Farm Update

Hi All,

We have some bad news. Some very bad news. News so bad that it's nearly impossible for me to type the bad news message. Here goes......Our strawberries have failed. The new plants we planted in the fall started out gangbusters and look good, but just aren't producing many berries and the berries that they are producing the birds are thoroughly enjoying. We are getting a few, but not enough to invite you all to come for strawberries. We are very disappointed, but welcome to farming. Was it the weird spring weather? Was it the different varieties we were trying for the first time? We'll, of course, try to figure it out.

So for now we still have asparagus, arugula, salad mix and spinach. We have had a lot of takers on the chive plants and we hope they work out for you. They're very hardy plants and as many have commented,"they're huge!"

Most everything has been planted now and with this nice rain we're having this evening, the seeds and small plants should have a nice start. I'm hesitant to say how good the blueberries look, but many of the bushes are loaded with young green berries.

We have decided to raise chickens for meat again this year. We will only be offering whole chickens though. If you're interested in purchasing a bulk order of chicken, please let us know how many you may want. That will help with ordering the birds. For those that just want to purchase chicken when they need it, we will have plenty of birds for you as well. We will do what we have done in the past and have the fresh chicken weekends when they first come back from the processor before they go in our freezers. The first 100 chicks arrive on the 31st. They will be available mid July. We trying to keep our price the same as it's been at $3.99 per pound.

We will be in and out all weekend so we have set everything up for self serve. If there is nothing in the cooler behind one of the signs, that means we are out of that item until Monday or Tuesday.

Have a great weekend!

Vicky and Steve