Things definitely do not look like this at the farm today! Add 12 inches of snow, subzero temps and 35 mph winds to this scene and you’ll have it.
At least, that’s what I’ve been told.
I left town on Tuesday night, just ahead of the storm, to fly to Las Vegas for a work conference. Good timing, huh?
Just get it all cleaned up before I come home tomorrow night, will you?
1 year ago:
I caught the piglets free-ranging in the yard, making divets underneath the girls’ volleyball net. Stinkers. I’ve been working with Ava, teaching her to keep them out of the yard and back by the buildings. At first she just looked at me like, “won’t I get in trouble for chasing them?” But she’s catching on now.
Today is the first day of the December ordering cycle at the Iowa Food Coop website. You can order through December 12. Delivery will be December 17. We were pleased with our sales in our first month, hopefully they continue to grow!
Our local winter deliveries are starting this week! Charles City will be Wednesday evening (ordering deadline is today!), and Mason City will be Thursday evening (ordering deadline Wednesday.) See our Google group page for more information.
Hope your Thanksgiving was wonderful! Olivia spearheaded this little project…I believe she’s inherited her grandma’s crafty gene. Crackers & various candies, stuck together with white frosting. They made for a cute treat to take to our Mehmen family Thanksgiving 🙂
Today is my birthday! This blog has been rather quiet the past year, but if you’re still here reading I’d appreciate it if you’d leave a comment just to let me know you’re still here. Consider it a birthday present 🙂 (If you’re reading this on Facebook, no need to leave a comment…I had a wonderful wall full of birthday wishes there 🙂
1 year ago:
The weather has been so nice lately that Rafe’s still been catching chubs out of the creek, sticking them in a bucket of water. One day I looked out on the front porch and saw this…he was fishing out of his bucket for the chubs he’d caught the day before. Love this kid.
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This little guy was so incredibly cute I just had to post his picture! Matt weaned the piglets last weekend.
I wanted to give an update on what we’ll have available and when…
This Thursday we make our first delivery to the Iowa Food Coop. Thank you to everyone that ordered from us there, we are so excited! We’ll continue to offer our products there thru the winter & spring at least. The next order cycle opens December 1st.
We are going to do our first winter deliveries to Mason City & Charles City yet this month. I don’t have a date set yet, but one thing we’re going to do differently this year is have those that want to receive the information about winter deliveries sign up at our new Google group page. This will enable me to easily contact everybody, and let you unsubscribe if you want (I hope you don’t!) It also allows safe sharing of documents, so I’ll be able to post a current price list & availability every month. So please go and sign up there now, so you won’t miss my first post!
Updated to add: When you get to the Google Group page, you need to click the “Join this group” link over on the right hand side of the page.
As far as on-the-hoof availability, we have just 1 butcher date left for pork on November 30th (it would be ready for pickup the week of December 7.) So if you’d like a half or whole hog, please email us right away!
All of our November beef is spoken for, so that leaves just 1 butcher date left for beef on December 21st. It would be ready for pickup right after New Year’s. So again, if you’d like a quarter or half (or more) of beef let us know asap.
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1 year ago:
Yesterday I stepped outside for some fresh air on my lunch break, and found this scene in the pasture.
When the piglets start wandering this far from their nest, it’s a sign that it’s time to wean.
When they’re mother wanders this far from their nest, it’s a sign that a gate needs fixing somewhere.
Other installments are here.
We’re excited to announce that some of our Sugar Creef Farm beef, pork & poultry is now available through the Iowa Food Coop!
Coop members have access each month to wonderful Iowa products – meats, dairy products, fruits & vegetables, baked goods…the list goes on. For the lowdown on how it all works, you can read here.
There’s still time to become a member and get in on this month’s order cycle! This month you can order up until Saturday the 14th, and delivery will be on Thursday the 19th.
1 year ago:
Me: I have a twitch.
Matt: {blank stare}
Me: In the front of my hip, right under my pants pocket. So I always think my cell phone is vibrating.
Matt: Isn’t that what you do on Facebook? You twitcher?
Me: I think you mean tweet on Twitter. It’s got nothing to do with Facebook.
Matt: Riiiight, that’s it.
1 year ago:
See that red splotch on the side of the front bale? The farm kid version of graffiti.
I’d had a can of spraypaint out, trying to mark out a volleyball court in the grass for the girls. A few days later I spotted this little piece of work. I suspect the middle child – she’s a compulsive artist, and this wouldn’t be her first act of graffiti around here.
1 year ago:
I’ve come to the conclusion that I should just outfit the front porch with nest boxes. Then the hens can deliver the eggs to me, instead of me going on my Easter egg hunt every day.
I noticed quite the clutch of eggs in this washtub/flower planter next to the front door. (Poor flowers have been done in by the nasty winter weather we’ve had lately!) The next day, I caught the hen in the act. Now that’s service – eggs layed right outside the front door!
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