Harmony Acres: Farm Update 4/3/11

It is now April! Weather has been beautiful all weekend, and we have accomplished a whole lot! Friday and Saturday, and a little today, we spread about 5000 lbs of granite dust. Its amazing stuff! We also had a lot of well composted horse manure to mix with it, so the fields are getting a good spring feeding! Compost tea is also loved around here! This year is going to be great!

Well our bees did not make it this Saturday, so we will have to wait a couple more weeks, maybe due to the weather. I needed a little more time anyway, with all of the rain we have been having.

We are having our first meeting this week for the new and improved N. Wilkesboro Farmers Market. Cory and I have decided to be on the board so that we could hopefully help steer it in the direction that it needs to go! If any of you have any input on what you would like to see at a market here, please let us know! We want to have a good market locally, and prevent the need to drive elsewhere for good stuff. Everyone likes to take a trip now and then, but wouldn't it be nice to live in a destination town? You know, a place that has a market and a downtown that people talk about and want to come and visit occasionally?!?

Well again, it is April now, so this is a reminder (friendly of course!) that the final CSA payments are due, unless we have already discussed different arrangements. If we fail to receive your payment, all rights to good food will be taken; kidding of course! This is just a reminder, because if your like me you need a reminder to even wake up in the morning! Our newest addition to the farm, outside of granite dust, is a 4 wheeler! It has been a huge time saver for sure! We are very thankful to have one now, and have no idea how we ever did with out!

The other news is that we are entering in to becoming a Bio-dynamic Farm. Actually, we sort of found out that that is closer to our practices than the other titles, so we have been eating and sleeping bio-dynamics all week! We love this life!

This week we have eggs, eggs, green onions, some spinach and soon we will have lettuce! Also, the screening for "FRESH" will be coming together soon. Just a heads up, we will be asking for a donation at the door (anything is fine) to help offset the cost of the license to show the film. The company that put this film together asks that it be handled that way. There will be a Saturday delivery in Boone, at Green Mother Goods around 1 pm. And, we will be in Wilkes on Tues. 4:45-5pm at Talias. As I get to know the other business owners in the area, I am more and more encouraged to stay as local as we can. These are great people that are providing awesome services for our community, and what is even better is that they really care about you!

Shop local!

Eat Local!

Live Local!