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We are a small family homestead next to the Little Maquoketa River in the Midwest Driftless Region. Stone Hollow Gardens began in 2015.

Christopher and Emily Appelman moved into a windmill house nestled between two limestone ridges. The month after they moved in they broke ground, readying themselves for the garden to follow. A month and a half later they were already selling plant starters at the Dubuque Farmers Market. Since then they have become known as the local foragers and growers. Eight months out of the year they organically farm, cultivate and forage mushrooms, and make jams/preserves with berries gathered from around their local area. Their cultivated mushrooms are grown outside on logs. This growing method enhances flavor and makes each mushroom variety seasonal. Outside of the season they offer dehydrated mushrooms. Stop by the Dubuque Farmer's Market and visit the Stone Hollow Gardens stand. Throughout the season stay updated weakly on what will be at their stand. Dubuque Farmer's Market is every Saturday, beginning the first weekend in May, from 7am to 12pm.

10/31/2026

A great Dubuque Farmers' Market season flew by way too fast like always….. help us rock the last market of an amazing season friends, put on a costume, bundle up, grab an umbrella and the Littles and roll on down to Dubuque farmers market and get your trick-or-treat on while grabbing a bit of the good stuff…..

We’ll be rolling in Homestead heavy with fresh harvested organically grown mushrooms….Portobello, Blue and Gray Dove oyster mushroom, Shiitake, Maitake “Hen Of The Woods” and Chestnut mushrooms…. As well as Stone Hollow Science/Stem and Ready to Fruit mushroom Kits, 🍄‍🟫 seasoning blends, Medicinal mushroom extracts and Teas On the mushroom side. And on Sparrow and Mae Mae’s side of the canopies…. Piping Hot or iced Spiced Apple C***r with a 🍄‍🟫Chaga🍄‍🟫twist, Old Fashioned Lemonade & Pressed Cherry/Elderberry Pink Lemonade, Time tumbled RiverStones, Mississippi agates and so much more gracing our tables today….. last and definitely not least the most important part of a Halloween market……We’ll be handing out treats to all your little ghouls, ghosts & goblins that stop on by to get they’re trick-or-treat on…..

Wishing y’all A Happy 🎃Halloween🎃
Before setting up those canopies and loading our tables with more than a bit of the good stuff…… see y’all soon friends !

10/30/2026

And just like that…..our summer season comes to a close With the last Dubuque farmers market of the 2026 season!

Like always… farmers market and summer went by way too fast, but the shiny side is that the last outdoor market of the season always falls on Halloween, putting on costumes, trick-or-treating and a whole lot of fun for our amazing community as well as the vendors and farmers who make it all happen!

Oh my what a great season it was…. I had the privilege of watching my two amazing girls Sparrow Lee & Mae Mae Moon, absolutely rock doing what they do best while working their very own little business under the canopies!
They’re amazing little business “Little Bird & Mae Mae’s Riverstone’s and Oddities” is ever changing and always growing and I couldn’t be more proud than I am right now when it comes to these two resilient and amazing little girls…… one amazingly proud Papa right here🥹!

As I watch them grow and come into their own I realize more and more every summer that Sparrow and Mae Mae are Two of the most Present, strong, kind, amazingly compassionate and resilient children I have ever had the privilege of knowing….. so very grateful and lucky to be their father and friend as they grow into themselves and become who they’re going to be…….grateful beyond words to have made it through all of this and be here by
their side 🎉🎉🥰🙏🥰🎉🎉!

Proud to be “The Papa”, but most of all proud & ever grateful to be their Papa!

The good news is That Although this is the last Dubuque farmers market of the 2026 season and I will not be attending the winter farmers market….. with how we’ve rebuilt and reshaped Stonehollow as well as how we cultivate our delicious culinary mushrooms, we are no longer limited by the seasons and will be producing and growing our delicious mushrooms year round….starting next week You our amazing community and tribe can continue getting the good stuff by making weekly orders throughout the late fall & winter months….. amazingly grateful for Teri over at the The Calico Bean Market located on Bluff Street here in Dubuque has agreed to allow the Calico Bean to be one of our drop off and pick up spots for not only our “Nothing But Mushrooms” winter CSA she has also left it open for any orders made here at Stone Hollow Homestead to be picked up at the Calico Bean throughout the winter months as well….. thank you so very much Teri 🙏 !

So starting November 1st anything and everything that we create, grow and provide at Dubuque Farmers' Market & directly from the Homestead throughout the summer months can now be ordered and picked up once a week at the “Calico Bean Market” from our Fresh harvested mushrooms, Ready to fruit grow your own 🍄‍🟫 kits and science/stem kits to our seasoning blends, deliciously, dried mushrooms, medicinal mushroom extracts and teas….. everything that you can get during the summer can now be ordered weekly from all of us at Stone Hollow and picked up locally at The Calico Bean Market !

To put in an order fresh picked or otherwise just reach out over messenger or give us a call the old-fashioned way here at Stone Hollow!

Speaking of which I’ve gotta go harvest mushrooms, get my costume together and get all things ready for tomorrow mornings very Halloween Dubuque farmers market….on that note, we’ll be seeing you bright and early under the canopies handing out treats and dressed for Halloween….. 🤣 I’ll be easy to find friends just look for the guy who’s big, blue and plush 😉🎃👊!

10/28/2026

Pumpkin🎃patches, corn mazes, a little more trick-or-treating, my 2 favorite not so little girls and an amazing weekend well spent…….

After an amazing weekend with the girls and fitting all the fun we could into the our time together I’m spending the rest of the week preparing for the last Dubuque Farmers' Market of the 2026 season as well as putting the finishing touches on a very fungus inspired “Nothing But Mushrooms” winter CSA where you have the amazing opportunity to enjoy absolutely everything and the very best of what we grow here at Stone Hollow Homestead !

Every day 🍄‍🟫 Inoculations ( 12+ assorted delicious mushroom strains) , 🍄‍🟫 Bucket & 🍄‍🟫 Grow bag creation ( for CSA and local restaurant menus), expanding liquid🍄‍🟫cultures and getting everything ready to build out a second mushroom grow room for this winter which will allow us to cultivate several (warm and cold seasoned) mushroom strains at the same time….. and just like that…..after 10 months of hard work, exciting 🍄‍🟫 experimentation, ongoing and daily mushroom work we’re ready to produce and grow delicious culinary mushrooms year-round allowing us to offer our amazing “Nothing But Mushrooms” Winter CSA as well as keeping those delicious mushrooms growing all winter long!

And on that note…… we wanted to let you know that because of all of the above Even though this is the last outdoor market of the 2026 season All of our mushroom offerings are available outside of market and
directly from the Homestead, once a week through a local pick up site,
as well as by mail 😉🍄‍🟫👊!

(Reach out for more info)

Also letting everyone in our amazing community know…..especially the mushroom lovers among us…..that our “Nothing But Mushrooms” CSA sign-up is now open….. if you’re interested in this amazing winter CSA opportunity or
ordering fresh mushrooms throughout the winter please reach out through Email ([email protected]), through
our StoneHollow page and of course old school and by phone (563-495-6364) for more information regarding our CSA or weekly/biweekly 🍄‍🟫 orders……

Now it’s time to get back to work, honing our 🍄‍🟫 cultivation skills and getting everything that needs doing done in time for the last Dubuque farmers market of 2026….. which is
always an amazingly fun market….
Remember that this Saturday may be the last outdoor market of the season but one of the most fun markets of the year…….

It’s Halloween y’all So grab your loves,
get into that Halloween spirit, put those costumes on and come prepared
to 🎃trick-or-treat🎃 at
Dubuque farmers market !

We’ll see you bright and early Saturday morning!

10/24/2026

Trick-or-treats, trunk or treats, furry family time, fall 🍄‍🟫 inoculations, winter CSA prep, the usual late October farmers market to does, ongoing mushroom experimentations and honing what we do best while embracing our time together and those all important beautiful little moments in between things……🪄like magic we’ve come full circle once again and abracadabra we’re back to early Saturday morning with just a few hours until that beautiful sun rises as we set up our canopies loading our tables with our weekly 🍄‍🟫 offerings……

It’s gonna be a beautiful day for Dubuque Farmers' Market Stop by and grab some of the good stuff….

We’ve harvested an epic round of mushrooms this week…..Grey Dove, Black Pearl and Blue Oyster mushrooms, Velvet Pioppino, Chestnut, Shiitake, Baby Portobello, Maitake “Hen Of The Woods, Lions Mane and Chicken Of The Woods in beautiful abundance as well as science kits, ready to fruit 🍄‍🟫 grow kits, 🍄‍🟫seasoning blends, Medicinal🍄‍🟫Teas, Medicinal 🍄‍🟫 Extracts, Deliciously Dried Mushrooms and much much more among our offerings on the Stone Hollow side of things…..

P.S…..don’t forget to check out Info about our Amazing “Nothing But Mushrooms”
Winter CSA opportunity…. A Perfect CSA opportunity for all the mushroom connoisseur’s among us! 😉🍄‍🟫👊

And on the “Little Bird and Mae Ma” side of things……

Elderberry/ Cherry Pink lemonade
Piping Hot(or Iced) Spiced Apple C***r w/a Chaga Twist, Time Tumbled River Stones
Mississippi Agate’s and so much more waiting for you this morning at Dubuque farmers market….. so stop by and grab some of the good stuff…..We’ll see you soon!

10/17/2026

After 10 months of 🍄‍🟫experimentation, honing our mushroom🍄‍🟫cultivation skills and getting beyond good at growing 🍄‍🟫’s the way we do now…We’re ready to introduce and offer our version of a CSA….

Introducing Stone Hollow
Homestead’s Own….

“The Nothing But Mushrooms” CSA
An all winter long 🍄‍🟫 CSA opportunity for all of the mushroom lover’s in our A strictly Late Fall-Winter (November - May) CSA service for our amazing community to take part of….. where we’ll have two options available “The Nothing But Mushrooms” Full and Half CSA shares…..

A strictly Winter CSA for the Culinary Mushroom lover in you…..
The Stone Hollow
“Nothing but Mushroom”
Full and Half Shares
-An every week(full)and Biweekly(half) 1/2 to 3/4 pound box of Assorted Delicious culinary mushrooms!

This will include and not be limited to the very best of what we cultivate here at Stonehollow, Changing week to week so you get to enjoy everything🍄‍🟫that we grow here in the Shroom shack even the those tasty mushrooms that never make it to Market….

A delicious weekly(full)and biweekly(half) assortment ranging from Golden, Pink, Blue, Grey Dove, Pearl, Black Pearl, Florida and White Oyster Mushrooms to Snow Cap Shiitake mushrooms, Brown Beech, Velvet Pioppino, Baby Portobello, King”Trumpet”Oyster, Black King”Trumpet”Oyster, Lions mane, Maitake Mushrooms and much more carefully hand selected every week throughout the winter months…..

For all the mushroom lovers among us that might be interested in the
“ Nothing But Mushrooms ” Winter CSA
Contact us through email, at Stone Hollow on Facebook or stop down for a visit during the last 3 Dubuque Farmers' Markets of the 2026 season…..
for details regarding this beautifully delicious opportunity to enjoy everything 🍄‍🟫 and the very best of what Stone Hollow has to offer!

Talk to you soon, friends……
Sign up for this amazing CSA opportunity begin on Tuesday October 20th !

We will only have so many Half and full shares available in order to make sure you have the very best mushroom experience!

10/17/2026

Grab your Loves, bundle up and stop by Stone Hollow Homestead this morning at Dubuque Farmers' Market to grab a cup of piping Hot Apple C***r w/ a Chaga Twist to warm those chilly hands and make that belly sing…… also had an amazing harvest week in the Shroom shack…. Where An epic Oyster mushroom harvest was made along with more than a bit of Velvet Pioppino’s and Snow cap Shiitake to add to the mushroom Yum this week On the cultivated side of things….. Here’s just a few of this morning’s tasty 🍄‍🟫offerings……

🌟-NEW-🌟
✨Stone Hollow✨
✨Ready To Fruit✨
✨🍄‍🟫Grow Kits✨
✨(Blue & Florida Oyster)✨

🍄‍🟫Stone Hollow🍄‍🟫
🍄‍🟫Mushroom trio &🍄‍🟫
🍄‍🟫single Science/Stem Kits🍄‍🟫

-100% organically &
Sustainably Grown-
Pink Oyster Mushrooms
Grey Dove Oyster Mushrooms
Cold Blue Oyster Mushrooms
Snow Cap Shiitake Mushrooms
Velvet Pioppino Mushrooms
Baby Portobello Mushrooms
Delicious Lions Mane Mushroom
Maitake Mushrooms
-Maitake was Grown on an
Apple & Red oak substrate-
-You can almost taste the
Applewood in every bite-

Wildcrafted 🍄‍🟫
Chicken Of The Woods
Maitake “Hen Of The Woods”
Seasoning blends, medicinal mushroom teas, several varieties of deliciously, dried mushrooms and so much more come take a gander!

Sparrow and Mae Mae’s
Riverstones & Oddities

Hot Spiced Apple C***r w/ a Chaga🍄‍🟫Twist
Elderberry & Cherry Pink Lemonade
Time tumbled River stones
Mississippi Agates

A little something for everyone here at Stone Hollow…. Stop by this morning 8 AM to noon.

10/16/2026

An amazing market, a beautiful weekend well spent with Sparrow and Mae Mae And a little bit of mushroom work in between things……

After an amazing Dubuque Farmers' Market a great weekend and visitation with the girls Spent at home playing games, Doing homework, Working Plato and hanging out with our guineas Max, Mr.Squeaks and Nookie a.k.a. Renook…… an amazing weekend was had!

An early week Monday through Thursday
Spent doing a bit of mushroom work here at Stone Hollow Homestead and picking an epic amount of pink and blue oyster mushrooms for this weeks Market as well as finishing off a couple projects in preparation for this winter!

Would like to introduce the
“Stone Hollow
Ready to fruit
mushroom grow kit”

A fully colonized 5 1/2 pound oyster mushroom block…..Where we’ve done all of the work for you except for the fruiting process….. these incredible blocks will be available every weekend at Dubuque Farmers Market and throughout this winter by Mail and directly from the Homestead!

Each 5 1/2 Lb. Mushroom grow bag
Comes with a misting bottle and easy to follow instructions on how to fruit your block as well as how to obtain multiple mushroom flushes from your mushroom bag!

Our easy ready to fruit mushroom bags come in several varieties of oyster mushroom…. Pink, Blue, Grey Dove, Pearl and Black Pearl Oyster Mushroom, Snow Cap Shiitake, Pioppino and over time many more….. we’ll be introducing our Easy ready to fruit mushroom kits this weekend at Dubuque farmers market as well as offering them throughout the winter!

Stop by to learn more and while you’re at it, pick up your weekly mushroom stash and grab a glass of hot apple c***r to warm those hands it’s gonna be a chilly one folks!

See you under the canopies where we’ll be bundled up for sure tomorrow Morning !

(Also wanted everyone to know we’re now equipped to take payments for our amazing 🍄‍🟫 offerings through credit card at Stone Hollow….Better late than never 😉🍄‍🟫👊)

10/10/2026

Happy Saturday y’all….
Look’n like it’s gonna be a beautiful day for Dubuque Farmers' Market so grab your loves and stop on by this morning to stock up and
grab a bit of the good stuff !

On the Stone Hollow Homestead side
Fresh harvested Mushrooms Wild caught and Organically grown….
Baby Portobello
Jumbo Grilling Portobello
Lions Mane
Snow Cap Shiitake
Maitake “Hen of The Woods”
Stonehollow Mushroom Trio packs
-Lions Mane,Shiitake(or Maitake)and Assorted Oyster Mushroom-
StoneHollow Mushroom Double Packs
-Lions Mane & Maitake-
StoneHollow Mushroom Trio and Single
Science/Stem Kits
-Like a take-home workshop in a box-
-Educational Fun for the whole family-
Assorted Deliciously Dried Mushrooms
-Portobello, Maitake, Oyster Mushrooms, Chicken Of The Woods, Snow Cap Shiitake, Medicinal Red Reishi And Our carefully selected “Woods Blend” just to name a few of this weeks market offerings!

On the “Little Bird and Mae Mae’s Riverstone and Oddities” Side
Hot Spiced🍎Apple & Chaga🍄‍🟫C***r
Good Old-Fashioned Lemonade
Cherry/Elderberry Pink Lemonade
New Mississippi gathered Riverstones
Time tumbled Mississippi Agates
Everything and beautiful abundance this morning And a whole lot more available under the canopies at this weeks Dubuque farmers market!

We’ll See you Soon friends, Stop by and say hello…. warm up early morning with a cup of Sparrow And Esmae ‘s apple c***r & stock up on organically grown as well as wild caught mushrooms….we’ve got you covered!

10/09/2026

An amazing week was had here in the hollow After a couple weeks of feeling not so great more often than not definitely a better week than last week, in every way that matters most😉🙏……..

I am feeling Refreshed and well rested After a little bit of much needed R&R and grateful Time off, Epic🍄‍🟫harvests were made in our always improving Shroom Shack and finally with cooler temperatures here to stay heavy🍄‍🟫pickings in the Wild were made…Snow cap Shiitake, delicious Maitake, Pink and Blue Oyster mushroom pick’n here in the hollow and beyond abundant harvests of Wild Maitake(Hen of the Woods) and Beautifully Delicious Lions mane….. on the Stone Hollow side of things….. you’ll find beyond enough 🍄‍🟫’s among our offerings and more than plenty to go around tomorrow morning at Dubuque Farmers' Market and with Our new Bucket Grow kits starting to fruit after just two weeks of incubation….a whole lot more (Pink And Blue Oyster) coming your way next week!

As far as me “The Papa” Sparrow Lee and Mae Mae Moon….. time well spent and Surprises for the girls (and the guineas) Were well received….. Sparrow & Mae Mae’s bedroom cleaned & rearranged to fit A much larger home & Habitat for our beyond cute and furry family additions to spend their time in when they’re not in our arms…. As well as a little furry surprise for The Papa….. A cute little baby guinea🐹friend of my very own…. We’d like you to meet Renook a.k.a Nookie the newest edition to our beautiful little family!

Last and indefinitely not least….. on the
“Little Bird & Mae Mae’s Riverstone’s and Oddities” side of things…..
Hot Spiced🍎Apple & Chaga🍄‍🟫C***r
Good Old-Fashioned Lemonade
Cherry/Elderberry Pink Lemonade
New Mississippi gathered Riverstones
Time tumbled Mississippi Agates
And a whole lot more available under the canopies at this weeks Dubuque farmers market!

We’ll See you bright and early tomorrow morning Stop by and say hello…. warm up early morning with a cup of Sparrow And Esmae ‘s apple c***r & stock up on organically grown as well as wild caught mushrooms….we’ve got you covered!

10/02/2026

A somewhat precarious week here in the hollow….. regretfully letting y’all know that I’ll be unable to attend Dubuque Farmers Market tomorrow morning….With a beyond compromised immune system after 2 1/2 years of radiation, chemo and all the necessary ☢️ treatment it took to survive and beat The Big C…..I’ve regretfully Come down with a slight case of pneumonia and will be taking the weekend Off to rest, rest, rest in between catching up on a few mushroom chores …

Expanding liquid cultures, transferring beautiful mycelium/Hyphae from Petri dish tissue cultures to Agar rich liquid culture jar’s, whipping up a few mushroom kits, recycling a few spent🍄‍🟫kits into Bucket🍄‍🟫grow Kits and most importantly working on a couple amazing surprises for my most amazing not so little girls Sparrow Lee & Esmae Moon…. of course all guinea
related 😉🐹👊!

But don’t worry friends I’ll be getting the rest I need when I need it most….. And as Always Mark and Jenn over at Bodees Will be sautéing up our delicious mushrooms🍄‍🟫 for y’all at Dubuque Farmers' Market Tomorrow morning 8am-12noon !

( Remember Folks October’s Farmers market
starts an hour later at 8am instead of 7am )

Sparrow, Mae Mae and Me…The Papa will be seeing y’all next week bright and early Saturday morning with a plethora of mushrooms(fresh harvested and deliciously dried),Medicinal🍄‍🟫Extracts, Loose Leaf Medicinal🍄‍🟫Tea’s, Stone Hollow🍄‍🟫Science kits,🍄‍🟫Seasoning Blends, Hot Apple c***r(w/a Stone Hollow Chaga🍄‍🟫twist), Pink and Old-fashioned lemonade’s, Riverstones, Mississippi Agates and much more….. so stop on by next week friends to grab some of the good stuff!

See ya then 😉🍄‍🟫🍂🍏☕️🍎🍋🪴🍄‍🟫👊!

Address

22786 Mud Lake Road
Dubuque, IA
52001

Opening Hours

Monday	8am - 6pm
Tuesday	8am - 6pm
Wednesday	8am - 6pm
Thursday	8am - 6pm
Friday	8am - 6pm
Saturday	8am - 6pm
Sunday	8am - 6pm

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