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We are a small all natural vegetable farm just outside of Palouse Washington. We think good healthy food shouldn't be a luxury, it should be the standard.

06/16/2026

This could read like a ransom note: "We have your asparagus and if you ever want to see them again meet us at the fairgrounds, bring cash and No cops! Hah.

Just kidding, sort of?
We do in fact have your asparagus, and if you do in fact want to ever see it again, meet us at the Tuesday Market ,bring cash. Dont come alone.

Disclaimer: This was for promotional purposes only, Runner Bean Ranch is a Free Range Vegetable Farm, all asparagus appearing in this promotion are paid professionals and were not harmed in the uhhh, well I mean other than that part. (Legal is just going to love this post, I can feel it;)

See you later.

06/12/2026

Howdy Ranch Fans, whats The Good Word?
It is starting to feel like summer out there, which softens the sting some of us felt when we got that frost the other day.

I saw the coolest thing this morning. A kestrel flew overhead low and slow, clutching a house sparrow in its talons. Native predator 1 invasive species 0, and we arent even deep into the first quarter. Building that kestrel box was a pretty good idea.

So what else is going on? Well we have a market tomorrow and we have some stuff that is priced to move, we need to make room for whats coming out of the greenhouse. If I'm not careful this is going to start sounding like a mattress liquidation sale. We do have some pretty large bunches of flat leaf parsley for two bucks each. Thats a smokin' deal in any language and we are selling the heads of lettuce at three dollars each or two for five bucks. Mix and match your choice. We still have strawberries too at four bucks a pint. Walnuts are still four bucks a pound and our garlic is a buck each while it lasts. Can you tell I grew up reading MAD Magazine? I will also add this, our booth is parked square in the sun, its great for us because we arent freezing cold through the first half of the market, but its a little tough on leafy greens. We dont want to sacrifice any produce to floor models and display units, if its still on the sign we still have it in the cooler.

What? Me worry?

Picture time.

06/05/2026

Howdy Ranch Fans, what's The Good Word?

You should know by now that my Mom and I like to under promise and over deliver. So, while I was cutting that really good lookin' lettuce out of the row I was thinking, "Man, I don't know if there is going to be enough wildlife in this lettuce to go around..." So all I can say is that your bag of lettuce might have some slugs or earwigs, but it might not, you will have to rinse it to find out. We are also bringing some mini heads of romaine which are a perfect lunch salad size, crisp, floral and delicious.

Then there are the strawberries. How many we are bringing I can't say yet because we haven't boxed them, but I feel like it's going to be more than last week.

The rest of the story is walnuts as well as the very last of the garlic.

05/29/2026

Howdy Ranch Fans, whats The Good Word?

Well how about that thunderstorm? Its been a while since I have seen that much lightening that frequently, I'd hate to see what the power bill for that light show was...

Speaking of strawberries, its looking like we are bringing some to market Saturday. Strawberries, asparagus, garlic and walnuts.

It wasnt until I was deep into the nettles, getting the dickens stung out of my hands, that I realized they were full of aphids, that helped to explain the amount of lady bugs glommed onto them. I was pretty disappointed, but at the same time the good bugs should get out in front of the aphids so that by next week I'll be back in the business of tingly fingers.

Its a good thing.

05/22/2026

Howdy Ranch Fans. Whats The Good Word?
Once again its almost market time and I never took a chance to talk about last week.

Last week was brutal. It was also hilarious. It rained almost the whole time and it was not warm. At one point the wind picked up and I saw the Chai Gals across the way taking lake effect weather off the fountain, the random splash as someone's tent would let go a bucket of water it had been saving up. People showed up though. Of course the vendors and the staff showed up, we have to, its in the contract, but normal people showed up too, in the rain, the whole market. I have never been more impressed with the die hard market community. So thank you everyone.

This week is going to be better than that. We wont have a whole lot to sell, but at least we will be selling it in the sun. We will have a small showing of nettles again. No one was more surprised than me as to how popular the nettles were. Even in the rain. So yeah, nettles, a bit of asparagus, garlic and walnuts.

05/14/2026

Howdy Ranch Fans. Whats The Good Word?

Windy and not warm sometimes raining a bit. Not my favorite, its why I'm in here. Its almost week three of the market and week one of the CSA Its a good way to ease into a season. This weeks market is going to be pretty slim pickins' Maybe some asparagus maybe some rhubarb and certainly some nettles. Cant really commit to a quantity of nettles but more than none and they are going to be really pretty stingy, not for the meek. Fun stuff.

05/09/2026

Howdy Ranch Fans. Whats The Good Word. Well, its next week before I even had a chance to talk about last week. Last week was amazing, we had a surprise performance from some leeks that over wintered. They were well received.

This week we will have fresh asparagus and fresh rhubarb, as well as the usual suspects garlic, onions and walnuts. I would come early.

05/01/2026

Howdy Ranch Fans. Whats The Good Word?

Hear we are, the day before the first Moscow Farmers Market of the season. I guess we are about as ready as we are ever going to be. All we really have to offer are storage onions, garlic and walnuts. This is usually where I make the joke about bald tires and used fencing, but people have asked about the used fencing. There is none, all or used fencing is spoken for and the bald tires are propping up the combines feeder house. I will say this, if you have ever experienced the frustration of peeling fresh garlic, you will love our storage garlic, all you have to do is give it a hard look and it practically peels itself. The walnuts were picked up last fall and cured out in the greenhouse then stored in the seed room. They are officially a raw walnut, almost as easy to shell as the garlic is to peel. The storage onions, whats the best way to put this. They are not sweet, they are really rather vindictive, they have sat in the dark all winter and it just made them mean. They make me cry and I'm pretty surly. I guess I chop them up and cook them because they deserve it.

We are in zone two, the newest wing of the market, space roman numeral 3 or III, not to be confused with ill or I'll, right off the clock and fountain, perfect seats for any entertainment thats been booked. If you can find the city tent, you can find us.

04/22/2026

Howdy Ranch Fans, whats The Good Word?
Happy Earth Day! For us every day is Earth Day, even the bad ones and especially the good ones. The growing season is starting to get ahead of us, its normal to feel like we are in the weeds at this point, mostly because we are in the weeds, the asparagus beds are particularly bad. Wet weather and tall grass have made it a great time to find ticks, I'm leading the pack at four so far. I shouldnt admit to reading Skeeters Bravecto box and crunching the numbers and thinking "How harmful could it be?"

The last of the lambs were born yesterday, it isnt very often we get to witness the birth, I felt a little like I was invading their privacy. It never ceases to amaze me how quickly lambs get to their feet and start nursing.

Spent some quality time getting the van in running order, the Farmers Markets are just around the corner, I would be lying if I said I wasnt a bit nervous. We still have a few things to check off the list, but for the most part I guess we are ready.

Time to do a little transplanting, here are some photos.

04/02/2026

Howdy Ranch Fans, whats The Good Word?

I dont know what it is about Icelandic sheep but they pick the most miserable weather to have lambs in. It rained all last night and I knew as I was walking to the barn, snow flying sideways, there was going to be a new lamb out there. And there was.

I lost my nerve waiting for that clover to come up and reseeded the hay ground. It took the better part of the day and five gallons of fuel. It was a perfect day for it. It started with chaining the spring tooth to the drop spreader. The drop spreader makes a great tool bar but one tire never holds air...so really it started with airing up a tire. The soil was perfect, not too wet and not too dry. I love the smell of fresh turned soil. The seed drill was surprisingly easy to get ready, I only had one opener to unplug and the gates were already where I wanted them to be. I put every last bit of pea and oat seed we had laying around in the box and for good measure I ran the clover seed through the seed cleaner to separate it from the rice hulls and threw a bucket of clover seed in the box too. It turned out to be just enough seed. Using the shop vac to clean out the drill I ended up with a coffee can full of seed left over. Lastly, I pulled the soil packers out of the tall grass. Its been at least ten years since those things have seen any action. I got the soil packers as well as eight sections of spring tooth from Lindsay Kent, all for the low low price of a case of beer. I like how a field looks after its been rolled, it also helps keep moisture in the ground. I'll be glad I did it when it comes haying time.

All that to say I got one thing done.

Address

17892 State Route 272
Palouse, WA
99161

Opening Hours

Monday	9am - 5pm
Tuesday	9am - 5pm
Wednesday	9am - 5pm
Thursday	9am - 5pm
Friday	9am - 5pm
Saturday	9am - 5pm
Sunday	9am - 5pm

Telephone

+15098781728

Website

http://runnerbeanranch.com/

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