What We Grow

Open Oak Farm is dedicated to helping people in the Willamette Valley source more of their calories from our local foodscape, with a focus on grains, beans, and winter season vegetables.

Grains we will harvest, Autumn 2012

Corn, Red and Gold Flint (great for polenta)
Corn, Open Oak Party Mix Dent (for corn meal/masa)

Barley, Golden Hulless
Barley, Purple Hulless

Buckwheat, Japanese (sifted flour or with hulls on)

Wheat, Maris Widgeon (multi-purpose, our favorite)
Wheat, Soft White var. Yamhill (great for pancakes)
Wheat, Hard Red Winter (best for bread)

Rye, Lithuanian Dark var. Duoniai

 

We are experimenting with:

Barley, Two-Row Malting
Oats, Hulless
Flax, Sussex Brown Seeded
Sunflower, Hungarian Black Seeded
Rye, German Light, var. Litchkorn
Teff, White Seeded
Triticale, Pika Golden
Triticale, Pearls White

Still very experimental...

Amaranth
Camelina
Millet
Mustard Seed, Yellow
Poppy Seed, Elka White
Perennial Rye
Perennial Wheat
Quinoa
Spelt/Farro/Emmer/Einkorn


Dry beans we will harvest autumn 2012:

Kenearley Yellow Eye
Hutterite Soup Beans
Marfax Swedish Brown
Tiger's Eye

Borlotti Valdarno - Italy
Brightstone  -  England
Early Warwick  -  England
Rosso di Lucca  -  Italy

We are experimenting with:

Öland Swedish Brown
Nez Perce  -  Idaho
Beers - Oregon
Wipple - Oregon
Tamila  -  Ukrainian
Volga German  -  Siberian

Pico Pardal Garbanzo Beans - Spain
Italian and French Lentils

 

Our winter vegetable field provides a wide variety of vegetable crops during what has traditionally been the "off season" for farmers and gardeners.

A locally-grown winter diet can be remarkably varied, featuring many leafy greens and hearty root crops.

 

Over the course of the season, our Winter Crop CSA shares includes:

Lettuce, Salad Greens, Spinach, Sorrell, Endive, Radicchio, Napa Cabbage, Broccoli,  Cabbage, Brussels Sprouts, Collard Greens, Kale, Chard, Beets, Carrots, Parsnips, Root Parsley, Bunching Parsley, Cilantro, Celeriac, Salad and standard Turnips,  Rutabagas, Daikon, Bunching and Winter Radishes, Shallots, Garlic, Leeks, Green Onions, Burdock, Winter Squash, Snow Peas.

 

Some of these crops may also be available for sale through the website eugenelocalfoods.com.

 

 

Our Main Season CSA includes just about every vegetable that grows well in our area, including many of the more popular crops listed above, plus:

Green beans, all kinds of Tomatoes, Sweet and Hot Peppers, Eggplant, Tomatillos, Potatoes, Watermelons, Cantelopes,  Cucumbers, Summer Squash, Bok Choi, Basil, Strawberries, Onions, Sweet Corn, Fava Beans, Fennel.