Welcome to our Farm! Little stories about our life as organic farmers raising a family on an island in the middle of Lake Champlain
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Heading to Montpelier in the morning...
Going to Montpelier tomorrow - testifying on the importance of land conservation and programming with the VT Housing Conservation Board. It is because of the support of these two organizations - we will be able to buy our farm land at an affordable price, to keep these 30 acres here in Grand Isle in agriculture and be conserved for future farmers to farm - maybe even our little ones. Oh and we will be sharing some of our delicious pretty girl eggs with all the legislators:) at 7:30am...wish us luck.
Monday, February 20, 2012
2012 CSA Season is here!
Hello everyone-
Finally - 2012 CSA member registration is available electronically and will be available in the print form later this week. Just cut and paste this link: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0By3U03bbE9hiNWRiYmE5NGMtZTc2Zi00NGZlLTk5NWMtZGM5ZWViNTMwZGM3 You can download here from google docs and feel free to share with your friends. We look forward to the growing season. We tapped 8 of our maples yesterday - and so it begins - the homestretch into the growing season.
Peace, Christine, Adam, Sadie and Delia
Finally - 2012 CSA member registration is available electronically and will be available in the print form later this week. Just cut and paste this link: https://docs.google.com/open?id=0By3U03bbE9hiNWRiYmE5NGMtZTc2Zi00NGZlLTk5NWMtZGM5ZWViNTMwZGM3 You can download here from google docs and feel free to share with your friends. We look forward to the growing season. We tapped 8 of our maples yesterday - and so it begins - the homestretch into the growing season.
Peace, Christine, Adam, Sadie and Delia
Thursday, February 16, 2012
Film Showing tonight in South Hero
Movie tonight at the Congregational Church in South Hero at 6:30pm. "Ingredients" - by donation. Donations are for Food for THought - Summer food program for Island children. To see the trailer- www.ingredientsfilm.com
Hey we'll be there with our Blue Heron Farm Quiche hot out of the oven with our potatoes, onions, garlic, eggs, milk, gleason grains wheat flour in our crust and Cochran Family Farmground pork inside - ooh and some sharp Cabot cheddar, some garlic and olive oil for dipping Wally's Place Bagel & Deli baquettes and some sweet chow -chow and hot banana peppers - whew! Oh and there will be much.much more food there from many local Grand Isle county farms and producers. See you soon:)
Hey we'll be there with our Blue Heron Farm Quiche hot out of the oven with our potatoes, onions, garlic, eggs, milk, gleason grains wheat flour in our crust and Cochran Family Farmground pork inside - ooh and some sharp Cabot cheddar, some garlic and olive oil for dipping Wally's Place Bagel & Deli baquettes and some sweet chow -chow and hot banana peppers - whew! Oh and there will be much.much more food there from many local Grand Isle county farms and producers. See you soon:)
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Click, clack, Mooo!
Have you been to City Market looking for our Eggs?
Our wonderful chickens, who make those yummy organic eggs, are a bit on strike these days. (Have you ever read Click, Clack, Moo, the children's book? We are just short of giving them electric blankets to keep them warm) For our flock of 175 - we are getting about 2 dozen or so a day. We are sorry for the inconvience. Our chickens do not live their days in a heated barn - they are out and about in the hoophouse and snow and lay eggs and roost in their traveling house. We are working to get them back up - which we think will be within 2-3weeks. We think these frigid, frigid temps have made them molt and just stop laying for a while. We have adjusted their light, giving them more treats (old winter squashes and cabbages), plenty of organic grain, plenty of clean water, lots of hay to play and scratch in the hoophouse - we just have to wait it out. Thanks for your patience. We will have more eggs soon. We will bring in what we can.
Thanks, Christine, Adam, Sadie and Delia and all the Pretty Girls and their Rooster Rocket at Blue Heron Farm.
Our wonderful chickens, who make those yummy organic eggs, are a bit on strike these days. (Have you ever read Click, Clack, Moo, the children's book? We are just short of giving them electric blankets to keep them warm) For our flock of 175 - we are getting about 2 dozen or so a day. We are sorry for the inconvience. Our chickens do not live their days in a heated barn - they are out and about in the hoophouse and snow and lay eggs and roost in their traveling house. We are working to get them back up - which we think will be within 2-3weeks. We think these frigid, frigid temps have made them molt and just stop laying for a while. We have adjusted their light, giving them more treats (old winter squashes and cabbages), plenty of organic grain, plenty of clean water, lots of hay to play and scratch in the hoophouse - we just have to wait it out. Thanks for your patience. We will have more eggs soon. We will bring in what we can.
Thanks, Christine, Adam, Sadie and Delia and all the Pretty Girls and their Rooster Rocket at Blue Heron Farm.
Saturday, December 3, 2011
Farmers Market TODAY!
Hey Everbody - Farmers' Market today at the Congregational Church of South Hero from 10-2. WE'll be there with Arugula, Baby Kale (with Kale chip recipes), Sweet Salad turnips, eggs, chow chow, celery, pumpkins, acorn squash, bok choy, pickled banana peppers, wool, yarn from our sheep...and cookies - There is a cookie walk with over 100 kinds of cookies - we are bringing some too - Wine cookies and Pizelles - the cookie walk is to benefit Food for Thought - summer lunch program for kids in the Islands. See you there.
Wednesday, November 30, 2011
A mini journal post
HI everyone-
Hope your fall and into winter is going well. This weather is truly unbelieveable. If we didn't have that real cold snap a few weeks ago we would have had shelling peas. But...the greens in the field are still growing - slowly but very sweet arugula, kale, turnips, celery, bits of chard, napa cabbage - all holdling on and ignoring that tomorrow is December 1st. The chickens are still outside - fertilizing for next year's crops for us.
We are starting to meet with mortgage companies next week to get the financing to buy this land and to build a house (where we currently live). It is exciting and daunting all at the same time. We are still plan on conserving all 30 acres with the Vermont Land Trust and selling our development rights. Hopefully if all the fundraising and financing comes through - we will be closing in March sometime.
Christine will be taking a Whole Farm Planning course over the winter for women farmers to help us plan for the future of our farm with our new land security. Delia turns one in a weeks and half and Sadie turns 4 in 2.5 weeks - time flies. We are busily getting the last bales of hay in and securing buildings and hoophouses.
You can also order produce from us at www.yourfarmstand.com and pick out Grand Isle pickup. We will also be at the SOuth Hero Farmers Market this Saturday from 10-2 with lots of goodies - and girls:)
:) Thanks,
Christine
Hope your fall and into winter is going well. This weather is truly unbelieveable. If we didn't have that real cold snap a few weeks ago we would have had shelling peas. But...the greens in the field are still growing - slowly but very sweet arugula, kale, turnips, celery, bits of chard, napa cabbage - all holdling on and ignoring that tomorrow is December 1st. The chickens are still outside - fertilizing for next year's crops for us.
We are starting to meet with mortgage companies next week to get the financing to buy this land and to build a house (where we currently live). It is exciting and daunting all at the same time. We are still plan on conserving all 30 acres with the Vermont Land Trust and selling our development rights. Hopefully if all the fundraising and financing comes through - we will be closing in March sometime.
Christine will be taking a Whole Farm Planning course over the winter for women farmers to help us plan for the future of our farm with our new land security. Delia turns one in a weeks and half and Sadie turns 4 in 2.5 weeks - time flies. We are busily getting the last bales of hay in and securing buildings and hoophouses.
You can also order produce from us at www.yourfarmstand.com and pick out Grand Isle pickup. We will also be at the SOuth Hero Farmers Market this Saturday from 10-2 with lots of goodies - and girls:)
:) Thanks,
Christine
Friday, November 18, 2011
Farmers Market SATURDAY load up for thanksgiving
Farmers Market TOMORROW (Saturday)
at Congregational Church of SOuth Hero from 10-2pm. We will have loads of goodies including cabbage, arugula, bok choy, pickled peppers, piccalilly, chow chow, hot pepper jelly, celery, eggs, greens, maybe tomatoes, yarn, little cutie, and more..bring a friend:)
at Congregational Church of SOuth Hero from 10-2pm. We will have loads of goodies including cabbage, arugula, bok choy, pickled peppers, piccalilly, chow chow, hot pepper jelly, celery, eggs, greens, maybe tomatoes, yarn, little cutie, and more..bring a friend:)
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