The Fork in the Road

Honor System Market

Welcome to our farm at The Fork in the Road! Our honor-system market is open 6:00 am - 10:00 pm for your shopping convenience. We carry home raised beef and pork, fruits and vegetables, local honey & jams, locally roasted coffee - as well as a variety of homemade food: pies, carrot cake, cookie dough, banana bread, and take-and-bake casseroles… we change it up with the seasons, so you never know what you’ll find! We bake cinnamon rolls every Friday morning - get them warm and gooey as early as 7:00 a.m. (First come, first served.)

We do not accept credit cards, but cash, check, venmo, and paypal are all accepted. We live here and are always happy to help - call anytime!

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11/3/2026 Update - Bierocks & Soup Season!

Today we made Bierocks, Lasagna, Tater Tot Casserole and Apple Crisp. We also made Cheesy Potato Soup ($8), Vegetable Beef Soup ($7), and Chicken Noodle Soup Base ($9/small & $17/large). The Potato Soup and Veggie Beef are both ready to rewarm and eat, while the Chicken Soup Base needs water and noodles added.

We plan to make Pumpkin Roll, Apple Pie, and Banana Bread on Thursday, and cinnamon rolls on Friday. (Including Raisin Rolls and Pumpkin Spice!)

Freezer inventory: Spare Ribs, Ozark Bacon, Bacon, Sausage, Pork Cutlets, Pork Chops, Chicken Noodle Soup Base, Apple Crisp, Shepherd’s Pie, Cookie Dough (Chocolate Chip, M&M, Oatmeal Raisin, Oatmeal Butterscotch), Cheesy Potato Soup, Vegetable Beef Soup, Mini Chicken Pot Pie, Lasagna, Tater Tot Casserole, Chicken Pot Pie, Carrot Cake, Peach Pie, Peach Crisp, Taco Cornbread Casserole, Cherry Pie, Razzle Dazzle Pie, Blueberry Pie, Pumpkin Pie, Pecan Pie, and Mocha Banana Cake.

10/30/2026 Update - Flowers Sale, Eggnog, Cinnamon Rolls & Pies

We made extra cinnamon rolls this morning - vanilla, maple, plain and there were a few raisin rolls left last I checked.

We also rolled out a LOT of pie crusts this week, making Chicken Pot Pie (mini & large), Blueberry Pie, Cherry Pie, Peach Pie, Peach Crumb Pie, Pumpkin Pie, and Pecan Pie, as well as carrot cake.

We received our first delivery of Hildebrand’s Holiday Eggnog this week! $7.50 plus deposit.

We have a few hogs ready for butcher and headed to the Clay Center Locker next week. If you’d like to reserve one (or 1/2, 1/4), click here.

Finally, we received our last delivery of Mr. M’s pumpkins for the year and these are the last of the plants we’ll have this year. All of the plants are on sale:

8” Mums (white pots) - $5

Large Mums (blue pots) - $10

Purple Fountain Grass - $10

All Houseplants - $5

Aloe, Cuphea - $5

Full Freezer Inventory: spare ribs, ozark bacon, bacon, sausage, pork cutlets, pork chops, Pumpkin Roll, Shepherd’s Pie, Mini Chicken Pot Pie, Carrot Cake, Blueberry Pie, Peach Pie, Chicken Pot Pie, Razzle Dazzle Pie, Cherry Pie, Pecan Pie, Chocolate Zucchini Cake, Peach Crumb Pie, Taco Cornbread Casserole, Mocha Banana Cake, Pumpkin Pie, Peach Crisp, Cookie Dough (Chocolate Chip, M&M, Oatmeal Butterscotch, Oatmeal Raisin).

10/23/2026 Update - Casseroles, Bierocks, Pumpkin Rolls Restocked

Farmers: we made bierocks yesterday! The breakfast pockets were a hit last week, but I know many of you have missed having bierocks available for an easy, take-to-the-field meal. They are restocked!

We caught up on all the casseroles this week, as well as pumpkin roll.

Today is cinnamon roll day - we’ll have vanilla, maple, plain, raisin rolls with cream cheese frosting, and pumpkin spice rolls with cream cheese frosting.

We received a good amount of nice, jack-o-lantern sized pumpkins; price ranging from $5-8, as well as some smaller “pie” and decorative pumpkins.

Mums are still unfolding their blooms and are BEAUTIFUL!

Current freezer inventory:  Spare Ribs, Spinach-Artichoke Dip, Ozark Bacon, Bacon, Sausage, Pork Cutlets, Pork Chops, Mini Taco Cornbread Casserole, Mini Shepherd’s Pie, Mini Tater Tot Casserole, Pumpkin Roll, Apple Pie, Shepherd’s Pie, Taco Cornbread Casserole, Carrot Cake, Peach Crumb Pie, Peach Pie, Chicken Pot Pie, Apple Crumb Pie, Bierocks, Lasagna, Tater Tot Casserole, Chocolate Zucchini Cake, Apple Crisp, Mocha Banana Cake, Pumpkin Pie, Peach Crisp, cookie dough (Chocolate Chip, M&M, Reese’s Pieces, Oatmeal w/Chopped Raisins, Oatmeal w/Butterscotch Chips, and Sugar .)

10/15/2026 Update - Breakfast Pockets, Cookie Dough, Nut Clusters

If you need a cozy breakfast for the weekend, we have you covered!  We just made Banana Bread and Breakfast Pockets, and tomorrow is Cinnamon Roll Day! (Vanilla, Maple, & Plain)

We don’t make the Breakfast Pockets very often (they are a LOT of work!) but we have extra Ozark Bacon on hand and they really are good.  We chop up Ozark Bacon, cook it in a little butter in a big skillet, add scrambled eggs, and once they are cooked, add country gravy, which binds it all together nicely.  Then, we make them the same way we do bierocks.  Bread dough, American cheese, pinch the corners and bake until browned.  8 per box, $30

My mom came for a visit this week, and that is always good news for our cookie dough fans!  We have Chocolate Chip, M&M, Reese’s Pieces, Peanut Butter, Oatmeal w/Chopped Raisins, Oatmeal w/Butterscotch, and Sugar dough in stock.  She also brought us nut clusters - peanut, pecan, cashew, and almond.

Current freezer stock:  Spare Ribs, Spinach-Artichoke Dip, Ozark Bacon, Bacon, Sausage, Pork Cutlets, Pork Chops, Mini Chicken Pot Pie, Mini Taco Cornbread Casserole, Mini Shepherd’s Pie, Pumpkin Roll, Apple Pie, Shepherd’s Pie, Taco Cornbread Casserole, Apple-Pear-Cranberry Pie, Carrot Cake, Peach Crumb Pie, Peach Pie, Chicken Pot Pie, Apple Crumb Pie, Razzle Dazzle Pie, Breakfast Pockets, Lasagna, Chocolate Zucchini Cake, Cherry Pie, Apple Crisp, Mocha Banana Cake, Pumpkin Pie, Peach Crisp, cookie dough (listed above.)

We’ll be tucking all the plants into the greenhouse until it warms up on Saturday. Mums are really tough plants, but between the wind and frost threat, we’d rather keep them looking their best. You may want to give your fall flowers a little extra protection, too!

10/11/2026 Update - Bierocks, Pumpkin Roll, Beautiful Mums!

Fall is in full swing here as we are doing our best to tackle the harvest! We keep getting pumpkins, mums, are stocked on straw bales, and are transitioning our cooking to some fall favorites.

Our current freezer inventory includes the following: Spinach-Artichoke Dip, Pumpkin Roll, Apple Pie, Shepherd’s Pie, Apple-Pear-Cranberry Pie, Pumpkin Pie, Mini Meals (Taco Casserole, Shepherd’s Pie, Chicken Pot Pie), Carrot Cake, Peach Crumb Pie, Peach Pie, Peach Crisp, Chicken Pot Pie, Apple Crumb Pie, Razzle Dazzle Pie, Taco Cornbread Casserole, Bierocks, Chocolate Zucchini Cake, Cherry Pie, Apple Crisp, Mocha Banana Cake, Peach Crisp, and one lone Chocolate Chip Cookie dough.

We do expect to get restocked on all the cookie dough flavors next week!

10/02/2026 Update - Pumpkin Rolls, Freezer Inventory Update

Our hometown Riley Fall Festival is this weekend & we think that’s a great excuse to roll out the pumpkin. I made my kiddos their favorite pumpkin muffins yesterday (recipe in pictures - they’re really good - you can tell by how gross my recipe card is), we’re making pumpkin spice cinnamon rolls with cream cheese frosting this morning, and we made pumpkin rolls and pumpkin pie! We also made taco cornbread casserole, lasagna, tater tot casserole, spinach-artichoke dip, shepherd’s pie, carrot cake, apple-pear-cranberry pie, and cherry pie this week.

We had more pumpkins delivered and expect more mums this morning.

Here’s our current freezer inventory: Freezer inventory:  Spinach-Artichoke Dip, Mini Meals (Taco Cornbread Casserole, Shepherd’s Pie, Tater Tot Casserole), Lasagna, Tater Tot Casserole, Carrot Cake, Peach Crumb Pie, Chocolate Zucchini Cake, Cherry Pie, Peach Pie, Chicken Pot Pie, Apple Crisp, Mocha Banana Cake, Apple Pie, Shepherd’s Pie, Apple Crumb Pie, Razzle Dazzle Pie, Blueberry Pie, Taco Cornbread Casserole, Pumpkin Roll, Pumpkin Pie, Apple-Pear-Cranberry Pie, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, Sugar Cookie Dough (2), Bacon, Ozark Bacon, Sausage, Pork Chops.

New Flowers:

8” White Pots ($8 each) - Apple Cider Bronze, Axios Yellow, Homerun White, Radiant Red, Maverick Red, Poppin Purple, Pauline Purple, Axios Purple, Skye Pink, Sweet Potato Pie Bronze, Keeley Bronze

Large Blue Pots ($20) - Tribeca Trio (dark pink, amber, orange), Poppin Purple, Lucky Purple, Cyclone Trio (pink, light pink, yellow & pink, light pink, white), Axios Coral, Amber Bronze, Copper Coin Bronze, Axios Trio (orange, purple, yellow).

9/23/2026 Update - Banana Bread, The BEST Clothespins, Bierocks Tomorrow

We made banana bread, chocolate zucchini cake, lasagna, and lots of apple pie and apple crumb pie yesterday and plan to make bierocks tomorrow. Raisin rolls, more pumpkins and mums on Friday!

A few new products arrived this week. The first one I am VERY excited about. (Not sure what that says about me?!) Rather than share my thoughts about clothespins these days (insert eyeroll…), I’ll just say this: if you are looking for clothespins that you can use for the rest of your life and your kids and grandkids will fight over one day after your funeral, these are them. (Or if you are just looking for clothespins that work…??) Lady and the Carpenter makes these from locally-sourced maple wood in Washington state. They have a linseed oil coating, SOLID stainless steel springs, and come with a lifetime warranty. Kansas farmwife approved!

We’ve also received a few more books, greeting cards, sourdough starters & kits, and these darling how-to watercolor paint booklets.

Freezer inventory:  Blueberry Crumb Pie, Mini Meals (Taco Cornbread Casserole, Shepherd’s Pie, Tater Tot Casserole, Chicken Pot Pie), Lasagna, Tater Tot Casserole, Carrot Cake, Peach Crumb Pie, Chocolate Zucchini Cake, Cherry Pie, Peach Pie, Chicken Pot Pie, Apple Crisp, Mocha Banana Cake, Apple Pie, Shepherd’s Pie, Apple Crumb Pie, Razzle Dazzle Pie, Blueberry Pie, Peach Crisp, Taco Cornbread Casserole, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, M&M Cookie Dough (1), and Sugar Cookie Dough.

9/19/2026 Update - Bierocks, Chicken Pot Pie, Flowers & Pumpkins

We received another delivery of pumpkins and mums yesterday! Lots of very interesting stackable pumpkins, as well as “jacks”, and little mini pumpkins. Everything is priced as marked - range of $2-$18.

Here’s a list of the flowers we received, new plants only. We likely still have some of everything we got last week.

8” Mums, white pot (Sunrise Yellow, Poppin Purple, Pauline Purple, Pink Frenzy, Sweet Potato Pie Bronze) - $8 each

Large Mums, blue pot (Tribeca Trio (dark pink, amber, orange), Poppin Purple, Lucky Purple, Cyclone Trio (pink, light pink, yellow)) - $20 each

Large Purple Fountain Grass, blue pot - $20

4” Individual Euphorbia Milii Cardinal (Crown of Thorns) - $6 each

We made Bierocks, Chicken Pot Pie, Shepherd’s Pie, Tater Tot Casserole, Peach Pie, and Cherry Pie this week.

We are restocked on Papa Baldy’s Popcorn and we received some new books & sourdough starter kits.

We also plan to keep eggs for at least a week or two. These come from the Stanberry Amish Community in Missouri - large, brown, free-range eggs, AND they always come with this darling little quips of poetry & encouragement. $4/dozen (We plan to keep eggs as long as the local Dollar General is remodeling and will decide later if it will be a permanent item.)

9/12/2026 Update - Mums, Pumpkins, Straw Bales & a Few Cinnamon Rolls Left

We made extra, extra cinnamon rolls yesterday, and someone will be thrilled to know there are a handful left this morning!

It feels like fall this morning, and now it’s starting to look like fall, thanks to a big delivery of mums and pumpkins yesterday. Here are the sizes, prices & colors:

8” Mums, white pot (Sunrise Yellow, Beach Yellow, Cyclone White, Selena Red, Lucky Purple, Keeley Bronze, Apple Cider Bronze) - $8 each

8” Celosia, white pot (Arrabona mix, Intenz Dark Purple, Arrabona Red Bronze Leaf) - $8 each

8” Sunbeckia, white pot (Paulina, Carolina) - $10 each

Large Mums, blue pot (Cyclone Yellow, Tribeca Trio (dark pink, amber, orange), Selena Red, Cyclone Golden Yellow, Tribeca Amber) - $20 each

Large Purple Fountain Grass, blue pot - $20

We also have square bales in the little shed just east of the store - $8 each. Call us for help loading!

Wide-mouth, quart-sized canning jars have been restocked, still $10/pack. We’re also adding a few new items to our shelves, beginning with our first delivery of books from Homestead Living.

Here’s what we currently have in stock in the freezer: Mini Meals (Taco Cornbread Casserole, Chicken Pot Pie), Lasagna, Tater Tot Casserole, Carrot Cake, Peach Crumb Pie, Peach Pie, Cherry Pie, Chicken Pot Pie, Apple Crisp, Banana Mocha Cake, Apple Pie, Apple Crumb Pie, Shepherd’s Pie (one left!), Razzle Dazzle Pie, Blueberry Pie, Blueberry Crumb Pie, Peach Crisp, Taco Cornbread Casserole, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough, M&M Cookie Dough, Oatmeal with Chopped Raisins Cookie Dough, Sugar Cookie Dough, bacon, Ozark bacon, pork patties, sausage, pork cutlets, pork chops, baby back ribs, pork tenderloin, and Spinach Artichoke Dip.

We are still getting local tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, zucchini, squash, watermelon, cantaloupe, potatoes, candy onions, apples, and winter squash - but the Idaho peaches are officially gone. Officially as of 15 minutes ago, when I ate the last juicy bite with cottage cheese for my breakfast. Sigh. Bring on the pumpkin spice!

8/28/2026 Update - Sunbeckias, Celosia, & Ornamental Peppers, Freezer Update

Another delivery of fall flowers came today - mums, sunbeckias, “Twisted” celosia (these are so cool!), ornamental peppers & cordyline. We picked up pork this week - we were out of a few things, but are now restocked.

Here’s a full list of the freezer inventory: Peach Crisp, Chocolate Zucchini Cake, Mini Taco Casserole, Mini Shepherd’s Pie, Lasagna, Tater Tot Casserole, pork patties, Ozark bacon, bacon, bulk sausage, pork cutlets, pork chops, bratwursts, baby back ribs, spare ribs, pork tenderloin, Spinach-Artichoke Dip, Apple Pie, Shepherd’s Pie, Peach Pie, Peach Crumb Pie, Bierocks, Apple Crisp, Razzle Dazzle Pie, Carrot Cake, Rhubarb Pie, Blueberry Crumb Pie, Cherry Pie, Mocha Banana Cake, Apple Crumb Pie, Cookie Dough (Chocolate Chip, M&M, Reese’s Pieces, Peanut Butter, Oatmeal w/Chopped Raisins, Sugar.

We’ve had pretty much the same produce in stock for the last few weeks, but here’s a few things to note. We are getting local apples now - I know there are some Jonathan fans out there and we have them! We are beginning to get local winter squash, and the peaches are at the tail end of the season. *sigh.