October 13, 2020 Dear customers (and friends!) - I hope you all are staying healthy and calm.
Life here on the farm goes on. Thank goodness!
----------------eggs ----------------------- Our hens are laying between 4 and 5 dozen eggs a day. 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!!
----------------chicken------------------------- We raised 50 chickens for meat this year and still have some for sale. We buy them as one day old chicks (from Moyer's Chicks, in Quakertown, PA) and raise them until they are between 8 - 10 weeks old. We slaughter them here on the farm, and sell them as whole chicken - ready to pop in your oven! If you are interested you need to see Allison.
-------------the garden--------------------- It is at the very end of the season but you couldn't tell that by our gardens! The store is loaded with arugula, yams, Habanada peppers, chard, beets, and produce from my friend Dawn's organic garden including celery, kale, cabbage, and sweet peppers.
--------------the sheep------------------------- We had five beautiful ram lambs born this spring so we will have lamb for sale by the end of November. We sell lamb by the whole or half lamb. It is butchered and freezer sealed, just like in the grocery store! Let Allison know if you are interested in purchasing a whole or half lamb.
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----------------- We have compost available by the bag. It is the manure from our animals, mixed with pine chips, old hay, leaves, ashes, and sawdust, all aged for at least one year.
Please keep safe and healthy everyone! And get outdoors and breath the fresh air!!