Stone Hollow Homestead

10/19/2024

Thank you Teri at The Calico Bean Market, it is always a pleasure walking into your shop…you are a local gem 😊

Our friend Emily at Stone Hollow Homestead dropped by with some of her delicious sourdough bread. We have several loaves available for sale this weekend while they last. While you're here, grab a bottle of olive oil to dip!

09/21/2024

YES…we are ALIVE 😉… riding the waves of life… trying to keep up… remembering to love each other (not quite often enough lately)… and always trying to remember to bring us back to center when we fall from the path.

08/31/2024

Where ArE we??? Not At MaRkEt?!!?!?!
😟 😬 😔 …we will miss you all! Hoping everyone has a beautiful Labor Day Weekend!!

08/29/2024

Cabinets are empty and the walls are starting to look bare… but I’m not an inside earthling…

So it’s off to the garden I run to frolic
in the watermelon patch 😁 and check on our watermelon eggs 🥚 🍉

08/24/2024

Waking up before the ☀️ to enjoy those cool morning hours is definitely among the peak enjoyments within our daily happenings…those sweet moments when you can cradle a warm cup of happiness and listen to the world wake up…nothing quite compares. After rocking out productive Friday with my sister Danielle we are setting the canopies and filling the tables with homestead wholesome goodness. Find us with our cups in hand at your Dubuque Farmers' Market.

Need to know before you show?

What you can find under the canopies…
Fresh harvested Chicken of the woods and Blue Oyster Mushrooms, wild harvested elderberries, Full and Mini Sourdough Loaves ( true sourdough made with/all organic ingredients folks), Monster Garlic 🧄 Bulbs, Organically Made Local Fruit & Root Jams/Jellies & Preserves, 4 Unique Savory Mushroom 🍄‍🟫 Seasoning Blends, Soothing Medicinal 🍄‍🟫 Teas, Healing Mushroom 🍄‍🟫 Tintures ………..also Be sure to check out our Dehydrated Sourdough Starter Kits (from the 6year old mother starter “ Pollyanna”): the kit includes detailed instructions to revive your starter, Pollyanna the sourdough starter and a jar to get you going 😉…the best part??…our sourdough starter kits can be reconstituted/revived when it is convenient for you AND in less than half the time than if you were to start from scratch!!…….Potted Pluto, Oregano, Lavender, Thyme and large mixed herb pots and more on the Corner of 11th and Iowa this morning 7am-12noon at Dubuque Farmers' Market!!

08/23/2024

Sourdough is baked and beautiful 🤩, garlic is getting cut and cleaned, tea blending will soon commence and we are hours away from Dubuque Farmers' Market…with near a month of certified kitchen baking under my belt I would also like to take a minute and thank Convivium Urban Farmstead for providing this incredible kitchen to rent for micro businesses such as myself and also to Justyna Miranda with City Girl Farming + Prepared Meals for helping me get me foot in the door… so many things to be greatful for 😊
See you in the morning 😉

08/22/2024

Is it ThuRsDaY?! 🤪 !?…With moving day just around the corner, the girls starting school, the vineyard calling our name and dough mixing demanding my attention… days have begun to melt together and sleep a missed friend.

In the wake of our exhaustion the ☀️ has begun to shine on us. With the help of our friends and community we have found ourselves a home that promises the flexibility we require in these difficult times as well as the promise of adventure! Some may think we are crazy and still others will think our path is brilliant…I have come to believe we may be a touch of both 😅 🤷
…either way we will be calling this beautiful All Weather DENALI home for the next few years as we continue our search for the few acres we can call home 💗 🙏. In the meantime we will continue to tend to the grapes, plant the garlic, mix the dough, love each other and keep riding this crazy wave of LIFE. (A HUGE shout out and THANKS to the incredible people that have donated funding to continue IV therapy for Christopher, to help secure our home and to those who have given us your time to help in this move, we thank you ☺️)

08/17/2024

After using a bit of magic and some long days we managed to dance in the kitchen making cherry preserves and our favorite 🤩 Ginger Peach Jam while also rocking out week #2 in the kitchen perfecting the bake 🥖

Find the goods under the canopies:

Full and Mini Sourdough Loaves ( true sourdough made with/all organic ingredients folks), Monster Garlic 🧄 Bulbs, Organically Made Local Fruit & Root Jams/Jellies & Preserves, 4 Unique Savory Mushroom 🍄‍🟫 Seasoning Blends, Soothing Medicinal 🍄‍🟫 Teas, Healing Mushroom 🍄‍🟫 Tintures ………..also Be sure to check out our Dehydrated Sourdough Starter Kits (from the 6year old mother starter “ Pollyanna”): the kit includes detailed instructions to revive your starter, Pollyanna the sourdough starter and a jar to get you going 😉…the best part??…our sourdough starter kits can be reconstituted/revived when it is convenient for you AND in less than half the time than if you were to start from scratch!!…….Potted Pluto, Oregano, Lavender, Thyme and large mixed herb pots and more on the Corner of 11th and Iowa this morning 7am-12noon at Dubuque Farmers' Market !!

08/15/2024

Returning from a few days of a somewhat slower pace of life surrounded by friends, family and wilderness always brings a little sadness… leaving the forest is never easy, but the memories we make are fuel for our souls and timeless gifts within our hearts… helping push us through these hard times to better days ahead.

08/10/2024

“The early bird gets the worm”…heading in on this gorgeous morning with a good amount of sourdough culture, dinner loaves…and garlic… the butter to our bread 😁 🧄 🥖

Need to know before you show? Here’s the list…
Fresh and deliciously harvested 🥕 carrots, Full and Mini Sourdough Loaves ( true sourdough made with/all organic ingredients folks), Monster Garlic 🧄 Bulbs, Organically Made Rhubarb Jam, 4 Unique Savory Mushroom 🍄‍🟫 Seasoning Blends, Soothing Medicinal 🍄‍🟫 Teas, Healing Mushroom 🍄‍🟫 Tintures (ALL 🍄‍🟫’s 100% Homegrown w/ our 4 hands😉), Deliciously dried Oyster, Spring Polypore & Red Reishi 🍄‍🟫 Mushrooms Available………..also Be sure to check out our Dehydrated Sourdough Starter Kits (from the 6year old mother starter “ Pollyanna”): the kit includes detailed instructions to revive your starter, Pollyanna the sourdough starter and a jar to get you going 😉…the best part??…our sourdough starter kits can be reconstituted/revived when it is convenient for you AND in less than half the time than if you were to start from scratch!!…….Potted Pluto Basil🌿, Oregano, Lavender, Thyme and large mixed herb pots on the Corner of 11th and Iowa this morning 7am-12noon at Dubuque Farmers' Market!!

08/09/2024

I am waking just before the sun rises to take in the entirety of the morning…soaking in those early day moments of solitude and peace… and I’m thinking I might need to “pinch myself” because my sourdough game is about to level up 😁…and walking into this kitchen still feels like a dream 🌙 😌 ☁️ that has been a long time coming. After many all day bakings of just a few loaves at a time I am MORE than ready to step into a fully equipped space to experiment, learn and grow 😁… see you all in the other side tomorrow at Dubuque Farmers' Market.

08/03/2024

The sun is rising as we set the canopies and we are looking to have a shade hopping day so come on down and join us, find a little reprieve from the heat, grab some good food and gain a little culture Dubuque Farmers' Market 7am-noon…

and just a day away our canopies will be found The Territory Farmers Market for a beautiful Sunday market nestled in the trees and rolling hills of Galena.

What you can find 😉 ….
Full and Mini Sourdough Loaves ( true sourdough made with/all organic ingredients folks), Delicious & freshly dug 🥕Carrots, Monster Garlic 🧄 Bulbs, Organically Made Local Fruit & Root Jams/Jellies & Preserves, 4 Unique Savory Mushroom 🍄‍🟫 Seasoning Blends, Soothing Medicinal 🍄‍🟫 Teas, Healing Mushroom 🍄‍🟫 Tintures (ALL 🍄‍🟫’s 100% Homegrown w/ our 4 hands😉), Deliciously dried Oyster , Maitake, Spring Polypore & Red Reishi 🍄‍🟫 Mushrooms Available………..also Be sure to check out our Dehydrated Sourdough Starter Kits (from the 6year old mother starter “ Pollyanna”): the kit includes detailed instructions to revive your starter, Pollyanna the sourdough starter and a jar to get you going 😉…the best part??…our sourdough starter kits can be reconstituted/revived when it is convenient for you AND in less than half the time than if you were to start from scratch!!…….Potted Pluto & Sweet Basil 🌿, Oregano, Lavender, Thyme and large mixed herb pots, last of the Tomato & Pepper Starts and more on the Corner of 11th and Iowa this morning 7am-12noon at Dubuque Farmers' Market!!

08/01/2024

We are sending out so much love and gratitude to everyone…your kind thoughts, well wishes and support are valued as we go through this trying time…
In between running to appointments we managed to squeeze in a little vineyard time, plant Choi and harvest near the rest of the garlic. Keeping to good things flowing.

07/30/2024

I woke this morning with a heavy but hopeful heart and the need to share with our community the medical, financial and housing crisis that we, and most importantly our courageous, strong, handsome Best Friend and implicitly incredible husband and papa have been battling for many months…and has been suffering from for far longer. Earlier this year Christopher was diagnosed with 3rd Stage Squamous cell carcinoma…cancer of the neck, throat and nose.

With a stage 3 diagnosis there was little room for option and a strong need for action…after listening to our team of doctors in Iowa City…making the many trips…calling and depending on friends and family to help get our girls to and from school to try and continue some normalcy in their lives…we were left with a terrifying treatment plan as well as a financial and housing crisis weighing down on us.

As Christopher and I scrambled to pick up the pieces and formulate a treatment plan that would support his body through the 24 weeks of chemotherapy and 6 weeks of radiation (when Christopher will be living in Iowa City at Hope Lodge) we fell upon intravenous IV therapy being done in conjunction with chemotherapy and radiation. At The.health.spa by Vive in Peosta Christopher receives Intravenous IV therapy to aid in the defense and rebuilding/ repair of his body while chemotherapy destroys the cancer…damaging healthy cells along the way.

To our disappointment but not surprise insurance does not cover intravenous IV therapy although it has undergone research and is the face of treatment in several other countries. Without the help of insurance we are unable to cover the necessary payments to continue Christopher’s treatment. We have made it through the first 9 weeks of treatment but have many more ahead.

As though this wasn’t enough…This last fall our family was given notice that we would need to find another place to live by September 1st of this year. Since then we have been diligently searching…reaching out to local realtors when we came up empty handed…but after an entire winter of searching we had little hope of finding a home or apartment to rent that would not displace us and our girls away from their school, the vineyard and gardens….after many restless nights worrying for our family Christopher started suffering from uncontrollable nasal hemorrhaging due to tumor growth (ending up in the emergency room after an all day nose bleed which lead to the cancer diagnosis)…when we first found out we were completely speechless…we felt as though someone had taken the ground from beneath our feet…not only were we worrying for our families housing situation…but now we were in fear for Christopher’s life!! The weeks that followed felt hollow…we did not know how to find ground to take hold of to balance ourselves…as we desperately made a treatment plan, not knowing how we were going to afford treatment, we were still left empty handed without a place to move.

As we furthered our search and began looking outside of the girls school zone we still came up empty handed time and again…with little hope left it seemed certain that we would be left without a place to live…but just as we were ready to give up…one…then two opportunities began to trickle our way…although we would LOVE to share more of our hopes and dreams tied to these different paths that have presented themselves to us…for now we must allow the river of change to set its course before we are able to share what is just over our horizon….for now what we ask is your positive thoughts, energy, prayers and in this financial family crisis…for your support in whatever capacity you are able to share. To ask for help is perhaps the most humbling action we have taken, but if there is a time when we would ask our community for help it is NOW. Christopher is strong and we are sure he has the strength to make it through treatment and the recovery to follow…if you are interested in helping please reach out via messenger or phone. As always, we thank you for your love and support!

07/27/2024

We are setting up under the canopies getting ready for a beautiful Dubuque Farmers' Market…with full tables, a beautiful rise on the mini loaves and a completely NEW Rye Sourdough bread to try….

and just a day away we will be on our way to the The The Territory Farmers Market for a beautiful Sunday market nestled in the trees and rolling hills of Galena.

What you can find 😉 ….
Full and Mini Sourdough Loaves ( true sourdough made with/all organic ingredients folks), Delicious & freshly dug 🥕Carrots, Just picked Naturally Grown 😉 Cold Blue, Italian Grey, Phoenix and Golden Oyster Mushrooms 🍄‍🟫, Monster Garlic 🧄 Bulbs, Organically Made Local Fruit & Root Jams/Jellies & Preserves, 4 Unique Savory Mushroom 🍄‍🟫 Seasoning Blends, Soothing Medicinal 🍄‍🟫 Teas, Healing Mushroom 🍄‍🟫 Tintures (ALL 🍄‍🟫’s 100% Homegrown w/ our 4 hands😉), Deliciously dried Oyster , Maitake, Spring Polypore & Red Reishi 🍄‍🟫 Mushrooms Available………..also Be sure to check out our Dehydrated Sourdough Starter Kits (from the 6year old mother starter “ Pollyanna”): the kit includes detailed instructions to revive your starter, Pollyanna the sourdough starter and a jar to get you going 😉…the best part??…our sourdough starter kits can be reconstituted/revived when it is convenient for you AND in less than half the time than if you were to start from scratch!!…….Potted Pluto & Sweet Basil 🌿, Oregano, Lavender, Thyme, large mixed herb pots and more on the Corner of 11th and Iowa this morning 7am-12noon at Dubuque Farmers' Market!!

07/26/2024

After our visit to the vineyard…a quick check in on the grapes and wrangling in the back row (the row that was still out of control)! 😬🍇😳 we made good use of our time and jumped right into the garlic patch. With determination and a bit of help we dug, sorted, bundled and hung (til the wee hours of the morning) 2,000 garlic bulbs. With the first bed harvested we are looking forward to digging the second and last bed of garlic early next week…
In the meantime we are busy as bees 🐝 baking 🥖, harvesting, blending and checking off the market list getting ready for Dubuque Farmers' Market tomorrow morning.

07/23/2024

After a beautiful Sunday market at The Territory Farmers Market… This little homestead family got down, dancing and laughing at the Mud Lake Bluegrass Festival (thank you Denny Garcia, Bigtooth and the Folk-ups for music). With the perfect end to our weekend, a pleasant discovery in the Shroomery and a morning wander in the woods to clear our minds I jumped right in and started our garlic harvest week the right way🧄 🙌, digging the first 390 and getting it hung before we call on our peeps for a little extra mussel 💪 and a Wednesday harvest.

07/20/2024

We’ve dug 🥕 🧄…harvested 🥬 (Choi 😉)… cleaned 💦… weighed and bundled… mixed, shaped and baked 🥖… labeled and packed… loaded and are on our way (fully loaded) to Dubuque Farmers' Market where you can find us under the canopies 7am to noon…
And we will be on our way to the The Territory Farmers Market for a beautiful Sunday market nestled in the trees and rolling hills of Galena.

What you can find 😉
Delicious & freshly dug 🥕Carrots, Just picked Log grown blue oyster 🍄‍🟫, Delicious Pak Choi 🥬 Heads, Monster Green Garlic 🧄 bundles, Fresh Cut 🌿 herbs, Organically Made Local Fruit & Root Jams/Jellies & Preserves, 4 Unique Savory Mushroom 🍄‍🟫 Seasoning Blends, Soothing Medicinal 🍄‍🟫 Teas, Healing Mushroom 🍄‍🟫 Tintures (ALL 🍄‍🟫’s 100% Homegrown w/ our 4 hands😉), Deliciously dried Oyster (mixed oyster, blue,golden & phoenix available ), Maitake, Spring Polypore & Red Reishi 🍄‍🟫 Mushrooms Available………..also Be sure to check out our Dehydrated Sourdough Starter Kits (from the 6year old mother starter “ Pollyanna”): the kit includes detailed instructions to revive your starter, Pollyanna the sourdough starter and a jar to get you going 😉…the best part??…our sourdough starter kits can be reconstituted/revived when it is convenient for you AND in less than half the time than if you were to start from scratch!!…….Potted Pluto & Sweet Basil 🌿, Oregano, Lavender, Thyme and large mixed herb pots, last of the Tomato & Pepper Starts and more on the Corner of 11th and Iowa this morning 7am-12noon at Dubuque Farmers' Market!!