Garlic being cleaned and ready to go!

Yay! Passed our Organic Inspection (again - of course!) - now adding Garlic and Asparagus to our roster of certified organic crops - aronia berries next year!!! 

Glen is busy, busy, busy... Garlic is now being cleaned - almost ready to sell, certification applied for and pending completion. Who wants some Organically raised - no pesticide - non GMO - Russian hardneck garlic: Estonian red, Metechi and Siberian!!! Message, call or email me for details.

 They are beautiful! 

Can't wait to get our next crop in the ground PLUS enjoy a little locally grown fresh shrimp with LOTS of garlic and shiitakes... oh my!

"Prettiest Hay" Premium 2nd crop Alfalfa Hay - small squares $5 a bale

Glen says "this is the prettiest hay I have ever baled!"

Premium second crop alfalfa hay. Tightly packed average 45 lb., 36" long. No rain. Organically grown on transitional acres, no chemicals, weed free. $5 a bale if you pick up at the farm 10 miles northeast of Decorah. Extra for delivery. www.EllicksonOrganics.com 563-382-2295

Organic certified oat straw stacked to the rafters!

For sale - Certified organic oat straw - and it is stacked to the rafters - and man was it hot up there!!! Many thanks to our stacking crew: Ian, Pat & John. This old barn hasn't seen this much action in many decades! Perfect for mulching, grass seeding, straw gardening, keeping Fido cozy, etc. Nearly weed-free! Bales approx. 34" to 38" long. $5 a bale if you pick up at the farm 10 miles northeast of Decorah. Extra for delivery. www.EllicksonOrganics.com 563-382-2295

New Business Cards Arriving soon!!!

OK we finally did it - we ordered business cards so - YES - we will have something soon to hand you to find us again!

New Logo - LXN lives on!

L....X.....N.... Say it slowly.... Now a little faster L..X..N....Yep sounds like Ellickson! The LXN logo lives on in our new organic enterprise.

One of the stories goes that this was how the Ellickson's marked their cattle in the turn-of-the-century (1800-1900's?) on the Ellickson ranch in North Dakota.

As long as Glen and I have been together I have seen this used to mark everything from Granny's cake pans carrying bars to church, to my son's golf jacket front name placket. And so it shall continue...

Watch for it on anything Ellickson Organics.

The Aronia plants are here!

YAY!!! The Aronia acres are now planted. Ellickson Organics will have multitudes of these amazing antioxidant berries in about 3 years. We have planted approximately 2100 bushes in 2 acres, hopefully expanding to many more in the future.

Unfortunately in the first night after planting we discovered the bushes were especially tasty to our Sattre Ridge, organic soybean-fed deer population as we lost hundreds of plants. Extreme deer pressure motivated Glen to be especially creative. Check out his multi-layer, multi-dimensional electrified deer fence. 

So far working wonderfully...

Preview of things to come! 2014 Shitaake Mushroom Crop

The eagerly anticipated mushroom crop never fails to amaze. All at once they just seem to "pop" and then grow exponentially. One must watch closely, examining the underbelly for the perfect pick - not too soon, just before it starts flattening and drying out.... Admittedly we let them go a bit too long for our personal use, past the perfect button shape. But hey it's more mushroom to eat and is still awesome!

We were surprised just so when touring our mushroom logs with one of my visiting jewelry customers wwww.earloops.com. "Oh - there's a mushroom" she exclaimed. "Oh golly, good to know" we replied and thereafter vowed to check a bit more often...

All of the 2014 crop is spoken for, but stay tuned for next summer when listings of availability will be posted via facebook, here on this website, or if you want to receive the first word sign up for our email list email to!