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Hayden, CO

Mountain Bluebird Farm is a diversified Farm and Market Garden located on the banks of the Yampa River in Hayden, Colorado. We grow Fresh Produce using organic and no-till practices.
Where to find our produce:
-Our CSA Program
-Farmer's Markets in Northern Colorado
-Yampa Valley Foods Market
-Local Restaurants and Grocery Stores in Steamboat Springs and Hayden

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We’re Sydney and Noah (& Winnie and Spud), and we own and operate Mountain Bluebird Farm in Hayden!

The Farm

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It’s that time of year!
We’re looking for some great people to join our farm crew for this upcoming season. There aren’t too many opportunities in our area to do this kind of work, so if you’ve been looking for the opportunity we’d love to hear from you! We’re looking for reliable, hard working, good spirited, fun people who are quick on their feet and quick with their hands. We’ll send you home with lots of fresh veggies each week too. We’re looking for help on the farm and at farmers markets! If you’ve think you’re right for the job head over to our website to read more detailed descriptions and fill out our application. Looking forward to hearing from you!

It’s that time of year!
We’re looking for some great people to join our farm crew for this upcoming season. There aren’t too many opportunities in our area to do this kind of work, so if you’ve been looking for the opportunity we’d love to hear from you! We’re looking for reliable, hard working, good spirited, fun people who are quick on their feet and quick with their hands. We’ll send you home with lots of fresh veggies each week too. We’re looking for help on the farm and at farmers markets! If you’ve think you’re right for the job head over to our website to read more detailed descriptions and fill out our application. Looking forward to hearing from you!

Welcome to Earth, Forrest 🌎
His journey through the inter dimensional portal was intense and took a little while, but he landed safely in momma’s arms at 5:24 PM yesterday 8/15. We’re in love. Baby and mom are happy and healthy 💚

Welcome to Earth, Forrest 🌎
His journey through the inter dimensional portal was intense and took a little while, but he landed safely in momma’s arms at 5:24 PM yesterday 8/15. We’re in love. Baby and mom are happy and healthy 💚

Summer’s groove is kicking into high gear these days ☀️(but not without one last little threat of cold weather 🥶cover your tender plants people it’s looking like it might be a little frosty tonight!)

Plant, water, cultivate, harvest, sell and repeat from now into October. So nice to be back in the rhythm. We couldn’t do it without our awesome crew who keeps things moving. We say it all the time, but give them a pat on the back and tip them a few bucks to buy a beer if you see them at the markets or the CSA pickup.

Thanks to all our new and returning customers at the @steamboatfarmersmarket and @vailfarmersmarket for showing up and sending us home with empty boxes each week! So much good stuff on the way, like these sugar snap peas that are just starting to flower 👀

Summer’s groove is kicking into high gear these days ☀️(but not without one last little threat of cold weather 🥶cover your tender plants people it’s looking like it might be a little frosty tonight!)

Plant, water, cultivate, harvest, sell and repeat from now into October. So nice to be back in the rhythm. We couldn’t do it without our awesome crew who keeps things moving. We say it all the time, but give them a pat on the back and tip them a few bucks to buy a beer if you see them at the markets or the CSA pickup.

Thanks to all our new and returning customers at the @steamboatfarmersmarket and @vailfarmersmarket for showing up and sending us home with empty boxes each week! So much good stuff on the way, like these sugar snap peas that are just starting to flower 👀

We’ve been busy!
Felt so good to be back harvesting for local restaurants and grocery stores, the Ag Alliance, the Hayden farmer’s market, Lift Up food bank, and the @steamboatfarmersmarket this week 🥕

We’ll have some awesome early season veggies and plant starts for sale this Saturday, come see us! So much more on the horizon too. Look at those peas getting tall 👀 the tsunami of veggies is coming! 🌊

We’ve been busy!
Felt so good to be back harvesting for local restaurants and grocery stores, the Ag Alliance, the Hayden farmer’s market, Lift Up food bank, and the @steamboatfarmersmarket this week 🥕

We’ll have some awesome early season veggies and plant starts for sale this Saturday, come see us! So much more on the horizon too. Look at those peas getting tall 👀 the tsunami of veggies is coming! 🌊

Gettin’ some time tending to the peas, onions, carrots, and lettuce today 👌🏻 Things are finally starting to come along with just a little bit of sun and warmth. First @steamboatfarmersmarket in 26 days! These veggies better get to growing.

Gettin’ some time tending to the peas, onions, carrots, and lettuce today 👌🏻 Things are finally starting to come along with just a little bit of sun and warmth. First @steamboatfarmersmarket in 26 days! These veggies better get to growing.

Waking up excited and going to bed exhausted is the sign of a day well spent.

Got the first round of cultivating done today on the early carrots, onions, and sugar snap peas. We’re just about in the thick of it now 🫡 lots to do every day!

Waking up excited and going to bed exhausted is the sign of a day well spent.

Got the first round of cultivating done today on the early carrots, onions, and sugar snap peas. We’re just about in the thick of it now 🫡 lots to do every day!

April groovin’ 🕺🏻 Farmer’s Brittany and Jessie working on getting our first sugar snap peas in the ground, and spreading that nice @haydenfreshfarm composted chicken manure on our future onion beds, which we’ll start planting out next week. We’re thankful to have a great team holding things down while we scoot out of town for a few days before the 🥕 hit the fan in just a few weeks here.

In CSA news, there’s just a few more spots at all four of our CSA pickup locations! Our Steamboat Wednesday pickup has *1* spot left, Hayden Wednesday has *2*, and our Steamboat and Vail Farmer’s Market pickup options each have 3 left. Follow the link in our bio to grab those last few spots!

April groovin’ 🕺🏻 Farmer’s Brittany and Jessie working on getting our first sugar snap peas in the ground, and spreading that nice @haydenfreshfarm composted chicken manure on our future onion beds, which we’ll start planting out next week. We’re thankful to have a great team holding things down while we scoot out of town for a few days before the 🥕 hit the fan in just a few weeks here.

In CSA news, there’s just a few more spots at all four of our CSA pickup locations! Our Steamboat Wednesday pickup has *1* spot left, Hayden Wednesday has *2*, and our Steamboat and Vail Farmer’s Market pickup options each have 3 left. Follow the link in our bio to grab those last few spots!

Kicking things off with the crew for our biggest summer on the farm yet 👨🏻‍🌾👩🏻‍🌾 We were spreading compost, broadforkin’, getting some time in on our new walk-behind tractor, even got some things planted! We’re maxing out our two acres of land this season, and growing a whole buncha food. But most importantly we’re growing something else too…👶🏻

Kicking things off with the crew for our biggest summer on the farm yet 👨🏻‍🌾👩🏻‍🌾 We were spreading compost, broadforkin’, getting some time in on our new walk-behind tractor, even got some things planted! We’re maxing out our two acres of land this season, and growing a whole buncha food. But most importantly we’re growing something else too…👶🏻

Spring things!
Ripping’ and roarin’ into our fifth season.
The garlic is up, our new flail mower is already proven invaluable, tomatoes are growing, snow’s melting, bikes are coming out of hibernation. I love it. This is the time of year to quit thinking and start doing.

Spring things!
Ripping’ and roarin’ into our fifth season.
The garlic is up, our new flail mower is already proven invaluable, tomatoes are growing, snow’s melting, bikes are coming out of hibernation. I love it. This is the time of year to quit thinking and start doing.

Well hot dang there isn’t gonna any snow left in a few short days if these warm days keep up 👀 You can really tell it’s getting close when the sandbags out in the field start to poke through…

Today we harvested some awesome spinach and arugula from these beds that have been producing since December. They’re starting to get pretty tired, but we’re hoping to squeeze another week or two out of them before we start to make way for summer crops in the high tunnels. Find these greens in the @rosewestag CSA this week and at the @agalliance 🥬

Thanks to everyone for helping fill our CSA this winter and spring, still some spots left! Go get ‘em

Well hot dang there isn’t gonna any snow left in a few short days if these warm days keep up 👀 You can really tell it��’s getting close when the sandbags out in the field start to poke through…

Today we harvested some awesome spinach and arugula from these beds that have been producing since December. They’re starting to get pretty tired, but we’re hoping to squeeze another week or two out of them before we start to make way for summer crops in the high tunnels. Find these greens in the @rosewestag CSA this week and at the @agalliance 🥬

Thanks to everyone for helping fill our CSA this winter and spring, still some spots left! Go get ‘em

Some beautiful winter spinach headed to @aurumfoodwine tomorrow!

This is the first winter we’ve really given winter greens a go, and we’ve sure learned a lot. More didn’t work out than did, but in that failure we figured out what we need to do next season to get it all right. We’re on a quest for fresh veggies 52 weeks of the year, and we’ll actually get pretty close this season. But before we can do that we’ve got some infrastructure improvements to make, and probably a few more mistakes to learn from as well. This weekend you can find our veggies at @aurumfoodwine @laundrykitchenandcocktails @meatbar_steamboat @yampavalleykitchen @merchayden and of course the @agalliance 🌱 Not bad for February!

Still CSA spots available for all of our pickup options too! Hop on over to our website to sign up

Some beautiful winter spinach headed to @aurumfoodwine tomorrow!

This is the first winter we’ve really given winter greens a go, and we’ve sure learned a lot. More didn’t work out than did, but in that failure we figured out what we need to do next season to get it all right. We’re on a quest for fresh veggies 52 weeks of the year, and we’ll actually get pretty close this season. But before we can do that we’ve got some infrastructure improvements to make, and probably a few more mistakes to learn from as well. This weekend you can find our veggies at @aurumfoodwine @laundrykitchenandcocktails @meatbar_steamboat @yampavalleykitchen @merchayden and of course the @agalliance 🌱 Not bad for February!

Still CSA spots available for all of our pickup options too! Hop on over to our website to sign up

Happy Monday!
CSA shares are now up for sale for this upcoming season! We’d love to have you join us for the Summer and Fall, it’s all the veggies you need from June to Thanksgiving 🥕🥬🥦🥒🍆🌶️🧅 We’ve also got some new pickup options this year at the Steamboat and Vail Farmer’s Markets, a Market Credit option, plus our usual Wednesday night pickup. Check out the link in our bio for all the details and to sign up! And feel free to reach out with any questions if you’re trying to figure out if the CSA is right for you.

Happy Monday!
CSA shares are now up for sale for this upcoming season! We’d love to have you join us for the Summer and Fall, it’s all the veggies you need from June to Thanksgiving 🥕🥬🥦🥒🍆🌶️🧅 We’ve also got some new pickup options this year at the Steamboat and Vail Farmer’s Markets, a Market Credit option, plus our usual Wednesday night pickup. Check out the link in our bio for all the details and to sign up! And feel free to reach out with any questions if you’re trying to figure out if the CSA is right for you.

A sight for sore eyes these days…a few more weeks and we’ll be swimming in spinach again.

A sight for sore eyes these days…a few more weeks and we’ll be swimming in spinach again.

We’re looking for some peeps to come work on the farm with us this season 👀 we’ve got some full time roles, part time stuff…something for everyone! And if you’re not local but want to come spend the summer here and work on the farm, we’ve got some leads on housing opportunities so feel free to get in touch. Hope to hear from you 🤙🏻 Check out the details and application on our website!

We’re looking for some peeps to come work on the farm with us this season 👀 we’ve got some full time roles, part time stuff…something for everyone! And if you’re not local but want to come spend the summer here and work on the farm, we’ve got some leads on housing opportunities so feel free to get in touch. Hope to hear from you 🤙🏻 Check out the details and application on our website!

Hello. It’s been a while, but we’re still here. Resting, recuperating, thinking, planning, tinkering. The farm is asleep, but it’s not in a deep sleep, more of a power nap really. It’s a living, breathing organism that needs to be tended to year round in different ways. Right now we’re taking a microscope to some of the finer details, prodding and examining them, turning them over and back again. It’s a fun time, with lots of exciting happenings and big changes on the horizon.

The results of some of that tinkering are slowly making their way out into the world. Our CSA shares will be up for sale in a few short weeks, with new free choice pickup options at the @steamboatfarmersmarket and @vailfarmersmarket all summer long. Follow the link in our bio for more info. We’ll still have our usual Wednesday evening pickups too! Everyone on our mailing list will hear about it first, so go sign up for that on our website if you haven’t yet.

We’re also working on our staffing needs for next season, and we’re anticipating having a few roles open for an aspiring farmer or two. We will post those job listings when they’re ready, and in the meantime feel free to email us or DM us if you might be interested in getting your hands in the dirt this coming season.

We can’t wait to reconnect with everyone again in a few short months when we all emerge from hibernation ⛷️In the meantime we hope you’re all happy, healthy, and fulfilled as we get the new year underway!

Hello. It’s been a while, but we’re still here. Resting, recuperating, thinking, planning, tinkering. The farm is asleep, but it’s not in a deep sleep, more of a power nap really. It’s a living, breathing organism that needs to be tended to year round in different ways. Right now we’re taking a microscope to some of the finer details, prodding and examining them, turning them over and back again. It’s a fun time, with lots of exciting happenings and big changes on the horizon.

The results of some of that tinkering are slowly making their way out into the world. Our CSA shares will be up for sale in a few short weeks, with new free choice pickup options at the @steamboatfarmersmarket and @vailfarmersmarket all summer long. Follow the link in our bio for more info. We’ll still have our usual Wednesday evening pickups too! Everyone on our mailing list will hear about it first, so go sign up for that on our website if you haven’t yet.

We’re also working on our staffing needs for next season, and we’re anticipating having a few roles open for an aspiring farmer or two. We will post those job listings when they’re ready, and in the meantime feel free to email us or DM us if you might be interested in getting your hands in the dirt this coming season.

We can’t wait to reconnect with everyone again in a few short months when we all emerge from hibernation ⛷️In the meantime we hope you’re all happy, healthy, and fulfilled as we get the new year underway!

Radicchio: Pure f’in art 🎨

Radicchio: Pure f’in art 🎨

Our ‘23 Farmer’s Marker season has wrapped up for the year 🍾 Thanks to everyone who found us in Steamboat and Vail all summer. We’ll miss seeing you all each week, but we’re pretty excited to have our weekends back to get out there and make up for lost time. We’ve got a few more projects to work on before we turn our attention to harvesting all of our storage crops for the fall and winter. We’ve got more storage veg in the ground than ever before, so it’s gonna be a big job. And with all our tunnels filled with winter greens, we’re trying to keep the party going to Christmas and beyond. If you’ve been good, Santa’s bringing lettuce and carrots to everyone in the Yampa Valley this year. But if you’re on the naughty list you get turnips, sorry.

Our ‘23 Farmer’s Marker season has wrapped up for the year 🍾 Thanks to everyone who found us in Steamboat and Vail all summer. We’ll miss seeing you all each week, but we’re pretty excited to have our weekends back to get out there and make up for lost time. We’ve got a few more projects to work on before we turn our attention to harvesting all of our storage crops for the fall and winter. We’ve got more storage veg in the ground than ever before, so it’s gonna be a big job. And with all our tunnels filled with winter greens, we’re trying to keep the party going to Christmas and beyond. If you’ve been good, Santa’s bringing lettuce and carrots to everyone in the Yampa Valley this year. But if you’re on the naughty list you get turnips, sorry.

First of the winter storage crops are starting to come out of the ground ❄️
Now that we’ve had a couple good frosts to sweeten things up, we’ve got the go ahead to start pulling our storage crops out of the ground. For most things we’ll still wait a few more weeks, but these grapefruit-sized rutabagas were inhabiting some valuable bed space that will soon be planted to winter greens in our of our two new tunnels. So they were the first to go!

First of the winter storage crops are starting to come out of the ground ❄️
Now that we’ve had a couple good frosts to sweeten things up, we’ve got the go ahead to start pulling our storage crops out of the ground. For most things we’ll still wait a few more weeks, but these grapefruit-sized rutabagas were inhabiting some valuable bed space that will soon be planted to winter greens in our of our two new tunnels. So they were the first to go!

Tomorrow’s the most bittersweet day of the year…the last @steamboatfarmersmarket of the season. What a season it’s been, we’ve felt the love for sure. We’d love to see you one more time out there! It’ll be a beautiful day and the veggies will be crisp. ✌🏻

Tomorrow’s the most bittersweet day of the year…the last @steamboatfarmersmarket of the season. What a season it’s been, we’ve felt the love for sure. We’d love to see you one more time out there! It’ll be a beautiful day and the veggies will be crisp. ✌🏻

The shadows are starting to get looooooong around here 🍁
This week we finished up the outdoor planting and seeding for the season, which means all eyes are on harvesting, tidying up, and fall projects from here on out.
Seems like just yesterday the first garlic was poking through the snow in April.

The shadows are starting to get looooooong around here 🍁
This week we finished up the outdoor planting and seeding for the season, which means all eyes are on harvesting, tidying up, and fall projects from here on out.
Seems like just yesterday the first garlic was poking through the snow in April.

23 months apart 🌾 -> 🥕
It’s hard to really show all the work that’s gone into this whole farm thing on social media, but if you’ve seen our haggard selves at any point in the summer hopefully you can tell what we’ve put into this land. An olympic size swimming pool of sweat, definitely some tears, probably a little blood too. Although we’ve been pretty good this year about not slicing our fingers open while harvesting. But it’s been an undertaking, to be sure. @sydney.ellbogen @c.gerbs @jessiesykes17 @naatalieconnolly @katie_stan have all been busting their butts all year to make this acre of land produce food like crazy. We hope you’ve all enjoyed the fruits of our hard work this season. Lots more to come!

There are only three @steamboatfarmersmarket left for the year, and five more @vailfarmersmarket so make sure you get yourselves out there to come see us! This is the best time of the year for local veggies, don’t miss out.

23 months apart 🌾 -> 🥕
It’s hard to really show all the work that’s gone into this whole farm thing on social media, but if you’ve seen our haggard selves at any point in the summer hopefully you can tell what we’ve put into this land. An olympic size swimming pool of sweat, definitely some tears, probably a little blood too. Although we’ve been pretty good this year about not slicing our fingers open while harvesting. But it’s been an undertaking, to be sure. @sydney.ellbogen @c.gerbs @jessiesykes17 @naatalieconnolly @katie_stan have all been busting their butts all year to make this acre of land produce food like crazy. We hope you’ve all enjoyed the fruits of our hard work this season. Lots more to come!

There are only three @steamboatfarmersmarket left for the year, and five more @vailfarmersmarket so make sure you get yourselves out there to come see us! This is the best time of the year for local veggies, don’t miss out.

Probably my favorite place on the farm this season.

The cucumbers in this tunnel were seeded the first week of April and planted out on May 3rd. We’ve been harvesting from in here for 14 weeks already, and just this week we had our biggest single harvest of the season off of them. These babies have blown me away all year and they don’t seem to be slowing down any time soon. Apart from some pruning and trellising we’ve pretty much left them alone to do their thing. Even Spud had to take minute to sit in awe of them this morning.

Probably my favorite place on the farm this season.

The cucumbers in this tunnel were seeded the first week of April and planted out on May 3rd. We’ve been harvesting from in here for 14 weeks already, and just this week we had our biggest single harvest of the season off of them. These babies have blown me away all year and they don’t seem to be slowing down any time soon. Apart from some pruning and trellising we’ve pretty much left them alone to do their thing. Even Spud had to take minute to sit in awe of them this morning.

Fall abundance 🍁
So much stuff growing out there right now it’s hard to keep track of it all. The fall brassica crops are sure looking like stunners though.

Fall CSA news! We had a glitch on our website that was saying we were all full for our fall csa shares. But we’re not! If you’re one of the folks that talked to us recently and was trying to sign up, give it another go it should all be fixed. We’ve got just a few left so go get ‘em before they’re gone.

Fall abundance 🍁
So much stuff growing out there right now it’s hard to keep track of it all. The fall brassica crops are sure looking like stunners though.

Fall CSA news! We had a glitch on our website that was saying we were all full for our fall csa shares. But we’re not! If you’re one of the folks that talked to us recently and was trying to sign up, give it another go it should all be fixed. We’ve got just a few left so go get ‘em before they’re gone.

Takin’ a quick peek 👀 Fall greens starting to come in real nice 👌🏻

Takin’ a quick peek 👀 Fall greens starting to come in real nice 👌🏻

Late summer scenes around the farm 🚜

The window for outdoor planting and seeding is quickly coming to a close around these parts, so we’re filling up every corner of the farm with quick growing, cold hardy veg for the fall.
Summer crops are still going strong, fall crops are coming in nicely…there’s a lot to be excited about 🍅

Late summer scenes around the farm 🚜

The window for outdoor planting and seeding is quickly coming to a close around these parts, so we’re filling up every corner of the farm with quick growing, cold hardy veg for the fall.
Summer crops are still going strong, fall crops are coming in nicely…there’s a lot to be excited about 🍅

Tomato-town, USA. Population: Me. Lots on the way, finally!

Tomato-town, USA. Population: Me. Lots on the way, finally!

It was a beautiful morning to pull all of our fall and winter storage onions out of the ground 🧅 We finally had the space this season to really go nuts with the onion crop, and it paid off. These babies are the best we’ve ever grown. Now that they’re all out of the ground and curing in the greenhouse, we’ll give these beds a quick flip and have fall greens and roots growing in them by the end of the week! No time to waste this time of year 🏃🏻‍♂️

It was a beautiful morning to pull all of our fall and winter storage onions out of the ground 🧅 We finally had the space this season to really go nuts with the onion crop, and it paid off. These babies are the best we’ve ever grown. Now that they’re all out of the ground and curing in the greenhouse, we’ll give these beds a quick flip and have fall greens and roots growing in them by the end of the week! No time to waste this time of year 🏃🏻‍♂️

Chicory season is fast approaching!
With some nights already dropping into the 30’s and the light starting to change, it’s hard not to start throwing the F word around these days. Fall, that is. And with Fall brings some of our favorite veggies of the year, like this here radicchio. These two varieties “Rosalba” and “Costarossa” are looking mighty fine this year, and will keep growing late into November.

Chicory season is fast approaching!
With some nights already dropping into the 30’s and the light starting to change, it’s hard not to start throwing the F word around these days. Fall, that is. And with Fall brings some of our favorite veggies of the year, like this here radicchio. These two varieties “Rosalba” and “Costarossa” are looking mighty fine this year, and will keep growing late into November.

Flower power 🌸

Flower season can be short and sweet around here, and right now it’s getting pretty sweet. We’ve got a whole lotta beautiful bouquets and both our markets this weekend @steamboatfarmersmarket @vailfarmersmarket 👩🏻‍🌾 Sydney and @c.gerbs have been working hard and churning out some beautiful arrangements. Brighten your day or someone else’s with some flower this weekend!

Flower power 🌸

Flower season can be short and sweet around here, and right now it’s getting pretty sweet. We’ve got a whole lotta beautiful bouquets and both our markets this weekend @steamboatfarmersmarket @vailfarmersmarket 👩🏻‍🌾 Sydney and @c.gerbs have been working hard and churning out some beautiful arrangements. Brighten your day or someone else’s with some flower this weekend!

Some fun things coming out of the field today 🥦 Like this honkin’ chonkin’ thicc boi broccoli and these baby parsnips that we thinned from the ‘snip bed. Loving this cool cloudy weather!

Some fun things coming out of the field today 🥦 Like this honkin’ chonkin’ thicc boi broccoli and these baby parsnips that we thinned from the ‘snip bed. Loving this cool cloudy weather!

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