Deep Roots Farm is a small farm in the city. Moscow, Idaho Deep Roots Farm is owned and operated by Greg Freistadt and Marci Miller.
We have been growing on the Palouse since 2009 using methods that promote biodiversity on our farm. Never synthetic, always natural. Our farming philosophy: We seek to regenerate the soil that enables our growing while respecting its natural processes. We do not use Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). We support the propagation of heirloom varieties whenever we can. We are a member of Slow Food
USA and grow Ark of Taste vegetables suitable to our climate. Our management practices build vigorous, complex communities of plants, animals, microorganisms, insects, and people without chemicals.
Please consider helping our friends Greg & Leah of Pokey Creek Farm. Their farm has nourished our community for decades and now they need help. Between a legal battle for their land and Greg’s cancer diagnosis, their need is great. Any little bit helps.
46 years ago Greg and I bought a very remote piece of ground in Northern Idaho. Slowl… Leah Sempel needs your support for Stand with Greg and Pokey Creek Farm
Find our plants now at Spence Hardware & Supply, Inc.! More variety and warm season crops to come as the weather warms up.
Check out our plants in Spence Hardware! We’re grateful for the space and relationship that started last year in supplying local plants at your local hardware store. We will be continual adding to the selection each week so check back for new items. Thanks for your support Spence!
🥚 If you have clean egg cartons sitting in your kitchen or even the back of your car, please drop them by the farm stand. Our eggs suppliers are in dire need! Egg carton exchanges are important to keep the egg prices from going up, so please bring them by!
Things are popping and starting to grow faster after those warm days. Meanwhile winter is trying again. Lots of trays being filled these days in preparation for plants at Spence Hardware, our farmstand and the market. Also we got lucky and dug a bed of overwintered carrots so you can get lucky and find a bag in the farmstand! Nice and sweet after winter.
If you notice that the farmstand is a bit quieter it’s because we lost our miss Ellie Mae a week ago. Although she was almost 13 and seemed much younger we knew her time was close. We are thankful that she only had a couple days of feeling bad and that we got to spend the last day with her in her favorite spot over looking the farm. Words can’t explain how quiet it is around here and how much she will be missed. Timing is everything, and just as we turn a new chapter with our family, the season made a definitive change as well. We will stay open as long as we can but most likely that’ll be only a couple more weeks. If you come in the morning on a cold day and the stand isn’t loaded yet, fear not, we may delay putting things out until mid morning if it’s below freezing. The last of the tomatoes, beets, bunching onions, zucchini, and broccoli are out as well as other greens. Also, we harvested some decent sized lemongrass that can be used fresh or dried down for winter use. Thanks so much for coming!
The broccoli is speaking to you ‘come eat me’. We nailed the timing on this bed of fall broccoli, and the nice wet cool fall helped grow them big as you can see next to this farm girl’s head! Lots of fall crops in the farmstand this weekend including beets, carrots, frisée, escarole, winter squash and a few potatoes, with all the usuals as well. Good time to get your last fix for Caprese salad before the freeze.
Lots of tomatoes and basil coming on with this last of the summer heat. Come stock up for Caprese salads or dehydrate some summer sweetness for winter. Plenty of cherry or large tomatoes. Stock your freezer up with pesto made from our large leaf basil. Text Greg for bulk orders or pickup at the farmstand. 406-461-8467 thanks for your support!
Our kimchi is coming along great, nice and spicy and crunchy! If you haven’t made some yet it’s quite easy to follow a recipe. If Kimchi isn’t your thing the leaves make great taco wraps once lightly steamed. We have the last bed of Napa harvested until fall, so come get some! Also tomatoes are in full swing with some huge sizes great for sandwiches or canning. Farmstand is open 9am to dusk every day. Thanks for stopping!
We are jam packed full at the farmstand! Fresh in is napa cabbage, salad mix, kale and chard, arugula, cilantro, red butter lettuce, scallions, and our own big strawberries! The next four days is your last chance to get most plant starts other than herbs, we will be pairing plants down drastically next week. Thanks for a great spring season, find our stuff at the farmstand the rest of the summer!
You can now find our garden plants at Spence Hardware & Supply, Inc. in Moscow! Spence has always been our first stop for hardware and farm supply, so we’re happy to have them sell our garden starts this year. It’s only for a few more weeks, so head over the shop at Spence!
We’ve got strawberries in the stand! Tonnemaker Farm had a few extra at the end of market so we decided to fill our last gap in the farmstand and make them available for you. Come get some garden candy and see if there is any other gaps in your garden to fill. This week will be the last week we have a full selection of starts at the stand then things start to dwindle down. Also the first pickling/eating cucs are in. Excelsior is a great variety that is not bitter making it wonderful for both fresh eating and pickling.
How to get waaaaay more basil this summer! 🌱
🌱 Get unlimited basil with this 1 simple pruning technique!
Good morning Spring! Some early morning harvest of braising mix and watering before our yearly beef butchering! We have Braising mix in the stand and it’s something I like raw as a salad. If you slightly cooked it takes the spice away. Also new to the stand is Love’s Kombucha more variety of cheese and our famous kale raab (last picture). Treat it as tender broccoli but don’t cook it much as the sweetness will be lost. Enjoy it as it only comes around once a year for a month or so!
📍The farm stand is OPEN for the season!
~ 7 days a week ~
~ 9am - Dusk~
We have local, pasture raised 🥚 eggs!
Fresh spinach & kale!
Garlic, onions, cabbage, beets, potatoes.
Landgrove Coffee 1 # bags too! ☕️
Find us at the dead end of Henley St in Moscow, ID
Have you had a hard time finding eggs lately? We’ve got you covered! Sourcing them from 3 different people from the area should help us keep them in stock for you throughout the season. We ended up having more veg and eggs than we thought so decided to stay open through Sunday late afternoon. Come get the supplies you need for a Saturday spinach, cheese frittata!
Sorry for the confusion, we are NOT open this weekend (1/27-29).
🥬 Open Saturday & Sunday 9-dusk! Limited amounts, come early! 🧄🍳🥕
🎁 For all you late gift getters. What could be better than 3 lbs of Deep Roots garlic for that special someone. Spice up someone’s holiday and keep them healthy. Message us with how many bags you want and we will place them in the farm stand Friday the 23rd by noon. $28 per bag 🧄
It's a really dynamic and fun relationship when working with restaurants. And Moscow has some of the best chefs! And with Guy Hand's talent for bringing this story to life, can you smell that ginger?!
🎥 : Guy Hand
We're so excited for Joe and Mary Hein to continue the amazing work of Wayne and Jacie Jensen and their native seed production of Palouse native seeds. One more reason to go visit Rose Creek Nature Preserve and watch them transform the landscape to Palouse native plants!
A producer of Palouse native flower seeds, situated near the base of Paradise Ridge, is selling its inventory and equipment.
Jacie and Wayne Jensen of Thorn Creek Native Seed Farm are transferring the assets to Mary and Joe Hein, the owners of Rose Creek Seed. The Heins will raise the seeds about 10 miles north of Pullman. They will begin selling seeds today at rosecreekseed.com.
This year, the Jensens taught the Heins about the business, seed production, cleaning and packaging, said Jacie Jensen.
“It is important to us that Palouse native flower seed continues to be available to landowners,” she said. “There’s not many farmers producing native seed and there’s a lot of trial and error.”
Their work has supported the improvement of the diversity of native plants for the benefit of native soil and wildlife, including pollinators.
It helps customers like large landowners, Idaho Fish and Game and tribes reestablish and enhance Palouse prairie, a type of ecosystem that has been largely replaced by farm fields.
The land where the Jensens raised the seeds will continue to be used for crops from their no-till farm such as wheat, barley, grass seed, legumes, alfalfa and canola.
https://pcei.org/rose-creek/
The Rose Creek Nature Preserve is a special place located only 7.5 miles northwest of Pullman, Washington, near Albion. The Rose Creek Nature Preserve is the best example of the […]
One of my favorite stops in Moscow is Self-serve farm stand and they have our coffee for sale too. 😊♥️
Lots of tomatoes, strawberries and sunflowers at the farmstand this weekend! Come brighten up your table and your plate with good flavors and colors!
We had a great time hosting a farm tour with this fantastic group of students this week with the U of I Doceo Center and Idaho STEM Action Center and the Pizza-ology camp!
Thank you to U of I Doceo Center and Idaho STEM Action Center for hosting "The Pizza-ology Camp". These teens are learning about a variety of foods and practices on how items make it from the farm to the table while also introducing them to different career options and inspiring future generations to continue the craft.
Kimchi day! We made a couple of batches today as the Napa season winds down. This is one of my favorite ways to extend and diversify eating of veggies. I especially like the live nature of fermented foods and how they change with age. Last year we ate kimchi for almost 9 months after making it without canning! Come get the last bit of Napa cabbage and even add garlic scapes to change up your recipe.
Farm stand vendor spotlight 🧼Feathered Horses Farm who creates delightful small-batch, high quality soaps and lotions near Potlatch, ID. Customer favorites include the Gardner’s soap with pumice and Lemongrass with green clay. Whimsical guest soaps are also a hit at 3 for $5. Come see what soap sparks your fancy. 🛁 Open 7 days a week in Moscow at the end of Henley Street.
New veg in the cooler! First of the pickling cucumbers, the dark ones are dual purpose and great fresh eating as well as pickled. Come get some to cool you down as it actually becomes summer. Also purple cauliflower and garlic scapes. This fun looking and short season delicacy can be used just like garlic, grilled, pickled or even made into pesto. We will have them for a couple of weeks only. Last of the spinach and mustard greens. All plants are 25% off as this will be the last weekend we have most varieties. Enjoy your summer weekend.
Well we did it…we planted our bonus bed of extra mismatched garden starts. Every year towards the end of plant start season we find some bed that didn’t have a plan for the season and fit a few extra of these and a few of those in, just for good measure. This year its 2 beds of cabbage, broccoli, tomatoes, eggplant, and pickling cucumbers. We’ve got plenty of starts left in case you want to give some plants a home. Because who wouldn’t want a few extra peppers, strawberries or tomatoes in there life? Also freshly harvested today and in the stand are Napa cabbage, Kohlrabi (or little aliens) and snap peas from Affinity Farm, as well as other favorites red butter lettuce, radishes, salad turnips and salad mix.
Well it feels like summer may try again…cross your fingers!We’ve got head lettuce and salad mix well stocked in the cooler as well as many other goodies. Lots of beautiful basil as well as a full trailer of starts for those of you that still haven’t been able to plant your whole garden. There is still a very good selection but limited amount of most things so come check it out before they disappear. Also the first snapdragon bouquets were cut yesterday!
☕️ What fuels these farmers day after day? of course! And after buying their fresh roasted bulk coffee for many years, Hannah asked if we’d like our own private label (because she’s simply the best). You bet we did! So now, you can drink this luscious dark roast coffee and think of your farmers every morning out in the field. This Sumatra blend is Fair Trade and Organic Certified, roasted in Troy, ID. Find 1 # bags of Farm Blend in the farm stand today. ☕️
225 E Henley Street
Moscow, ID
83843
| Wednesday | 9am - 6:30pm |
| Thursday | 9am - 6:30pm |
| Friday | 9am - 6:30pm |
| Saturday | 9am - 6:30pm |
| Sunday | 9am - 6:30pm |
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Stocking up the farmstand with vine ripened tomatoes, bell & shish*to peppers, and eggplants!
Tucking all the babies in. Looking forward to less of this with warmer weather on the way!
Farm stand open Thursday - Sunday! Greens and roots, even a few Christmas Trees in the mix. Come by the dead end of Henley St in Moscow.
Our last market for the season will be this Saturday, come get the last of the full selection of plants, plus lots of veg. The farmstand will be open all summer with plenty of items.
Get the last of your garden planted during the next couple days before we climb into the 80’s. Yourself and your plants will thank you! We’ve still got a full selection at the farmstand and for this Saturday market, but won’t next week as the varieties dwindle. Farmstand open every day at the dead end of Henley Street.
Washing a whole lot of veg for the opening market this Saturday, 8-1 in downtown Moscow. Farm stand open everyday. #moscowfarmersmarket #moscowidaho #certifiednaturallygrown #moscowfarmstand
🥬 Open Saturday & Sunday 9-dusk! Limited amounts, come early! 🧄🍳🥕
Farm kid in action. Farm stand open! Dead end of Henley St in Moscow. #moscowidaho
Staying open for a few more days as there is extra veg, cheese and eggs. 9 am-dusk at the dead end of Henley street.
Teaching the next generation of farmer (or whatever she wants to be). So many good lessons to learn on the farm and our little girl is a very willing participant. Even if she does smash the cherry tomatoes and grab handfuls of head lettuce from nearly mature plants. 🤪 We can weather the highs and lows together. #moscowidaho #certifiednaturallygrown #locallygrown #smallfarmsmatter
Some weekend grilling inspiration.
Busy, busy on the farm! Farm stand restocked for weekend grilling. We grilled broccoli, cauliflower, garlic scapes and fennel on the BBQ with just a drizzle oil and a touch of salt. An easy way to fill up on veggies and keep your house cool. #moscowidaho #pnwheatwave #grilledveggies
Scale appropriate technology: middle buster plow. This tool attached to the tractor is a single shank plow can go 2’ deep (thanks for letting us borrow it @omachefarm!) and opens a single line that is much, much deeper than regular tillage. This allows for many positive things to happen: breaking up any hard pan layers, allowing for more water infiltration in the bed, doesn’t disturb the soil layers, leaves biological activity in place and allows plant roots to grow much deeper in the soil. To have a piece of equipment like this is a game changer when opening new beds for crops. These new beds will be blueberries and we can’t wait to see how they flourish! #moscowidaho #moscowfarmersmarket #certifiednaturallygrown
