Farm Day was last Sunday, June 7 and we had a wonderful turnout of families here to visit! We were blessed with lovely weather, although a bit warm, beautiful music from our shareholders, and lots of lively conversation! Everyone seemed to enjoy touring the farm and asking questions about how their food is grown. We especially enjoyed the children and we hope they had fun with the activity planned just for them. Bridget and Elisabeth kept them busy while Mom and Dad toured the farm.
We are busy here as usual, getting ready to do more planting, and pulling out spent plants. I'ts a constant cyle of planting, tearing out the old and putting in new plants here at the farm. Some of our different varieties of yellow summer squash are now ready, as well as beets for which we have many requests. Beets are so nutritious and delicious when roasted. To keep the color in beets when boiling, add a bit of lemon juice to your water.
Our cabbage is really looking beautiful this summer-the row covers have helped so much!
To keep the cabbage odor minimized when cooking, place a small pan of vinegar near the cooking cabbage. Helps a bit.
We lost one of our Delaware heritage breed hens this week to a predator. Not a trace left behind. Not sure what took her away, but she is gone. She was a pretty one too! Just have to accept the fact that we will lose a few, but we do what we can to keep it to a minimum.
Barry our son-in-law is driving for us two days a week now, delivering our CSA boxes. This is a big help to us, allowing us to spend more time on the farm and not loose two days per week here. Things get way behind here in a hurry if we are not here to take care of things. We harvest every day and we still have a hard time keeping up.
We are busy here as usual, getting ready to do more planting, and pulling out spent plants. I'ts a constant cyle of planting, tearing out the old and putting in new plants here at the farm. Some of our different varieties of yellow summer squash are now ready, as well as beets for which we have many requests. Beets are so nutritious and delicious when roasted. To keep the color in beets when boiling, add a bit of lemon juice to your water.
Our cabbage is really looking beautiful this summer-the row covers have helped so much!
To keep the cabbage odor minimized when cooking, place a small pan of vinegar near the cooking cabbage. Helps a bit.
We lost one of our Delaware heritage breed hens this week to a predator. Not a trace left behind. Not sure what took her away, but she is gone. She was a pretty one too! Just have to accept the fact that we will lose a few, but we do what we can to keep it to a minimum.
Barry our son-in-law is driving for us two days a week now, delivering our CSA boxes. This is a big help to us, allowing us to spend more time on the farm and not loose two days per week here. Things get way behind here in a hurry if we are not here to take care of things. We harvest every day and we still have a hard time keeping up.
That's about all the news here for now, it's time to get back to work!
Have a wonderful week, and we thank you for visiting our Doe Run Farm - Farm Blog!
During the early part of July we will be opening our on farm Country Farm Stand. Watch for the opening date, days of the week and hours which will be posted in late June, under the EVENTS link on our website, www.doerunfarmtn.com.
Visit our website and the Farm Blog often to keep up to date with the happenings around here!
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