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Feb. 29, 2020 M@D Weekly Newsletter - we are Open for Orders!
Market Chitchat
Grower Notes
We’re keeping it short and sweet this week! Hope you’ve enjoyed this beautiful Saturday. Lots of good notes and info from our fabulous Growers follows. Hope to see you Friday!
New & Relisted Products – Woo-Hoo!
- Pork Products from Richter Farms – See their Grower Note for details
- Irish Soda Bread from Laura’s Confections
- Escape Massage Oil from Bella Eden Farms
- Special Tortes from Laura’s Confections
- Frozen Soap from Bella Eden Farms
- Two new lotions from Bella Eden Farms
- Casablanca is back from vacation and their products are available again
Barring some unforeseen event we will continue our online ordering schedule till late June or early July for a small break. In both April and May we will have a one day pop up Market as follows:
DANNY’S GREENS: All winter it has taken 7-8 weeks to grow the lettuce you get every Friday. This is one of the reasons Danny has only been able to offer a few bags each week. Now that the days are longer and the garden is getting more sunshine the lettuce is growing a little faster which means 1) it will only take around 5 weeks to mature and 2) we can offer more each week.
RICHTER FARMS Well it has finally happened, WE HAVE PORK LISTED!!! I know it has been a looong time but we are getting back on track with our farm. Thank you for being patient as we continue on this farm journey. I have listed chops, ribs, country style ribs, ground pork, mild pan sausage and bacon(very limited supply).
The rain has kept things on the green side and goats are enjoying the green grass as are the chickens. The chickens are ramping up their laying and I’m loving all the beautiful ‘naturally dyed’ eggs in blues, greens, browns and white. We have some lovely beige and blue pullet eggs listed.
Again thank you for your patience and loyalty to the Market and all the vendors, we couldn’t do this without your support.
HORTONS FARM: Baby, it’s STILL cold outside! Even with the overall temperature improved today up here on our hill in Echo the wind is still cold and it bites. I’ve noticed several inexperienced beekeepers asking in social media about whether it’s safe to do hive inspections in conditions like this. The short answer – NO. Even though 60 degree is considered safe to open hives the chill wind can do serious damage to exposed comb.
On a different note, we had a BLAST at a local elementary school talking about honeybees this week. For you teachers out there, Ros loves to put her BA in elementary education and Master Beekeeper certification to use this way.
AVALON FARMS:
Moving time for the girls! They are always excited when we move them to fresh pasture. That’s their egg-mobile in the top picture.
Mobile is the basis of pasture raised poultry. Frequent moves to new pasture keeps them healthy, active and gives them plenty of tasty bugs and plants to eat. It also allows the pasture the time it needs to recover and flourish. This symbiotic sustainable relationship is foundational to pasture raised poultry.
FOOTNOTES
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