Saturday March 14th Noon – 8pm – NEW FOOD TRUCK Hmong food by Krunchy Munchies. 10am – Annual maple tree tapping day and workers lunch. 6pm local artists Cloverdale Crossing takes the stage
Join us for our annual spring tradition of maple tree tapping. It’s a fun day, tromping out in the woods, putting out the taps and buckets for the 2026 maple syrup season.
Be sure to dress for the weather, (layers are good) including sturdy boots that can get wet or muddy. We will post more specifically about apparel once we see the forecast.
Plan on a day of fresh air, and a good work out too. Everyone who helps us tap trees, haul and set the buckets and are willing to help out for a couple of hours will earn a free lunch of hot chili with all of the fixin’s!
Don’t worry, you don’t have to work the entire day All we ask is for a couple hours of work, or for as long as you desire.
If you would like to just observe and see how taps are installed, you are welcome to do so, but we ask that you wait until the afternoon in order to give us the time to get the operation organized.
When you arrive, check in the cider barn where we will have you sign a waiver before going out into the woods.
While we love dogs, and dogs are always welcome anytime on the farm, for this event, dogs are not allowed. That includes our own two dogs.
Join th 2026 Sapsucker Farms CSA. You will six months of freshly harvested certified organic vegetables, fruits, and herbs, plus farm-fresh eggs, and your favorite farm-made beverages .See complete details here.
THANK YOU to all who participated in the 2025 CSA. The final CSA of the season includes certified organic onions, sweet and hot peppers, whole-plant ginger, whole-plant turmeric, parsley, sage, squash, a jumbo bag of apples, lots of extras to grab and go including: leeks, eggplant, extra cucumbers and peppers, plus an 18-pack of eggs and three four-packs of mix and match beverages. 2026 CSA goes on sale January 1, 2026, see complete details here.
Just a quick reminder, if you are taking the Sober October challenge, we have quite an extensive delicious, healthy, colorful, and fun line up of non-alcohol beverages made right here on the farm.
You can treat yourself to our famous root beer, fresh-pressed apple juice (cold or hot-mulled in spices), fresh-pressed organic veggie juices (carrot, beet, apple, ginger, all are delicious combined with apple juice), organic herbal or spice tea, ginger ale (made with ginger grown on our farm), agua fresca (fresh juice beverages, flavors rotate), and fresh-squeezed lemon-lime ade. If there are any other options you would like to see on our menu, please let us know! See our complete line up of non-alcohol farm-made beverages right here.
There is nothing more aromatic, tender, and delicious than freshly harvested, Minnesota grown, organic ginger and turmeric, both of which are spices. In the store you will usually find only the root, but the stalks and leaves of both plants are equally delicious.
LEAVES AND STEMS ARE EDIBLE AND DELICIOUS. First, don’t throw out the stalks and leaves as they are also edible. At minimum you can make some incredible ginger or turmeric tea, but also use them sliced up and added to stirfrys or used to infuse flavor into baked goods. The easiest thing to do is to ask Chef Google “how to use ginger stalks and leaves” or “how to use turmeric stalks and leaves” in recipes and you’ll find quite a nice list of fun ways to prepare it.
CLEANING THE ROOTS For the root of both ginger and turmeric, be sure to clean it well as the crevices to get full of dirt. Once cleaned, of course the root can be used in any way you like to use fresh ginger or turmeric. But if it is more than you can use up in about a week, you can just slice it up and freeze it into portions that work for you.
GROWING GINGER AND TURMERIC Many people asked if the live plants you took home can be replanted and continue to grow. The answer is yes, but it will take some time and effort to stabilize and begin to grow again. If you’re game to give it a try, here is what you can do:
Be sure to put each plant in a very well-drained large pot, giving them lots of room for the roots to grow. Use a basic potting soil, and allow the soil to dry between waterings. When you first transplant them, they will go through a shock after being uprooted, transported, then repotted. The turmeric plants may need to be staked up until the roots grow strong and it is upright and stable. So be patient as it may take several weeks for the plant to begin to regenerate.
Put the potted plants in a south window with lots of natural light, and throughout the winter be sure to spritz the plants to give them some humidity. When the plants begin to flower, that means it has reached maturity. Be sure to clip off the flowers, then harvest the plants to enjoy.
Thank you for supporting our farm and we hope that you will enjoy your ginger!
Join us for the most unconventional and fun Minnesota autumn celebration. Ginger and turmeric are super-delicious and super-nutritious spices that are not normally grown in Minnesota. But we figured out how to do it. So we are celebrating the harvest with GINGER FEST. We are celebrating the ginger (and turmeric) harvest the first weekend of October! Freshly harvested ginger and turmeric will be available for purchase here on the farm. PLUS enjoy ginger gelato, and ginger cupcakes made by our friends from Rustic Island Farm, who will also be here with their adorable mini donkeys and alpaca fleece wear.
Learn about growing ginger in Minnesota, enjoy ginger cider, ginger, and ginger/turmeric tea, ginger ale, pineapple-ginger slushies, and just be inspired about the wonderful possibilities that these two health spices provide.
Here is what’s included in the September CSA harvest: Cucumbers, Swiss chard, peppers (sweet and hot), onions, spaghetti squash, pea shoots, arugula, apples, lemon basil, 1 dozen eggs, and three four packs of beverages.
Vine-ripened heirloom tomatoes, cucumbers, scallions, peppers, gnarly carrots, spaghetti squash, arugula, parsley, apples, eggs, and e four packs of beverages.
Come and enjoy fresh-extracted juices from fruits and veggies grown on our farm. Current offerings include: beets, green apple, carrot, sweet apple or any combination you desire. Add a shot of juice to your favorite cider and “juicify” your beverage selection.
All we ask is for a couple hours of work, or for as long as you desire.
