It is a busy week for us all, working behind the scenes for LFF!
Today, we spent our time in McIntosh, MN learning about how to connect with food service people to get farm fresh foods into the cafeterias of schools, nursing homes, and hospitals! Ok, so the exclamation point makes it sound exciting, but it really was an amazing learning opportunity. Did you know that you could purchase a share of garden produce and DONATE it to your favorite "lunch lady" to serve to her people?!?!? I had no idea it was legal, much less approved and even ENCOURAGED! The University of Minnesota put this whole workshop on for local producers today, to talk about the whole thing. Apparently, it is the new movement in the whole foods "realm" (what? I didn't tell you that there is a whole 'nother world in here?! You have just barely gotten started ;0) )
Just a reminder, we have 2 membership meetings this week. Bring yourself, bring a friend or two!
We hope to see you there!
Crookston. Wednesday the 24th, from 6-8pm, at Happy Joe's in the back room.
Thief River Falls. Thursday the 25th, from 4-8pm, at the Northwest Regional Library.
Stacy
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Poultry Acres
Raising high quality chickens (fryers), turkeys, and fresh eggs.
Taking orders mid-March until they are gone, first come first serve!
The first Fryers will be ready about the first week of May, continuing every Friday through the middle of November!
Turkeys will be available between August and November, in limited quantities.
The young hens should start laying eggs by the middle of August.
For more info, write:
Poultry Acres
3222 430th St.
Fertile, MN 56540
(note here: the author of this blog has a limited number of flyers, so you could contact me as well, to get the new season brochure!)
additional editing note: Poultry Acres is owned and operated by one of the adult children of the Lambright Family. This post was meant for the locally grown resources page, but this editor hasn't yet figured out all these great things ;)
Raising high quality chickens (fryers), turkeys, and fresh eggs.
Taking orders mid-March until they are gone, first come first serve!
The first Fryers will be ready about the first week of May, continuing every Friday through the middle of November!
Turkeys will be available between August and November, in limited quantities.
The young hens should start laying eggs by the middle of August.
For more info, write:
Poultry Acres
3222 430th St.
Fertile, MN 56540
(note here: the author of this blog has a limited number of flyers, so you could contact me as well, to get the new season brochure!)
additional editing note: Poultry Acres is owned and operated by one of the adult children of the Lambright Family. This post was meant for the locally grown resources page, but this editor hasn't yet figured out all these great things ;)
Come out and meet us!
Members of the Lambright family and myself will be at:
Happy Joe's in Crookston, on Wednesday, March 24th, from 6-8pm for an open house meeting for past, present and potential new CSA members. Come with your questions, comments, concerns for this growing season and the transition to a new gardening operation!
Northwest Regional Library in Thief River Falls on Thursday, March 25th, from 4-8pm, for an open house meeting there, same details.
We will use these nights for planning our drop off site details, routes, special offers, and farm visits. We will also be discussing other items that may be available to you throughout the growing season, as well as what we have started, what the Farm goals and strategies are for this upcoming season, and hopefully much more!
Come and join us!
Happy Joe's in Crookston, on Wednesday, March 24th, from 6-8pm for an open house meeting for past, present and potential new CSA members. Come with your questions, comments, concerns for this growing season and the transition to a new gardening operation!
Northwest Regional Library in Thief River Falls on Thursday, March 25th, from 4-8pm, for an open house meeting there, same details.
We will use these nights for planning our drop off site details, routes, special offers, and farm visits. We will also be discussing other items that may be available to you throughout the growing season, as well as what we have started, what the Farm goals and strategies are for this upcoming season, and hopefully much more!
Come and join us!
Thursday, March 4, 2010
The greenhouse is done! (almost)
First, a picture of it in progress (notice the buggy behind the greenhouse, you can vaguely see it through the plastic, as well as the wheel to a cart on the left):
Next, you can see it in place:
And finally, a view to show its position. What you can't see from these pictures, is that there was a special venting "window" in the back of the greenhouse that lines up perfectly with a window in the barn. Now, you may be wondering why such a thing was done. I will tell you. That barn is full of cows and horses, and maintains a rather constant temperature of about 40 degrees, even in the dead of winter, on the coldest of nights. As the days get warmer outside, the temperatures in the barn will rise as well. That will get the greenhouse heated without the use of extra equipment and work.
A few things to note:
The plastic is actually in two layers, one on the outside of the frame, and one on the inside. The principal behind this was based on the works of Eliot Coleman, as written in his books about winter gardening in colder climates, along with research from many others who have worked with high tunnels and greenhouses in northern climates. The two layers provide a better insulation against the cold winter temperatures.
There will be shelves built into the greenhouse, in fact, I haven't been to the farm yesterday or today, so they may already be in place.
I didn't think to ask dimensions of the greenhouse, so if that is of interest to you, please accept my apologies, you will have to wait a bit to find that information.
For those who don't know, the purpose of this greenhouse is not to grow plants to maturity, but just to get them started until the weather and soil conditions allow for plants to be put in the ground. At some point in the future (near or far, we have not yet determined), the LFF hopes to put up a high tunnel or two so that growing may be done "under cover" and in the ground at the same time, and hopefully extend the season even more.
For those interested, I have started a Facebook page for the Lambright Family Farm. I am hoping that communicating through these various venues will meet the needs of all of our members and friends.
Stacy
Next, you can see it in place:
And finally, a view to show its position. What you can't see from these pictures, is that there was a special venting "window" in the back of the greenhouse that lines up perfectly with a window in the barn. Now, you may be wondering why such a thing was done. I will tell you. That barn is full of cows and horses, and maintains a rather constant temperature of about 40 degrees, even in the dead of winter, on the coldest of nights. As the days get warmer outside, the temperatures in the barn will rise as well. That will get the greenhouse heated without the use of extra equipment and work. 
A few things to note:
The plastic is actually in two layers, one on the outside of the frame, and one on the inside. The principal behind this was based on the works of Eliot Coleman, as written in his books about winter gardening in colder climates, along with research from many others who have worked with high tunnels and greenhouses in northern climates. The two layers provide a better insulation against the cold winter temperatures.
There will be shelves built into the greenhouse, in fact, I haven't been to the farm yesterday or today, so they may already be in place.
I didn't think to ask dimensions of the greenhouse, so if that is of interest to you, please accept my apologies, you will have to wait a bit to find that information.
For those who don't know, the purpose of this greenhouse is not to grow plants to maturity, but just to get them started until the weather and soil conditions allow for plants to be put in the ground. At some point in the future (near or far, we have not yet determined), the LFF hopes to put up a high tunnel or two so that growing may be done "under cover" and in the ground at the same time, and hopefully extend the season even more.
For those interested, I have started a Facebook page for the Lambright Family Farm. I am hoping that communicating through these various venues will meet the needs of all of our members and friends.
Stacy
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