New Chicks on the Farm

So far, 11 hatched, 2 died, and the other 9 appear happy and healthy. They are living, for now, in the upstairs bedroom until they get about two weeks old, then they will move into the garage brooding pen with their 4 older siblings that were born in December. I will then start another batch for February hatching, and keep on going until I get back up to about 100+ chickens. They sure are cute when they are little, I have attached a little video clip of them.

This afternoon, the ladies that comprise the board of Earth Mother Market, our Wednesday farmers market in Fort Thomas are coming over for dinner and conversations about the upcoming growing season. There is so much going on it is hard to keep up! I fresh roasted some organic Costa Rican coffee, an making several fresh pastas (spinach ravioli and garlic and herb fettucini) with our farm tomato sauce to go over it. And a lemon tart with hazelnut crust topped with fresh fruits for dessert. Should be a fun night of talking farming!

2010 CSA Memberships Are Available

This year we will be offering Community Supported Agriculture memberships in addition to our farm and farm market sales. With the expansion of growing acres, this seemed like the perfect time to start this program. I was a little behind in getting my informational brochure and application done, but everything is now ready to go...if you want more information on joining just email me and let me know and I will send along the brochure and application. The farm email is tricia@napoleonridgefarm.com. I have lots of ordering complete, with the remainder going in this week, there are going to be so many great selections this year! Already in is our potato order, we will be doing 4 varieties. We have a large fruit and berry order, with gooseberries, currants, 3 types of raspberries and new blackberries placed. And I have spent weeks perusing through the Fedco, Johhny's seeds and High Mowing seed catalogs. Now if it would just warm up a bit so I can get going on the hoophouses. And - a really big surprise for the next post!

This big old oak lives in one of the side fields, it is a huge tree up close.