Bountiful Baskets Farm

09/05/2026

I made hamburgers for dinner, with homemade mustard potato salad, and tomatos on the side. Easy meal on humid day.
Local beef, our tomatoes, potatoes

09/04/2026

Bountiful Baskets Farm, we celebrate the direct connection between the earth and what we grow. We will elevate your meal with our mouthwatering garlic and savory potatoes. This year, the garlic crop we grew was affected by the weather. We have a limited quantity available for purchase. Grown and sustainably produced. Our commitment to quality means we take the time to ensure that you receive the best possible produce. We will be at the Viroqua Farmers Market with our delicious, fresh, locally grown produce. You will taste the care and love we put into our crops. Randall enjoys talking to you about garlic and helping you select the perfect garlic for your dishes! He will have his special garlic 6-pack, 23 Garlic Varieties; a few have some heat: Aaron's Aromatic Metechi, Applegate, Bavarian Purple, Byznk, Chesnok Red, Duganski, Georgian Crystal, Georgian Fire, German Red, Ivan, Island Star, Lortz Italian, Jupiter Armenian, Lortz Italian, NN Bliss, Pohoski, Purple Italian, Red Star Armenian, Romanian Red, Shilla, Siberian White, Silver Rose, Thai Purple, and Turkish Red. Freshly dug potatoes: regular potatoes, including Adirondack Red, Butterfly, Chieftain, German Butterball, Harvest Moon, Huckleberry Gold, Natasha, and Nicola. Fingerling potatoes: Amarosa, Papa Cacho, and Red Thumb. Plus, a variety of our homemade Salsas, BBQ Sauce, Jams, Chutney, and Jellies.
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09/04/2026

It's Labor Day weekend; stop at the Viroqua Farmers Market tomorrow morning and support the vendors. It is Kids' Day too.

Stop by and enjoy the best of the Viroqua Farmers Market: local, safe, fresh vegetables and gorgeous bouquets. Kick off your Holiday weekend this Saturday morning. Enjoy our lively atmosphere and embrace the warmth of our community spirit. Support the Kids' Market; there are so many creative young vendors we need to support; they are the future. Saturday in the WTC parking lot and on Terhune Street, from 8 AM to 12:30 PM.
The following Produce, Baked Goods, Cheese, Meat, Canned Goods, and Artisan Wares might be available and change weekly:
Fresh Produce – Beans, Beets, Bok Choy, Broccoli, Cabbage, Carrots, Cucumbers, Garlic, Greens, Herbs, Kale, Kohlrabi, Lettuce, Microgreens, Melons, Mushrooms, Onions, Potatoes, Radishes, Rhubarb, Scallions, Sugar Snap Peas, Summer Squash, Sweet Corn, Turnips, and more.
Fruits - Table Grapes, Raspberries, Strawberries, Blueberries, Peaches, Apples, Pears, Plums, and more
Plants - Flowers, Bushes, Fruit Trees, Perennial Plants, and more.
Baked Goods: Cookies, Bars, Pies, Noodles, Muffins, Bread, Sweet Breads, Artisan Bread, Rolls, Dog Treats, and Granola
Canned Goods and Processed Food: Pickled Products, Jams, Jellies, Salsa, Maple Syrup, Hot Sauce, Vinegar, Honey
Health and Wellness: Handcrafted Soaps and Lotions, Herbal Products, Herbal Teas.
Cheese, Eggs, Beef, Chicken, Pork, Bison
Artisan and Handcrafted items: Furniture, Handcrafted Woodwork, Photography, Hand-thrown Pottery, Etched Products, Jewelry, Handcrafted Sewn Items, Colored Pencil Drawing, Crochet, Beeswax Candles
Do you feel like you have no choice but to buy food from anonymous sources? You can change that. "Please make the Change"!

09/04/2026

**NATIONAL SPICE BLEND DAY**

Herbs are also essential in every kitchen, and like spices, the Earth offers a bountiful variety. I absolutely love using spices when I cook, bake, can, or prepare creative cold dishes. Our food would be quite boring without them. The enticing aroma of spices envelops you, drawing you in as the delightful blend transforms our favorite dishes into a symphony of flavors that dance joyfully on our palates. Each spice, carefully selected and expertly combined, elevates the meal. By awakening our taste buds, spices ignite a sense of culinary adventure in our cooking.
Worldwide, handpicked spice blends offer countless unique combinations, each contributing its own flavors. For example, does a mix of smoky paprika, cumin, and rosemary tantalize your senses?
I like using the 4 varieties of the four main types of cinnamon, each with a different flavor profile. Depending on where it grows, cinnamon can vary in warmth, sweetness, and color. Combining it with nutmeg, ginger, cardamom, and other spices adds an extra special touch to your baking and other recipes.
I love growing the different varieties of basil and using them in a variety of ways. I grow sweet, Thai, large leaf, Genovese, lemon, lime, cinnamon, and more. Did you know that, globally, it would be impossible to list them all, but each one has unique characteristics worth exploring?

09/02/2026

I worked early this morning in the East field in Patch A along the flower row. I cut the weeds on the outside from west to east along the flower row. I'm 3/4 of the way done; hope to finish tomorrow. I started cutting the weeds down between the flower row and sunflower row. This work might take longer. A variety of climbing yard-long beans and black-eyed peas are growing up the sunflowers, and they have decided to climb the weeds.

09/01/2026

I forgot to post about the elderberries I worked on on 8-23 and 8-24. I wish I had weighed the picked berries with the stems. It would be interesting to compare the weight. I know I worked over 13 hours destemming the berries. I destemmed and cleaned 12.86 pounds of elderberries and froze the berries to process later.

09/01/2026

Today the humidity was awful; I was able to work outside early this morning. Even in the evening, the night air was miserable. It was a day to stay inside; I decided to make a salad using a few of my cherry tomatoes. I served it with cold ham; it hit the spot on a hot evening.

08/31/2026

This morning, while trimming the weeds across the hot peppers. I saw a flash of red down at the ground. It was a nice surprise for me to find, and Randall will enjoy eating the hot pepper.

08/31/2026

Farm Aid artists, including board member Margo Price, Nathaniel Rat...