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Farm Happenings at Hoot Owl Farm
CSA Weed #15 - Customize
Wow! Thank you for showing up folks! We took over 700lbs of melons to The Farmers Market at Libby yesterday, and we left with barely any. We won't lie to you, melon season is a bit of a love/hate season for us. A full tote of melons is 70lbs and we seem to need to pick each one up about 5 times bef1 read more »
CSA Week #15 - Pick Up
Hello All! Remember to swing by your pick up location this week to grab your produce box! We're enjoying long sleeves and the sound of rain pouring down on our tunnel roof right now...mainly because we know that it'll be back into the 90s soon.
CSA Member Appreciation Day -- Friday September1 read more »
CSA Week #14 - Customize
The rain is pouring down as I type - what a weird sound in August! We're happy for the moisture, but it is at a slightly worrying time. One crop that doesn't really like rain is melons as their nearing ripeness. They have a tendency to crack under the extreme pressure on the inside as a result of t1 read more »
CSA Week #14 - Pick Up
Melon season has begun. This week, some of you will have melons in your boxes and we'll definitely put more in next week. Melons can be a fickle crop, you turn your back for one minute and all the sudden hundreds of pounds are ripening all at once. It's a relatively short season, but does last seve1 read more »
CSA Week #13 - Customize
Our farm weeks have definitely taken on a busy summer routine. We need to keep a very tight schedule to make sure that the many ongoing production crops like tomatoes, summer squash and cucumbers are picked regularly AND that we still have enough time to do the other critical tasks of planting, wat1 read more »
CSA Week #13 - Pick Up
Sorry! Didn't mean to scare you if you've got a fear of spiders, but the orb-weavers have returned for their rent-free season in the tomato hoop and this was such a cool photo, I couldn't resist.
These spiders are not harmful and in fact keep many garden pests in check. But, they sure do giv1 read more »
CSA Week #12
Another warm weekend ahead, so we've got our irrigation going double time, our filters are cleaned, as much shade cloth as we have is deployed...so good luck crops! As for the farmers, we're going to go off in search of a lake or river! We're out harvesting 'strawberry tips' right now - it's one of1 read more »
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 »
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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