What's Happening on the Farm?

You can find current information about our current happenings on this page, so check back frequently!

Summer 2008 CSA Program

Accepting applications for our summer 2008 CSA program.  When you support a CSA farm, you are supporting agricultural diversity and a local community farm. See details on CSA page.

Delightfully Decadent Sunday Afternoon Tea at Greentree Naturals Certified Organic Farm

Dates: To be Announced

We invite you to come and experience the music of Kathi O’Leary’s traditional Celtic Folk music while enjoying a gourmet array of seasonal organic delicacies at our Delightfully Decadent Sunday Afternoon Tea on the deck overlooking the beautiful gardens. The tea will feature a delectable trio of organic sweet cakes and pastries created by chef Sora Huff served at 4:00 with a tour of the farms colorful herbs, vegetables, and flowers for an unforgettable experience of the spirit and the abundance of the bountiful gardens at Greentree Naturals.

Kathi O’Leary refers to herself as a "music farmer" and has been playing and writing songs for over four decades. She plays a combination of traditional Celtic folk expressing herself through guitar, Appalachian Mountain dulcimer, autoharp, mandolin and accordion. Kathy will entertain you as she serenades each event.

Advanced reservations required and space is limited! Each event $25/per person

To make your reservation please call 208.263-8957 or email us and we'll call you back to confirm the details.

Email: greentree@coldreams.com

RESERVATION DEADLINE IS THREE DAYS PRIOR TO THE EVENT DATE.

After attending our July 22, 2007 Tea, we received this email from Jasmin Osterlund in Corrales, New Mexico
"Thank you so much for the lovely decadent tea. Normally, I have a very sensitive stomach, but I do love to indulge now and then, and was willing to suffer the consequences later on. However, I did not experience anything negative what so ever. I ate and digested every morsel of your organic goodness with no mal effects.! I will forever savor the chocolate torte. It was magnifico! Thank you for sharing with us the beauty and wonder of your flower and vegetable farm. I enjoyed the music too. Your folk singer was the quiet heroine that really added to the whole experience. "

Organic Wine Tasting on the Farm

Summertime Date to be Announced  - Greentree Naturals has been working with Pend Oreille Pastas since they opened in 1996. We will be hosting our annual ORGANIC WINE TASTING featuring an assortment of regional organic wines and fabulous hors d'oeuvre's created from our certified organic gardens and Chef Valerie Albi. For details and reservations contact Pend Oreille Pastas at (208) 263-1352. Planning for this type of event takes quite an investment of time. PLEASE plan ahead and contact Valerie as early as possible to get on the list for this event.  Space is limited and fills up fast so plan ahead! (Read an article about the 2007 Wine Tasting)

Hoop House Workshop

Sunday May 11 – 12:30pm to 3:00pm - The perfect mothers day gift for a gardener! Learn how to construct an 18' x 13.5' Hoop House. With the creative use of season extenders, it is possible for growers of all sizes to lengthen their growing seasons by days, weeks, or months. Providing soil warmth and frost protection increases yields by allowing earlier planting and/or later harvests.

Come prepared for any kind of weather as due to the busy spring planting schedule on the farm, we only have one day that we can have this workshop, so it will happen rain or shine! Class size is limited! This workshop always fills up early so call ahead to reserve a space! Cost is $25.

Call 263-8957 or email greentree@coldreams.com to reserve a space!

Organic Gardening Workshop Series

The 2008 Organic Gardening Workshop Series: Scheduled every other Monday from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. during the growing season beginning May 5 through July 14. Sessions will cover all aspects of organic production and management practices that restore, maintain and enhance ecological harmony in a rural farm and garden setting. We are aware that this timeline is prohibitive for people with regular work schedules; however, because we are a working farm, this is simply the only day that we can work this into our busy summer calendar of events. Participants will receive a certificate of completion. Plan ahead and make arrangements with your employer!

May 5 - Planning the Garden; preparing the soil for planting; direct seeding and transplanting; companion planting; intercropping & crop rotation; planning for succession planting.

May 19 - Fertilizing Organically; fertile soil is the first step in increasing yields and natural pest control; assessing soil health, organic amendments, compost, manures, organic matter & foliar feeding.

June 2 - Natural Weed Control; mulch management; organic mulches, water saving techniques.

June 16 - Pest Management; assess pro-active control practices, identification, natural pest formulas, catch-cropping and plant-pest relationships for natural pest control.

June 30 - Harvesting the Bounty; techniques for optimum yields for vegetables, herbs, cut flowers and post harvest handling; how to get the most out of your garden harvest.

July 14 - Seed Saving; by saving seed from your garden, you can produce plants best suited to your specific site and micro-climate; selection, hand pollination , cleaning and seed storage.

Class size is limited. Registration is required! Sign up for all six sessions for $150.00 or pick and choose individual workshops for $25.00 per session. Workshops are held at Greentree Naturals, located twelve miles northeast of Sandpoint. All workshops include handout materials. For registration, directions and more information, please contact us at (208)263-8957 or greentree@coldreams.com

Apprentices from local farms are welcome to audit all classes for no charge with permission from their farm host. If cost is a concern, we welcome equitable trade for these workshops.

Garlic Braiding Workshop

The garlic braiding workshop will be held after the garlic harvest. We can't schedule this workshop until we harvest and we never harvest the same time each year, so if you are interested, let us know by calling or emailing us and we will put you on the contact list for when we do make a date for this event. This workshop is $35.00, and you leave with a beautiful garlic braid! Date to be announced……

We wish you a bountiful gardening season!