Toussaint + Open on Mother's Day

our little shop friend, Toussaint, enjoys the view from the esteemed co-president of Hatcher's Hatches head and also likes to ride around on shoulders and nestle in the back of the necks of those with longer hair...


and we will be OPEN 11 - 5pm this Sunday on Mother's Day.  Come on by after brunch and plan your garden together  : )

Greenhorns Book, Tools & The Art of Fermentation

Greenhorns Book Reading tonight at Equal Exchange, 1033 SE Main St. in Portland 7:30 - 9pm, free chocolate & coffee while listening to readings by two awesome female farmers, Ginger Salkowski of R-evolution Gardens and Zoe Bradbury of Valley Flora Farm read from this new book on 50 new farmers. Join FarmON! to RSVP for tonight and also connect with many neat future events for farmers, gardeners and the eaters who love them.
We've got this book on pre-order, so it should be landing in our shop very soon.  And, speaking of books, many new ones here including The Holistic Orchard by Micheal Phillips and The Art of Fermentation by Sandor Ellix Katz!!

Many sharp tools in stock including 9 styles of Rogue Hoes, Glaser Collinear, Trapezoid and Stirrup Hoes in stock, mighty Meadow Creature Broadforks to prepare your ground, Japanese hand tools, delicious plant starts and seeds in stock, a fresh batch of Melissa's mouth watering chocolate truffles - many treats to get you and your garden and farm going strong in the serious heat and sunshine coming up / continuing... and come meet Toussaint our little blue cochin banty friend.  Two furry friends will also start making visits later this month........  xox

Ducklings for Week of April 26th

Breeds link to the American Livestock Breeds Conservancy:

Khaki Campbells - (our Campbell duck Foof in a brand new pool, very happy... with Runners Scout and Fig about to swim, hens very curious)
Runners in Black and in Fawn & White
Welsh Harlequins - (Photo of mom and babies found on this blog)

Pre-orders welcome, find more information here in our Hens, Chicks + Ducks section  ...quack quack  : )

Naomi's Gardening Demo at People's Earth Day Farmer's Market

People's Co-op Earth Day at the Farmers' Market 2 - 7pm

The co-op will be celebrating all things green and growing at the market this week. There will be a plant start give away as well as a plant start swap, classes, music and more. Welcoming back spring and summer farmers as they return to the market. Look for expanded offerings from Farmageddon (photo of farmer Neil R.) and Northwest Organics and MC Farms will be joining us for the season, bringing her beautiful fresh cut flowers and greenhouse offerings.

2-3 pm Spinning and Fiber ArtsDemo with People's own Mathilde Lind, learn how yarn is made!

2-6pm Plant Start Giveaway
Come to the info booth to get a ticket and then pick out a free plant start from any of our farmers or from Wildcat Mountain, our supplier for the co-op. Come early for the best selection, there are only a limited supply of tickets so grab one before they're gone (one per family please).

3:30-5:30 Plant Start Swap
Bring extra starts from your garden that you would like to share with others and take home some new things for planting!

3-5 pm Music from Kory Quinn

5-6 pm Container Gardening Workshop w/ Naomi
Naomi from Naomi's Organic Farm Supply gives us some tips for growing starts in containers for a porch or windowsill.

Mixed Flocks class

Join Naomi tonight for 'Mixed Flocks: ♥ Ducks, Hens, Goats, Rabbits, Worms and Bees, oh my!' class, 6:30 to 8:30pm. Register online, class is at Beaumont on 40th & Fremont in NE Portland. Part of the City of Portland's Urban Growth Bounty Classes. 

Open on Easter Bunny Sunday 11 - 4pm

Yes, we'll be here with lovely plant starts, seeds, chicks and so much more to get your garden on from 11 - 4pm on Sunday (just closing one hour early to go home and eat yummy food)

Fluffy Peepers here: Ameraucanas of the chubby cheeks and blue, green or pink eggs, Speckled Sussex who get more speckly each year and two dark brown egg layers = French Black Marans & Welsummers, plus Dominiques, Delawares, Gold Comet Sex-links, Rhode Island Reds, Bantam Dark Blue Cochins, Bantam White Frizzles, Bantam Blue Quail Belgian d'Anvers

*more details in our HENS, CHICKS & DUCKS section*

Supportland 'point-filled' eggs abound.  See if you can find points at Open Space Cafe and then head around the corner to visit us and see if you can find more.  Over 500 eggs are hidden, the hunt lasts until shops close Saturday, April 7th.  You can check out all the rewards and businesses on supportland.com.  And if you're new, being a member is free, we have cards at the counter and you get 15 bonus points with us the first time. 

25% Book Sale + Portland Monthly

Portland Monthly just landed and we're in this issue in The Quintessential Portland Gardener: 50 Plants, Tips, and Secrets for Beauty and Bounty in Your Backyard by Kate Bryant

1) Visit us Saturday, 3/31 and then head over to Spring Canyon Day at Reed College, right around the corner from our shop.. magical native beauty, moments from this industrial nook

2) Visit us on Sunday, 4/1 and save 25% off of a book! In honor of Naomi's 35th and Mamo's 60th birthdays this week, 25 years apart = 25% Book Sale (one per person, an exciting amount just came in, new titles, old favorites.. meow)

3) Mixed Flocks on 4/12 and Advanced Chickenry on 4/26 - classes by Naomi this April through Bureau of Planning and Sustainability's Urban Growth Bounty classes - Register online here + so many other great gardening, cheesemaking, kombucha and preserving classes, too!

4) We are back on Supportland, yay!! If you enter your phone number in your account, you can use that as your member number and share with a loved one to accrue your points together. And before or after you see us, stop in at Open Space Cafe on 28th and Holgate, for tasty treats and drinks and add more Supportland points!


Then take your Naomi's receipt over to another great neighbor for a Free Wine Tasting and 10% coupon, yes, get your tails to Hip Chicks Do Wine!

Sturdy, handsome plant starts looking for your love

In stock from farmer Kji of Edible Horizons (photo) and Dean of Wildcat Mountain Farm, including: Artichoke, Walking Onions, Bulb Fennel, Strawberries, Arugula, Broccolis, Kales, Snap Dragons, Chives, Celery, Celeriac, Cauliflowers, Chicory, Catnip, Escarole, Lettuces, Endive, Radicchio, Peas, Pansies, Spinach, Leeks, Mustards, Parsley, Oregano, Thyme, Rosemary, Sage, Wormwood, Cabbage, Bok Choi, Chamomile, Sweet Alyssum, Calendula  and more...yum!

+ Red Flowering Currants, Winter Jasmine, Monkey Puzzle Trees here and hundreds of fruit trees, herbs, perennial flowers and more that you can order and we'll bring from our nursery space just a few miles from the shop.  We'll continue to have more perennial plants on site, too, as we get fencing up. Annual veggie starts arrive weekly, every Friday morning.

 

le peepers!

♥ le peepers... have landed. Neil just picked them up in Aurora this morning and their song fills the air, guard your heartstrings... they're tuggers ♥

From  March 14th into May - We will have organic baby chicks and ducklings primarily hatched in Oregon 25 miles from our shop, which we pick up in our truck the day after hatch.  We feed organic chick starter, provide lots of fresh water, bits of greens and love.  They like jazz and being cooed about by you...  They are sexed to ~90% accuracy female (roos by request, too) and vaccinated against Marek's.  We will also have chicks from Oregon & Washington breeders when available, as noted (which may not be sexed or vaccinated, per breeder), and bantams, local or occasionally by mail, as noted (too tiny to sex/gender, always 'straight-run') - Email or call if you'd like to pre-order breeds you see on our Online Chick List: order@naomisorganic.com

+ big thanks to Stella and Beka of Blue Moon Farm for helping design and paint the ladies' brooder boxes and... their treasured cartons hen and duck eggs are back in our shop, more this weekend. ladies are laying strong and there are turkey,duck and/or goose eggs available by special order, too for culinary adventures.....

Chicks, Spring for Zenger Farm + Hours

Wednesday, March 14th, is Spring for Zenger at Naomi's.  We are donating 10% of our gross proceeds from anything you purchase to support the amazing array of neat educational and community programs on this non-profit farm.  Just come on in from 11 - 5pm. (photo of my mom, Mary, aka Mamo, on our opening day, sunshine!!)

Picking up our first batch of organic, locally hatched baby chicks tomorrow morning from Aurora and were just able to add some Rhode Island Reds to this herd of peepers.  See our chick breed list here.

Starting this week, after Wednesday's fundraiser, we'll be open regularly from
11 - 5pm on Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays.


Tonight, Tuesday, March 13th is InFARMation at Holocene 6:30 - 8:30pm on Pastured Poultry, free as always with great food and drinks available for purchase and wonderful people to meet.

Organic seed potatoes and onion sets in, plus gorgeous veggie and herb starts from Wildcat Mountain Farm and Edible Horizons.  Many hundreds of fruit trees and perennials in stock, nearby on our propagation land a few miles from the shop - we'll be bringing in as we fence in space for them and get an availability list going for them, too, if you'd like to order ahead.  So many seeds, tools, books and the warehouse is stocked with organic feed, fertilizer, amendments, soils, cover crops seeds and compost and growing each week...  Workshops by Naomi in April below and check out 'Clickn' Chicken' Clicker Training at the Avian Medical Center, April 28th! (photo of hen above from the Avian Medical Center)

Plus so many other great classes through the City of Portland's Urban Growth Bounty series!!

April 12th, 2012 - Mixed Flocks: Hens, Ducks, Goats, Rabbits, Worms, Bees, oh my! with Naomi Montacre - Read more about this class and register here
 
April 26th, 2012 - Hens 201: Advanced Chickenry with Naomi Montacre - Read more about this class and register here

Join GeerCrest Farm on Friday, March 16th from 7 - 10pm for a multi-course dinner fundraiser at the Architectural Heritage Center of Portlandwith food from Pascal Sauton of Milwaukie Kitchen & Wine, yum!

Thanks to these awesome ladies who arranged their work schedules to come in together on our opening Sunday back on March 4th and everyone else whose been in.  See you all soon!

Bumblefina stretching her wings at our recent Hens 101: Basics of a Backyard Flock class at Beaumont Middle School, she liked touring around and found a great shoulder to perch on towards the end of class...  Photos from Nellie and Sebastian's visit to our recent Goats 101 soon, too..

Goat Workshop

Join Naomi and goats Nellie & Sebastian for Goats 101: The Basics of a Backyard Herd, this Thursday 3/8, 6:30 - 8:30pm in NE Portland. Register online through the City of Portland's Bureau of Planning and Sustainability's Urban Growth Bounty class series.

Goats are adorable backyard companions that can provide you with delicious milk, dreamy mohair fiber, and companionship. Learn the basics of small-scale urban goat care as well as information on breeds, creative housing options, permitting, and the feed, herbs, and minerals to keep them happy and healthy.

Hours for March at our new space

We opened this Sunday, the sun was out with warmth and it was so fun to see so many of you, drink tea and eat chocolate together!!  Photos and more soon, today we rest and this week we are going to continue more behind the scenes work to get the new space ready for spring.

Hours for March at 2615 SE Schiller St:

Sunday, March 11th, 11 - 5 = tea and treats + more plants & goods in stock, organic seed potatoes, onions

Wednesday, March 14th, 11 - 5 = Fundraiser for Zenger Farm, we're donating 10% of our proceeds and we'll be picking up our first batch of organic, Oregon hatched chicks this day, too  : )

Starting March 15th we'll be open Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays 11 - 5

Pick-up sites and deliveries continue.

Thank you very much to the friends who helped get us open so quickly, functionally and cutely: Bren T. & Kate K., Nick B., Carissa W., Stacey G. of The Side Yard Farm, Katie E., Adam M., Structure Landscapes NW crew of David D., Jose, Rafe and Peter, Mike and Lou of Fire Devil Farm, Michelle of Phasian Farm, Beka of Blue Moon Homestead, Colby B., Chris R. of Shared Earth, LLC, Doug Q. of Q-Bar Farm, Jay L. and Andres, Dave Barmon of Fiddlehead Landscapes, Melissa of Missionary Chocolates and super parents Mary (Mamo!) & Eric, plus Voodoo donuts via Iowa from Mary & Gary, including a custom pink unicorn with a heart and a farmer...