Legs, Livers and Hearts!

Hey Everyone!  Feels like spring!  More importantly, whatever they put on the field next door smells like .....spring?  Wow, it's bad! Hope you all had a decent past few months since the last time we chatted.  We have gone through our chicken freezer and have sorted out a few items that we have an abundance of.  So this Saturday from 9-4 our market will be open for "Legs, Livers and Hearts!"  We have an excess supply of chicken legs, chicken livers and chicken hearts that we will be selling for half price.  The drumsticks are priced at $1.25 a pound and the hearts and livers at $1.50 per pound.  It's a good time to stock up! In other news......due to me taking another job weekday mornings we will be scaling the farm back a bit this year.  We will not be offering the produce or the chicken CSA programs this year. However, we will still have our produce market open here at the farm.  Our plan is to have the market open for produce Saturdays from 9-4 this summer.  We will keep you posted on when items become available as we have in the past. Eggs and honey continue to be self serve at the farm everyday 10-6 See you Saturday!

Local Organic Turkeys!

Down on the Farm

Just a reminder we are open for self serve eggs and honey everyday 10-6.

Our friend Cathy Russell has local organically raised, free range, heritage turkeys for the upcoming holidays.  The Toms should weigh in at 20-22 pounds and the hens look like they will be 10-18 pounds.  Price is $6 per pound.  If you're interested, they need to be ordered by Sunday October 25th.  Email us or call to place your order.

Cover any plants tonight that you want to keep!!

Farm Update

First... a couple of reminders.  This Sunday 8/2 will be our second "Yoga on the Farm"  The first was, if I do say so myself, great!  Please join us and the gang from Razz Yoga. Beginners to advanced students will enjoy being outside Sunday morning here.  You can sign up for the class at www.razzyoga.com Next Friday evening 8/7 will be the third in our summer series of cooking demos and tastings. This time join in-home gourmet chefs Bill "The Sauce Boss" Vollerthum and Lori Lee-Young.  The menu will include: Marinated Roasted Beets with goat cheese and candied pecans Sauteed sweet corn with roasted red pepper and applewood smoked bacon Roasted chicken provencal with tomato-citrus sauce over pasta Golden peaches poached in red wine Have a taste of summer and take the recipes home with you.  $25 at the screen door. This night, BYOB and BYOC, bring your own bottle and bring your own chair.  Summer beverages provided.  This should be a real fun night.  RSVP at the farm market or email steve@rousedalefarm.com by Tuesday 8/4 This week in the market: Sweet Corn Swiss Chard Potatoes Tomatoes Kale Green Peppers Banana Peppers Jalapeno Peppers Yellow Squash Zephyr Squash (yellow and green) Patty Pan Squash Zucchini Heirloom Lemon Squash Garlic Onions (red and white) Scallions Cucumbers Beets (red, golden, chioggia) Carrots Green Beans (starting Thursday) Yellow Wax Beans (starting Thursday) Tomatillos Delicata Squash Chicken Eggs Honey Okra Organic Fresh Ground Flour Kohlrabi Zivot Probiotic Drinks Herbs and Mints See you soon!

Locally Yours, Vicky and Steve

Farm Update

Down on the Farm What a nice refreshing day this has been and in mid July? The weather has been so weird this year. Any time we hear crows and blue jays going crazy out back in the woods, we know that a hawk is near by.  The red tail hawk that visits here often...to often, is huge.  The wing span has to be four to five feet.  It always amazes me what a time the crows give the hawk.  Six or seven will circle the hawk in mid-air and really go after him.  I don't know why the hawk just doesn't turn on them and bite their heads off, which he could do easy enough, but never does.  And, of course, the lesson is, you can be a crow and you can be a hawk, just don't be a chicken. In the market: Carrots Sweet Corn Kale Swiss Chard Yellow Squash Beets (Red and Gold) Red Potatoes Romaine Lettuce Zephyr Summer Squash (yellow with a green tip, yummy) Zucchini Beautiful Fresh Basil Green Tomatoes (a few ripe ones) Fresh Ground Flour Zivot Probiotic Drinks (local) Cucumbers Honey Duck Eggs Chicken Eggs (if your timing is right) Green Peppers Arugula Green Beans Sweet Onions Spring Onions Garlic Mint (Mojito, Chocolate, Peppermint, Spearmint, Lemon Balm, Apple, Mint Julep) Herbs (Sage, Oregano, Thyme, Rosemary, Parsley, Basil, Lemon verbena etc) Our Sunday morning Yoga on the Farm was very cool.  Try to make it next time, August 2.  You can sign up at razzyoga.com The next cooking demo is tomorrow night with our third, in the summer series, August 7. Hope to see you this weekend!

Locally Yours, Vicky and Steve

Farm Update

Yoga on the Farm

How about a nice relaxing Sunday morning joining Razz Yoga Instructor, Nilvis Frederick under the old shade tree at Rousedale!  "Yoga on the Farm" will be next Sunday morning July 12 at 10am.  Sunday mornings are quite on the farm.  Birds chirping, the chickens clucking in the distance, it's a magical time.  This will be an all level class in our peaceful outdoor setting, so regardless of your skill set, please join us.  Bring your yoga mat, water  and spend an hour to unwind. The class is $12 and you can register online at www.razzyoga.com Email or call us with any questions. Namaste.....

Locally Yours, Vicky and Steve

Farm Update

Down on the Farm Sorry, I'm a little late with this week's newsletter. It took longer then I anticipated to swim from the garlic field to the house. We are so shocked that our corn supplier already has sweet corn!!  We will have corn in the market beginning tomorrow after 12 noon.  Remember, this is not our corn and it is not grown organically.  It is a non-gmo corn. Our first cooking seminar was great, if we do say so ourselves.  It was well attended and Chef Colleen, The Savory Chef, did a wonderful job. Everyone seemed to have a fun time, especially after a glass or two of wine!  Please consider coming to our next one slated for July 17.  More details to follow. Unfortunately, we are putting our delivery idea on hold, at least for the time being.  This year has been so challenging to grow produce, we really have to make sure our CSA members are taken care of first and that we have stock for our market.  Quite honestly, the extra that we would normally have just isn't happening this year. We appreciate all the bags we have received from our customers.  It's the best type of recycling, to re-use them again.  I do have to say, however, that we have found some interesting things in some of the bags.  Of course a million receipts and other items.  Like yesterday I grabbed a bag and it had some noticeable weight to it.  Before putting the customers items in the bag, I reached in and pulled out a couple of drive thru packets of mayonnaise.  I said to the customer, "Would you care for our complimentary packets of mayonnaise?"  She replied very seriously, "NO, I don't want any mayonnaise!"  Ok... In the market: Sweet Corn Green Beans Salad Mix Kale Zucchini Swiss Chard Collards Organic Non-GMO home ground flour Yellow Squash Cucumbers Onions Kohlrabi Honey Cabbage Zivot Probiotic Drinks Arugula Have a great holiday!!

Locally Yours, Vicky and Steve