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Four Oaks Farm Family-owned market garden growing fresh produce and eggs using natural, chemical-free practices.

My pepper pickin' buddy was out with me again last Monday. 🌶️🐈Jasper doesn't actually pick any peppers, but he's always ...
10/10/2026

My pepper pickin' buddy was out with me again last Monday. 🌶️🐈

Jasper doesn't actually pick any peppers, but he's always happy to come hang out while I do. 😂

10/10/2026

Our honey bees have been loving the holy basil, while the bumblebees and moths have been making the most of the loofah flowers.

I guess everybody is trying to get in as much work as they can before winter arrives! 🌿🐝

It's pretty amazing how much pollinator activity is still happening out here in October.

🥚 Our regular feed is back!The girls are back on their usual organic, corn- and soy-free feed as of October 2nd. 🎉Becaus...
10/02/2026

🥚 Our regular feed is back!

The girls are back on their usual organic, corn- and soy-free feed as of October 2nd. 🎉

Because the eggs I'm collecting over the next few weeks can reflect the hens' previous feed while the yolks finish developing, I'm allowing a full 21-day transition period before I consider the eggs back to our normal corn- and soy-free standard.

I made this little timeline so my egg customers can see exactly what happened and when we're back to our normal routine.

🥚 A quick note for my egg customers!I have a temporary change to mention: starting today, our eggs are not corn- and soy...
09/26/2026

🥚 A quick note for my egg customers!

I have a temporary change to mention: starting today, our eggs are not corn- and soy-free.

My feed store ran out of the organic corn- and soy-free layer feed I normally buy. Chickens gotta eat, so for the next week or so, they're getting organic layer feed that contains corn and/or soy instead.

The good news is that the feed is still organic and non-GMO, and the feed store expects to have my regular feed back in stock next week. As soon as it does, we'll be right back to our usual feed.

So if you've been buying our eggs specifically because of the corn- and soy-free feed, I wanted to make sure you knew about this temporary change. ❤️

Sometimes even the chickens have to deal with supply-chain nonsense. 🐔😆

What's fresh at Four Oaks Farm this week? 🌱The garden is still hanging onto summer for a little while longer. I've got b...
09/18/2026

What's fresh at Four Oaks Farm this week? 🌱

The garden is still hanging onto summer for a little while longer. I've got bell peppers, jalapeños, and cherry tomatoes available this week, along with a few other things.

Fall crops are starting to make their appearance, too, so things are changing pretty quickly out there.

If you're doing your grocery shopping this weekend, check the online shop and see what's ready to harvest.

https://grownby.app/farms/four-oaks-farm/shop

Farm pickup in Raymore.

🥶 Well, this is not how I expected my afternoon to go...I went out to the garage early this afternoon to start packing m...
09/09/2026

🥶 Well, this is not how I expected my afternoon to go...

I went out to the garage early this afternoon to start packing my Market Wagon orders. I'd harvested most of what I needed yesterday and put everything in the cooler overnight, as usual.

Except sometime during the night, my cooler decided it wanted to be a freezer.

I opened the door and found everything frozen solid. Peppers. Okra. All of it.

Even the watermelon I harvested a couple of days ago because I was planning to eat it. 😭

I've got three thermometers in that cooler, and the one that tracks the temperature told me it had gotten down to 14.2°F overnight. When I checked it this afternoon, it was sitting at about 10°F.

So... yeah. This bowl of peppers was harvested yesterday. They were supposed to be going into customers' orders today.

I salvaged what I could for the chickens, who were considerably happier about the situation than I was. 😂🐔 The rest went into the compost.

Then I went back out and started harvesting all over again.

Fortunately, I was able to re-harvest almost everything I needed for today's orders. The one thing I couldn't replace was a 3-pack of red bell peppers. I'd picked every ripe one yesterday, and unfortunately, I can't make bell peppers ripen on demand. 😉

So tonight, the Market Wagon orders are safely tucked into the refrigerator in the house, and crisis has been mostly averted.

But now I have a new problem to solve.

This is a used commercial beverage cooler, and it's been a pretty important piece of farm equipment for us. A few years ago, we had to replace the thermostat after it stopped cooling properly, and that repair wasn't cheap. I'm pretty sure we're going to be having another conversation with a refrigeration tech soon.

When you're a tiny farm, equipment problems don't come out of some magical "business expense" bucket. They come straight out of the farm budget.

For tonight, I'm just glad I was able to replace most of what I lost and get everyone's orders packed.

Because apparently I needed one more thing to deal with this week. 🤦‍♀️🌱

You know that part in Raising Arizona where Holly Hunter sees those babies and basically decides, “Yep, I need to get me...
09/05/2026

You know that part in Raising Arizona where Holly Hunter sees those babies and basically decides, “Yep, I need to get me one of those”? I think one of my Welsummer hens is having a similar moment. 😂

She’s a couple of years old now, and for the past several days she’s been spending almost all of her time right outside the chicks’ little outdoor run. She’ll lie there watching them and making those soft, broody-hen clucks every so often.

A couple of days ago, I watched her find something on the ground, probably a tiny worm. She immediately started making those “Come see what I found!” noises while picking it up and dropping it over and over again. Quite a few of the chicks came running over to see what she had found, but unfortunately for them, the hardware cloth was between them and the prize. 😂

She kept hanging around the chicks, and last night, when it was time for everyone to head into the coop for bedtime, she seemed torn. She clearly didn’t want to leave the chicks, but it was getting dark and chicken bedtime waits for no hen.

So this morning, I opened the door to the chicks’ run and let her go in.

The first thing she did was find some chick feed on the ground and start calling the chicks over to eat it. And sure enough, a whole bunch of them came running.

She’s been in there with them all day. I’ve opened the door a few times to see if she wants to come out, but each time she looks at the opening, turns around and walks away.

So I guess she’s made her decision. ❤️

The chicks certainly don’t need a mama at this point, but they seem to enjoy having her around, and she seems pretty happy with her new job.

I guess somebody needed to teach these 21 youngsters where the snacks are. 🐔

This is what "in season" actually looks like. 🌱 One week it's a big pile of okra, the next it might be peppers or snap b...
08/29/2026

This is what "in season" actually looks like. 🌱 One week it's a big pile of okra, the next it might be peppers or snap beans — and some weeks, not much of anything if the plants need a breather. 😅

Everything here gets grown and harvested right on this farm — nothing bought in from elsewhere to fill a gap. What you find available each week is simply what's actually ready to go.

So if something's sold out when you check the online store, it's not a mistake — it just means that particular item isn't ready yet. Always worth another look. 🌻

Not everything is having a rough year. 🌶️The jalapeños apparently didn't get the memo.These have been one of my reliable...
08/22/2026

Not everything is having a rough year. 🌶️

The jalapeños apparently didn't get the memo.

These have been one of my reliable crops year after year, and they're putting on quite a show right now. The plants are thriving, with peppers at every stage of growth—from tiny new fruit to jalapeños ready to pick.

After the tomatoes have been such a disappointment this year, it's nice to have a crop that just quietly shows up and does its job. 😂

Most of these jalapeños will make their way to Mojitos Mexican Grill here in Raymore after I fill our farm pickup and Market Wagon orders, but if you're a jalapeño fan and want some for yourself, I've got plenty to share! 🌶️

This is the luffa plant, and it has officially taken over its corner of the farm. 😂I've been hacking back vines just to ...
08/18/2026

This is the luffa plant, and it has officially taken over its corner of the farm. 😂

I've been hacking back vines just to get to the cucumbers, and every time I go in there I feel a little like Indiana Jones making my way through the jungle.

But then I walked past this the other day and had to stop.

It was so pretty that I actually walked back to the house to get my phone because, well, some things deserve a picture. 🌿

And yes, this is the plant that eventually produces those luffa sponges people use in the shower. They're not some mysterious thing that grows on a sponge tree or lives in the sea. They're actually dried luffa gourds!

So for now, I'm trying to appreciate the beautiful flowers while also keeping this thing from completely swallowing my cucumber plants. 😂

Address

501 E Hubach Hill Rd
Raymore, MO
64083

Opening Hours

Monday 9am - 5:30pm
Tuesday 9am - 5:30pm
Wednesday 9am - 5:30pm
Thursday 2pm - 5:30pm
Friday 9am - 5:30pm
Saturday 9am - 5:30pm
Sunday 9am - 5:30pm

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+18163283610

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