As we move past Mother’s Day and into our farmer’s market season there are many challenges to overcome. On this episode you will hear us discuss recent challenges from accessing high quality flour to managing a late spring freeze to preparing for our online ordering system for the farmer’s market. To order online go to

We are super excited that the farmer’s markets are going forward this season. Yes, things will look a bit different, but you will be able to get fresh local produce. Our season begins on May 16, 2002 in Charleston at the 18th Street Farmer’s Market and we will add Casey’s Market Thyme as soon as

Spring is here and we are moving toward Farmer’s Market season. This will be a different experience this year, but it will happen! The 18th Street Farmer’s Market will begin in Charleston, IL on May 16, 2020 and we’ll be there. We are planning now for expanding our online ordering, plus how we will process

Even in the time of staying at home to combat the Coronavirus, we are finding ways to move forward. On this episode we discuss our most recent opening, how we arranged a contact free pick up system and the overwhelming response by our customers. A huge shout out and thank you to all of you!

Today’s episode shares a true story that happened this past week. In this very serious time of staying at home to avoid the Coronavirus, we have to share some humor. We are also working on a plan to re-open the Farm Fresh Mercantile for pick up orders only. Watch our Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and email

We are blessed to have plenty to do while under the stay at home order to combat coronavirus. In fact, many of our spring tasks are ahead of schedule. While Donna has been planting in the eighteen new beds around the property, Julia tended to the honeybees and ventured a little too close. In this

Nature has continued to move forward even as the rest of the world appears to be near a standstill. We are removing invasives, planting seeds, harvesting early greens and doing what we can to stay busy. On a farm, there is always plenty to do. We are grateful to all of those who continue to

Today’s bonus episode is a replay of our September 5, 2019 interview with Cathy and Cliff Lafrenz at Miss Effie’s Country Flowers and Garden Stuff. When we met Cliff (who goes by Honey most of the time) and Cathy on our first visit to Miss Effie’s we all became instant friends. They are just those

As of 5:00 PM on Saturday, March 21, 2020, Five Feline Farm along with millions of Illinoisans are under a shelter in place order. At the last minute, the evening before, we decided to arrange an on farm pickup system so we could provide some of our products one last time before the order went

Between the rainy weather and the Coronavirus, we are looking for things to do here on the Farm. We decided on a special edition of Farm Chatter. We will keep our regular Monday morning podcasts coming, but periodically we are throwing in a bonus. If you are still interested in ordering through our online Mercantile,