Bare Mountain Farm
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We are a small family own specialty cut flower farm located in the mid-Willamette Valley of Oregon. We have a broad variety of field grown seasonal specialty cut flowers. We also provide flowers for local events,and local retail Florists. Our flowers are always fresh cut, locally grown using sustainable practices.
Bare Mountain Farm
4y ago
We had some leftover hyacinth bulbs that didn't look viable. Instead of tossing them in to the compost bin, I decided to try and grow them in water on the windowsill. Wasn't sure I would get any blooms but what the hey. We put about 5 bulbs on top of glass nuggets in a clear ..read more
Bare Mountain Farm
4y ago
The photo above is of a patch of crocus in two different years. Same flowers, same spot. The snowy pic on the left was taken on March 1, 2019 and the right is from January 31, 2020. The weather is feeling a bit warmer and nature seems to agree. The grass is starting to grow ..read more
Bare Mountain Farm
4y ago
We love using the mini soil blocker. It is quick and easy, once you have a good mix prepared. Minis blocks allow us to seed 300 seeds in a standard 1020 tray. We have a tiny little greenhouse to start seeds so using the limited space to the maximum is really important. It allows us ..read more
Bare Mountain Farm
5y ago
We had a successful Sweet Pea season this year. But it has unfortunately come to an end. We tried something new in the way we grew them, the Cordon Method of trellising them up. It was successful up to a point with very long stems and big beautiful blooms. Our designers loved them and we ..read more
Bare Mountain Farm
5y ago
Wow, got so busy last year that something had to go and keeping up with the website was that something. Guess I felt they had to be long and informative and I just couldn't find the time to be long winded. So here we are a year later and I am going to give it ..read more
Bare Mountain Farm
5y ago
As we are coming to the end of the first quarter, we are taking a few moments to look back. We have been reviewing our work schedules, sales and how the growing season is going. So far we are doing pretty well in sales. It is really good to have flowers available for the first ..read more
Bare Mountain Farm
5y ago
Week 11 already and we have sprung forward into daylight savings time. Did you spend time changing all your clocks? So we will be a bit more tired for the next few days as we adjust to the time change but the bright side is, we have more time to work in the evenings. Is ..read more
Bare Mountain Farm
5y ago
First week in March or week 10 starting, wow, already. Another year is going to whiz by again. Just breathe and keep working! Another week of planting seeds, harvesting tulips and anemones and getting our new hoophouse ready for seedlings. Farmer Tony has been busy in our new hoophouse #4. This week,he has been broadforking ..read more
Bare Mountain Farm
5y ago
Hey, we're a little late with this post, but better late than never! Last week was a weird week where you think you are getting a lot of things checked off your list but then reviewing and thinking back, its seems pretty skimpy. it felt like all we were doing was putting on and taking ..read more
Bare Mountain Farm
5y ago
Here we are at the beginning of a new week and we are still trying to catch up with all the week before brought us. We try and make a weekly schedule of chores, jobs, building projects and harvest schedules each week to keep us on task and focused. But the best laid plans fly ..read more