Brown Bottle Farm with Phlox and Figwort, Who?

First of all, Thank you. We have an enormous amount of gratitude for anyone interested in what we do, or what we're trying to do. It's been an incredible journey to get to this place in time. 

Brown Bottle Farm(BBF) and Phlox & Figwort are two different businesses based on the same property in Mulino, Oregon. We've only recently moved here in April 2016, and have been working hard to ground both businesses. Business is a difficult term for us to use, it's more of a lifestyle or homestead.

BBF is an organic market garden and 40 acre farm. We actively farm 1 acre and hope to expand to two next season. Our goal is to have a CSA, Community Supported Agriculture, that includes healthful produce and canned goods. We are currently involved in the Damascus Farmers market and Oregon City Farmers Market. The farm will also be an event location.

Phlox & Figwort creates hand rolled native plant incense cones using natural resins and aromatics to connect us with place and spirit for healing. P&F has been making incense for two years. We also make candles, salves, hydrosols, smoking blends, and many other treasures in season with the plants and planets. We've been students of Western herbalism for four years.


Now you know a little more about what we're doing, but who are we?

Both BBF and P&F are the co-creations of Anna Wilson and Ryan Falk. The two of us have been working in tandem for nearing 6 years. Anna comes from a ranching family in California and Idaho. Ryan is Originally from Pennsylvania, but moved to the west coast 15 years ago to pursue a life on Mount Hood. 

We both consider Northwest Oregon our long term home, and look forward to growing food and herbs for our neighbors. 

This blog is an opportunity for our customers and friends to see what we're doing. You can expect beautiful pictures and more fun posts soon!

Flowers are growing - Roots are stirring!

This Morning we started to harvest for Summerfest at Beaver Creek Telco tomorrow. We haven't finished yet and it's 10. We've taken a lot of moments to work on the new property as things come up, but this event marks the first major community opportunity for us.

For this event we're are able to bring our incense and produce, the top list is what we'll have:

Valmaine Lettuce (related to Romaine)

Parsley bunches

Four kinds of Beets

Salad Mix

Three Types of Kale

Napa Cabbage

Nash Cabbage

Kohlrabi

Fennel Bulb

Yukon Gold Potato

Irish Fingerling

Collard Greens

Rainbow Swiss Chard

Zucchini

We're also growing and wild harvesting!

Blackberrys

Elderflower

Hazelnuts

Calendula

Mugwort

Motherwort

Lavender

Rose

Apples

Mullein

Saint Johns Wort

Lilac

and more...

Pretty exciting for our first season here!

If you can make it out here are the details:

Summerfest 2016

Brown Bottle Farm Is excited to  keep chipping away at the tasks at hand. 

If you want to help us raise money for our Packing shed and next seasons CSA we would love the help. Our page tells you so much more about the infrastructure we're looking forward to building. Go check out our Go Fund me Campaign at:

Brown Bottle Farm Raiser

We'll have a post specifically about this fundraiser soon! As well as the purpose of Community Supported Agriculture(CSA), and why we chose to get involved.

Gardens and Farms strengthened people physically and spiritually. Taking a moment to sample a wild blackberry or listen to a bird sing the anthem to the day changes us. Here on the farm we praise this astounding life around us by pausing to observe it throughout the day. It's easy to feel the pressure from tasks at hand, but whether or not there's encroaching stresses the best thing for our produce and for us to breath and step back. If you're not completely blown away by your amazing life you're following the wrong path. We struggle to make ends meet and pile way too much on our plates, but we take one bite at a time and feel the magic. 

"'Then I will chant, ' he said. And he began, looking like a strange boy spirit. 'The sun is shining-the sun is shinning. That is the Magic. The flowers are growing- the roots are stirring. That is the Magic. Being alive is the Magic- being strong is the Magic- The Magic is in me- The Magic is in me. It is in me- it is in me. It's in everyone of us." 

-The Secret Garden, Frances Hodgson Burnett. 

Played this song on the ole record player today, seems perfect to share with you! Until Next Time!