Hello Farm-ily!
Anyone who has been to the farm lately has seen the flock of chickens who refuse to stay inside their fence. Willy Palmer a talented and kind Hereford Farmer's Market patron and long time OSF fan came to the farm this week to take some photos. I thought this photo says it all for the state of the farm. This has been the most unruly flock of birds in Oak Spring history! This flock from an early age flew over the fence and busted through the fence like never before. They developed a love for cicadas and we had plenty. They feasted on a cicada rich diet late spring through mid summer and decided they didn't need their daily rations. We are in the process of planning a big chicken catching day but they are fast and furtive. We've tried several times but they are tough to contain and keep in one place. Bottom line: these are Feral birds like no domesticated birds I have seen. Gotta go with the flow sometimes in this farming life....
There is a little bit of spinach this week, more salad mix, arugula and Romaine head lettuce. We have Napa Cabbage from Good Dog farm and we are harvesting more Muriyaki Japanese sweet potatoes. Don't know about you but I love those purpley/ red sweet potatoes. So good! I just roast them in the oven til tender and they go with everything! I'll be using some Napa Cabbage in a veggie soup and I love it and Bok Choi as the base of a Chinese Chicken salad. Bok Choi is back! Hakurei turnips and radishes are slowly making a come back. We still have sweet and hot peppers and will see how our fresh onions look this week, small but juicy.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE remember to return your cooler bags with labels on. Most of you do an excellent job of this and we thank you. We are seriously considering switching to one time use cardboard boxes for next year so if the reusable cooler bag is something you like or if you like the idea of one time use boxes please let us know. Look for a survey on the FB Farm-ily page. ..
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Cheese share: Colby
Happy Auto renew week! Yeah.
It's on, sign up for 2022 is happening now at the best price we can offer and Thank you gifts for your 2022 commitment, just a down payment is all we ask. Thank you!
If you need to make changes to your payment method, share size or add-ons do it now until Wednesday October 20th, your credit card will be charged this Wednesday and you'll get your confirmation email. Thank you for staying in the Farm-ily!
There are 2 weeks left of summer shares which means 2 weeks left of Thursday delivery. Some of you are Whole season shares and we carry on until Tuesday November 23, just before Thanksgiving. IF you can't remember whether you're a Summer or Whole season share go to your dashboard and click on 'Orders' it will tell you there.
So if you are a Whole season share currently receiving your delivery on Thursday you will move to a Tuesday drop spot. If you will not be here the November 23rd Tuesday please put your share on hold now or reschedule it for the week before (November 16th).
I'm skipping the recipe this week (check out the Farm-ily page lots of great recipes using this weeks share contents) to give space for Lynne Ferguson to talk turkey!
