The Refarmery

11/27/2024

Seven little centerpieces for our sweet neighbor’s Thanksgiving and we are DONE! Our 2024 flower season has come to a glorious end and we want to thank everyone who shared our flowers this year —especially flower share CSA members! We learned so much and are so excited for the 2025 season!

11/22/2024

We are still open!
Well, kind of…
It’s coming down at the farm this evening and we are doing curbside service. Pull up and give us a call for fresh eggs, sourdough, herbs and more delivered right to your car.

11/16/2024

Farmer to Farmer!
Our friend Milt of Singing Frog Farm in Pleasant Grove welcomed the team for a tour a few weeks back. We’ve known Milt for a number of years, and have been lucky enough to taste the amazing tomatoes and peppers that he grows. Milt walked us through his process, including tools, infrastructure, and fertilization that he uses to grow his produce. We learned a lot from Milt’s experience and passion, and we’re always thankful for other farmers willing to share their knowledge. Thanks to Milt, we hope to bring even more tasty tomatoes to our customers next summer, so stay tuned!

11/15/2024

Memberships in our 2025 Community Supported Agriculture program are now open! Invest in local farms by pre-ordering your weekly pickups of produce, eggs, flowers, and bread. Your early investment in our growing season allows us to pay for seeds, tools, labor, and all of the other expenses that running a farm entails.

Sign up early and save! CSA shares purchased before December 14th will remain at 2024 prices. Plus, returning members can still use their 10% CSA discount for CSA shares.

11/10/2024

Come out and say hi every Sunday at the McKinley Park farmers market from 10-2pm.

10/26/2024

Farm stand luv ❤️

10/19/2024

While all the madness of last weekend swirled around him, Jon smoked and dried a huge batch of chiles. What will they become? Stay tuned to find out!

10/18/2024

Oh, well!
Last weekend was a really long one on the farm. We woke up Thursday morning to what can be a crisis on a small farm: no water—our well went out. Our team members (the florist and the tech guy) replaced the blown capacitors (shown above, the little cylinders at the top right) but the replacements blew again almost immediately. When Jon and Nick returned home they replaced wires and tried replacing the capacitors for the second time—but again they blew right away. By the time we were sure we needed professional help, the pump and well team couldn’t get to us until Monday. For five days we hauled water from our kind neighbors and sister farms. We flushed with buckets, showered at the gym or a friends house, irrigated crops with watering cans, and cooked with bottled water.
It was quite the weekend but we made it through and are up and running again. Thanks so much to our friends, family, and neighbors who saw us through this. As we always say; we could not do this without our community and you have our gratitude.

10/17/2024

Dahlia Bouquet Sale!
Our dahlia garden is blooming like crazy and we would like to share this bounty with you. This week our large bouquets of mixed color dahlias with baby blue eucalyptus are on sale for $18! They are already the best deal in town at our regular price of $25, but this week is our best deal of the year. Plus CSA members can still use their member discount for another 10% off! Place your order at therefarmery.com and pick up at our McKinley Farmers Market stand or at our onsite farm stand on Friday 3-7pm or Saturday 9am-1pm.

10/13/2024

10/11/2024

It’s prickly pear season!

These fruits of the nopal family of cactus (from the Nahuatl word nōpalli) are a sweet and colorful early autumn treat! The flesh, which has a mildly sweet, melon-like flavor, can be eaten raw by simply slicing it and removing the seeds. It’s great in smoothies and aguas frescas or it can be cooked down into jams, jellies, or syrups, making it a versatile ingredient for desserts. It adds a sweet freshness to savory dishes, and gives salsas and salads a refreshing twist. The juice can also be extracted to flavor cocktails, lemonade, or even ice creams.

10/10/2024

Join Us November 9th for our (kind of) Famous Soap Making Workshop! Get a head start on your Christmas gifts with a soap making class at The ReFarmery! In this two hour workshop, you’ll get hands-on lesson in how to make your own soap, and you’ll bring home your first set of 10 bars, as well as a set of soap maker’s tools (retail value of $20) so you can continue to make your own soap at home.

Single tickets for this workshop are $95, and attendees can bring a guest for only $20! If you have attended this workshop before and still have your soap making kit, you can return for another lesson for only $75.

This event will take place at the farm on November 9, from 3 - 5 pm. Space is limited, so click the link below to learn more and purchase your tickets. If you have any questions, feel free to reach out at [email protected]

10/04/2024

Thank you Natomas!
Last Saturday was the final weekend of the Natomas Farmer’s Market, which The ReFarmery has been a vendor at for nearly a decade. We love seeing all of our customers and our fellow vendors there each weekend, and we’re sad to see this season come to a close.

For anyone looking to continue enjoying produce from The ReFarmery, our farm stand is open on Fridays from 3 - 7 pm and Saturdays from 9 am - 1 pm and 3 - 6 pm. Feel free to come by anytime during these times to say hello, or order ahead through our online store. If you have any questions about hours, availability or anything else, feel free to reach out at [email protected]!

10/03/2024

Love is in the air on the farm!
This weekend we will be celebrating the love of two long-time CSA members and supporters of the farm—lets call them S and L. Everyone at the farm is honored that S and L have chosen our flowers for this sacred celebration. Each piece will be crafted in a garden-style using mostly greens, ferns and herbs with small touches of blooms to accentuate the wide array of textures that nature has to offer. Thank you for including us in your special day, S and L, and may your marriage be blessed with all the love and joy to be found in life.

09/22/2024

Thanks so much to everyone who came out to the grand opening of our farm stand. It was a smashing success and we are so grateful for the warm welcome we received from our closest neighbors.
And a very special thank you to our team. Each of you is amazing and we could not have done this without you.
Chees to job very, very well done 🥂

09/22/2024

It’s happening!!!

09/21/2024

We are with all our closest neighbors at Rio Linda country fair today! Come see us at Depot Park until 4pm for some country fun 🤠🐮🤠

09/19/2024

Farm stand progress! The floor is in and the walls are going up. Come check out what all the fuss is about at our grand opening on Sunday 9am-2pm at the farm.