Parkrose Honesty Farmstand

11/03/2023

Some quince and astringent persimmons for free in the farmstand today. Please take what you need.

More of both in the coming days if these run out. 🙂

10/18/2023

Freshly picked quince in the stand today.

Help yourself!

05/05/2023

If you’ve spent anytime growing peaches or nectarines then you’re surely familiar with the dreaded Peach Leaf Curl fungus!

04/29/2023

Please follow the Parkrose Argay Opportunity Coalition to learn more about the community's effort to create a livable, safe, and prosperous neighborhood.

We have some difficult news: Commissioner Rubio’s office and Prologis ambushed Parkrose Schools yesterday with the news that last week - after cancelling their initial meeting with the school board - they signed a 60 year lease on the Kmart Site. City Council knew we were gaining traction to stop ...

04/02/2023

Hi! Reminder, we are currently closed for the season, and I don’t post on Craigslist of FB marketplace when we have items available.

If you see any posts about us or linked to this address on those sites, please report them as fake. Thanks!

04/02/2023

03/27/2023

Flash free offer: I’m dividing my Rudbeckia aka black-eyed Susan patch today. They are beautiful late-season bloomers and excellent native bee food.

Starts are set on the edge of the front yard raised bed. Help yourself!

10615 NE Shaver St.

03/02/2023

Coffee hour with our State Rep. Thuy Tran is tomorrow Mar 3, 5:30-7:30pm.

at Rose City Vision Care �4526 NE Sandy Blvd �Unit B

Please come and connect with Rep. Tran about making Parkrose a stronger and more resilient neighborhood! I’ll be there!

03/01/2023

East Portland Community Opposes Proposed Diesel Truck Distribution Center

09/06/2022

Some Stanley plums, heirloom grapes and VERY crunchy crisp cucumbers in the stand at the moment.

10615 NE Shaver St.

Take what you need, pay what you can. Thanks!

07/09/2022

A humble offering: four bundles of freshly cut organic lavandin.

These are the very long-stemmed aromatic hybrid of lavender. Great for drying or enjoying in an arrangement.

Pay what you can or take what you need with our blessing.

10615 NE Shaver St. 97220

07/06/2022

A bit late, but the day got away from me:

Fresh cut organic English lavender!

Pay what you can. Or take what you need.

10615 NE Shaver St. 97220

05/09/2022

We are open!

05/09/2022

Ruth’s honesty farmstand is open today! 

- just a few items today, but more rolling out as the weather warms!

04/24/2022

Our baby turkeys that this farmstand has made possible have arrived!! And chicks, too! Thank you to everyone making this happen for my kid. We are going to have more plants out soon, I have been propagating like a mad woman!

Ruth really wanted to do an experiment in raising sustainable poultry for the table, and to see if it’s possible on our 1/4 acre to raise a couple of turkeys for the table (we’ll see if they become dinner, I have a suspicion the female may become a pet…or at least kept for eggs). And so much of permaculture is just that: experiments in sustainability.

We don’t have a place to raise poultry, so where are we undertaking this project? Here is a look at our poultry raising set up, and how this project demonstrates the need for community interconnectedness and “Share the Surplus” if we want to truly move toward resilience.

Baby Turkeys and Chicks Are Here! Raising Sustainable Poultry
https://youtu.be/51RA9DkOAJE

Our baby turkeys have arrived!! And chicks, too! My eldest really wanted to do an experiment in raising sustainable poultry for the table, and to see if it’...

03/28/2022

Hi, folks! I’m getting slammed with messages asking for our address. It’s listed under the page description under “location”, but here it is again for ya.

Thank you for your interest! 🌸💚🌼

03/28/2022

We are open today.

Available for a donation (or, as always, free if you need them and cannot afford to pay):

Purple tree collard cuttings. No need to use hormone, just plant deeply and keep watered. They root easily.

Aronia berry

Our last Victoria rhubarb

Fig cuttings: Negronne (a deep purple fig- my favorite) and Desert King (green with strawberry interior). Please note the fig rooting tips in the farmstand: take 3-4, and pot them in well-draining medium. They root very easily without hormone.

03/27/2022

We are open today! Just a few things in the stand, but lots more in the coming weeks.

If you are interested in growing figs we have Desert King fig cuttings - cut this morning. This is the best variety of fig in the Pacific Northwest - it produces large green figs with a beautiful strawberry-like interior.

Cuttings root very easily and we recommend you take three or four and stick them in the soil. I have had about 75% success rate with cuttings so make sure you take more than one. You do not need rooting hormone.

03/26/2022

We are not open today but I am dividing my native clove currant and have placed a large division by the the farmstand. Help yourself!

03/09/2022

We’re Getting Turkeys! And More Ducks! And More Chickens! (A Trip to Burns Feed Store)
https://youtu.be/WbxNoCWRxcU

Several folks have asked me where we buy our poultry. We've been big fans of Burns Feed Store in Gresham, ordering our pullets and ducklings from them for o...

03/05/2022

Just wanted to say thanks to all the folks who supported this little project in 2021. Yesterday, thanks to the proceeds of the sand, I was able to order 2 turkeys, 4 chicks, and 2 ducklings for Ruth to add to her flock. They’ll be arriving in April!

Proceeds this year will go toward food and care and also help fund a little literary/art piece as part of this project.

(Picture of Black Slate Tom, used out of the Creative Commons: https://commons.m.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Krocan_(zoo_vyškov_cz.).JPG)

03/05/2022

We are open today! Just a few things out so early in the season:

- Victoria Rhubarb starts (one taken before I even got the photo snapped!)

-Japanese iris bareroot divisions in a mix of dark purple, light purple, and yellow/white. Japanese iris do well in poorly draining soil/soggy soil and can tolerate some shade. I have mine in my rain garden. They only get about 8 inches tall.

We will have a LOT more starts and cut flowers rolling out in early spring.

All proceeds go to my eldest kid’s poultry project! Thanks!

01/06/2022

Just a little teeny tiny bit windy out there today, folks. Stay safe.

12/01/2021

Hope you all are doing well. We’ve been closed for several days and will be closed for several more. Apologies for that: life is super hectic right now.

Question: would folks be interested in cuttings of perennial tree collards to root their own over the winter?

Or perhaps rooted cuttings in the spring?

11/07/2021

Thank you to everyone who has come to our little farmstand. We have completely sold out of Persimmons in less than a week.

Good news: it is now Medlar season! Come try this ancient fruit, with complex caramel spice notes.

If you want to eat medlars, please know that they need to soften in a process called “bletting", so they will be ready to enjoy a few weeks after you bring them home from the farm stand.

We have a little bit more quince left and purple tree Collards as well. Hope you all are staying warm and dry.

11/04/2021

Hi! I’ve been getting several messages a day asking for our address: you can find it listed under the page description, but it can be tricky to find on the fb app

Our address is 10615 NE Shaver St PDX 97220

11/04/2021

Persimmons are in the farmstand the next few days. They one of my favorite fruits: no acid, pure sugar. They are delicious fresh, baked into cakes and quick breads, dried, and frozen (eat them with a spoon like sorbet!).

Here are some of my tips for harvesting and enjoying this decadent late-season fruit.

Early Fuyu Persimmon Harvest: Tips for Picking and Enjoying https://youtu.be/ZZ8jhvyJ4tw

Time for the persimmon harvest!! Persimmons are one of my favorite fruits: no acid, pure sugar. They are delicious fresh, baked into cakes and quick breads, ...