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More Fall at Nature's Harbor Farm
10/9/2009 3:24pm by Heather Redden
Hello Again!
I don't usually get around to sending these out this often. I want to try to keep those of you that are farmers' market customers informed of our crazy schedule right now. I'm not going to be at the market tomorrow. Believe me, I miss it! Just not enough coming in at the moment to justify the drive I'm sorry to say.
I would like to report though that one of the tom turkeys got some sense last night! I went out to lock up the chickens after dark and only one turkey was on top of the coop. It made my heart skip a beat or three I must say. I'm forever worried that I'm going to go out and find that something has happened to one of my three remaining precious turkeys. I went inside the coop and sure enough the hen and a tom were inside out of the rain. The other tom insisted on staying on the roof in the rain all night. I guess he'll figure it out eventually.
I am very excited and happy to report that we have tamed the greenhouse and have planted the first bed of lettuce. More will soon follow. We hope to also plant spinach and baby bok choy. Hopefully, we will be able to offer these items along with our eggs all winter. Let's all keep our fingers crossed!
We are hoping for a little break in the rain here very soon. I need to do some housekeeping for the honeybees before winter. I would be ecstatic if I were to find that they actually put in some surplus goldenrod honey for me to harvest. It is important for me to get in to the hives and make sure each colony has enough stores to get through the winter. Usually, what I find is that some hives have enough stored to get through three winters and that there is usually always one or two that just didn't get it together enough and are short of stores. I will play Robin Hood and spread the wealth amongst all the hives. We also need to plant the garlic. Garlic needs to go into the ground before it freezes. We are getting down to the wire here but haven't been able to plant because of all the mud.
Enjoy the beautiful fall colors!
Sincerely,
Heather and Brandon Redden
www.naturesharborfarm.com
I don't usually get around to sending these out this often. I want to try to keep those of you that are farmers' market customers informed of our crazy schedule right now. I'm not going to be at the market tomorrow. Believe me, I miss it! Just not enough coming in at the moment to justify the drive I'm sorry to say.
I would like to report though that one of the tom turkeys got some sense last night! I went out to lock up the chickens after dark and only one turkey was on top of the coop. It made my heart skip a beat or three I must say. I'm forever worried that I'm going to go out and find that something has happened to one of my three remaining precious turkeys. I went inside the coop and sure enough the hen and a tom were inside out of the rain. The other tom insisted on staying on the roof in the rain all night. I guess he'll figure it out eventually.
I am very excited and happy to report that we have tamed the greenhouse and have planted the first bed of lettuce. More will soon follow. We hope to also plant spinach and baby bok choy. Hopefully, we will be able to offer these items along with our eggs all winter. Let's all keep our fingers crossed!
We are hoping for a little break in the rain here very soon. I need to do some housekeeping for the honeybees before winter. I would be ecstatic if I were to find that they actually put in some surplus goldenrod honey for me to harvest. It is important for me to get in to the hives and make sure each colony has enough stores to get through the winter. Usually, what I find is that some hives have enough stored to get through three winters and that there is usually always one or two that just didn't get it together enough and are short of stores. I will play Robin Hood and spread the wealth amongst all the hives. We also need to plant the garlic. Garlic needs to go into the ground before it freezes. We are getting down to the wire here but haven't been able to plant because of all the mud.
Enjoy the beautiful fall colors!
Sincerely,
Heather and Brandon Redden
www.naturesharborfarm.com
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