September 4, 2016
Week 17
Here are some of the
items you may be receiving in your delivery this week:
Fresh Garlic,
Cucumbers – Green or Holland White, Cherry Tomatoes, Beefsteak Tomatoes,
Eggplant – Listada Di Gandia and Diamond, Assorted fresh Beans, Assorted
Peppers, Assorted Summer Squash, Blue Kale, Shanghai Bok Choy.
Harvesting with the
boys this week was wonderful. We were all smiles to see an abundance of beans
even with the drought. It’s such an amazing experience witnessing the boys care
and happiness as we work together as a family. I am a very proud Mom.
They really stepped up
to the plate this week as I suffered an injury to the bottom of my foot. As I
was unable to look at it (need to do yoga again obviously) Anthony took care of
it best he could. Hoping it was just a cut I hobbled around in quite a bit of
pain.
Unfortunately I found
that the barn well had gone dry again Friday morning so your dedicated (or
nitwit) farmer lugged 4 loads of water up to the field to give most of the
plants a very small drink as they were parched.
Saturday found me
waiting to see a doctor as I’d promised my friends I would go get it checked
out. I wish freezing worked on me as the horrible pain of having him dig out my
foot was intense. Turns out I had a pointed shard of glass the size of my pinky
nail in there plus many other little pieces. So your farmer is now patched up
and as long as I take it easy I’ll heal up in a few days. We’ll see how that
works out.
Thank you for all of
your wonderful support. This farm means so much to the boys and I. We are very
proud to be able to provide naturally grown, delicious food. It has been
heartbreaking to see our continuous efforts at growing this year being
devastated by the extreme lack of water. We are persevering as best we can.
Turkeys will be
available within the month, please contact me ASAP as I have limited numbers.
I’ve decided to have them done a little earlier this year as my butcher says
mine grow so big due to great raising but frankly 35lbs is enormous. My hope is
to have their weights between 20 and 32lbs.
I’m also taking orders
for meat chickens. Delivery date is September 30th.
Yesterday I found our
first egg from the new pullets. Hooray!!! Our egg production looks to be
increasing soon!
Hope you are all enjoying
a great weekend!
Your Farmer,
Amber
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