Solstice Spices

17/08/2024

Every year has its theme. So far, 2024 is the Basil year. We can hook you up at on Saturday mornings.

12/08/2024

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09/08/2024

The world lost one of the best humans last weekend. He gave his heart through continuous acts of service. We were lucky to be the recipients of his many gifts, maybe the biggest gift being his help in building our high tunnels several years ago. He was at the farm for days and days helping Tony. When we were awarded the grant to purchase the high tunnels, we had no idea how difficult it was going to be to build them. I think it took at least two months.

Papa John’s life inspires me to be more generous, to express love with kind acts, and to slow down and enjoy the small moments.

Many beautiful heirloom tomatoes have been grown in these high tunnels that were built with love from Papa John. I honor you Papa, and promise to stay close by Mama’s side. It’s the least I could do for you.

27/07/2024

Opening day catch us here for every Saturday until October 26.

19/07/2024

Tomatoes are coming just in time for see you there on July 27.

10/07/2024

The plants are doing their best to survive this heat! Peppers and Eggplant like it most. The tomatoes aren’t sure. Either way, starts in two weeks. We will be ready! Hoping for relief from the heat and wildfire smoke 😷 for the humans, the animals, and the vegetables. ❄️ 🧊 🔥 🥵

23/06/2024

I have been doing my best to help keep up with the strawberry harvest 🍓 but they are producing every day. I love strawberries so I am not complaining.
A lesson you learn over and over again when you are a market gardener is how undervalued food is in our society. It takes me an hour to pick 1/4 of our strawberry beds which yields about 4 pounds of strawberries. I could buy 4 pounds of strawberries at the grocery chain for $20. And the immigrant who picked those strawberries probably got paid $2 or less.
After an hour of digging thru the plants in the heat, I feel like these strawberries should be worth $100. They certainly taste good enough!

14/06/2024

Big thanks to and for allowing us to leave home and the gardens for a few days. We had some much needed quality time with family and got to explore a beautiful area of Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Iowa that we hadn’t seen before. We saw dozens of bald eagles, and watched an egret and blue heron fish for breakfast. We bathed in the energy of the forest with a bonus concert from the cicadas. We were in awe with the abundance of water in the upper Mississippi and we were humbled by the lessons of the Native Americans. We saw lots of farms and found some delicious eats. We are grateful for the time away and happy to be home. Time to get ready for market season.

29/05/2024

I got to make my small contribution to planting season at the farm last weekend. Since I became a full time office worker 5 years ago, I have spent less time at the farm. For a few years was mostly working by himself. But last year, we grabbed the hands of some fellow urban farmer enthusiasts and decided to figure out how we could share the work and the harvest. It has been an experiment in cooperation and we don’t know what will come - no farmer ever does. But, I will say that this seems like the least stressful planting season in years and I am grateful for that.

18/05/2024

The whole thing does not have to be perfect in order to enjoy the bits that are.

05/05/2024

Big gratitude to all who supported our plant sale yesterday. Being an urban farmer is a slightly crazy idea. So much time and energy goes on behind the scenes that you question your choices when you’re tired. But the thing that brings us back every time is YOU! The SLC local shopping community is incredible. I would venture to say one of best in the USA. The love we get from you helps refill our cups and carry on. I have long believed that the farmers market is where community happens. We put our hearts and dreams out on display and hope you receive them well. And yesterday you did. 🙏🏼🥰

03/05/2024

Hey friends! Here’s some info and directions for the Urban Farmer Plant Sale tomorrow. Limited parking right next to the farm and then overflow across the street. PLEASE be careful! The intersection of 3300 S and 700 E is very busy.

02/05/2024

Awe thanks SLUG Mag for the write up! We enjoyed sharing our market garden and our passion for food and nature. The 3 of us could talk farms all day and I love the bits of info that Carlysle picked. Also grateful that Logan managed to snap a couple decent photos of us old folks 😂

The people behind the Urban Pepper Project and Solstice Spices were excited to share the fruits of their labor with us here at SLUG.

30/04/2024

Tony and I will have a few cute rosemary and chicks-n-hens, some gorgeous fresh cut baby dill, and, of course our farm-to-jar spice blends at the plant sale this Saturday.

23/04/2024

Our Urban Farmer Plant Sale will feature lots of heirloom tomato starts and lots of unique pepper varieties.

18/04/2024

Our second Urban Farmer Plant sale is on!

01/04/2024

Mother Nature tells us the time with radishes, dill, chives, and oeufs 🪺

19/03/2024

Happy Spring Equinox from Southwest tip of our beautiful nation. Cheers to the 2024 growing season.

01/02/2024

I feel the momentum building on my 3rd year attending Day on the Hill with as this was the most attended so far. I was grateful to meet my rep Mark Wheatley and my senator Stephanie Pitcher in person. I also met the farm’s rep Sahara Hayes and senator Nate Blouin. I was lucky to also run into one of my sheros, Kathleen Reibe and happily surprised that Luz Escamilla is now the chair of the Local Food Advisory Council. Finally we heard from UDAF Commissioner Buttars who seems to genuinely want to support us.

A recurring theme is that our elected officials do not hear from us enough. The legislative session is all over the news and social media, but we rarely reach out to our local reps. They say they get very little feedback from their constituents. So here I am setting an intention to stay in touch on a regular basis with my reps.

14/01/2024

We learned and socialized with our fellow farmers at the Utah Farm and Food Conference in Cedar City. We were served delicious meals prepared by and and we were inspired by Jesse Waters from , Bill McDorman from Heritage Grain Alliance, the Forbes family , and Andrew Mefford from . But I think my favorite discussion was with local pros Tyler of Madison of and Sara of along with some of our state’s best farmers market managers. It felt so healthy to share each other’s experiences. I ended the weekend listening to who I mostly don’t align with politically. Still I found I could agree with him on a thing or two. And that was my biggest takeaway. It reinforced my belief that we don’t have to agree to get along. The lines are very twisted in a place like this. We have shared experiences around farming and food, which may or may not translate to other aspects of our lives. Healthy diversity is essential for life. It is not always easy but I continue to see the benefits.

Thanks to and for encouraging us to attend and sharing their table. And special shout out to Jolene from who makes the made me the most delicious (not sweet) yogurt parfait for breakfast and also chose to gift our spices to several of her peeps.

Happy to be home slightly refreshed and rejuvenated. Wishing for more peace in this world and bring on the snow ❄️.

25/12/2023

Merry Christmas however you do or don’t celebrate, we hope you are safe and warm and loved. We are blessed and so grateful for our home, our loved ones, and good food. Cheers to longer days ahead. 🌞

21/12/2023

Solstice Spices was born on the Winter Solstice. Tony and I made a spice blend with our freshly dried garden produce and sent it to our loved ones. It was a half pint jar with a homemade shaker top. I printed some stickers with a sun. Turns out everyone loved their spice jar and asked for more. It was a decade ago that we hard launched our logo and website. We have learned so much in 10 years. Mostly we have learned that it takes a village. We need community. We need each other. No business succeeds without society’s support. We love our community and we are grateful you have helped us raise Ms Solstice Spices over the past decade. Thank you 🙏🏼

09/12/2023

23/11/2023

Happy Day!

19/11/2023

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday because it is a time to slow down and love my peeps with delicious food. I am incredibly grateful that I have an abundance of food to eat and a warm safe place to be. I am also eternally grateful for my big extended family. I wish these same blessings to everyone out there.

We are stocked up with fresh spices to add flavor to your holiday celebrations. Order thru our website in profile or send me an email for a custom order.

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27/10/2023

Bring the kids to Murray Park Saturday morning!

24/10/2023

Incredibly beautiful autumn at the farm this year. I have never seen it this lush and full of green. The forecast is calling for winter this weekend which makes me sad for the plants. We are committed to harvesting as much as we possibly can to bring to the last Murray Market of the year. Send me a message if you’re interested in picking green tomatoes. Otherwise we will see you Saturday in Murray Park.

20/10/2023

We are still going strong and will be at Saturday morning! is done with Wheeler Market so it will be the Heather and Shirley show. 💃
Come down and help us eat all these veggies.

15/10/2023