A "Green" Photo this morning

Good Morning!

Thought I would pass along a "tight shot" of some of our transplants awaiting their trip to the hoophouses. Everything in the hoophouses looks wonderful and healthy! Lots of good eating ahead for us all!

The website is up and running again after being down a couple of days. Our daughter Bridget takes care of the website for us and we couldn't manage without her. She spends many hours of her free time at home doing this for us- in addition to taking care of her family and working full time as an Engineer.

I just returned from feeding the hens and roosters. I put out clean straw in their nests and gathered their eggs this morning. Have to keep deep straw bedding in there for them in cool weather which helps to keep them warm. They also get scratch feed in the winter, which increases their body temperatures to ward off the really cold weather. I usually give them scratch feed in the late afternoon in the cold of winter.

The roosters seem to be tolerating each other pretty well now, though the "banty" still doesn't let the big rooster roost inside the henhouse at night. He may be tiny but he definitely "rules the roost"- at least at night.

We are still considering adding more hens in the spring, so we can at least offer eggs on a first come first serve basis when there are extras. Free range eggs are just the best -bright yolks, thick whites! They are far superior to anything bought at the market and so much better for you.

We hope you are enjoying your Winter CSA boxes, they will only get better! Start pulling out your recipes for winter "greens".

We sold every share that we had available, plus a few extra for this winter. With the addition of the new and larger hoophouse that we are putting up, we can make more Winter shares available next year.

Thank you for any referral(s) that you may have sent our way this winter. We are grateful. Judy