Busy week on the farm

Newest member of the farm family!
photo: Ann Antonellis

Lots of farm news to share this week, but I'll start with the most exciting--our first calf of 2015 was born over the weekend! A little girl with a perfect "belt" (the white stripe around their bellies), she was a pretty quick delivery late Friday night. Have a good suggestion for a name? We'll have a poster up in the CSA room, so think up some good names that begin with 'C' and we'll pick the best one.

Over the next couple weeks we're expecting 8 more calves, including 2 that will probably be born within the day. For Tuesday pickups, you can visit the cows and see the new baby (babies??) up the hill by the top parking lot. By Thursday they'll be moved down to new pasture closer to the Yellow House and easy to see as you come pick up your share.

The Farm to Table Dinner date was officially announced this week--Saturday, September 19th. Tickets will go on sale online on August 3rd at 9am and they sell very quickly. Last year's tickets sold out in 15 minutes! To find out more, go to thetrustees.org/farmtotable. I hope to see you there!

This week we are excited to be offering our CSA members first dibs on the first batch of Weir River Farm meat chickens. Our chickens have been humanely raised on pasture in our mobile coop since they were chicks. They were processed at a USDA-inspected facility in Rhode Island today and will be available for pick-up on your share day at the Yellow House. We are selling whole birds, ranging from 4 to 6 lbs each, for $5.00 per lb. You can pay by cash, check or credit card. Please send an email to Ed at epitcavage@ttor.org to reserve your chicken today.

Native bee exploring a pink cosmo
photo: Sophie Shillue

Pick Your Own flowers are finally ready for picking! The flower beds are full of colorful calendula, cosmos, zinnias, snapdragons, gomphrena, Queen Anne's lace, cleome, celosia, and ageratum. We will have elastics and scissors for you to use in the PYO basket out in the field. Please remember to return the scissors to the basket after you're done with them. And please watch your step on our pathways, which can be rocky and uneven, and around our irrigation lines. If you would like to bring a small container to transport your flowers home in, they would appreciate it. A large yogurt container works great and you can fill up with tap water from the Yellow House.

In your share this week: the first of the summer tomatoes! plus more cherry tomatoes, fresh onions, eggplant, green peppers, a hot pepper, cucumbers, squash, and a small Pick Your Own flower bouquet.

Enjoy your share this week!