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...