Fish Holler

Forest Farm

Updates and ramblings

Update for pickup 6/17 or delivery 6/18

The heat last week seemed to be to much for our current round of shiitakes, so we will only have a limited amount available by preorder. We found a large fallen oak with an abandoned beehive, so we rendered a bit of wild beeswax! It is a deeper golden-orange than any other wax I have used

Update for pickup & delivery June 10th &11th

 Good Morning everyone! We are entering flower season, which is always pleasant, if a bit hot. Our biggest update is that Mark passed his mushroom safety exam! We will have plenty of shiitakes ready to be harvested now through Wednesday as well as a few pints of beautiful gray dove oysters ready now. If you

Fish Holler Update for 6/3-4

Good morning, all While all of the other produce rolls in, microgreens are less vital than during the less green months, but they are still packed full of nutrients and flavor, so we keep them growing and in our meals and hope that you continue to integrate them into yours as well! We are busy

Update For Harvest 5/27-28

Hey, allI hope you are enjoying the summer-time feel! Our shiitakes certainly seem to be and they are so plentiful this week that we will give you a $8/quart sale on all preorders. If you order via our web shop and want a quart of shiitakes, add a note and we will adjust your order.

Update for 5/20-21

We will have shiitakes by Thursday! The cold slowed them down a bit, but they look great and should be spot on this time! Did you know that shiitakes are not only tastey and versatile, but also long-used and well researched for their health benefits? This week hasn’t been the most eventful, but we have

Update for market pick-up & home delivery 5/13-14

Happy day after mother’s day to all of you mothers of any sort! We are watching the rain with appreciation for all it will bring and enjoying what will presumably be the last bit of cold of the season with hot tea and blankets. The frost date may be wrong this year after all, but

Update for delivery & market 4/28-29

Good morning, all! This week we are preparing for the first regular season markets (Thursday in Cumberland, Friday in Frostburg). We are looking forward to seeing how the other local producers have fared over the winter, to meeting some new farmers, and to seeing all of you who choose to come out! For those of

Update for delivery Friday 4/23

Not much to report this week, we’re just busy with spring! The apples, wild rose, choke cherries, and red buds are blooming, the oaks have bitty leaves, and the morels are hiding in plain sight.  Microgreens this week are Sunflower Radish Purple kohlrabi Turnip Collards Cilantro Wheatgrass Spicy mix Please order by Thursday for free

Update for delivery 4/16

This rainy weekend marked the completion of the year’s outdoor mushroom inoculation as well as our first shiitake soaking, which should bring a flush by 2 weeks from now! The ticks are relentlessly harassing us this spring, so I am making an “bite & sting salve” with Lyme specific knotweed and teasel, antimicrobial and antibacterial

Update for delivery 4/9

We’re still counting the shoots and flowers while trying to keep the kiddos from picking them all. The spring ephemerals are mostly in attendance now and are luckily less appealing to the flower plucking toddlers than the showy daffodils and crocuses. This week we came up with “golden honey,” which is designed as a golden