Hello friends. It has been a while since we updated you on what’s going on here at Burns Best Farm so I thought I’d fill you in on the latest.
Produce update: Suffice to say that we have been so busy picking that we have hardly had time to do much else. Our blueberry crop has been excellent this year and we are picking the last of the berries. We planted 6 varieties of cherry tomatoes this year and have been selling them by the pint at the markets. The various colors make for a nice presentation and the taste is incredible. We had a lot of various items early on in the year and we are waiting on some of our second plantings to come in. The last several weeks have been dry and HOT so we have had to run our pump to pull water out of the pond. This is never ideal and costs money to run but it’s still better than the alternative.
CSA: We are coming toward the last few weeks of our CSA and we have really enjoyed providing local, fresh, tasty produce to our valuable customers.
Meat Sales: Our grass-fed beef and forested pork continues to fly off the shelf. We have processed two cows and six Berkshire pigs so far. The feedback from customers has been excellent and people are coming back for more – good news. We are building our herd inventory so that we can expand and meet the growing demand for our meats. Our meats are raised in the woods and pastures on our farm and live an antibiotic free existence.
Chickens: We were planning on expanding our laying flock this month in hopes that by Thanksgiving, the new hens would be laying enough that we could scrape through the winter with our own eggs and then have an abundance by March. (The hens always slow down or stop laying altogether in winter because we do not artificially light their henhouse.) Denise found a half-price sale on day-old baby chicks in early July, and so she did what any self-respecting woman does when such a find falls into her lap: she bought twice as many chicks for the same amount of money! So all of you who wish we had more eggs only have until next spring to wait. There will be plenty!
Fall: We look forward to fall and some cooler temperatures but also some good lettuce, kale, broccoli and other cool season crops. We’ve found some good recipes for fall crops that we will share with you in the weeks to come.
