April 24, 2020 Dear customers (and friends!) - what a crazy time. I hope you all are staying extremely patient.
Life here on the farm goes on. Thank goodness!
----------------eggs and chicken----------------------- Our hens are laying between 4 and 5 dozen eggs a day. We are doling them out one dozen to a customer so we can make at least four customers a day happy. In addition, my water coloring friend MaryBeth has hens that are laying like crazy and we are selling her eggs here - she has araucauna hens which lay blue and green eggs so be prepared for a varied dozen!!
We are driving to Pennsylvania to pick up 40 more laying hens (pullets) and 50 day-old broiler chicks on Monday. The pullets should start laying eggs by the end of May, and we should have chicken for sale again by the beginning of July.
-------------the garden--------------------- Our yams are beginning to sprout, and our tomatoes (eight varieties), peppers (two varieties), parsley, and lettuce (three varieties) are all in the greenhouse growing like crazy. We should have plants ready for sale by mid May. I have put our seeds for sale in our store (bush beans, pole beans, lettuce, and radish seeds)
--------------the sheep------------------------- Two of our ewes have given birth to twins, and one ewe should have her lambs within the week (we hope!). She looks like she is going to have triplets she is so huge. We have ground lamb for sale by the pound. It is $9.00 a pound. You'll have to see me in order to purchase it.
Our sheep are Dorset / Romney crosses that produce a beautiful soft wool in white, light grey, dark grey, or dark brown (the natural colors of our sheep). If any of you are knitters, weavers, or crocheters, we have yarn for sale. It is worsted weight, double ply, hand spun (by me!). It is It is $20 for one skein of 100 yards. We also sell wool that has been washed, carded, and is in roving ready for you to spin or felt. This is $2.50 per ounce.
----------------compost----------------- Well, it seems every one got an early start on their gardens and we are sold out of our compost. We should have more available in the fall.
Please keep safe and healthy everyone! And in one month we'll hopefully have a store full of fresh vegetables and eggs for you. And, yes, our piglets should be here by the beginning of May.