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Farm Happenings at Hoot Owl Farm
CSA Week #11 - Customize
Boy it was nice to wake up to a cool morning! Even if it's temporary, the reprieve from super hot temps has been so welcome! Today will be spent catching up from the week and trying to catch up even further with planting. We're starting to keep our eye on some of the long-season crops that hover in1 read more »
CSA Week #11 - Pick Up
We sure did enjoy the cooler weather this past week, and we'll be holding onto the memory of that brief rain as it looks like temps are set to climb right back up over 100 tomorrow. Our definite MVP of this week turned out to be our back up generator. We've lost power for a few hours twice in the l1 read more »
CSA Week #10 - Customize
We've had a lot of new additions to our Farm Stand list lately, and we wanted to do a quick reminder that we try to do a fairly accurate estimate of our next week's harvest so that we can make those crops available to our CSA and Farm Stand folks. BUT, we're always intentionally conservative with t1 read more »
CSA Week #10 - Pick Up
Pic above: a field of sunny blooms - both sunflowers as well as the first blooms of our gladiolus...which are almost always yellow. Expect other colors soon, but for now bunches of beautiful yellows are going out with several shares this week! Glads are a great flower for their longevity as well as1 read more »
CSA Week #9 - Customize
We've started an unofficial custom of having 'open farm Fridays' from 2-5 on Friday afternoons. Of course, it's a pick up window for anyone that has a box delivery and chooses on farm pick up. It's also a great time for folks to come out to the farm for produce (we won't have a full market lineup,1 read more »
CSA Week #9 - Pick Up
Farm work continues despite the heat. We're trying to prioritize getting our plants what they need (primarily water!), while also making sure the farmers get what they need too (also primarily water!). On our farm, it's a tough thing to do to make sure everything gets enough water. First off, our s1 read more »
CSA Week #8 - Customize
The pic above is what it looks like on the farm Thursday morning while we pack boxes for the CSA and Farm Stand orders. It's pretty organized in that we have a pack line set up in order of weight (heavy items on the bottom!), we follow your customized tickets to carefully pack each box, and we even1 read more »
CSA Week #8 - Pick Up
Pic above: One thing we don't get to do very much of is talk with other farmers. There's not a whole lot of people growing food using some of the same systems that we do around our neck of the woods. So we always love to visit with fellow farmer, Beth Leimbach, when she's back home in Libby. Beth r1 read more »
CSA Week #7 - Customize
Hard to believe it's week #7 of the CSA season already. We haven't really felt the oppressive heat of summer much yet, and we're a little unsure of what to expect from some of our heat-loving crops. It's been hard to estimate the growth of things like tomatoes, basil and summer squash because they1 read more »
About the farm
Rudy and Bonnie Geber run Hoot Owl Farm, a 3 acre farm north of Libby, MT. We produce a wide variety of vegetables, herbs, and flowers for our local community. We grow for our CSA members, Farmers Markets, and local chefs and grocery stores.
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