Grumpy Goat Experiment

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Ordering is open for this Friday (and next Tuesday)!!!! If you want bread for Friday please order by Thursday night.

Thanks for everyone that placed kreppel orders – they are delicious. Mark your calendars for the next kreppel Tuesday June 11th.

I did add some of the Milagro lettuce to the order form – these are the butterheads that you might have noticed in the farm store today. We also have Muir lettuce for next week! We also have lots of mint, chard, kale, cilantro, thyme and asparagus for this week.

And remember that the flour sale continues for this Friday. We have added 5 lb bags too. Flour is stored in the large fridge in the store.

Not too much else new to report on. Hope to see you this week!

Kreppel time!

Now’s the time to place your order with Jenn if you would like to pick up some kreppels from our farm store on Tuesday! Here is a direct link:

https://www.hotplate.com/jennsbackstube/746b878b-4b2c-4f62-9280-035d25581c89

And get any bread orders in tonight!!!!

Summer Hours, Flour Sale, and Kreppel Time!!!!

We hope everyone survived unscathed through last nights tornados. That was definitely a close one. If anyone did suffer any damage and needs some help or some pasture space while you make repairs we can try to help – just reach out.

I am opening the market for our summer hours this week! So May 14th and May 17th mark our official switch over! How is it that time already?!!! We are sticking with our Tuesdays and Fridays open at the farm, as well as taking orders for Saturday pick up at the farmers market. Like always I am going to try and be better about weekly email updates but you all know how that typically goes for us! So you can more than likely expect them once a month! You can order for Tuesday pick up now and will be able to order for next Friday pick up starting on Tuesday evening!

For this coming week we are having a flour sale. All bags will be $4 for next Tuesday and Friday only so if you have been waiting to try it now is the time. And speaking of flour almost all of our bread is now made with 100% of our homegrown heirloom red fife wheat. You may have noticed some of the loaves aren’t browning quite as nicely and that is because our flour clearly doesn’t have some additive that store bought flour has that lets them brown like that. I am still working on how to get that nice browning but don’t let that stop you enjoying. They are the same great flavor and even more local and nutritious than before. I’ve also added a whole wheat loaf and a seeded oat and wheat loaf to the bread options!

Also for a special treat next week we will be stopping in Sidney on Tuesday to pick up some delicious Kreppels from the amazing baker extraordinaire Jenn. Jenn grew up in Germany and is starting a German bakery (backstube) in Sidney/Piqua. Tuesdays are her Kreppel days, which are light and airy german doughnuts with a hint of lemon, which you can get plain or stuffed with jellies or puddings. I am definitely going to try her hazelnut cream filled one myself, and maybe the lemon, and johannisbeere…ok maybe one of each!!! You can check out all her flavor options at her website jennsbackstube.com. You will have to place your order with her sometime between Sunday evening at 7pm and Tuesday morning and I will pick up and deliver too the farm for you to pick up! I will email out again when her ordering window opens (or if you head to her website early you can sign up for a notification on your phone when it goes live so you don’t forget – isn’t technology crazy these days!) You will be paying her directly through her website when you order.

Jenn and I are thinking that we will do Kreppel Tuesdays once a month here so let’s plan on the second Tuesday of the month!

I am also hoping that throughout the season we will be able to have a few guests featured like this so let’s support another local baker…and satiate our sweet tooth at the same time!

And just a note on veggies for the week. We will have: Asparagus, lettuce, swiss chard, cilantro, spearmint, thyme, and maybe kale this week! Hope to see you all soon!

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Just a shout out to let you know that this will be the last week for spinach. We need the space to put the tomatoes in the ground!

This coming week will still be our winter hours – so just open Tuesday. The week after though (May 14th and 17th) we will be starting our Tuesday and Friday schedule!!! I’ll message out next week with more info on that!

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This is a hard email to write. We are leaving soon to bring Max to the vet for the last time. I have no words right now for that. But I am writing because we were supposed to go to a market today in Piqua and won’t be able to attend. We have bread made and ready for eating though. If you would like to help us out and get some bread it is in the farm store in the coolers. All are $6. There are focaccia , and bagels: cheddar hot pepper, blueberry, everything, and mixed bags. Thanks.

Eggs for Easter!!!!

We have a plethora of eggs this week and the chickens are laying well so if you need eggs for your upcoming Easter brunch’s time to stock up!

We also have some spinach listed this week along with our mixed kale bags. These would be great for a salad or cooked in a quiche with your eggs!!!!

You can find us this week for in person shopping at the Halls of Hanover Spring Market in Minster , Saturday 9-12. We will be breaking out the first goatmilk soap of the year for this market.

Next weekend , Saturday March 23rd you can find us in Bowling Green for the Black Swamp Spinners Guild Market Day. For anyone who wants anything fiber related that will be the place to be!

We still haven’t set our official date for the reopening of the farm store for in person shopping but we have slowly been putting things back in. We are thinking mid April probably!

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We are hoping to get the first syrup finished and bottled tomorrow! The boiler has been chugging along all week but we wait until we have two – 3 large pots taken off before we take inside to finish more delicately on the range. It will be available for Tuesday pick up!

We still have lettuce, tatsoi, pac Choi and a couple bags of arugula available for pick up this week as well.

And new jams made and listed this week include Peach, Raspberry, Hot Pepper, Peach Raspberry, and Peach Hot Pepper. Everything but the original Hot Pepper Jam are low sugar varieties.

If anyone is planning on being in Troy next Tuesday we will be set up with many other great vendors at the Miami County Locally Grown Valentine’s Market at First Place Christian Center 3:30 – 6:30!

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New veggie alert!!!! Matt says that there are a small amount of Muir lettuce heads and tatsoi ready to pick this week. We also still have some pac Choi – it’s med to large now. So get your organic winter greens while still available. Supplies are limited!

I also made a new batch of hot pepper jam and peach hot pepper jam. The goal is to make lots of jam the next few weeks so I will keep you posted. If anyone is hoarding 8oz jam jars we can pay $.50 per jar – and they don’t have to be our jars originally as long as they are 8oz canning jars. Not sure if you’ve noticed how crazy jar prices are getting, but the more returns we get the easier it will be not to raise prices!

We are also nearing the end of our fall honey run so stock up now if you don’t think you can make it until June. I would estimate our supplies will only last this month.

And for all you syrup lovers out there, we are tapping trees tomorrow!!!!! It won’t be long now!

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Thanks for everyone that took advantage of the egg sale. There are a few left in the store but you pretty much wiped us out so today is the last day of the sale. What is in the farm store is what we have. If you placed orders I have yours set aside for later this week.

Fingers crossed for slightly warmer weather soon!

Brrrrrrrrrrr - Egg Sale!!!!!

It has been a chilly week on the farm as I am sure you are all struggling with as well. The critters are all snug in the barn but I know that they are dreaming of a day when the temp will hit 30 … or even 20 or 10 for that matter.

Due to the cold we moved all the eggs inside. I did put out some in the big fridge today (with a light on) in case people were coming to pick up. If the big fridge is empty please call the house phone for a refill 419-753-2531 or Matt’s phone 541-505-4494. Eggs this week (through next Tuesday or while supplies last) are $3/dozen. We’d like to move them (plus the fridge inside isn’t as big as the outside ones).

Also the Pac Choi row is still delicious so get your orders in for some homegrown winter greens. For the fresh greens, If you missed this weeks order, we can definitely put some out for you any other day. Just leave a note in the comments when you want to pick up. I’d love to see it get eaten! All orders will be placed in the big fridge this week to keep them from freezing.

We hope to have kale, arugula, and lettuce soon too if they all survive this cold snap. They are growing super slow at this point.

Stay warm out there!