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Chicken is back!
10/29/2009 11:38pm by Heather Redden
Hello Everyone!
Boy, what a summer we've had. We have learned so much again about raising chickens for meat. We made the trip to the processor in Bowling Green yesterday with the last batch of chickens for this year. We just had one for dinner and it was yummy! These are the red broilers so they have a lot of nice breast meat. I will be set up at the market on Saturday. It is the last one of the season if you can believe that. I will have whole chickens ranging in weight from 2.5-6 lbs, cut up chicken and packages of hearts, livers, gizzards, necks, and feet (yes, I said feet!). We have a lovely Jamaican couple as customers and they grew up using all parts of the chicken including the feet. I love not wasting anything.
The greenhouse is a great place to be right now. The romaine, baby bok choy, and spinach are growing beautifully. None of it is ready for Saturday but I'll be able to meet up over the winter with you if you would like some. After this market, I'll send out the email with the winter schedule for my trips to Independence with eggs and chicken and produce. It worked out really well last year and I'm looking forward to keeping up with you over the winter.
We did get the garlic in the ground and it is already growing. This is the first year that we were able to save enough seed garlic to plant for next summer and didn't have to buy any. Just one more small step toward sustainability.
Sincerely,
Heather and Brandon Redden
www.naturesharborfarm.com
Boy, what a summer we've had. We have learned so much again about raising chickens for meat. We made the trip to the processor in Bowling Green yesterday with the last batch of chickens for this year. We just had one for dinner and it was yummy! These are the red broilers so they have a lot of nice breast meat. I will be set up at the market on Saturday. It is the last one of the season if you can believe that. I will have whole chickens ranging in weight from 2.5-6 lbs, cut up chicken and packages of hearts, livers, gizzards, necks, and feet (yes, I said feet!). We have a lovely Jamaican couple as customers and they grew up using all parts of the chicken including the feet. I love not wasting anything.
The greenhouse is a great place to be right now. The romaine, baby bok choy, and spinach are growing beautifully. None of it is ready for Saturday but I'll be able to meet up over the winter with you if you would like some. After this market, I'll send out the email with the winter schedule for my trips to Independence with eggs and chicken and produce. It worked out really well last year and I'm looking forward to keeping up with you over the winter.
We did get the garlic in the ground and it is already growing. This is the first year that we were able to save enough seed garlic to plant for next summer and didn't have to buy any. Just one more small step toward sustainability.
Sincerely,
Heather and Brandon Redden
www.naturesharborfarm.com
Thanks for your interest in our chickens. I will be meeting people for pick ups in Independence at the site of the farmers' market, which is the parking lot next to the Independence Courthouse. I am planning on coming up once a month on the third Saturday of the month and will be there from 10-11 AM. The first pick up will be on November 21. I send out an email to our customer list a week before the pick up date detailing what products we have available and customers email me with their orders by Friday evening before the drop off day. Please let me know if you have any other questions and feel free to join the mailing list through the link to the left of this page.
Thanks,
Heather