March 20 – Today we started 5 flats: Brocolli, Collards, Kale, Butterhead Lettuce and Bunching Onions.
In a month or two, we’ll have fresh salads!
Tag Archives: Farming
Got Eggs?
The girls have been hard at work. Right now they are laying about 45 eggs a day on average.
Food For Thought: How Eating Good Food Can Make You Feel Better
If you only listen to your heart, you will oft times end up pigging out on french fries with cheese sauce. (Am I right?) After a while, somebody else will be listening to your heart – your cardiologist. Next time you’re hungry, stop and listen to your head a minute. So yeah, a great big juicy steak grilled to perfection and smothered in butter might sound really good to your limbic region, but engage your frontal lobe and consider what it will do to your abdominal and posterior regions. Is that 10 minutes of pleasure worth all the work you will need to do over the next couple days/weeks get your diet back in balance again?
I ate a salad today for lunch. Fresh salad is loaded with vitamins, fiber, antioxidants and very little fat. It wasn’t my first choice, but when I took a moment to consider my future I remembered that I’d probably be much happier long term than if I just ate a big steak. (not that I eat steak anymore anyway but you get the idea.) After I ate I was delighted to experience that light, energetic aura that slow burning carbs give you, for many hours. It was Wow.
Eat well. Dream big. Live like you mean it!
Mercy Hill Farm
Coming Soon: MercyHill Farm Country Store
There’s still thirty inches of snow covering the growing beds here at the farm, but now that Christmas and New Year’s Eve have passed, we’re hankering for a fresh garden salad!
We’ve decided to raise piglets again this year. They are lots of fun, and great landscapers. Pigs are herd animals, so we’ll raise one for us, and a few others for friends. OINK!
Rustic obelisks will make it easier to grow climbing beans.
The girls have done a fine job keeping us in eggs this winter. People love our fresh eggs!
and in a few months, we will hire on some new gals to bolster our egg production.
Meanwhile, we’re working out the details with our friends: Lakes Region Eat Local to pool together the best local food in one place this summer, making it available to you in a convenient, fun, country atmosphere: Mercy Hill Farm Country Store in Wolfeboro, NH.
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Come on springtime!