Bar M Ranch

Although our pizza event was cancelled because of the forecast, the farmstand will still be open this weekend.

We managed to save the dahlias from frost, so tomorrow we will have fresh cut flowers, lots of our apples, squash that we grew, tomatoes, jam and cookie baked by our summer student Andelyn.

***CANCELLED*** Due to weather conditions this weekend we will have to cancel this event :(

It was 2 C and frosty here this morning, with ice on the windshield and sheets that we used to cover things frozen stiff. Time will tell what survived in the gardens, but we're in for another cold night tonight.

There's another frost advisory for tonight. Any day now, a frost could hit and the dahlias could be done for the year unless we can save from a light frost them by watering them at sunrise. As fall arrives, the task of harvesting and deadheading blooms increases so they're quite a bit of work now. But, digging up all of the tubers and putting them into storage for the winter, is a huge undertaking, so we'd really like for them to survive a couple more weeks!

We had a nice plum harvest this year, and Christina made multiple batches of plum jam. It was popular at the farmstand this weekend, and we will have more jars available this weekend.

Want to learn more about how to store Dahlia tubers from our farm expert, Christina Caldwell? We will be offering a free, Dahlia tuber storage workshop on Sunday, September 27th, 2026 from 1 to 3pm.

If you are interested, please register online at

Dahlia Tuber Workshop (Sunday, September 27th, 2026, 1-3 pm) | Bar M Ranch Wondering what to do with your dahlias when the growing season comes to an end? This on-farm workshop will walk you through the process of digging, dividing, preparing, and storing dahlia tubers over the winter so they’re ready to plant again next spring.This hands-on workshop is most suitable for...

Looking some tasty pizza here at Bar M Ranch? We will have Woodfired Kitchen here serving up some tasty pizza for purchase, Saturday, September 26, 2026, between noon and 6pm, rain or shine. We will also be doing farm tours, the farm stand will be open, and Andelyn Countway will be having a bake sale with her tasty baked goods!

Mark your calendars and we look forward to seeing you!

The farmstand is open today, Sunday September 20 from 9 am to 6 pm. We have fresh flowers, peppers, pumpkins, squash, tomatoes, garlic, shallots, herbs, plum jam, gravenstein apples and bunting.

We had a close call with frost in the dahlia patch last night. It got down to 3C here at our house and no frost, but it was down to 2C at the bottom of the hill where the dahlia garden is. The grass beside the dahlias was covered in icy frost. We sprayed the whole dahlia garden with water at sunrise to protect them. We have a few more cold nights this week, but we are hoping to keep them alive and blooming for a while longer.

The farmstand is open this weekend, Saturday and Sunday September 19 and 20 from 9 am to 6 pm. We have lots of stuff this weekend, and would love for you to stop by. With the cool nights, dahlias, tomatoes and peppers are slowing down and we don't know how much longer we will have these.

We have dahlias, Gravenstein apples, shallots, cherry tomatoes, sweet peppers, shish*to peppers, squash, pumpkins, dried herbs, plum jam, garlic, and bunting.

Anyone else watching the forecast for tomorrow night? We've been watching the weather long enough here to know it's always a few degrees colder overnight here than the forecasted low. If the forecast is for 4C, we could easily have a frost.

A frost could mean the end to our dahlias, peppers and tomatoes and we're harvesting as much as we can. We have lots of these things to stock the farmstand this weekend!