7/24/2026 Update - Chicken Pot Pie, O'Henry Peaches, Banana Bread

Lots of cooking and fresh produce this week! We made Lasagna, Tater Tot Casserole (including minis), Shepherd’s Pie (including minis), Chicken Pot Pie (including minis), Chocolate Zucchini Cake, Carrot Cake, Strawberry Pie, Rhubarb Pie and Banana Bread this week. We weren’t able to get as many cinnamon rolls out this morning, but a second fresh batch of warm banana bread may suffice!

We have tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, jalapenos, cantaloupe, watermelon, O’Henry peaches, fresh dill, strawberries, blueberries, and many more of the usual fresh fruits & veggies available.

Praising God for the perfectly timed rain again this morning!

7/17/2026 Update - Bierocks, Honey, Sweet Corn & New Freezer!

We have a freezer at the store up and running again! It’s a little bit bigger than our previous one, and we are excited to be able to offer a greater variety of frozen foods. It does have a few quirks that we are figuring out - namely that the doors need adjusted to close automatically, so for now, please double check to make sure that they are closed. Thank you!

Here’s what we have in stock right now: Mini Taco Casserole, Mini Shepherd’s Pie, Mini Tater Tot Casserole, Carrot Cake, Cherry Pie, Cherry Crumb Pie, Peach Pie, Peach Crumb Pie, Peach Crisp, Apple Pie, Rhubarb Pie, Rhubarb Crisp, Rhubarb Cake, Strawberry Rhubarb Pie, Taco Cornbread Casserole, Shepherd’s Pie, Blueberry Pie, Gooseberry Pie, and Razzle Dazzle Pie.

Adkins Apiary extracted honey last week and we are again fully stocked on local, raw honey.

We have sweet corn! $8/dozen or $0.75 each. The Trail Life boys have been working hard getting it picked. THANK YOU to all our patient neighbors who have graciously humored them as they’ve gone around town selling it. Local cantaloupe, Colorado/California peaches, tomatoes, onions, cucumbers, zucchini & all the usual berries, fruits & veggies are in stock as well.

We received a new shipment of flowers on Wednesday. More shade-loving hanging and combo pots ($30-50) - and we also received sun-loving sunflowers ($10), golden mezoo ($15), portulaca ($15), and canna combos ($30). For a porch/houseplant, we have Sansevieria, AKA snakeplant, AKA mother-in-law tongue ($10).

7/10/2026 Update - Cinnamon Rolls, Fresh Produce & Freezer Update

Happy Cinnamon Roll Day! As of 8:00 p.m. on Friday, we still have quite a few left, so here’s your chance if you missed the early ones! We have some nice California peaches, local tomatoes, jalapenos, zucchini, cucumbers, & potatoes right now, and we’ll soon be swimming in sweet corn and Colorado peaches. (Info below.)

FREEZER UPDATE

Our freezer in the store is still down - we expect the new one to be delivered next week. In the meantime, here is our list of available items that we are keeping in our kitchen freezers - feel free to call me and I’ll bring them out to you! 785-443-1796

SWEET CORN

Each year, a local farmer generously donates a field of sweet corn to the local Trail Life Troop to sell as a fundraiser, which they think will begin to be ready in the next week! We’ll buy corn from them to sell in the store, but if you’d like to have them deliver sweet corn to you, feel free to fill out the form below. It is free will donation - and since everyone asks for a suggested amount, $5-10/dozen is a good range. (We will be selling it for $8/dozen in the store.) The pictures above are our boys, last year, when they were still shorter than me. *sigh

COLORADO PEACHES

Another local farm girl we love is taking on the enterprise of coordinating a Colorado peach shipment and we’re partnering with her to be a delivery/pick up point. Like the sweet corn, I’ll be buying some from her to sell in the store (and for the continued baking of peach pies), but you can order whole or half lugs directly from her. Click here for more information.

7/3/2026 Update - Mini Meals, Flowers, Local Veggies, Cherry Pie, & Fish Fry

Today is cinnamon roll day! (Every Friday). We have maple, vanilla and plain rolls today. We caught up on casseroles this week and have Taco Cornbread Casserole (regular & mini), Shepherd’s Pie (regular & mini), Tater Tot Casserole (regular & mini), and Lasagna. We also made Banana Bread, Cherry Pie, Razzle Dazzle Pie, Peach Crumb Pie and Apple Pie.

FYI, we are needing some work done on our retail freezer, so it is currently empty. We do have everything listed below and plan to stay home for the weekend. If there’s anything you would like, don’t hesitate to call and we’ll bring it out to you! 785-443-1796

A new delivery of flowers came on Wednesday. We received some nice large shade hanging baskets and combo pots, as well as some heat-loving, wind-defying small hanging baskets with Mezoo and Portulaca, as well as large full-sun pots. Priced as follows: Large Combo Pots ($30), Extra Large Combo Pots ($50), Large Hanging Baskets ($30), Small White Hanging Baskets ($15), and Succulent Bowls ($20).

Lots of local produce again this week. Potatoes and candy onions (both dug just this morning), tomatoes, cucumbers, and zucchini. We received many strawberries, blueberries, and raspberries - perfect for the 4th.

Finally — not Fork related — Trail Life is hosting their annual Fish Fry fundraiser in Randolph tonight! (That’s our goober dressed in the cow costume with the “Eat More Fish” sign.) Free-will donation, fish should be ready by 6:00. Their sweet corn should be ready within the next few weeks.

6/27/2026 Update - Peaches, Pies & Local Produce

We made many pies this last week and we currently have the following in stock: Razzle Dazzle, Mulberry Rhubarb, Blueberry, Cherry, Rhubarb, Strawberry, Strawberry Rhubarb, Gooseberry, and Peach. We also have Apple Crisp, Peach Crisp, Rhubarb Crisp, Carrot Cake, Chocolate Zucchini Cake, Mocha Banana Cake, and Taco Cornbread Casserole in the freezer. We’ll plan to catch up on casseroles next week, including the mini meals.

We continue to have some amazing tomatoes, peaches, and local cucumbers, zucchini, onions. Pork is fully stocked, so we have you covered if you are craving a BLT.

6/19/2026 Update - Gooseberry Pie, Bierocks, Peaches, and more...

We are beginning to hit the season of local, fresh produce! We have local: tomatoes, candy onions, green beans, zucchini, & cucumbers and we have both California & Missouri peaches in stock. (They are GOOD.) We still have a handful of Mulberry Rhubarb Pie and we just made our yearly big batch of Gooseberry Pie and our first batch of Peach Crisp. Other items we made this week include: Carrot Cake, Apple Crisp, Bierocks and today’s Cinnamon Rolls.

Father’s Day cards

Gooseberry Pie!

Straw Bales - $8 each

Large Shade Combo Pot - $30

Large Shade Combo Pot - $30

Extra Large Shade Combo Pot - $50

Extra Large Shade Combo Pot - $50

Extra Large Shade Combo Pot - $50

Succulent Bowl - $20

Succulent Bowl - $20

Large Sun Combo Pot - $30

Large Sun Combo Pot - $30

Large Sun Combo Pot - $30

California Peaches - $4/lb

Making peach crisp - $17

A huge THANK YOU to everyone who came and helped clear out the greenhouse with our 50% & 75% off sale! Tuesday night & Wednesday morning we finished clearing everything out and receive a new load of combo pots to keep around this summer. We won’t have any more plant sales this year - everything will be priced as marked. We received the following:

Succulent Bowls - $20

Large Combo Pots (sun & shade) - $30

Large Fiber Hanging Baskets (shade) - $30

Extra Large Combo Pots - $50

Wheat harvest has begun in the area, and we received our straw bales for the year. We will be storing them in the little old calf shed by the store, restocking as needed. $8/bale - call ahead and we’ll be happy to help load them! Father’s Day cards are in stock, and in case you haven’t seen it, we are carrying Hildebrand ice cream mix. Yum.

Freezer stock update: Razzle Dazzle Pie ($17), Tater Tot Casserole ($25), Blueberry Pie ($17), Apple Crisp ($15), Carrot Cake ($17), Cherry Pie ($14), Chocolate Zucchini Cake ($17), Banana Mocha Cake ($17), Gooseberry Pie ($27), Rhubarb Crisp ($17), Peach Crisp ($17), Taco Cornbread Casserole ($16), Shepherd’s Pie ($18), Mulberry Rhubarb Pie ($20), Strawberry Rhubarb Pie ($17), Bierocks ($24), Chicken Pot Pie ($22), Bacon ($9), Ozark Bacon ($8), Deli Ham ($6), Sausage ($5), Sausage Links ($7.50), Thick Cut Boneless Pork Chops ($8/lb, priced as marked), Pork Cutlets ($5/lb, priced as marked), Summer Sausage ($8), Porkburger Patties ($12), Bratwursts ($8.95).

6/12/2026 Update - 1/2 Price Plants, Strawberry Rhubarb Pie & Grilling Pork in Stock

We still have a nice variety of plants - all of them half off the marked price! Tomatoes, peppers, melons, strawberries, herbs, drought-tolerant perennials, petunias, geraniums, lantana, pentas, all the lovely dangling accents, houseplants and hanging baskets. We will continue this sale until we run out.

This week we made the following: lasagna, tater tot casserole, taco cornbread casserole, strawberry rhubarb pie, rhubarb crisp, blueberry pie and chicken pot pie. We picked up pork burger patties, bratwursts, pork chops, bacon and summer sausage this week.

Boneless, Thick-Cut Pork Chops

6/5/2026 Update - Beginning Today! "Clear The Greenhouse - Half Price Sale!"

Today begins our season-end “Clear the Greenhouse - Half Price Sale!” ALL plants are half off - we are even including our houseplants in the sale this year. I won’t list everything in this week’s delivery, but we received more of all the most popular flowers & accents, basil, melon plants and many, many LOVELY hanging baskets and combo pots. We still have plenty of nice tomato, pepper & strawberry plants. The only new plants this week were a cascading coleus (white hanging basket, now $10), the Mystic Sparkler dahlia (small round, now $10), Blueberry Tattoo vinca (now $3), and the Swizzle zinnia in red/yellow (now $3).

We received more Papa Baldy’s popcorn and Ideally Roasted coffee. We expect our first local tomatoes to arrive by tomorrow! We are so excited to have real tomatoes again! We haven’t even carried slicing tomatoes in several months because they were so expensive and very poor quality. We are in our 7th year and I’ve never seen such scanty tomato availability. Makes me all the more determined to grow & can plenty of tomatoes this summer.

Greenhouse grown in NW Missouri. You guys.

After that, we do plan to keep a few large combo pots and hanging baskets around through the summer, as they are available, (and at full price.)

Freezer update - we currently have chicken noodle soup base, blueberry pie, carrot cake, chocolate zucchini cake, strawberry crumb pie, pork products, cherry pie, razzle dazzle pie, apple crisp, rhubarb cake, rhubarb crisp, mocha banana cake, taco cornbread casserole, shepherd’s pie, and mulberry rhubarb pie.

5/30/2026 Update - Mulberry Rhubarb Pie, Shade Planters, Cookie Dough

Happy Saturday! There are a handful of cinnamon rolls left from yesterday’s baking.

We made Razzle Dazzle, Blueberry, Strawberry, Strawberry Crumb, and Mulberry Rhubarb pies this week, as well as lasagna & apple crisp. The Mulberry Rhubarb pie will be a limited time item - we made a lot (ambitious young pickers!) but the season for the mulberries is very short. $20/pie

My parents came for a visit and brought a few Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough tubs with them!

We received another plant order on Wednesday with lots of planters that do well in shade, individual shade plants that can become houseplants in winter, more of my favorite heat-loving flowers & perennials, and veggies. Below is a list of what was restocked.

This is not a list of what we have in stock, only a list of new items. If you’ve read an item in previous posts, we most likely still have it. 

Annual 6 packs - $4 - portulaca (rose moss, Happy Hour mix, banana, orange, deep red), salvia (Victoria blue), vinca (Cora white), zinnia (Profusion white) 

Accent Individual - $4 -celosia (Sol - Lizard Leaf), chlorophytum (Spider/Airplane Plant, Bonnie Variegated), dichondra (Silver Surfer), grass (juncus Twister), hedera (English Ivy - Baltic green), hen & chicks (Colorrockz Arctic White, Coral Red, & Ruby Lime),  muehlenbeckia (wire vine, large leaf), pilea (peperomioidies, Money Plant), plectranthus (Swedish Ivy variegated), sedum (assorted), succulent (Echeveria Coral Reef Pink, String of Pearls), tradescantia (gibasis, Bridal Veil), vinca vine (variegated).

Annual Individual - $6 -Aloe vera, begonia (Amstel Blitz yellow), caladium (Carousel, White Queen), canna (Cannova, Golden Leopard), geranium (Lemona citronella lemon scented, Mojo orange & white splash),  lantana (Gem White Sapphire, Rose Quartz; Havana Yellow; Heartland Blue Moon, Neon), pentas (Bee Bright Violet), strobilanthes (Persian Shield), zinnia (Swizzle Cherry & Ivory).

Perennial Individual - $6 - coreopsis (Reina gold), gaillardia (Spintop red, yellow touch), grass (Festuca Freddy, fescue),  heliopsis (Summer Eclipse), lavandula (La Diva Eternal Elegance, Eternal Grace, Spirit Purple Blue, Vintage Amethyst, & Vintage Violet), shasta daisy (Madonna, Real Sunbeam).

Herbs - $4 - basil (Genovese, Sweet), oregano (Greek), rosemary (Huntington Carpet), sage (Celebration - Golden Edge), thyme (Creeping Red).

Veggie Individual - $3 or 10/$25 - cucumbers (Burpless Supreme, Bush Crop), strawberries (Summer Breeze Rose), Watermelon (Bush Sugar Baby, Crimson Sweet), Winter Squash (Butternut). 

Peppers - $3 or 10/$25 - Better Belle, Big Bertha Bell, Lady Bell, Orange Blaze Bell, Peppi Snacking Pepper (red & yellow), Poblano Medium Heat. 

Tomatoes - $3 or 10/$25 - Beefsteak heirloom, Big Beef, Black Krim heirloom, Cherry (Midnight Snack, Yellow Pear) 

10” Dahlia (THE REALLY COOL YELLOW ONES!) - $20

Succulent Bowls - $30

Large Round Combo Pots - $40

Large Square Combo Pots - $40

Extra Large Combo Pots - $75

You can expect to see a “Half Price Table” soon and we are planning to start our “Clear the Greenhouse! - Everything Half Price!” sale on June 5th.
Also, just as a note, Hildebrand Milk should be restocked on Monday. We aren’t out, but I know we are getting low.

5/20/2026 Update - Memorial Day Planters, Yellow Dahlias, Raisin Rolls on Friday

We are very grateful to have come through the storms without any damage AND with a good, much-needed rain! We made taco casserole, cherry pie, & carrot cake on Tuesday; plant delivery today; planning on bierocks & lasagna Thursday; and raisin rolls on Friday (in addition to the usual vanilla, maple & plain). We are restocked on worm castings - if you’ve been holding out on planting your garden, we have you covered! We have a huge selection of veggie plants, (and added to it again today).

“Mystic Illusion” Dahlia - $20

Cosmos and salvia - $6

Succulent Bowl $30

Succulent Bowl $30

“Swizzle” Zinnia - $6

Large Sun Combo - $40

Large Sun Combo Pot - $40

Zinnia 6 pack - $4

Gazania 6 pack - $4

Crossandra - $6

Veggies - $3 each or Mix-n-Match 10/$25

Veggies - $3 each or Mix-n-Match 10/$25

Veggies - $3 each or Mix-n-Match 10/$25

Veggies - $3 each or Mix-n-Match 10/$25

Portulaca Hanging Basket - $20

Memorial Planter - $20

Memorial Planter - $20

Veggies - $3 each or Mix-n-Match 10/$25

Succulents - $4

“Black & Boom” Salvia - $6

Shade Hanging Combo Basket - $40

Fan Flower - $6

Sun Coleus Combo - $20

Celosia - $6

“Cherry Cheesecake” Shade Combo - $40

Golden Edge Sage - $4

Pentas & Lantana - both sun & heat loving!

$6

Creeping thyme - $4

Lavender - $6

Large Hanging Basket - $40

Large Hanging Basket - $40

Large Hanging Basket - $40

Large Hanging Basket - $40

Veggies - $3 each or Mix-n-Match 10/$25

Veggies - $3 each or Mix-n-Match 10/$25

Veggies - $3 each or Mix-n-Match 10/$25

Veggies - $3 each or Mix-n-Match 10/$25

Veggies - $3 each or Mix-n-Match 10/$25

Veggies - $3 each or Mix-n-Match 10/$25

White Begonias & White Impatiens - $6

“Monument” Caladium - $6

“Amstel Blitz” Yellow Begonia - $6

Dusty Miller and Yellow “Snaptini” Snapdragons 6 pack - $4

If you’ve read an item in previous posts, we most likely still have it. We plan to keep a great selection of plants for about 3 more weeks, restocking the most popular, until having one final end-of-season sale. After that, we’ll see what is available & will try to keep a small selection of larger combo pots around during the summer.  Here are our new arrivals:

Annual 6 packs - $4 - dusty miller (New Look), portulaca (rose moss, Happy Hour mix), snapdragon (Snaptini yellow), vinca (Cora apricot, cranberry, red glow) 

Accent Individual - $4 -celosia (Sol - Lizard Leaf), chlorophytum (Spider/Airplane Plant, Bonnie Variegated), grass (juncus Twister), hen & chicks (Colorrockz Arctic White, Coral Red, & Ruby Lime),  plectranthus (Swedish Ivy variegated), sedum (Angelina lime, Blue Spruce, Bright Gold, Little Glow), succulent (Echeveria Coral Reef Pink, Lotus, Miranda, Pearl Von Nurnberg, Topsy Turvy, Yummie; Graptoveria Vera Higgins; Pachyphytum Hookeri; Senecio Purple Flush; String of Pearls), vinca vine (variegated).

Annual Individual - $6 -Aloe vera, coleus (Terrascape Green Gecko, Lime and Shine), lantana (Gem White Sapphire, Rose Quartz; Havana Yellow; Heartland White, Neon), pentas (Bee Bright Violet), petunia (Supercal Sunset Orange & Yellow Sun), zinnia (Swizzle Cherry & Ivory).

Perennial Individual - $6 - Agastache (Honeysticks Ember), coreopsis (Solanna Sunset Bright), heliopsis (Summer Eclipse), lavandula (La Diva Eternal Elegance, Eternal Grace, Spirit Purple Blue, Vintage Amethyst, & Vintage Violet), nepeta (Catmint, Purrsian Blue), perovskia (Russian sage Jelena), phlox (Paniculata, Flame Pro Violet & Rose) scabiosa (Pincushion Flower - Flutter Blue).

Herbs - $4 - basil (Sweet), mint (Mojito), oregano (Hot & Spicy), rosemary (Arp upright), sage (Celebration - Golden Edge), thyme (Creeping Red & Wooly).

Veggie Individual - $3 or 10/$25 - cucumbers (Burpless Supreme, Bush Crop, Bush Pickle, Pick-a-Bushel), Squash (Yellow, Easy Pick Gold), strawberries (Summer Breeze Rose), Watermelon (Bush Sugar Baby, Crimson Sweet), Winter Squash (Spaghetti). 

Peppers - $3 or 10/$25 - Better Belle, Big Bertha Bell, Biggie Chili Anaheim Mildly Hot, Dragon Fly purple bell, Early Summer yellow bell, Golden Bell, Jalapeno hot, Lady Bell, Mucho Nacho hot, Pepperocini sweet Greek, Poblano Medium Heat. 

Tomatoes - $3 or 10/$25 - Beefsteak heirloom, Big Beef, Big Boy, Black Krim heirloom, Brandywine heirloom, Bush Patio, Cherry (Midnight Snack), Jetstar, Mortgage Lifter heirloom, Neosho’s Favorite BHN 589,  Pink Girl, Roma (Amish Paste), Supersonic

Small Combo Pots (Memorial Day) - $20

10” Dahlia (THE REALLY COOL YELLOW ONES!) - $20

10” Hanging Basket Vinca Blues Mix- $20

Succulent Bowls - $30

Large Round Combo Pots - $40

Large Square Combo Pots - $40

Extra Large Combo Pots - $75