Root to Rise Gardens

09/03/2026

Spinach is just starting to come back into abundance after a long, hot summer and we’ll have some at Red Lodge Farmers Market on Saturday plus enough to restock Beartooth Market midday today 🎉

Build a late summer spinach salad with us:
- start with the greens (spinach & micro mix)
- add seasonal veg (cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, carrots, watermelon radishes)
- time for some protein (hard boiled egg, walnuts)
- dress it up (homemade ranch with fresh dill)
- add some bling & zing 😉 (violas & nasturtiums)
- enjoy 🥗

Hard to believe we’re coming up on Labor Day weekend?! You know what that means… double the fun on Saturday morning with Red Lodge Fun Run and Red Lodge Farmers Market sharing Lions Park. Market is on at its usual time (9-noon) and we’ll be set up just slightly north of our usual spot (still in the “bowl” but closer to the playground). Check out all the great non-profit booths including one for market and then stop by to stock up on fresh, local veggies to fuel your weekend 😘🏃‍♀️🏃🏾‍♂️🥦

This week you can also find our veg at Beartooth Market (they’re now carrying our cherry tomatoes!) plus on the menus at Babcock & Miles Carbon County Steakhouse Louisa’s Grill Old Piney Dell One Legged Magpie The Wild Table Samurai Sue’s - Everyday Foods 💗

08/31/2026

Last day of August, holy moly! Our latest weekly newsletter is out: https://mailchi.mp/ef99e291e158/weeklyupdate31aug26 Visit our website to subscribe. This week in the newsletter you’ll find fall planting updates, a list of veg available at market & Napa cabbage recipes 💗

And, sales of our post-market CSA (veggie box subscription) are now live for new members. Get 6 weeks of seasonal veggies from our garden after Red Lodge Farmers Market ends. We have a limited number of both small ($35/week gets you 5-8 veggies) & large ($55/week gets you 8-11 veggies) shares available. The CSA runs Oct 14/15 to Nov 18/19 with options for Wed afternoon on-farm pickup and Thursday afternoon Lions Park pickup. Visit our website for more info & online purchasing (you can also message us to reserve a share and bring cash/check payment to market): https://www.root2risegardens.com/fall2026csa

Time keeps flying and it’s hard to believe we’re rounding out our 5th season growing in Red Lodge. Lots of gratitude to all our customers, work traders & volunteers… you make local food systems happen 👩‍🌾🙏💕

08/30/2026

Thanks for coming to see us at another fun Red Lodge Farmers Market yesterday 💕. One more month remains of the summer market season. Save the date for the final market on Sept 26th! Market is on for Red Lodge Fun Run next weekend… same time (9-noon) and just north of our usual location in the ‘bowl’ at Lions Park. We’ll be sharing the space with lots of great non-profit booths (including one for the market) so check out all the good work going on in our community and then come stock up on veggies 🏃‍♀️🥗

Hard to believe this is our 5th season growing in Red Lodge! We’ve love sharing veggies with our community and getting to know our customers a little more each year. Ranchers Gerald & Jael say our greens are the reason they started eating salads again 💗 (pic & antidote used with permission 🙏).

Want to keep eating local beyond the market season? You can find our veggies at Beartooth Market until Thanksgiving (microgreens until Christmas). We’re also offering a 6-week post-market CSA (veg box subscription)… more details coming soon & sales go live Sept 1st! And, we’ll be at the indoor editions of Red Lodge Farmers Market in Nov & Dec. Finally, check out Yellowstone Valley Food Hub | Online Farmers Market for online ordering of veg, meat & more from other local producers year round!

Thanks for shopping & eating local 😘

08/29/2026

08/29/2026

We’re bringing the farm to market 🌈. Come see us at Red Lodge Farmers Market TODAY 9-noon for all the late summer garden goodies 🍅🥦🥕

We’re bringing:
- Leeks (first if the season & limited, but more to come!)
- Big bags of Braising mix (back after a brief hail hiatus)
- Big bags of “stripped” green curly kale… HAIL SALE $5
- Cherry tomatoes (in abundance!) 🍅
- snacking Cucumber pints🥒
- Garlic 🧄
- Broccolini (in abundance!) 🥦🥦🥦
- Celery (looking prime!)
- Napa cabbage
- Microgreens (sunflower shoots, pea shoots, purple radish, micro mix) 🌱
- Baby greens (arugula, baby lettuce, spring mix… no spinach, but you can find it at Beartooth Market) 🥗
- Radicchio
- Fennel
- green-stemmed Cauliflower
- mini red cabbages
- Carrots 🥕🥕🥕
- Watermelon radishes
- Salad turnips
- Scallions
- Bunching greens (Swiss chard, collards, lacinato kale)
- mini green & red Romaines
- Basil (Genovese, Thai)
- other Herbs (dill, chives, cilantro, mint, oregano, parsley, sage, shiso, thyme)
- edible flowers (calendula, nasturtiums, viola)
- farm logo trucker Hats (organic cotton & recycled poly)

It’s the last market for Gallagher’s corn… don’t miss it 🌽🌽🌽. And, don’t forget market runs through September 26th… one more month of garden goodness coming your way 😘

08/27/2026

The end of August approaches. Daylight is notably shorter, but we’re still putting in some long days in the garden working on the last big bed prep and planting push before fall.

Notable this week… after a slow start to ripening, the cherry tomatoes finally kicked into gear! We’ll have an abundance at Red Lodge Farmers Market on Saturday. Plus, as of midday today you’ll be able to find them at Beartooth Market as well 🍅

We said goodbye to our two earliest broccolini successions this week. They were still producing a small amount of side shoots, but were beginning to go to seed and the huge plants were interfering with adjacent beds. Two broccolini plantings remain, but it’s a little bittersweet to see those first plantings go. George flail mowed the broccolini… the mower attachment on our BCS takes them down, but it’s a workout requiring multiple passes with the mower set at different levels. We need these beds for upcoming plantings so in this case we’ll be raking up much of the debris that remains post-mowing and adding it to our compost pile.

This weekend and next week we’ll get in our last direct seeding of spinach out in the field plus transplant the final plantings of romaine, scallions & storage radishes. After that one big Bok choy transplanting remains and a few weeks of direct seeding the quickest of the quick crops (radishes, arugula) before we call it the end of our succession plantings season. The tunnel will flip from summer mode to fall/winter greens in late September.

With so much of the garden in transition and some of it still in recovery mode post-hail, we’ll have a few gaps at market this week: NO beets or Easter egg radishes. But, Swiss chard & braising mix are back after a brief hail hiatus, our final broccolini succession is cranking as are the hot crops (tomatoes, cukes) in the tunnel and our first leeks of the season are ready. Hope to see you at market! You can also find our veg at Beartooth Market and on the menus at Babcock & Miles Carbon County Steakhouse Louisa’s Grill Old Piney Dell One Legged Magpie Samurai Sue’s - Everyday Foods 🥦👩‍🌾💕

08/24/2026

Our latest weekly newsletter is out: https://mailchi.mp/c76466340520/weeklyupdate24aug26. Hop on over to our website to subscribe and stay in the loop on veg availability, drop-in volunteering & seasonal recipes.

Hard to believe we’re approaching the end of August! You might be feeling the seasonal shift in the air (and your schedule), but market season isn’t over… come see us at Red Lodge Farmers' Market for 5 more Saturdays (through Sept 26th). We’re offering a 6-week post-market CSA (veggie box subscription) Oct 14/15-Nov 18/19. Signups are live for returning members & we’ll open up sign ups for new members on Sept 1st.

We hosted our final drop-in volunteering session of the season last Thursday. Big thanks to everyone who lent a hand this year. If you missed out and are itching to see our farm, reach out… as our schedule eases in Sept we may be able to offer some short farm tours.

Also in the newsletter this week, some creative recipes to up your salad game! Happy Monday 😘

08/23/2026

Thanks everyone who came out to another fun Red Lodge Farmers Market yesterday! And a special thanks to Audra & Karen for pinching hitting while Mimi was traveling! I’m super grateful for all the help we get at market and in the garden… I couldn’t make this happen on my own anymore 🙏💕

I’m feeling the seasonal shift in the air and kids are heading back to school. But, quick reminder: Red Lodge Farmers Market runs through the end of September (final market is scheduled for Sept 26th). Come see Mimi and I on Saturdays for 5 more weeks of veggie goodness!

After the main market season ends you’ll still be able to find our veg at Beartooth Market. We’re also offering a 6-week post-market CSA again this year. If you participated last year you should have gotten an email with instructions on how to sign up. We’ll open up any unclaimed shares (plus a few additional shares) to new members on Sept 1st.

Happy Sunday 😘

08/22/2026

It’s market day! Come see us at Red Lodge Farmers' Market 9-noon in Lions Park. Gallagher’s should be here with corn 🌽. It’s the last market to snag that fabulous local honey from Summer before she goes back to her teaching gig 🍯. And, shake off the cares of the week with free Zumba with Samantha Thomas 💃

The garden suffered a little damage from hail in Tuesday’s storm so we have a few gaps at market this week (NO beets, Swiss chard or braising mix). We expect things to fully bounce back in another week or two. And, thankfully we still have an abundance of other goodies 🙏

We’re bringing:
- Big bags of “stripped” green curly kale… HAIL SALE $5
- Cherry tomatoes (in abundance finally!)🍅
- snacking Cucumber pints🥒
- fresh-pulled Garlic 🧄
- Broccolini is back 🥦🥦🥦
- Napa cabbage is particularly prime this week!
- Microgreens (sunflower shoots, purple radish, micro mix) 🌱
- Baby greens (arugula, baby lettuce, spring mix… no spinach, but you can find it at Beartooth Market) 🥗
- Radicchio
- Fennel
- green-stemmed Cauliflower
- Celery
- mini Caraflex & red cabbages
- Carrots 🥕🥕🥕
- Radishes (Easter egg, Watermelon)
- Salad turnips
- Scallions
- Bunching greens (collards, lacinato kale)
- mini green Romaines
- Basil (Genovese, Thai)
- other Herbs (dill, chives, cilantro, mint, oregano, parsley, sage, thyme)
- edible Viola flowers
- farm logo trucker Hats (organic cotton & recycled poly)

Thank you for supporting local producers & small businesses. You make local food systems happen 🙏💗👩‍🌾

08/20/2026

In the blink of an eye we’re at another Thursday delivery day. It’s been a rollercoaster of a week with a few “one more things” thrown in for good measure, but we’re still rolling with veggies ready to head out the door to Beartooth Market & our restaurant accounts midday.

We got hail in Tuesday’s afternoon thunderstorm. It was an intense pummeling, but thankfully the hail stones were small & it turned to rain after less than 10 minutes. We didn’t have everything under cover this time & we’re only able to scramble to get extra cover on some plantings. Most of the damage is to plants with big, tender leaves like Swiss chard, collards, beets. Things with smaller leaves like fennel, parsley, etc mostly withstood the onslaught. Others like radicchio (pictured) & cabbages look like crap, but clean up just fine once the outer, damaged leaves are removed (Volita on supervisory & moral support duty 😉).

What this means for our offerings? Thankfully we filled most of today’s orders, only having to cancel a few of the edible flowers (nasturtium, calendula). We’ll have a few gaps at Red Lodge Farmers Market this week: no chard or beets, slightly limited baby greens (these were all under cover, but some plantings suffered bruising damage) & a “hail sale” on big bags of “stripped” green curly kale (honestly an awesome product for smoothies, freezing, massaged kale salad, etc as we’ve done the work of removing the midrib for you!). We have some cleanup work to do, but expect the garden to have fully bounced back in a week or two.

Meanwhile, fall bed prep & planting continues. Our Thur crew last week got a bunch of beds ready & those are now planted in our final successions of fennel, Napa & more. We’ll be working on more of that today and through the weekend to get storage radishes in the ground plus the weekly quick crop successions (those continue until first week of September).

I’m feeling ready for September when the workload ticks down just a notch 🤷‍♀️. But am super grateful for the support of George and an awesome farm team that are helping me get through the crazy summer season 🙏💕