It's All Good Farms

06/12/2026

Today was the third day of picking radish. First donations made to Community Pathways for the season.

06/06/2026

The potato rows are w**d free after seconding hilling, which is a manual effort since they are too tall for the tractor. Some of them are starting to blossom. And the first strawberry makes an appearance.

06/04/2026

We finished planting this week. Thank you to Turtle Creek Nursery & Landscaping and Souba Greenhouse for partnering with us to provide starter plants. We transplanted over 600 veggies plus put hundreds of seeds in the ground.

05/05/2026

New on the farm: potatoes are planted and the first ones are up.
Five little pigs arrived this past weekend.
The bees are collecting pollen (you are aware if you have allergies).
Starter plants are ready and waiting for warmer temps outside.

04/18/2026

It is the start of a new season at It's All Good Farms. We placed four bee colonies today while the chickens were out free ranging. Garlic was planted last fall and has emerged through the straw mulch.

02/14/2026

The bees appreciate the warm weather. They are taking "cleansing flights" to clean the hive and defecate. We put black tar paper around the hives in the winter to help warm the hive. We have one hive survive the winter so far.

11/20/2025

Our second season has been completed. We expanded from last year and were able to more than triple our fresh produce donation to 2,624 pounds and 100 bottles of honey to Community Pathways. New additions this year included radish, eggplant, garlic scapes and bulbs, lemon cucumbers and popcorn.

Special thanks to Turtle Creek Nursery & Landscaping and Souba Greenhouse for donating starter plants and seed, our volunteers for their manual labor, and our financial supporters. Generous hearts and helping hands are what makes the Owatonna community exceptional, and we are grateful.
If you like what we are doing here and want to help support us, we are a 501c3, so any donations are tax deductible. Venmo or message us how to send a check.

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Cheers, It's All Good!

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10/31/2025

We had some great help today. Nineteen junior high students from St. Mary's School came out to help as a service project. They ground corn for feed, shucked popcorn, cleaned a chicken coop, wood chipped garden paths, cleaned out a shed and cleaned up trees that fell this summer.

10/18/2025

The gardens are finished for the year. Chickens love cleaning up scraps left behind. We had one last large dropoff at Community Pathways
Next tasks are preparing the gardens for winter and planting some garlic.

10/07/2025

The garden season is winding down, although the warm temperatures seemed to have extended the season. We harvested potatoes and winter squash last week. After sharing with neighbors and friends, we were still able to donate 744 pounds to Community Pathways