The buying club is open! Place your orders online between now and Thursday (12/4) at 5 am. Deliveries will be made to Bloom Naturally Friday night (5:30 to 6 pm) and Dallas (10-10:30 am) and Forty Fort (11 to 11:30 am) on Saturday. You can pick your order up on farm anytime on Saturday.
On the buying club this week will be eggs, chicken, pork and storage vegetables. All of the eggs, chicken and pork were produced here on Dancing Hen Farm, as are some of the vegetables. Other vegetables are from our friend at Landisdale Farm. Landisdale is a certified organic farm in Lebanon County. Our pork has been very popular and we are getting lots of positive feedback. The pork chops seem to be everyone's favorite.
We hope everyone had a happy and filling Thanksgiving. I spent Thanksgiving with my sisters. It is always nice to be surrounded by generations of family!. Farmer Don has been working off farm recently and he actually worked on Thanksgiving! But, he still got to eat turkey dinner, since we had Thanksgiving II on Sunday. Thanks to our neighbors Toby and Sarah for providing us with a farm fresh turkey they raised. The turkey was delicious and it was so great to look at our table and realize the vast majority of what we were eating was locally produced!
On farm we are still recovering from the cold and now the snow. We do have a few rows of greens covered with plastic here in our lower field. Farmer Don is hoping to take a look at them the weekend. With any luck we may have a bit of kale to offer to buying club members in the near future. Our greenhouses are planted, but the plants are tiny and will not be ready for harvest until early spring.
The chickens are so happy to see the snow melting. When we get deeper snow, the chickens are forced to free range in our barn. The first blade of grass sticking through the white sends them scrambling to eat some greens. It is amazing to watch them and see how much vegetation they eat! That vegetation helps keep the yolks of their eggs nice and orange.
I am always in search of recipes which use the vegetables and meats we have on hand. Recently I was searching for a good way to use chicken and sweet potatoes. I came across this recipe and after having it for dinner, Don and I decided it will most definitely be a keeper. ( http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes/chicken_sweet_potatoes.html ) I used chicken halves rather than thighs.
Our membership drive for 2015 is in full swing. We offer both returning member ($20) and early registration ($30) discounts. To take advantage of the early registration discount, we need to receive your payment by December 31. Thank you to everyone who has already signed up! Seeing all those names appear on the website gets us excited to start planning for next season.
Thank you also to everyone who came out to shop at Forks Farm Market's Turkey day. Farmer Don tells me he and Phil were busy! He also told me he saw many, many friends and members of the farm. There will be one more Forks Farm this year, December 21. I am not sure if we will have much to sell, but we do plan to be there.
Well, the sun is starting to rise, the dogs are begging for a walk and I can hear the roosters crowing wildly in the barn. Time to stoke the woodstove and head out for morning chores. Be safe, be well and enjoy the local food!
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