Greetings from Dancing Hen Farm!
With our main season over we have moved into our extended
season. This is the first week of our 4
week extended season CSA. Today is
delivery day. If you have signed up for
the extension, you should have received an email from us yesterday. If you have NOT received the email, please
contact us.
The other way we extend our market and CSA season is through
our winter buying club. Ordering for
buying club is now open and will close Thursday morning at 5 am. Deliveries are to Bloomsburg Friday night and
to Dallas, Forty Fort and Mountain Top on Saturday morning. On farm pickups are anytime after 4 pm on
Friday. If you need information on our
pick up sites, including times and exact location, please see our website or contact
us at the farm.
Pork -- Our 2016 pork is here and available for
purchase. We are sold out of
bulk/freezer pork, but individual cuts are available. Last night Farmer Don updated our buying club
availability to reflect the new inventory.
This means pork chops and bacon are again available!
Haven't we been having some beautiful fall days
recently? Wow! Cool mornings, sunny warmer afternoons. I love this weather, I just wish the days
were a bit longer. It seems a change is
on its way. The forecast is for cloudy
and highs in the 30's on Monday. And
maybe even some snow! Did everyone get a
chance to view the super moon? A bit
cloudy last night, but Sunday night the November beaver moon was huge and
bright over the farm.
On farm, we are entering into winter mode. Days are short meaning hours to get farm
projects done are also short. Once the
freeze of winter sets in, we spend most of our time and energy on keeping our
chickens supplied with warm water and keeping our woodstove supplied with split
firewood. But for now, some of our
fields still have greens in them for harvest.
Farmer Don has them tucked under plastic row covers to keep them a bit
warmer. We should be able to harvest
these greens for the next several weeks.
Many of them will overwinter and we will again harvest in the early
spring. We are also working on getting
our chicken houses ready for winter. In
the summer we put shade cloth on the coops to keep the temperatures down. In winter, this shade cloth is removed to
maximize the heating of the sun for the chickens. Other fall farm projects include garlic
planting. In the next week we will
finish planting our garlic for 2017 harvest.
It is hard to believe that next week is already
Thanksgiving! We will be roasting a
turkey this year. Our menu is always
very traditional and we are excited that, once again, most everything on our
table will have been grown within 5 miles of our farm. One of the many things to be thankful
for!
Speaking of Thanksgiving, our friends at Forks Farm will be
hosting their annual Turkey Day Market on Tuesday, November 22. This is always a fun and festive market and
although we will not be there as a vendor, we will be there shopping and
picking up our turkey. If you have never
been to a Turkey Day, I would encourage you to visit. The market is open from 1 to 6 pm. If you haven't purchased your turkey yet, you
may want to contact the Hopkins and see if they have turkey still
available. www.forksfarmmarket.com
Well, it seems I didn't have too much inspiration for this
newsletter, but the sun is now up and I need to move on to my next task. Time to get this newsletter posted to our
website.
Thanks again to everyone for their continued support. Have a great week!
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