A Busy Month Ahead!

This month is full of activity both on-farm and off!
Outside of the regular farmers markets, there are 3 special events.
First up is the Kootenai Harvest Festival on Saturday, Sept 16th, then the Kootenai Forest Fair on Friday, Sept 22nd, and finally the Apple Festival on Friday, Sept 29th.

So many things to do!
I'll have both farm booths and a booth for the Kootenai Fruit Gleaning Program so you can learn about so many things.
It's gonna be a whirlwind to prep for the events (products, flyers, and banners don't just appear out of thin air) while also beginning the long process of putting the farm to sleep over the winter.
It begins with collecting seeds as they are ready, making lists of things to repair (and the items needed for those repairs), frantically trying to finish up projects that need to be done before snow fall (yep, I'm already planning for that!), and still seeding microgreens and harvesting herbs for salves and oils.
Once the frosts come and the crops are gone, it is time to work on the infrastructure and tools that make farming possible, as well as planning and prepping for all those last special events of the season.
I hope to see you at one or all three!!!

You may have missed me at the market last week, but I was here! Down near Dillon, camping, fixing trails, and hanging out with a big Moose, the Full Moon, and a canvas tent with a warm and cozy camp stove.

Hella has been helping me collect plants this fall. She follows me on my outings into the ridge of downed trees and deer trails.

I use the deer trails, she uses the downed trees as kitty super highways!

It's hard to not harvest the beauty of the flowers when I'm used to doing it all summer, but blooms this late are best let gone to seed (if they can before the big frost comes) or to give the native bees a late forage before winter. This Autumn Beauty Sunflower provides plenty for all!

With every rafter looking like this, plus an attic full of totes and boxes filled with more dried flowers, I know it's time to get busy making bouquets, wreaths, bunches, and more! I'll have them available at the special Harvest and Apple Festival this month as well as the Heritage Museum Bazaar coming in November, perfect for bring a little bit of summer inside to keep us going through the long winters

Future Learning OpportunitiesAre you ready to step into the wilderness?

Fall Foraging Class: Dragon's Breath Farm: Sept 10th
It's the push before winter. While we've been planning for it all season by noting plant locations. Now is the time for seed collecting, root digging, and maybe some fruits from the trees.
Sign up here!

Harvest Festival: Libby, MT: Sept 16th, 12-6pm
It's a big deal event with an amazing harvest meal, beer, and tons of vendors, like me :) 
I'll have freshly dried flower bouquets, wreaths, and, hopefully, some new beaded bracelets with fall and winter themes.

Kootenai Forest Fair: Libby, MT: Friday, Sept 22nd, 2-5pm
I won't have any goodies for sale, but you can learn more about my on-farm foraging classes, as well as the Kootenai Fruit Gleaning Program and other wildcrafting opportunities! and, of course, the free beer 🍺

Apple Festival: Troy, MT: Friday, Sept 29th, 2-630pm
I'll have even more dried flower wreaths and bouquets available 🤞. Also it'll be the last chance of the season to get your fav microgreens!What's available this season? 

• Veggies
  • Spicy Microgreens
  • Mild Microgreens
• Seeds
  • so many varieties to get your garden growing
• Herbals
  • Dragon's Scale Salve
  • Bud Blood Salve
• Flowers
  • Dried Bouquets
  • Petal Sachets
• Jewelry
  • Bead Woven Bracelets & Rings
• Recycled Paper

Where to find it all?
Most Thursdays from 3-630pm at The Farmers Market at Libby 

Harvest Festival
Saturday, September 16th from 12-6pm
@ Riverfront Park in Libby

Kootenai Forest Fair
Friday, September 22nd from 2-5pm
@ Riverfront Park in Libby

Apple Festival
Friday, September 29th from 2-630pm
@ Troy Farmers Market