Golconda Farmers Market

07/21/2025

Come have some fun before school starts!! Call for information.

11/30/2024

11/20/2024

Be sure to stop by this weekend while in town for the 64th Annual Pope County Deer Festival Parade!

04/21/2023

03/09/2021

More great advice from Molly Williams

While parts of the country might be already digging straight into their gardens for March planting, other areas are still buried beneath a blanket of snow for the first part of the month (technically, after all, it is still winter). But no matter the temperatures or the snowfall in your area, there....

03/03/2021

100+ year old house plant. How cool! Southern Illinois Native Molly Williams brings you all kinds of tips for caring for your houseplants.

In a back bedroom in a home in Fort Wayne, Indiana, there is a Christmas cactus (Schlumbergera truncata) that is at least 115 years old. When it’s not in bloom, it looks something like a dinosaur with hardened stems and scaly leaves. It’s in a pot that most people would classify as ginormous by ...

01/29/2021

The COVID-19 pandemic gave us glimpses of just how important local food is to the security and livelihood of communities. We saw how local farms can come to the rescue when the supply chain is disrupted or when you aren’t able to venture outside the community for food. But local farms can’t survive without regular community support.

We were fortunate enough to already have the unyielding support of our CSA customers when the pandemic hit and as a result we had local produce, eggs and soap to offer to you when stores were seeing shortages.

Our CSA members got first dibs on all that we had to offer and we sold the surplus to the general public. It was an honor to be able to contribute something positive in such a terrible time.

As we look ahead to the coming year, we want to reiterate that we will still be there for you. Our operation continues to ramp up production and crop variety year after year thanks to the continued support of our growing group of CSA members. You can join us too!

Your membership helps secure your own access to local food and it safeguards the future of local food in Southern Illinois & Paducah.

Will you stand with us in 2021 and join our program? Learn more and sign up for CSA membership here->
https://www.ryderfamilyfarm.com/southern-illinois-produce-csa/

01/22/2021

Have you ever tried a CSA?? Check it out. Your portion is reserved each week.

12/24/2020

Merry Christmas! Our gardens can be beautiful in all seasons can’t they? ❄️☃️

Nature’s Work of Art

11/29/2020

Another great article from So IL native Molly E. Williams.

We do lots of frantic things to prepare for the cold winter months. We winterize our car tires, seal the doors of our homes, and make up our beds with the warmest blankets. We pull out our favorite sweaters and put our favorite sandals away for next year. Just last week, I was crawling around in the...

10/01/2020

So exciting!!