Sorry, I couldn’t wait. I know I said shares would be available on Sunday… so I jumped the gun by a day. Click here, Who is ZF 2010 Share Season, to download the PDF with all the info. We are a micro farm, so to speak,, shares are limited and available on a first come, [...]
Archive for March, 2010
24 Mar
Eat Local, Support Your Farmers
Lately, the big buzz is about eating local. So what does that mean exactly and why should you? LocalHarvest.org says it best: Most produce in the US is picked 4 to 7 days before being placed on supermarket shelves, and is shipped for an average of 1500 miles before being sold. And this is when [...]
21 Mar
Garden Tips
We just created a new page, Garden Tips, on this site. We are asked tons of questions and wanted to share some of the things we do to make gardening easier. Check out the new page to learn, or be reminded of some easy ideas we have found that work well in the garden. First [...]
16 Mar
Shares Available March 28!
On your mark, get set…. GO!!! Well, almost. Shares will be available starting Sunday, March 28. We will send an email with our 2010 Q&A’s to everyone on our Yahoo email list. We will also post the 2010 Q&A’s here, on the blog, on that date as well. We sell our shares first come, first [...]
5 Mar
Egg Facts
This info comes from our new egg lady, Mary: Egg shells are porous because the chick needs to be able to “breath” as it develops. A hen (or hens) will lay eggs for several days/weeks until she has enough to sit on & hatch. To prevent the first egg/chicks from rotting while she fills her [...]
