July 21,
2017
Week 9
Here are
some of the items you may be receiving in your delivery this week:
Rainbow
Swiss Chard, Yellow Beans, Purple Green Onions, Nasturtium Flowers (Edible),
Garlic Scapes, Lacinato Kale, Mesclun Mix, Zesty Greens Mix
Hello Everyone,
This has
been a very busy week for us at the farm and the heat has had a huge impact. We
continue to keep a fan on the meat birds and are keeping them cooler with ice
water. The layers have found an oasis in the tall grasses. Unfortunately this has
brought on the challenge of finding their new nesting spots outside. We’ve had
to pull 33 eggs found out in the grass. Now when we let them out of the barn we
do our best to track the chickens, especially the few who go on walk about
outside the fence. Funny how they will do their best to escape and then come
and sit at the gate waiting for us to let them back in the yard.
Hand
watering in the field has kept the plantings up in this heat. We will need to
find another fan to use in the greenhouse for airflow. It is unbelievably hot
in there by 11am. The tomatoes are getting bigger, yesterday I was continuing
to string them up as the boys were fertilizing.
This week
found us with beautiful greens Rainbow Swiss Chard, Mesclun and Zest. The boys
prefer to have a cool ranch with the zest. I’ve had a handful on a nice steak
or as a side to rice and lentils. Here is another fun recipe we just found to
try.
Garlic Scapes
are now finished for the year. While I was sorting out the veggies for the bags
I chopped up some garlic scapes to put in our freezer for future pesto. The
house smelled amazing. I was happily surprised at how the boys were enamoured
with the glorious scent. They are both getting into the kitchen more and are
looking forward to adding pesto to their repertoire. It’s great to have them in
the kitchen.
All of our chicken deliveries
went well on Tuesday. It had been wonderful catching up with our butcher. He
says that if we are interested in next year he is happy to work with us.
We've raised two pairs of pigs on
the farm and I would like to do it again. Please let me know of your interest
as it is a huge undertaking for me however I am very willing to take it on as
it's a great life on our farm for the animals and we don't eat pork otherwise.
The base price per pound is $4.75 or $4.25 for a side/whole. I raise Berkshire
pigs, a heritage breed which we are happy to help sustain. They are a very
docile animal and have a wonderful flavour. We raise them on pasture with grain
supplement and a huge amount of veggies.
I hope all
of you have a wonderful week!
Your Farmer,
Amber
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