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Holiday Gift Ideas From Your Local Feed Store

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🎄 Holiday Gift Guide: Unique Christmas Finds at Your Local Feed Store

The holiday season is here, and with it comes the joy of finding the perfect gifts for the loved ones in your life. Whether you’re shopping for family, friends, neighbors, or that hard-to-buy-for person, your local feed store has more to offer than you might think!

From cozy gifts to hand-crafted local products, Burns Feed Store has stocked the shelves with thoughtful, high-quality items that make holiday shopping easy, personal, and fun. Skip the crowded big-box stores this year and enjoy the charm of shopping local!
🎁 Gifts With Heart (and Local Flair)

We’re proud to offer here at Burns Feed Store a variety of unique items made by small businesses, local makers, and community creatives, including:

Ty Beanie Babies & plush toys
Perfect for kids and collectors alike!

Candles with seasonal scents
Warm up any home with inviting fragrances.

Boring Goat soap and lotion
Hand-crafted, gentle, and wonderfully aromatic.

Painted Ponies collectibles
A favorite for horse lovers and art enthusiasts.

Tickle Creek lotion
A customer favorite anyone would appreciate in a stocking.

Juniper Louise earrings & jewelry
Handcrafted accessories that make stunning gifts.

Red Rooster Remedies & Whispering Wellness
Holistic, natural comfort for you and the people you love.

Festive Christmas décor
From rustic accents to timeless seasonal touches.

Local honey
Delicious, healthy, and always a welcome treat!

🐾 Gifts for Pet Lovers

We know how much pets mean to our customers, and we have gifts to make tails wag and whiskers twitch:

Toys

Treats

Holiday collars, accessories, and more

If you’re building a stocking for your four-legged family member, we’ve got you covered!
🎄 Something for Everyone on Your List

Whether you’re picking up a thoughtful last-minute gift or building a beautiful basket, our store offers something special for:

Teachers

Coworkers

Neighbors

Friends

Kids

Farmers, ranchers & animal lovers

Secret Santa exchanges

Stocking stuffers

🤝 Shop Local – Support Your Community

When you shop with us, you’re not just finding wonderful gifts—you’re supporting small businesses, local makers, and your own community. And that’s a gift that keeps giving all year long.
🎅 Stop In & Get Inspired!

We invite you to swing by, browse, and find the perfect gifts to make this Christmas warm, memorable, and magical. Our team is here to help you pick out just the right items for everyone on your list.

Happy holidays from our family to yours!

Certified Weed Free Orchard Grass & Straw at Burns Feed Store

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Why Weed Free Forage?

Using weed free forage is a proactive method of preventing our natural and working lands from invasion by noxious weeds. Our natural and working lands are especially vulnerable following catastrophic events like wildfire and flooding and using weed free forage can help mitigate the risk of invasion during recovery. Using weed free forage also ensures that you are providing the most nutritious and palatable version of a product to your livestock, free of undesirable and sometimes toxic weeds. For producers, ODA’s Weed Free Forage and Gravel Program provides an opportunity to add value to your products while contributing to overall ecosystem resilience.

Certified weed free hay and straw are in high demand in Oregon and throughout the western states. The Oregon Department of Agriculture (ODA) Weed Free Forage & Gravel Program, as part of an integrated weed management approach, helps limit the spread of noxious weeds and protect Oregon agriculture. The ODA follows the standards set by the North American Invasive Species Management Association (NAISMA; www.naisma.org). Additionally, inspections include Oregon’s listed ‘A’ and ‘B’ listed noxious weeds which can be found at www.oda.direct/NoxiousWeedProfiles

In Oregon, individuals utilizing livestock, horses, or pack animals on U.S. Forest Service land, Bureau of Land Management (BLM) land, and designated Wilderness Areas are required to use certified weed-free forage. This regulation aims to prevent the spread of invasive plant species. Additionally, this requirement extends to contractors engaged in public projects, recreational outfitters, and anyone transporting hay or forage across public lands for any purpose.

 

Planning Your Straw Bale Garden for Next Spring

Gardeners, are you already preparing for next spring’s Straw Bale Garden? Here’s something to consider: it’s crucial to use weed-free straw bales for your garden. Weeds are one of the main issues this gardening method aims to combat. Conventional straw bales can contain unwanted seeds that may germinate once the conditioning process begins.

Benefits of Straw Bale Gardening

By selecting the right bales and conditioning them correctly, you can fully enjoy the benefits of straw bale gardening:

  • Fewer weeds:The most significant advantage is a substantial reduction in weeds, as you’re not working with traditional soil.
  • Less soil trouble: This method is ideal for areas with poor or rocky soil.
  • Reduced pest and disease issues: Planting above ground can help minimize problems associated with soil-borne diseases.
  • Improved accessibility: The elevated height of the bales makes gardening easier on your back.

 

At Burns Feed Store, we currently have in stock Certified Weed Free Orchard Grass as well as a Certified Weed Free Straw.