The chickens are coming! The chickens are coming!
Well, actually, they are here! After returning from a wonderful five days in St. John, Virgin Islands, for my brother’s wedding (fabulous, by the way) we are rested up and ready for the busy season. We’ve started by butchering 50 heavy chickens for your eating enjoyment. These beauties are averaging around 4.75 pounds (some lighter, some heavier) and will be available at farmer’s market starting tomorrow. You can also choose to pick up on the farm. If you pre-ordered chickens, expect an email from me tonight confirming your order and asking about your preferred pick up time/location. The price is $3.85 per pound, plus tax. We’ve also got plenty of eggs available.
The veggies are coming in nicely with all this rain. Leafy greens are all looking like wonderful green carpets, the cabbage plants are very healthy and the sweet pea plants are growing by leaps and bounds. Radishes exploded in size over the past week from all the moisture and the green onions are nice and crisp. And the tomato plants are looking wonderful. Those of you who’ve been with us a few years know that we often don’t have tomatoes until after the 4th of July. If the weather keeps up the way it has been, though, we may have the first tomatoes at the beginning of June! I’m so excited … I’m dying for a fresh, ripe ‘mater.
Now’s the time of year when we begin updating our website with the weekly harvest list. If you want to get an idea of what we’ll have at our farmer’s market locations, check out our Weekly Harvest page. This list will typically be updated by Tuesday night and may have items added or removed throughout the week prior to each market day. I’ll be updating the list right after posting this entry so if you’re planning to come to the Lee’s Summit market this week you’ll know what to expect. Keep in mind some items are in limited quantity so if your hankering for something specific on the list, get to market early!
Until next time.
~Karin