Red Canoe Farms

05/18/2026

05/14/2026

Special thanks to Chase Honey Company, Otis Orchards, for providing us with their amazing honey bees for years. Great partnership, great family, great honey!

05/12/2026

These bees just arrived from the research farm in Utah yesterday. This is the “blueberry bee,” Osmia Ribifloris. About 1/12 of the world’s farmed population of this bee is now here at Red Canoe Farms!

04/28/2026

Happy National Blueberry Pie Day!

04/27/2026

Almost done pruning these amazing bushes! Hmm…. Maybe I’ll skip this bush.

03/29/2026

Pruning class at Red Canoe Farms! Perfect time of year to maintain your blueberry bushes.
April 11 or April 14. 9:00-10:30. $45. DM to sign up.

02/16/2026

Before and after pruning pics. First pair of photos are from a bush planted in 2010. The second pair is a bush planted in 2024. Will announce our spring pruning class dates soon.

02/02/2026

We’ll start pruning this week—a few weeks early. Even though groundhog Phil predicted more winter ahead, we’re going to start shaping those bushes. Nice temps this week!

01/26/2026

While in central China this month, we noticed small vegetable farms everywhere—any open space became a garden. Fresh fruit and veggie markets were on nearly every corner, and people seemed to shop daily. Food went straight from harvest to table, without long transport or storage, keeping it fresh, flavorful, and nutrient-dense.

01/19/2026

Just got home from China! One of our trip highlights was visiting a blueberry field in Shandong province. This farm raises southern highbush varieties that require greenhouses for its cold northern climate. Bushes grow in pots, are fast growing, have short life spans. Result? Fresh berries almost year around. Rather than pruning being the major labor requirement, they have to hand remove the blossoms, which don’t fall off on their own.

Most fresh market blueberries come from Yunnan province, south China, and we purchased several varieties at a local market and enjoyed tasting them!

12/29/2025

This December was a great time for digging horseradish! Harvesting late in the year seems to add more bite to horseradish, but most years the ground is too hard for this.

Clean the roots well. Peel. Grate. Blend with:
1 cup grated root
1/4 tsp canning salt
1/3 cup white vinegar

Enjoy! And have a happy new year!