out and harvest a particular vegetable.  I looked quizzically at a fellow working member asking, "What does it look like?!"  Kohlrabi, fennel, lemon balm...  I finally convinced myself I could eat a flower and have come to love the peppery taste of nasturtium in my salads.   Every week, especially toward the end of the season when our share bags are overflowing, we are challenged to learn to use food we might not normally purchase at the grocery store.  I've taken the time to can salsa, have made killer tomatilla sauce, recently froze corn fresh off the cob (Okay, I did overcook it by getting distracted, but it will still taste great in something this winter.) and have come to love my food processor that slices and shreds at a push of a button in just seconds.

I hope the rest of you have learned something practical about food as you've enjoyed your garden share each week.  I'm reclaiming some more space in my refrigerator as the last of the vegetables are being eaten.  (Most of the science projects have been cleaned up.)  And, I look forward to taking on a new vegetable next summer!

                       

Words From The Wwoofers

As our time here at Harvest House draws to a close, it seems only right that we say a few words about our experience. Two weeks ago we were farming novices. Having grown up in London, England, we had had little to no exposure to the ways of life on an organic farm. Now, we're practically experts. Okay, not quite... but we have learned a huge amount from this place and the incredible people that make it what it is.

Here's a little summary of what's been going on here recently: The CSA harvest delivery is now underway, and consequently our past two Thursdays have been spent harvesting and bagging beautiful fresh salad. The fields are also filling up nicely; we've planted cabbages, potatoes, carrots, broccoli, and more. Inga the cow is producing more milk than we've ever seen in our lives, and the team has been hard at work preparing the farm for the summer months in general. A busy few weeks it has certainly been, but busy around here means rewarding.

It's with regret that we leave tomorrow, though we know we can leave safe in the knowledge that we've experienced (and, in some small way, contributed to) something magical.

Welcome Inga and Gertie!

Inga and her year old daughter Gertie arrived this weekend from the Bitterroot Valley. It was a long journey especially for Inga as she is due to calve in less than 2 weeks time! Should be an exciting day on the farm when that happens. They seem to be happy and settling in nicely on the farm. So fun to be adding more cast and characters to our happy little slice of the Gallatin Valley :)

From left to right: Inga, Gertie and Lori

Lori and one year old Gerite

More Planting in the Spring Garden

Onions, Lettuce, Peas, Carrots and Beets have all been planted in some new rows in the spring garden. Katie from Portland, OR has been helping out a bunch as well as other locals from our CSA. The  weather has been amazing and everything is responding joyously to all this mild spring warmth. Come on out and visit if you like it's a great time to be on the farm!

Katie watering freshly transplanted lettuce

Jefé and the "Chicken Tractor"

Lori turning over the soil for a long row of Snap Peas

Organic Snap Pea Seeds

Planting Has Begun...

On Thursday we had Jamie, Rowan, Roberta, James, Lynn, Josh and Lori all pitch in for a day of turning over a couple rows and planting strawberries while relocating some garlic, chives and lemon balm. It was a beautiful day to get some work done outside the hoop houses. Roberta fed the hungry crew with and excellent stew and beer bread left over from the Earth Day Party that Matt brought along from 406 Brewing.

Many Thanks!

Thank you to all who shared their  Sunday with us last week to celebrate Earth Day here at the farm.  I am very grateful for all the support and participation from  the wonderful  extended community of Family, Friends, Businesses, Musicians, all our guests  from far and near.  It was wonderful have you all. And, WELCOME  NEW CSA  MEMBERS!

Despite the chilly weather folks meandered around the farm, stopping off to watch Cole McElroy  pound steel and put shoes on "Joe". We enjoyed plenty of Fresh Baked Beer Bread  courtesy of Matt Muth from 406 Brewery. Paul Zitzer and Wayne Kryzki both brought a team of horses and wagons. What a treat for those who got on board for a country ride. Fred and Bill  manned the pig roaster  while a Huyser hog slowly turned on the spit,  it made a nice warm place to hover, especially when it reached the perfect degree of doneness! The pot luck was superb, then great music and dancing... again, thank you everyone for all the goodness.

Earth Day Festivities

Cole McElroy - blackmith

 Lydia helps Cole out by holding 'Joe'

Skim milk to the left and cream to the right!

Luka points out the thick cream to Bob and his grandsons

Mark and Jane entertain us in delightful fashion

Paul and teams are ready for the riders.

These boots are made for dancing...

...the marvelous new dance floor gets some action.

Waylon and Willie look on as Paul Zitzer  goes ahead with his own load of folks enjoying a  wagon ride.

Just picked salad anyone?  It couldn't get any fresher!

Bill and Don discuss the new handles for the broad- fork..

Emma endures the spring snow better than  the people. (They all disappeared inside  for warmth and  food!)

Amelia