So many exciting things from last week! It was a team effort to document all of them!
First, as promised in last week’s Beet, some photos of the new lambs. Thanks for the photos Becca!
They’re very impressive in addition to being adorable. Mere minutes after being born, the lambs are hard at work trying to stand up on their four (very wobbly) legs and after a few attempts, manage this herculean feat! As of 10:30am this Monday, we’re at 100 lambs, including 18 sets of triplets and two quadruplets!
Amon and Jenna’s cookbook is a month away from publication, but they’ve gotten an advance copy to peruse. It’s a stunning book, to say nothing of the lovely essays and headnotes with each recipe, plus the recipes themselves! You can see some of the interior pages here. You can preorder a book now through your favorite bookstore here, and after the publication date on March 10, you can get signed copies directly from us! We’ll be selling signed copies in our CSA Member Store, Online Farm Shop (for shipping), and at events.
The anemones from the spring flower field from two years ago (planted in November 2023) are still going! Somehow, these intrepid flowers keep popping up. They’re blooming for a third year in a row, even after the field has been worked several times and replanted several times (most recently in cover crop and alfalfa). There were enough “volunteer” anemones to fill two “vases” for the office.
As for this year’s spring flower field, the tulips have started to trickle in. We aim to have lots by Valentine’s Day, so these are a little behind our ideal schedule, but that’s how nature works. Anyone near one of our three farmers market locations should hustle over this week to get some. Thanks to Rose for the photos!
Pallets of new seed potatoes arrived and have been planted. New potatoes coming your way, at some point in May!
Plus planting a few rows of peach trees, documented by Ella.
And how about these three intertwined carrots that Lyla found? Wild!
Elaine Swiedler, CSA Manager