Grumpy Goat Experiment

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We are open for orders now through Thursday night. We have other varieties of peppers that aren’t yet listed here (ajvarski, escamillo, spicy paprika’s, and the first lemon drops of the season) so remember to shop the store when you pick up your orders!

A little farm news for you – Logan (our pygora wether) won Grand Champion Wether at the Michigan Fiber Festival Pygora Show this past weekend! Matt proudly hung his ribbons in the store so you all could admire them! And we pick up a new buck on Thursday!

See you this week!

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Just kidding! The farm store will be open this coming weekend and Matt will be bringing vegetables to the Farmers Market. So get your orders in and put him to work!!! There will be no bread pick up available on Friday or Saturday. You can order bread and pick it up on Tuesday. I a heading up to Michigan to prance around in a ring with more of our goats. Fingers crossed they behave!

All the peppers are really coming into full swing right now. I’ve added some to the order form or shop in person to see the other varieties.

Try out some Shishito’s if you haven’t already. We have been told that 1 in 10 can be hot though we have eaten a lot of them and haven’t had a hot one yet. They are delicious just simply sauteed whole in a pan with a little olive oil, salt, and pepper. Or spice it up and add a drizzle of your favorite sauce just before serving.

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Get your orders in by the end of today!

Additionally in the farm store/farmers market we will also have

• 5 varieties of garlic

• Sugar Rush Peach Hot Peppers

• Adjvarski and escamillo peppers

• zucchini

And, FYI, the farm store will be closed on August 20-21 as we will be attending Michigan Fiber Festival with some of our furry friends. However we will still be accepting pre orders for that Tuesday.

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We are open for ordering now through Thursday night!!! Pick up on Friday, Saturday, or next Tuesday.

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We made it back from the Iowa Goat Show with ribbon’s in tow!!! Frankie Mittens was named the Reserve Champion Junior Doe. We will have her picture hanging in the farm store soon or you can wander around to the back of the barn to congratulate her yourself!!!

Ordering is back to being available for Friday, Saturday, or Tuesday pick up.

This week we have some new items:

Tomatillos
Husk cherries
cilantro
parsley
Rosa Bianca eggplants
Green Bell Peppers
Cubanelle Sweet peppers
Shishito peppers

and we will have our garlic available for purchase in the store (hopefully I will have it added to the marketplace next week)

We also thought we’d let you all know that we will be participating in the Home Grown Road Trip this Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. Stop out and see us and then continue on to other locally owned small businesses in the area. You can find more information on the Home Grown Road Trip Facebook page.

Happy last week of July!!!!

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So we are preparing to take some goats to their new owner/goat show in Iowa this weekend! Wooohooo. And though I’d like to say our goats are in pristine tip top shape, I think they have figured out our plan and continue to get as dirty and hay covered as possible. Relatively speaking we will be the ones in the “working gear” while everyone else are in their “evening gowns”.

That being said we will not have veggie/bread pick ups available on Friday or Saturday. We will be open next Tuesday as usual. Feel free to stop out and get eggs anytime as we still have many many dozens!

We should have our first tomatoes available this week – I’ve listed them as mixed baskets until they are in full swing and may include: Blush, granadero, speckled roman, and cherry bombs. And we will have all three of our eggplant varieties. Two (traviata and ping tung) are listed already and Rosa Bianca will be available for in store pick up depending upon how many ripen in time!

We’ll be back and open our regular hours the following week. Thanks!

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It’s been a busy week with finally finishing getting our second cut of hay in the barn, harvesting 7 varieties of garlic, trying to continue tackling the weeds, and now upping our harvest game.

We have some new offerings from the garden this week including:

eggplants
okra
jalapenos
Lots of leeks
Sunflowers
Radishes

And keep an eye out in the store because we might even be able to pick our first tomatoes!!!

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New this week – Spring Honey!!!!!
We will have it in the following sizes:

1/2lb for $4
1lb for $7.50
2lbs for $15
4lbs for @28 (very limited supply)

Remember we will not be accepting pick up orders this Tuesday as we will be out of town so plan to shop or pick up Friday or Saturday!

I did list a couple bunches of beets and the first bunch of our newly planted oregano. This will more than likely be the last week for garlic scapes, fava beans and cabbage (for a while anyway!). Get them while you can.

And get ready for some garlic. The Great Garlic Harvest will be commencing any day now!!!!

Thanks for shopping with us and have an amazing 4th of July!

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We are open for ordering this week!!! The first of our broccoli is listed as well as some purple kohlrabi, potted lemongrass, and fava beans! Get them while you can!!!

Pre ordering will remain open until Thursday night. You will be able to pick up your orders during our open Store Hours Friday 4-6:30, Saturday 8-12 or Tuesday 2-6:30 or at the Sidney Farmers market Saturday 8-12. Even if you haven’t placed an order feel free to come shop during the open hours!

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The Market is now open for ordering for pick ups on Friday, Saturday, and Tuesday. We have 4 pick up times and two locations but can also accommodate other times if you let us know.

New this week we have :

• Lots and lots of garlic scapes
• Green Cabbage in two different varieties -caraflex (pointy green cabbage) or farao(regular looking green cabbage)
• Fennel bulbs – just a handful this week but more to come next week.
• Chervil – a new herb on the farm with a deliciously mild anise flavor great for topping your fresh salads or using as garnish at your next dinner party!
• Basil – we should have our first harvests of both the genovese sweet basil and the purple basil!!!

I don’t have them listed but we may also have our first harvest of fava beans on Friday so look for them when you come to pick up your orders!!!

This heat is definitely bringing on all the veggies in the garden.Peppers and eggplants are flowering away and the tomatoes already have green fruits.

And I wanted to give everyone a heads up that we will be planning to take the first Tuesday of July off from veggie harvesting/baking. We will still be accepting orders for Friday and Saturday before and after.

Stay Cool!