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Winter Newsletter 2024

1/20/2024

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Hildaberry Permaculture Farm & Nursery Winter Newsletter 2024

As we peer out over the snowy landscape, it is hard to believe that we will start planting our first seeds of the year this coming week. Our onion crop is always the first to be seeded out, as they take a long time to grow and develop before we plant them in the ground in April. Even earlier than the onions, our garlic, was planted in late October and the green tops of this years garlic plants are peeking through the snow and ice. It is amazing how tough these plants are as they endure the first major winter storm of the year (hopefully the last too).  We are looking forward to a new season. We hope to build stronger networks and customer relationships, have a more abundant variety of starts, and provide a larger plant inventory than ever before.
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Garlic tops growing up through the snow and ice

Nursery News 

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Annual Mother's Day Weekend Plant Event!

Following our tradition, we will be having our annual plant event at the Real Deahl Gift Store on Mother's Day Weekend. The date of this years event will be May 11th. We will be on site for a good part of the day to answer questions and help you pick out the right plants for your home and garden. 

When: Saturday May 11th, time TBD

Where: The Real Deahl Gift Store and Garden Center, 254 N. Columbia River Hwy, St. Helens

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Vegetable Start Variety List for 2024
Below is the tentative list of vegetable varieties we will have available this spring at The Real Deahl. The list is subject to slight changes, but you can definitely start planning on which varieties you would like to grow this year.  Click on the variety photos for more specific information about each one.
Tomatoes (available mid-May through June depending on the weather and demand)
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Amish Paste
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Black Cherry
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Blondkopfchen
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Carbon
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Cipolla's Pride

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Justyna
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Mrs. Maxwell's Big Italian
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Pink Berkeley Tie-Dye
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Rosabec
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Sun Gold

Peppers (available mid-May through June depending on weather and demand)
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Baron Poblano
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Bottle Rocket Thai Cayenne
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Capperino Hot Cherry
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Chimayo Chile
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Cornito Arancia Sweet Italian

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Cornito Rossa Sweet Italian
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Cozumel Caribe
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Highlander Anaheim
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Hungarian Hot Wax
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Jalafuego Jalapeno

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Mellow Star Shishito
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Lemon Spice Jalapeno
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Leutschauer Paprika
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Orange Spice Jalapeno
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Round of Hungary Pimento

Cucumbers (available mid-May through June depending on weather and demand)
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Dragon's Egg
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Green 18
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Lemon
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Mexican Sour Gherkin
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Regal

Lettuce (available mid-April through June depending on weather and demand)
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Coastal Star Romaine
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Dark Red Lollo Rossa
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Magenta Summer Crisp
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Red Sails
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Skyphos Red Butterhead

**We will also have more vegetable starts including summer squash, peas, kale, etc.  Check our nursery page in the coming months for additional variety availability.
In addition to vegetable starts we will be selling our annual flowers, perennials, and herbs at the Real Deahl as well. We will list some of our annual varieties on our nursery page in the coming months, so keep an eye out for that. 
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Vegetable Production News

In lieu of a traditional CSA program, we have decided to market our produce and value added products in a more direct manner this year. This change in farm operations is going to allow us to focus on growing the crops that we enjoy growing and that grow really well in our soil.

The crops we plan to focus on are as follows:

Beans, Cucumbers, Garlic, Lettuce, Onions, Peas, Peppers, Potatoes, Squash and Tomatoes.

We will not be limited to these crops, but these will be our staples moving forward.

Without a CSA program you will have more opportunity to access our produce through the following avenues:
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Clastskanie Food Hub
The Clatskanie Food Hub is a wonderful market located in Clatskanie, Oregon. The hub is a non-profit operation featuring producer goods within a 100 mile radius of Clatskanie. It is the perfect place to support your local producers by purchasing some of the freshest and highest quality products available in the area. The staff is friendly and knowledgeable.  Stop by if you are in the area, you'll absolutely love it!
Clatskanie Food Hub Information

Hours of operation: 

Thursday 2pm-6pm
Friday 2pm-6pm
Saturday 10am-3pm
Sunday 2pm-6pm

Location: 
80 NE Art Steel Street, Clatskanie, Oregon
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Visit the Clatskanie Food Hub website for more information!
Clatskanie Farmers' Market Festivals
We always have a blast at the Clatskanie Farmers' Market festivals!  We plan to attend most, if not all, of the festival dates this year in Cope's Park in Clatskanie, Oregon.  This includes the Garlic Festival, which has been growing in attendance and popularity each year. All festival dates will be announced in February on their website and we will post on Instagram and Facebook leading up to each event we plan to attend.  If you haven't made it up to Clatskanie to experience one of their Farmer's Markets or Festivals, we highly recommend doing so.
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The fabulous Clatskanie Farmers Market community

Scappoose Farmers' Market
That's right, we plan to make several appearances at the market where we started it all - the Scappoose Farmers' Market! We can't wait to make a return to this market to offer our vegetables, plants, and value added products to our hometown market.  We do not have a schedule in place yet, but we will announce when we will be in attendance at the market on our social media, so stay tuned.
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Scappoose Farmers' Market on Saturdays from May to September
We can't wait to see all of your smiling faces again in 2024! It is a privilege and honor to offer quality, fresh, nutritious, and interesting products to our community. It's not always the easiest of occupations, but we love to provide healthy food, to enrich your lives and bring joy to your tables.  

-Corey and Susie
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Spring Newsletter 2023

4/17/2023

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Hildaberry Permaculture Farm & Nursery Spring Newsletter 2023

As we enter the spring of our fourth year on the farm we are pleased with the incredible progress we have made and we are excited for all there is yet to come. We would like to start by thanking everyone who has supported us in this journey so far. Being a two person operation we work tirelessly to bring plants and produce to Columbia County and we couldn't do any of it without YOU! Your support of our farm allows us to continue our mission of providing unique and interesting plants and produce locally. In turn, we spend much of what we earn at other local businesses when we purchase our supplies. Buying local is not just a trendy phrase, it is a way to strengthen and support the people of the community in which you live. We believe this is one of the most beautiful places to live, and we feel very fortunate to call this beautiful river valley home.

Thank you!
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What's new?

In 2021 we applied for three planned conservation practices through the USDA, including a high tunnel, rainwater collection system, and pollinator hedgerow plantings and we were chosen to receive the grant for all three projects!!! Last July, we broke ground on the first project, the high tunnel, and we were able to complete it by October. We are beyond excited to be able to extend our growing season in the spring and fall and for our vegetable production to be less susceptible to the ever changing and rather unpredictable weather. This years planned conservation project is our pollinator hedgerow. We have been planting starts and propagating various native varieties to bring even more bees, butterflies, beetles, flies, wasps and birds to the farm. We are so grateful to have received funding to help us implement environmentally conscious practices that will contribute to our farm’s ecosystem health and lessen our overall impact on the environment. Stay tuned!

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Besides the addition of the high tunnel, we have also prepared five new beds for this growing season. This will allow us to grow more of the staples that everybody loves. Also, in addition to our CSA, we have plans to offer produce to the general public this year. We have some very exciting news on the way, look for those announcements in our summer newsletter!  ​

Nursery production

​If you haven't visited our website lately, please go to our nursery page to view all of the vegetables, edibles, annual flowers, and perennials that are or will be available to purchase soon. We are making great strides in increasing our plant inventory each year with the goal of providing a reliable source of interesting and hardy plants to our community. You can find our plants for sale at The Real Deahl Gift Store at 254 N. Columbia River Highway in St. Helens.
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​Looking to the future, we hope to provide wholesale plants to landscapers and landscape designers. We are working towards having a wholesale availability list, with access to purchase plants directly from our farm. If you are a landscaper or landscape designer, or know someone who is, we would love to collaborate and grow specific plants for your needs. Please contact us - we would love to hear from you!

Save the date!

Below are confirmed events that we will be attending this season. Set a reminder in your calendar so you don't miss these two opportunities to support the farm, say hello to us, and take home some amazing plants. We hope to see you there!
Mother's Day Plant Event at The Real ​Deahl
On May 13th we will be on location at The Real Deahl Gift Store from 10am to 3pm. We will be available to help you pick out plants and to answer gardening questions. Visit our Facebook event page for more details.
Tomato varieties available on May 13th (Click on photos to learn more about each variety)
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Amish Paste
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Black Cherry
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Blondkopfchen
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Carbon
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Chupon de Malinalco

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Early Girl
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Early Willamette
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Jersey Devil
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Justyna
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Mrs. Maxwell's Big Italian

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Rosabec
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Ruby Crush
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Sungold
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Sunrise Bumblebee
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Sweetie
Pepper varieties available on May 13th (Click on photos to learn more about each variety)

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Aji Mango
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Amish Yellow Stuffing
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Bastan Poblano
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Capperino Hot Cherry
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Chimayo Chile

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Criolla de Cocina
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Fresno Chile
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Helios Habanero
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Highlander Anaheim
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Jalafeugo Jalapeno

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Jimmy Nardello Sweet Italian
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Lemon Drop
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Lemon Spice Jalapeno
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Leutschauer Paprika
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Rainforest Chile

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Red Flame Cayenne
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Red Mushroom Scotch Bonnet
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Sweet Banana
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Takara Shishito
Columbia County Home and Garden Show
On May 20th and 21st, we will also be selling plants at the 2023 Columbia County Home and Garden Show. Saturday, May 20th, the show will be from 10:00 am to 5:00 pm and on Sunday, May 21st, from 11:00 am to 3:00 pm. Please save the date and come out and see us.     ​
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Last, we had so much fun with last year's $50 plant give away, that we have decided to do it again. Details will be announced on social media soon, so if you don't already follow us, you're going to want to do so now on Facebook and Instagram.
​Please contact us if you have any questions, comments or would love to see a specific variety of plant available locally.  We love getting feedback from you and enjoy making your plant dreams a reality. 

Happy Spring and Happy Planting Neighbors!
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