Wild Spirits Farm

04/17/2023

Happy spring! Winter? Spring? We’re not really sure anymore but we’ve stocked Everybody's Whole Foods with some frost-tolerant garden plants this week. Supplies are limited, get them while you can.

03/21/2023

Greetings from Wild Spirits Farm! The season has come to plant our spring crops in the greenhouse. Our indoor growroom is also blossoming with life.

Cool weather garden seedlings will be available for sale the 3rd week of April. Summer plants like tomatoes and peppers will be ready the third week of May.

You can order plants and compost on our online shop, WildSpiritsFarm.com.

02/15/2023

Time to prepare for this year’s garden! Our online shop for starter plants and compost is now live. All of our plants are grown from seed at our farm in Fairfield, Iowa and raised organically.

Compost will be available for delivery in April. Cool weather garden plants will be ready early May and warm weather plants will be ready early June.

Order here:

Spring plants will be ready around May 1st. Summer plants will be ready around June 1st. Order plants from both categories, and you’ll have two deliveries when the weather is appropriate for each one. We will notify you as soon as your order is ready for pickup.

04/20/2022

Coming soon, to a garden near you...

06/20/2020

We‘re wrapping up the selling season but still have some fresh selections for you. This weekend’s limited edition offerings include:

White Sage: The most sacred variety for smudging. It’s native to rocky, sandy Northern California and needs protection from cold weather. You might consider training it as a houseplant with lots of light.

Sweet Potatoes: These vines love heat and poor (not overly fertilized), sandy, well drained soil. You could make a hill for them or plant one in a 5 gallon bucket with drain holes.

Orange Okra: Rare heirloom with deep orange fruit. Spineless. Pick at 3-4”.

Chocolate Beauty Pepper: Sweet bell pepper that can be eaten green or left to mature to a dark chocolate-purple color.

Brussels Sprouts: Sold in a 4 pack. This is a fall crop, so keep it protected from bugs and super hot sun if you can. It will reward you in September.

Last call for kale, cukamelons, cucumbers, and butternut squash.

06/19/2020

These are freshly picked arnica flowers infusing in organic olive oil. I’m working on making a massage oil blend containing anti-inflammatory herbs harvested from the farm this week. Arnica flowers puff into seed formations like dandelions if dried too hot or for too long, so the trick to proper extraction is to do everything very quickly at low temperatures. I do have some puff on my first try here but I can tell this infusion will have medicinal qualities nonetheless.

06/16/2020

Fresh offerings delivered to Everybody's Whole Foods this morning. It’s really starting to look like we planted a garden in the middle of Aisle 3.

New plants include:

Iroquois Melon: Heirloom cantaloupe bred for success in the Midwest. One of the first to offer downy mildew resistance. Orange fruits are medium sized, sweet, and flavorful.

Dark Star Zuchinni: Original variety from Seeds of Change. Dark green glossy fruits are best picked at 4-7”.

Chicago Pickler Cucumber: The most successful cucumber we grew last year. Healthy, easy, fast growing, extremely prolific.

Purple Tomatillo: A newfound favorite, fruits are incredible roasted but delicious raw too. Fruit blushes purple when mature.

St. John’s Wort: A medicinal herb whose flowers are used to elevate the spirits. Perennial. This flat of plants was placed in a crystal grid last night during a Vedic fire ceremony, it’s unknown if it will increase the herb’s effectiveness but you’ll get some spiritual bonus points free of charge with your purchase.

Last call for zuchetta, chard, kale, and orange butternut squash.