Summer is on the way!
6/19/2010 11:28pm by Jen Holloman
Beatrice this morning after delivering a buckling!!!!
Hey Mailing List:
Summer is starting and things are busting loose at the farm- every day brings new developments, new kid goats, new growth in the community garden, new friends and new volunteers. The garden with the help of Jake and his Dad Bill, Emily, Stephen, Fauz and her children and Jay is well underway. Because we had our wonderful baby Florence Catherine on 4/19---
we had to buy started plants which was a bummer because we wanted to use the cool old greenhouse at the Visitor Center to start our own plants. The plants we did by are from some of our dear friend farmers Tim Friary and RosaLee down at CCOF and Veronica from West Dennis. I call it our field of dreams as with any garden we have planted it and we will hope for the very best this summer.
Next item of news is that we are taking on volunteers. We have reserved Sundays from 12-3 as an ad hoc orientation. Come prepared to garden and work with animals or if you are not interested in gardening we can train you to work with us on animal husbandry when we have projects. (12- 3 is the baseline time sometimes we start earlier and we definitely stay later there is nothing like a sunset over Sandy Neck). This Sunday Father's Day we have a lonnnnnng list of to dos and invite you to join us at noon.
The new garden has been set aside for a market farm for Jay and I to support our efforts and our Farm volunteers to cultivate and then enjoy the literal fruits of their labor. In exchange for your help throughout the season you can take home a share of the veggies and cut flowers. we are delighted that this garden has taken shape and gotten off the ground. What has grown so far is- the mesculun mix and mezzuna.
Onto the shameless self promotion portion:
Meat will be available in a couple of weeks as we will be picking up pork and ham from the butcher in Athol, MA from the pigs who helped roto-till the garden from April to June. We also will have some sausage varieties available. Stay tuned.
The six piglets that arrived on Monday and are up at the barn are for November- and can be purchased either as whole or half. We also have a couple of lambs left that will go to Market in September. If you are interested in any of these itemd please send an email.
We also will be raising some Christmas turkeys and the poults will be here in July. These will not get to be as big as the mighty Drumstick who is still in residence with us and well loved by all. These turkeys are called midget whites. I know they will be delicious- in any event and live an abundant life living as a turkey would like to eating, sunning themselves hanging out with other turkeys and eating grass.
We finished our yarn from the fall recently using Esther and Miriam's fleece blending it with some Merino wool. It is for sale by skein/weight. If you are interested let us know.
We would love to have you join us in farming and gardening this summer. We are open to everyone being a part of the wonderful culture being created at the sanctuary and would love to share all the food we are growing with you and your families.
As always call email or come by- we keep farmer's hours 5:30-7:00 am and 5:30-8:00 pm in Summer and much earlier in winter and spring.
Did you notice the tractor we have to extend a big, warm, and earnest thank you to the Crowley family for allowing Jay to borrow it. They just "upped" our game to an entirely new and exciting level.
Well, more later....will we see you Sunday?????
we hope so, keep in touch.
Jen and Jay
Ocean Song Farm
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