Homestead Ponds

Homestead Ponds Follow along as I post recent happenings, recipes and life at Homestead Ponds. The decision was made not to continue to grow our own fish.

We are so happy to offer unique food items .
*Artisan Roasted Coffees - Fair Trade Organic and Specialty Microlots
*Freshly Roasted Lightly Salted Almonds and Cashews
*Shiitake Mushrooms, fresh, dehydrated whole and dehydrated powder
*Garden produce, can We originally started out raising our own Rainbow Trout which we offered fresh and smoked, tragically in 2013 we lost all 5500 fingerlings for th

e coming year due to an electrical outage. As our different varieties of smoked fish and pickled fish were well received we decided to concentrate on these products and purchased fish from our local commercial fisherman. Over the years we have concentrated on adding unique products - including our own roasted organic artisan coffees and iced teas made from wild cranberries and wild blueberries. We also have organic certified Shiitake mushrooms, available fresh, and dehydrated whole and powered. And lastly we added roasted Cashews and Almonds in an assortment of flavors. In October of 2021 we added signage at the Homestead and have Monday-Friday, 8-5 hours for you to stop in and pickup fresh roasted coffees and nuts. When available we will have shiitake mushrooms products, jams, jellies, specialty cookies and other goodies. If you desire to order in bulk +3 # coffee or +1 # nuts please order in advance and receive savings for bulk pricing. Please call either Scott 218-244-9654 or Jane 218-244-6422. We'd love to hear from you!

Absolutely gorgeous harvest of Shiitake mushrooms, counted close to 700!!!$10 lb for mushrooms that have been trimmed of...
09/23/2024

Absolutely gorgeous harvest of Shiitake mushrooms, counted close to 700!!!

$10 lb for mushrooms that have been trimmed of stems.

Stop out M-F, 8-5. 804 County Road 440, for iOS Bovey. About 5 miles from ICC.

Great time to pick up roasted Organic coffees, Lighty salted Almonds and Cashews. We also have dehydrated mushroom products.

The new coffees are ordered and on the way to the Homestead!  Believe it or not but this is always such 'hard work' deci...
08/02/2024

The new coffees are ordered and on the way to the Homestead!

Believe it or not but this is always such 'hard work' deciding on new beans. Getting samples in, getting them roasted, and doing our taste tests only to have "BEANS SOLD OUT" is so frustrating!

But here are the next ORGANIC BEANS to be featured at Homestead Ponds. The flavor notes are provided by Cafe Imports and are what we look at for ordering beans to sample.

Fair Trade Organic DR Congo
Nutmeg with mellow fresh coffee cherry flavors. Winey
acidity and mild candy-like flavors.

Organic Ethiopian
Cocoa and clove with mild cooked cascara flavors.
Tart acidity and mild sweetness.

Organic Guatemala
Almond with mellow pecan flavors. Complex acidity and
a smooth mouthfeel.

We FINALLY have fresh log produced shiitake mushrooms available at the Homestead.  Have picked and trimmed 7 lbs with mo...
07/24/2024

We FINALLY have fresh log produced shiitake mushrooms available at the Homestead. Have picked and trimmed 7 lbs with more ready by end the end of the day or in the morning.

Trimmed caps, heavy stems removed.
$ 1.00 per ounce
$14.00 per pound

Stop by the Homestead, 804 County Road 440, Bovey, MN (Off Trout Lake Road)

I’ll post when sold out. We will continue ‘shocking’ logs to have a steady supply of mushrooms in the future.

Questions call Jane 218-244-6422

Someone recently said "You just sell someone else's roasted coffees and repack them don't you?"  NO!  As most of you kno...
04/27/2024

Someone recently said "You just sell someone else's roasted coffees and repack them don't you?" NO! As most of you know, we purchase green coffee beans and do the roasting ourselves.

Something that IS DIFFERENT about our roasted coffee is that we do pan roasting rather than drum roasting. With drum roasted coffee the beans are all roasted to the same 'color' - dark, medium, light roasts.

Pan roasting give just the opposite result, a variety of bean 'colors' and more importantly a wonderful depth of flavor.

And one of the best reasons to get our coffees is that we have a
'roasted on' date. We start marking down our bags of coffee when they are two weeks old! Although our beans are packaged in air tight bags, we want everyone to have the best of coffees!

Stop by a pick up a bag or two or three! There is always bags available, along with our fresh roasted cashews and almonds.

Oh, if you could only have Smell-o-vision you would be in fresh roasted coffee heaven!Scott just finished roasting all t...
01/04/2024

Oh, if you could only have Smell-o-vision you would be in fresh roasted coffee heaven!

Scott just finished roasting all three of our Fair Trade Organic coffees from BOLIVIA, GUATEMALA and NICARAGUA.

And he also did a double batch of roasted lightly salted Cashews.

Stop in to see us 8-5, M-F, at the Homestead.
804 County Road 440, Bovey. (Take HWY 169, turn on Trout Lake Rd. (CR21) go 2 miles, take a left on CR 440, 1/2 mile to the Homestead!

All our Fair Trade Organic coffees available, roasted last night and this morning!Also Light Salted Cashews roasted this...
12/19/2023

All our Fair Trade Organic coffees available, roasted last night and this morning!

Also Light Salted Cashews roasted this morning.

Stop out anytime 8-5

804 County 440, Bovey (3 miles from ICC)
Large sign at the driveway, you can’t miss us.

10/20/2023

Fresh roasted yesterday are all 3 varieties of our new Fair Trade Organic coffees!

Bolvian
Guatemalan
Nicaraguan

Stop out and see us at the Homestead!

09/29/2023

The sale this Saturday, September 30th, "On Turtle Pond" will have our three new coffees! We were determined to go back to our coffee roasting roots and only purchase ORGANIC beans. Look for the following:

Fair Trade Organic Bolovian
Fair Trade Organic Guatemalan from Women Producers
Fair Trade Organic Nicaraguan

16 oz bags are $12 each BUT if you get 3 of your choice they are $10 a bag.

Don't miss this always fun sale!

Fresh roasted THIS morning -     COFFEESOrganic ColombianTanzanian PeaberryVietnam      ANDLightly salted Cashews and Al...
06/22/2023

Fresh roasted THIS morning -
COFFEES
Organic Colombian
Tanzanian Peaberry
Vietnam
AND
Lightly salted Cashews and Almonds!

STOP BY THE HOMESTEAD TO PICK UP YOUR FAVORITES!

BELIEVE IT OR NOT....While we still have some Organic Colombian, Tanzanian Peaberry and Vietnam coffee beans left - they...
05/17/2023

BELIEVE IT OR NOT....

While we still have some Organic Colombian, Tanzanian Peaberry and Vietnam coffee beans left - they are selling well.

IT'S TIME TO SAMPLE NEW BEANS!

I purposely selected all Organic and Fair Trade Organic beans. Getting back to our coffee roots.

We will be roasting up beans from Colombia, Ethiopia, Guatemala, Peru and Rwanda.

Coffee, coffee, coffee! We have several bags of FAIR TRADE ORGANIC COLOMBIAN, ORGANIC ETHIOPIAN, and COSTA RICA COMMUNIT...
12/12/2022

Coffee, coffee, coffee!

We have several bags of FAIR TRADE ORGANIC COLOMBIAN, ORGANIC ETHIOPIAN, and COSTA RICA COMMUNITY REGIONAL SELECT available to pick up.

Fresh roasted last Friday, December 9th. $11 per one pound bag, or any 3 for $30.

Also have $20 bags that included 1 lb coffee, 1 bag each of fresh roasted almonds and cashews.

Remember you can stop anytime M-F, 8-5. We'd love to have you stop in.

804 County Road 440, Bovey. --- Take Hwy 169N to Trout Lake Rd (Co Rd. 21) go 2 miles, turn left on Co Rd 440) go 1/2 mile. Signage on the corner of 21&440 and at our driveway!

We possibly can make arrangements for after hour pickup if needed. Call Jane 244-6422

Address

804 Country Road 440
Bovey, MN
55709

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 5pm
Tuesday 8am - 5pm
Wednesday 8am - 5pm
Thursday 8am - 5pm
Friday 8am - 5pm

Telephone

+12182449654

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Follow along as I post recent happenings, recipes and life at Homestead Ponds. We originally started out raising our own Rainbow Trout which we offered fresh and smoked, tragically in 2013 we lost all 5500 fingerlings for the coming year due to an electrical outage. The decision was made not to continue to grow our own fish. As our different varieties of smoked fish and pickled fish were well received we decided to concentrate on these products and purchase fish from local commercial fisherman. Over the years we have concentrated on adding unique products - including our own roasted organic artisan coffees and iced teas made from wild cranberries and wild blueberries. We also have organic certified Shiitake mushrooms, available fresh, and dehydrated whole and powered. You can also purchase your own inoculated Shiitake log. In 2017 we started offering roasted Cashews and Almonds in an assortment of flavors. Most of our products are available June-September at the Grand Rapids MN Farmers Market, Birds of a Feather occasional shop in Bovey, MN, and by prior arrangement right here at the Homestead.