Jack Frost has showed his face

YES IT HAS FROZE NOW THREE NIGHTS IN A ROW SO MOST ABOVE THE GROUND CROPS ARE DONE.

FIRST WEEKEND OF NOVEMBER I AM CLOSED.

THE REST OF THE SEASON I AM

ONLY GOING TO BE OPEN

FOR PICK UPS ON SUNDAYS.

GET YOUR ORDERS IN BY FRIDAY 10 A.M.

THANK YOU ALL

STILL HAVE POTATOES, CARROTS, BEETS.

SOME HERBS AND MINTS -- BUT NOT FOR LONG

IF YOU LIKE FRESH YOU CAN TAKE ENOUGH OF AN HERB OR MINT AND DRY IT FOR YOUR WINTER USE. MOST ARE VERY EASY TO DO.

I AM GOING TO BE CUTTING OFF THE STEVIA, LEMON BALM, MINTS, LEMON VERBENA, BRONZE FENNEL LEAF, SAGE, LEMON THYME, OREGANO,

PULLING UP THE LEMON GRASS.

ANY ONE INTERESTED IN A HERB FOR YOUR SUN ROOM OR KITCHEN FOR THE WINTER WOULD HAVE TO BE DUG THIS WEEK -- 2.00 PER HERB PLANT

STEVIA AND LEMON VERBENA ARE ALL I HAVE LEFT

THE BABY CHICKS ARE NOT GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET HERE FOR A COUPLE MORE WEEKS. I JUST HEARD BACK AGAIN FROM THE HATCHERY TODAY.

SO THOSE WILL NOT BE READY TO DO UP TILL AT THE EARLIEST CHRISTMAS TIME AND AFTER.

BUT, I WILL HAVE ABOUT 40 YEAR OLD HENS WILL BE DOING FROM MID NOVEMBER TILL BEGINNING OF DEC.

I DO HAVE A 5 MONTH OLD ROASTER LARGE I NEED TO DO NOW IF ANYONE IS INTERESTED -- 2.50 A POUND FOR THIS YOUNG ONE.

WITH THE BABIES COMING MID NOVEMBER THEY WILL START TO BE READY END OF DEC. AND SOME WILL NOT BE READY TILL FEB. SO WILL HAVE SOME WHAT A STEADY FLOW OF MEAT CHICKENS FROM END OF NOV. TILL MARCH. WILL DO SMALL AMOUNTS AT A TIME.

HAVE A LOT TO GET DONE IN THE COLD NOW -- SO EVERYONE KEEP WARM AND HEALTHY

Hello everyone our days are not only getting shorter but cooler and wetter.
I have found a few more tomatoes and sweet peppers the past week while it was warm but, I don't think that will happen much anymore.
I do have a large amount of HOT PEPPERS
I will be trying to freeze some.
Also have some Hot Pepper Jam left you can get with your money as a member.
TO OUR SURPRISE WE HAVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF SURPLUS WHITE KENNABEC POTATOES... I AM ABLE TO OFFER A BETTER LARGE AMOUNT PRICING. HAVE TO LET ME KNOW A COUPLE DAYS AHEAD AS I WILL RESORT AND WEIGHT THEM OUT.
HERE ARE BULK PRICES FOR THE WHITE KENNABEC POTATOES GOOD FOR WINTER STORAGE (Just need a 40 to 50 degree dark - dry place to store for a long period)
100 LB. FOR $40.00
50 LB. FOR $25.00
BY the POUND IS STILL .80 CENTS A LB.
LOOKS LIKE I MAY HAVE A FEW MORE YUKON AND RED WINTER POTATOES THOSE ARE AT .90 CENTS A POUND STILL AS THEY DO NOT GROW AS EASY NOR PRODUCE AS MANY POTATOES PER PLANT AND THE SEED IS MORE EXPENSIVE.
I AM CUTTING SPINACH -- PARSLEY -- ANY LETTUCE, SWISS CHARD, KALE, COLLARD GREENS --- THAT MAY BE READY TO PICK.
STILL HAVE SOME STEVIA, BRONZE FENNEL LEAF, LEMON GRASS, LEMON VERBENA THAT I AM GOING TO BE CUTTING DOWN. GETTING COLD FOR THOSE PLANTS.
I AM OFFERING THE STEVIA, LEMON VERBENA PLANTS FOR "$2.00 EACH I CAN DIG THEM OUT FOR YOU AS THEY WILL NOT WINTER OUTSIDE. IF YOU NEED A POT AND SOIL THAT WILL BE $1.00 TO HELP COVER THE COST OF THE SOIL. POTS I HAVE SOME I CAN GIVE YOU FREE OF CHARGE.
I WILL HAVE A LARGE SELECTION THIS SUNDAY FOR YOU TO CHOOSE FROM -- IF YOU ARE WANTING 50 OR MORE POUNDS OF WHITE POTATOES PLEASE CALL BY 10:00 a.m. THIS SATURDAY (TOMORROW) OTHER WISE I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO GET IT TOGETHER FOR YOU. FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON SUNDAYS ARE GOING TO BE PICK UP DAY IF YOU NEED TO COME ON A WEEK DAY CALL ME AHEAD OF TIME TO SET IT UP.... THANK YOU BARB
AM still getting some raspberries I freeze them in pint size packages so that they stay fresh till pick up day. Am getting some eggs.
Thanks and look to see you all.

GETTING READY FOR 2008

I AM TRYING TO GET READY FOR WINTER AS WELL AS TAKE CARE OF THE LAST FEW CSA MEMBERS TRYING TO FINISH UP THEIR SHARES.
BUT, I AM ALREADY WORKING ON NEXT YEAR --- WILL HAVE OPENINGS FOR NEW MEMBERS AS AM HAVING A FARM HAND AND PUTTING IN AT LEAST ONE MORE ACRE OF CROPS. WILL EXPAND THE GREENS BY AT LEAST A HALF AN ACRE. ALSO THIS YEAR HAVE THE WELL SO IF IT IS A DRY SPRING I CAN WATER TO GET THE EARLY START ON THE GREENS AND ROOT CROPS.
I AM TAKING FULL SHARES OF $300.00 AND HALF SHARES OF $150.00 IF YOU USE UP YOUR SHARE UP BEFORE THE SEASON IS DONE IF I HAVE ENOUGH EXTRA AFTER FILLING THE MEMBERS WHOM ARE STILL USING UP THERE PAID SHARE YOU MAY PURCHASE MORE PRODUCE.
THE BERRIES ARE GOING TO BE A SEPARATE SHARE THIS WILL WORK OUT BETTER FOR ALL AND YOU WILL BETTER KNOW THE MINIMUM YOU WILL GET FOR THE YEAR.
PRODUCE SHOULD START AT THE LATEST IN MAY AND GO TILL INTO NOV. OR JANUARY 1ST. LIKE ALL CSA SHARES THEY DO NOT CARRY YOUR MONEY'S OVER TO THE NEXT YEAR. IT IS UP TO YOU TO GET YOUR ORDERS IN AND PICKED UP TO USE YOUR MONEY. EACH JANUARY STARTS A NEW CLEAN YEAR.
THE PURPOSE OF A CSA WAS STARTED SO THE FARMER HAS THE MONEY WHEN THEY MOST NEED IT TO START THE SEASON. THE MEMBERS ARE TAKING THE CHANCE THAT THEY COULD LOOSE ALL THERE MONEY TO MOTHER NATURE DISASTER OR WAR OR GOVERNMENT WHAT EVER COULD TAKE THE FARM THAT IS OUT OF THE FARMERS CONTROL. I DON'T SEE THAT HAPPENING I DO WORK WITH A COUPLE OTHER CHEMICAL FREE FARMS WHEN I NEED TO AND LETS HOPE NO ACT OF MAN TAKES MY FARM OR PRODUCE AWAY. ALL CROPS NEVER PRODUCE EVERY YEAR AS WELL AS YOU HOPE BUT, BY DOING MANY DIFFERENT CROPS GIVES MAY BE SOME SMALLER AMOUNTS OF SOME CROPS BUT, IS ALWAYS SOMETHING.
ANY ONE INTERESTED IN NEXT YEAR CSA PLEASE E-MAIL ME AND WITH IN THE NEXT WEEK I WILL HAVE FULL DETAILS AND PAPERS TO E-MAIL YOU TO START THE SIGN UP AND PAYMENTS. I AM HOPING TO HAVE 2/3'S OF ALL MEMBERS MONIES IN BY THE END OF JANUARY AS ALL SEED AND SEEDLING ORDERS GET A DISCOUNT IF I CAN GET THEM IN AND PAID FOR BY JANUARY . ALSO HAVE THE BEST CHANCE WITH THE EARLY ORDERS TO GET ALL THE ITEMS I REALLY WANT.
THANK YOU ALL 2007 MEMBERS IT HAS BEEN A TRYING YEAR WITH MOTHER NATURE AND A LOT OF NEW THINGS TO FIGURE OUT TO TRY AND MAKE THIS WORK AS SMOOTH AS CAN FOR EVERY ONE.
THE 2008 YEAR I WILL NOT MAKE ANY DELIVERIES... I WILL HELP THOSE THAT WANT TO PUT TOGETHER A GROUP LIKE SEVERAL OF YOU HAVE THIS YEAR SO THAT YOU CAN GET YOUR GROUP TOGETHER AND FIGURE WHAT WILL WORK BEST FOR YOUR GROUP. SEEMS ALL THREE GROUPS THIS YEAR WERE HAPPY. THEY TOOK TURNS COMING TO THE FARM TO PICK UP THE WHOLE GROUPS ORDERS AND HAD ONE OF THERE HOMES AS THE DROP SITE. THAT WAY EVERYONE GOT A CHANCE TO COME TO THE FARM YET DID NOT HAVE TO MAKE THE TRIP TO THE FARM EVERY WEEK.
THE BAKE GOODS, CEREAL, NOODLES, 100% BEES WAX CANDLES, WOOD FRETT WORK, CHEESE, RAW (COW) CHEESE, GOAT CHEESE (GOAT MEAT), HAND MADE SOAPS WILL STILL BE SEPARATE CASH AS YOU BUY ITEMS.
INCLUDED IN A MEMBERSHIP SHARE IS VEGETABLES, HERBS, CUT FLOWERS, RHUBARB, GROUND CHERRIES, GREENS (AS IN COLLARDS ETC. AND LEAF LETTUCE, SPINACH, ETC...) EGGS, CHICKEN MEAT, WHEN I HAVE THEM MADE JELLIES AND JAMS. WORKING ON A NEW TO ME FARM WITH ORGANIC PEACHES AND APPLES, WE WILL SEE IF I CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN.
BERRIES SHARES INCLUDE STRAWBERRIES, RED RASPBERRIES, AND BLACK BERRIES. STILL GETTING THE CROPS GOING AND THEY TAKE YEARS WILL HAVE SMALL AMOUNTS TO ADD TO BERRY SHARES ARE: BLACK RASPBERRIES, CURRENTS RED, ELDERBERRIES, CONCORD GRAPES.

SEASON IS COMING TO AN END

UP DATE ON THE PRODUCE Main crops now:
Sweet Potatoes
Beets
Leeks
Rhubarb
Carrots
Kenabec white potatoes
LAST OF :(I picked clean days are too short and frost could come any time and kill)
Tomatoes -- -- may be able to find some green
Hot Peppers
Sweet Peppers -- only a couple left
Stevia
lemon Verbena
STILL HAVE SOME:
Lemon Balm
Chocolate mint
Garden mint
Lemon Grass
Bronze Fennel Leaf
Spinach
SMALL AMOUNTS OF:
Okra
Kolarabhie
Arugala
Kale
Swiss Chard
Sage
EGGS ARE COMING BETTER -- EGGS ARE NO LONGER SIZED JUST PACKAGE AS THEY COME SO YOU WILL GET MIXED SIZE AND COLOR AND ALL ARE $2.00 A DOZEN CHICKEN MEAT WILL BE OFFERED AGAIN AT THE END OF NOV. AND INTO DEC. WILL BE YOUNG CHICKENS AT 2.75 PER LB THEY AVERAGE 3 TO 5 LB.ALSO YEAR OLD HENS AT $6.00 EACH WHICH IS ABOUT $2.00 OR LESS A LB. AS THEY AROUND 3 LB.ANYONE THINKING OF FRESH ORGANIC BAKE GOODS FOR THE HOLIDAYS MAKE SURE YOU LET ME KNOW AS FAR AHEAD AS YOU CAN---

The cold is coming

UP DATE ON THE PRODUCE
Main crops now:
Sweet Potatoes
Beets
Leeks
Cabbage -- only a couple left
Rhubarb
Carrots
Chestnuts ---- $3.50 a lb (most are small this year)
LAST OF :
(I picked clean days are too short and frost could come any time and kill)
Tomatoes -- not sure if I can find any that are good enough -- may be able to find some green
Hot Peppers
Sweet Peppers -- only a couple left
Basil
Stevia
lemon Verbena
STILL HAVE SOME:
Lemon Balm
Peppermint
Chocolate mint
Garden mint
Lemon Grass
Bronze Fennel Leaf
SMALL AMOUNTS OF:
Okra
Lettuce
Spinach
Arugala
Kale
Swiss Chard
Sage
Egg Plant
EGGS ARE COMING BETTER -- EGGS ARE NO LONGER SIZED JUST PACKAGE AS THEY COME SO YOU WILL GET MIXED SIZE AND COLOR AND ALL ARE $2.00 A DOZEN
CHICKEN MEAT WILL BE OFFERED AGAIN AT THE END OF NOV. AND INTO DEC. WILL BE YOUNG CHICKENS AT 2.75 PER LB THEY AVERAGE 3 TO 5 LB.
ALSO YEAR OLD HENS AT $6.00 EACH WHICH IS ABOUT $2.00 OR LESS A LB. AS THEY AROUND 3 LB.
ANYONE THINKING OF FRESH ORGANIC BAKE GOODS FOR THE HOLIDAYS MAKE SURE YOU LET ME KNOW AS FAR AHEAD AS YOU CAN---

FORGOT TO ADD TO LIST

CHESTNUTS THEY ARE SMALL THIS YEAR AND NOT AS MANY AS MOST YEARS BUT, MOST ALL CROPS ARE THAT WAY BECAUSE OF SO DRY AND HOT SO EARLY AND LONG THIS YEAR
CHESTNUTS -- $3.50 A LB

2007 season coming to an end

sorry was having trouble getting on here to up date.
I hope you all are watching your total balance on your reciept every week the past few weeks -- just don't any of you to loose your money.
One share member just donated a large part of her share to a group that she knows that helps feed people in need.. I think that is such a great thing to be able to do and to think of doing so. I know it is a nice feeling as every year I try to donate something to the senior center here.

UP DATE ON THE PRODUCE
Main crops now:
Sweet Potatoes
Beets
Leeks
Cabbage
Rhubarb
LAST OF :(as am picking clean days are too short and frost could come any time and kill)
Tomatoes
Hot and Sweet Peppers
Basil
Stevia
lemon Verbena
STILL HAVE SOME:
Lemon Balm
Peppermint
Chocolate mint
Garden mint
Lemon Grass
Bronze Fennel Leaf
SMALL AMOUNTS OF:
Okra
Lettuce
Spinach
Arugala
Kale
Swiss Chard
Sage
Egg Plant
WILL HAVE MORE CARROTS THEY ARE A LITTLE SMALL YET
EGGS ARE COMING BETTER
EGGS ARE NO LONGER SIZED JUST PACKAGE AS THEY COME SO YOU WILL GET MIXED SIZE AND COLOR AND ALL ARE $2.00 A DOZEN
CHICKEN MEAT WILL BE OFFERED AGAIN AT THE END OF NOV. AND INTO DEC. WILL BE YOUNG CHICKENS AT 2.75 PER LB THEY AVERAGE 3 TO 5 LB. ALSO YEAR OLD HENS AT $6.00 EACH WHICH IS ABOUT $2.00 OR LESS A LB. AS THEY AROUND 3 LB.
ANYONE THINKING OF FRESH ORGANIC BAKE GOODS FOR THE HOLIDAYS MAKE SURE YOU LET ME KNOW AS FAR AHEAD AS YOU CAN---
I AM WORKING ON NEXT WILL HAVE OUT THE PAPER WORK FOR NEXT YEAR SOON FOR THOSE MAY BE INTERESTED --
LOOKS LIKE I WILL DO SHARES OF $300.00 AGAIN YOU MAY GET A HALF $150.00 FOR THE SEASON. (Getting a half a share does not promise you that should you use it up that you can get one more half share in the middle of the season.- as my goal before spring will be to have a certian dollare amount of shares sold -- rather it is in more 1/2 share or less in full.)
I AM WORKING AN THE BERRY SHARE THIS IS GOING TO BE DONE SEPERATE TO BETTER MAKE SURE YOU GET ALL THE BERRYS YOUR SHARE AMOUNT IS FOR AND YOU WILL HAVE HAD TO DECIEDE AT THE BEGINNING RATHER ONE SHARE WILL COVER WHAT YOU WANT FOR THE YEAR OR IF YOU WILL WANT TO BUY MORE THEN ONE BERRY SHARE. WILL BE RED RASPBERRY, BLACK BERRY AND STRAWBERRIES INCLUDED IN THOSE SHARES.
THE BAKERY, WORD WORKING, BEES WAX CANDLES, CHEESE, GOAT MEAT WILL STAY CASH AT TIME OF SALE.
ALSO I WILL NOT MAKE ANY DELIVERIES NEXT YEAR -- I WILL POST E- MAIL ADDRESSES OF EVERY MEMBER IN GROUPS BY AREA THEY LIVE IN LIKE THE CLEVELAND HTS. -- KIRTLAND -- ANY ONE SOUTH OF HERE AND ANYONE WEST OF HERE AND SO ON SO THAT ANY ONE WANTS TO GROUP TOGETHER TO TAKE TURNS COMING TO THE FARM FOR THE WHOLE GROUPS ORDERS THAT IS FINE.. tHE GROUPS THAT ARE DOING IT THIS YEAR HAVE WORKED IT WELL AND SEEM TO BE GOING GREAT WITH IT...SOME HAVE GOTTEN TO WORK WITH AND MEET NEW PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY ARE IN A GROUP TOGETHER....
THERE IS ONLY GOING TO BE 2 (TWO) PICK UP DAYS A WEEK -- SUNDAY WILL BE ONE NOT SURE WHICH WILL BE THE OTHER YET.
HINTS:
Best to store sweet potatoes in a cool dry, dark area and not to move them any more then you have to as the more you turn them and move them the faster they will spoil.
Hot and Sweet Peppers can be washed top cut off and cut how you want and put in to freeze. Will be soft when you go to use them. Also can dry the hot peppers. Cabbage keeps for weeks in your refrigerator.
WANT TO THANK EVERYONE FOR THIS YEAR AND HOPE TO SEE YOU NEXT YEAR... BARB