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Cherry and Pear leaves turn colors and fall away
Teenage Goat Girls lounge in the fall afternoon sun
Thanksgiving is nearly upon us. Our neighbor grain farmers were racing against the next onslaught of rain to get another corn field harvested today. The trees have mostly lost their leaves, but with no hard frost in sight, we still have abundant and sweet rainbow chard, kale, brussel sprouts and cardoons in our garden.
The Vet School dairy rotation came out the other day to pregancy check some of our does. Just like with people, they used ultrasound. It was pretty amazing to watch the girls get up on the stand, and while they were obliviously munching away on grain, the humans watched the fuzzy black and white images of engorged pregnant uteruses and a few fleeting glimses of goat fetuses! As they casually go about their daily routine of eating, getting milked, eating again, chewing their cud, head butting their neighbor, etc., there are little baby goats growing inside them. Pretty cool stuff.
This Thanksgiving we'll be dining on a pastured turkey from Triple S Farms, lots of roasted root and fall vegetables and local fruit pies. We might even make some goat milk gelato to go with those pies. We have a LOT to be thankful for, among those things, our wonderful patrons. Thank you for your support of our farm and our vision for a diverse and sustainable agriculture in america's heartland.
This coming Saturday, we won't be attending any farmers' markets to give ourselves and our staff a little break. Hopefully, you all have stocked up on cheese to get you through to the following weekend. If not, you can get your fix at several locations in Champaign-Urbana, Bloomington-Normal, and the greater Chicago area.
Champaign Urbana: Common Ground Food Coop, World Harvest, Strawberry Fields and Schnucks.
Bloomington-Normal: The Garlic Press and Schnucks
Chicago area: Pastoral Artisan Cheese, Marion Street Cheese Market (Oak Park) and Whole Foods.
A delicious thanksgiving to all!
Thanksgiving Indeed
11/24/2009 8:37pm by Leslie Cooperband or Wes Jarrell
Cherry and Pear leaves turn colors and fall away
Teenage Goat Girls lounge in the fall afternoon sun
Thanksgiving is nearly upon us. Our neighbor grain farmers were racing against the next onslaught of rain to get another corn field harvested today. The trees have mostly lost their leaves, but with no hard frost in sight, we still have abundant and sweet rainbow chard, kale, brussel sprouts and cardoons in our garden.
The Vet School dairy rotation came out the other day to pregancy check some of our does. Just like with people, they used ultrasound. It was pretty amazing to watch the girls get up on the stand, and while they were obliviously munching away on grain, the humans watched the fuzzy black and white images of engorged pregnant uteruses and a few fleeting glimses of goat fetuses! As they casually go about their daily routine of eating, getting milked, eating again, chewing their cud, head butting their neighbor, etc., there are little baby goats growing inside them. Pretty cool stuff.
This Thanksgiving we'll be dining on a pastured turkey from Triple S Farms, lots of roasted root and fall vegetables and local fruit pies. We might even make some goat milk gelato to go with those pies. We have a LOT to be thankful for, among those things, our wonderful patrons. Thank you for your support of our farm and our vision for a diverse and sustainable agriculture in america's heartland.
This coming Saturday, we won't be attending any farmers' markets to give ourselves and our staff a little break. Hopefully, you all have stocked up on cheese to get you through to the following weekend. If not, you can get your fix at several locations in Champaign-Urbana, Bloomington-Normal, and the greater Chicago area.
Champaign Urbana: Common Ground Food Coop, World Harvest, Strawberry Fields and Schnucks.
Bloomington-Normal: The Garlic Press and Schnucks
Chicago area: Pastoral Artisan Cheese, Marion Street Cheese Market (Oak Park) and Whole Foods.
A delicious thanksgiving to all!
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