Blue Gate Farm is the small, family
operation of Jill Beebout & Sean Skeehan. We are Certified Naturally
Grown, producing healthy fruits & vegetables, free-range eggs, raw
honey, and alfalfa hay. We run a limited membership CSA
and are regular vendors at the
Des Moines Downtown Farmers Market.
The 2008 market opens Saturday, May 10th.
During the majority of the growing season we publish a weekly Newsletter
for our CSA members - the entire archive can be found on the
Newsletters page.
Farm Crawl 2008 -
a second year of joint open
houses at each of the six participating independent family farms in south-central
Iowa (including Blue Gate Farm).
Visit www.farmcrawl.com for more details.
In spring of 2007 we had the
misfortune of herbicide drifts from neighboring fields that
damaged a majority of our vegetable crops. We are currently
pursuing efforts to re-coup some of our financial losses.
Simultaneously we have been developing strategies to avoid similar
problems in the future. Our story was featured in an article in
the
August 16 - 22, 2007 edition of Cityview paper. Click here to view the
story.
Have a look around the site and come
back often as new features, refinements and content are added. Please contact us with questions or
comments. Thanks for visiting!
To create an
economically and ecologically self-sustaining homestead that provides an
ongoing connection to the Beebout land for our family, our guests and
ourselves.Fundamental to this vision are naturally based production methods
including: composting; rotational planting & grazing methods;
integrated pest management; rainwater collection; prairie restoration; responsible timber &
wetland management; limited dependence on petroleum products and public
utilities; and no synthetic herbicides, pesticides or fertilizers.
Blue Gate Farm
provides Certified Naturally Grown specialty fruits & vegetables, raw
honey, free-range eggs and alfalfa hay, all sustainably raised on our
small family farm for the benefit and enjoyment of our CSA members and
Farmers Market customers.
Please contact us with any questions or comments about this website, our
products, our farm philosophy, or any other matter. E-mail is the
best but you may call or write.