Grandpa's Grand Applesauce - a great Christmas gift!

Looking for a unique, locally made, great tasting gift this Christmas season?  Consider sharing the gift of delicious Grandpa's Grand Applesauce.  All four varieties are available in either our standard 24 ounce jar, or our sampler size 7.75 ounce jar.  Or check out our 4 jar sample wooden gift box!  Grandpa's Grand can be found in several retail stores across Southeast Michigan or ordered conveniently online from our website, and you can always stop by the farm and pick some up as well!

Congratulations to Estala Pong

Estala was the winner of the Fall Farm Tour drawing for a delicious organic broiler chicken from Decker Farm and Orchard

Week # 16 - Final shares for the season

Wow!  Where did the time go?  The old adage of "time flies when you're having fun" sure applied to me this past year, it was a very enjoyable and memorable first CSA season, and none of it would have been possible without my awesome shareholders.  Thank you so much for your support and encouragement! 

Production of Grandpa's Grand Applesauce is in full swing, this week's shares will include your choice of either Red Carpet (Red Delicious) or Gold Rush (Golden Delicious) varieties.  

Share contents:

• Chickens
• Parsnips
• Leeks
• Turnips
• Bell Pepper
• Onions - green, yellow, red, and white
• Rosemary
• Applesauce
• Gourds (not edible, but for decorations)

This weeks featured recipe is Roasted Leek and Potato Soup

Lots of projects planned for the "off season" to get ready for 2015, including planting garlic,  building a 2nd mobile chicken coop, expanding the planting fields and fences, prepping for blueberry and raspberry planting in the spring, and hopefully finding an inexpensive used manure spreader.  I'll try and keep everyone updated on the progress. 

Thanks again for a great season!

Chickens are in the Freezer!

Batch #2 of chickens is now in the freezer.  It was a heftier bunch of birds this time, with the average weight right where we were targeting, at around 4-1/2 lbs.  Feed to weight ratio also improved.  We picked up another old trailer frame, so included in the winter project list will be to build mobile coop #2 so that we can run two batches at a time starting next spring! 

Shareholder chickens will be included in this week's shares, for non shareholders - give me a call or shoot an email and we can coordinate pickup up times for your chickens.