Labor Day weekend either seems to be an end of summer celebration or it ushers in the beginning of fall. This year it seems to the latter. As I’m writing this, I can see bits of color on the trees, the wind is blowing gusts from the west and our apple trees are already ripening. It’s the perfect day to curl up with a book and a cup of coffee!
Fall is bringing a lot of excitement this year {really, this whole year has been exciting – for better or worse!} We have 3 cows that are due to calve this month and 3 more in the first part of October. We have our fall batch of pigs heading to butcher mid-month and we’re one month away from the fall beef harvest! We have just a few quarters of beef available to be sure to reserve yours soon.
We are also hosting our Coffee & Muck Boots Fall Farm Tour this Saturday September 9 at 10:00 AM.
Click here for details and to RSVP, but we’re be providing coffee and fresh, hot donuts from the local Amish bakery…so…yeah. You’ll want to be there. 😉
In September, we’re also working on a few construction projects around the farm. We’re insulating our dairy barn for the coming winter, fixing up our future farm store building, and installing a new pipeline milking system! We also purchased an enclosed trailer this weekend, which we’ll be insulating and turning into a portable walk-in cooler for milk storage and deliveries.
We’ve already announced our expansion to our herdshare leaseholders but starting in November, we’ll be taking over a retiring herdshare on the east side of the state. With a driver and refrigerated truck, our milk & dairy products will be available at over 20 delivery location in the Detroit-Ann Arbor area. We {& the delivery coordinator} hope to expand into the Saginaw, Bay City and Lansing areas in the future.
We are incredibly excited about this growth, and it has required us to triple the size of our milking herd, upgrade some of our equipment and infrastructure, and scale back some other areas of our farm to make sure we’re scaling up in a sustainable way.
Happy Labor Day to All!
I love hearing about how amazing you all are doing. Hopefully this fall G and I can come visit you. It’s been way too long!! ♥️
We would LOVE to have you visit! 😀
http://www.rifoundation.org/TransformingRhodeIsland/100YearsofCommunity/RhodyFreshAhomegrowntale.aspx This is what was done in Rhode Island, we are super happy to be able to buy this in our supermarkets now. Worth the price.
Wish I love I your area. Any small homestead in the area. I am tired of Kansas and raised 2 autistic sons on a farm am ready to go back. Sure miss fresh milk beef,pork and veggies. Are you having a 2018 tour?