Ristau Family Farm

Ristau Family Farm Growing lavender, fresh blooms, and small-town charm—with help from two spirited Jack Russells. Family-run mini farm in Emmett, Idaho.

Family farm in Emmett, Idaho 🌾

Follow along for a peek at our harvests, and farm projects. Lavender, chickens, gardens, and two very opinionated Jack Russell's.

06/01/2026

four years ago these were tiny lavender plants. today they stop people as they walk by. funny thing about growth is most of it happens when nobody is watching. the roots grow first.
the strength comes later. sometimes i think people are a lot like lavender. a little bit ago i was adjusting to a quieter house and trying to find my footing in a new season of life. now i’m building something new alongside my best friend. one row, one season, one ordinary day at a time. growth happens when nobody is watching.

05/29/2026

planted the last of our super lavender by the chicken coop 🌱. for a little while it was just birds, crickets, sunshine, and the sound of working together. then reality kicked in…. “where’s charlie?”
“charlie!”
“CHARLIE COME HERE.” 😂kinda chaotic, kinda peaceful… and somehow my favorite part of all this.

05/27/2026

First off, I am or will be okay. I had a terrible accident yesterday after work, but I am doing better now. I decided to go horseback riding, which I haven't done in quite a while. Well, I got on the horse and started out slow, and then we went a little faster, and then we were going as fast as the horse could go. All of a sudden I fell off and caught my foot in the stirrup and the horse was dragging me around in a circle. It wouldn't stop, it just kept going around and around. Thank goodness the store manager at Walmart came out and unplugged the carousel.

05/26/2026

planted 150 grosso blue + seal lavender planted🌱
from what we’re learning, both are known for fragrance and more compact growth compared to some larger varieties. right now though? they mostly just look like tiny lavender sticks fighting for survival in Idaho wind 😂
sunny skies, freezing wind, sore backs, and still planting.
slowly building our little lavender farm one row at a time.

05/24/2026

planting and edelweiss still sounds more like a beer than a lavender 😂🍺
this white lavandin is supposed to glow at dusk, which is why people use it in moon gardens. meanwhile we were out here cold, sore, getting whipped by Idaho wind, and trying not to kill delicate baby plants 😅
pretty sure we already lost a few… guess we’ll find out.

05/22/2026

moved on to planting super lavender today 🌱known for strong fragrance, long stems, and vigorous growth. planted 72 beside our grosso rows today. anyone here grow super long term?

05/22/2026

finished planting grosso and officially moved on to super lavender 🌱
apparently lavender naming conventions are just confidence levels now 😂
from what we’re learning, super lavender is a lavandin hybrid known for larger plants, long stems, strong fragrance, and good oil production. basically the overachiever section of the field.
progress:
72 supers planted
3 rows in
questioning our life choices only slightly 😅
they’re going in beside the grosso rows, and eventually we’ll have more planted over by the chicken coop field too.
we’re still learning as we go, so if you grow super lavender tell us what you love (or hate) about it 👀

05/19/2026

grosso lavender may sound a little… questionable 🤮😂
but it’s actually one of the most popular lavender varieties for oils, dried bundles, and that classic lavender smell everyone loves 💜
today we planted grosso lavender from Victor's Lavender
102 plants i think… because i’m too tired to count and didn’t feel like doing the math 😅
little by little this field is starting to look like a real lavender farm.

05/17/2026

Morning update 🐣
We woke up to 6 out of the 7 pheasant eggs hatched overnight and honestly… they are ridiculously cute.
A few days ago these eggs were sitting in a cut alfalfa field behind our house after the farmer mowed. Mama pheasant didn’t make it, but some of the eggs still had live chicks inside, so we brought them home and fired up an old incubator we had saved.
This morning we moved the babies into the
brooder while the last egg still works on hatching.
We may be farmers/hunters… but that just means bigger hearts 💜

05/17/2026

Went for an evening walk in the field behind our house…
and found a pheasant nest after the farmer had cut the field.
Mama pheasant didn’t make it. That’s part of farming sometimes.
There were damaged eggs with full chicks inside, so we grabbed the old incubator Shaniko rescued from the trash a while back.
Seven eggs made it into the incubator.
Two just hatched it took three days.
Now we can hear the others peeping and chipping away inside the shells.
Will update when they are in the bruder box 🐣

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Emmett, ID
83617

Opening Hours

Monday 7:30am - 7:30pm
Tuesday 7:30am - 7:30pm
Wednesday 7:30am - 7:30pm
Thursday 7:30am - 7:30pm
Friday 7:45am - 7:30pm
Saturday 7:30am - 7:30pm
Sunday 11:30am - 4:30pm

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