Last melon harvest

Today we stripped out the last of the crenshaw melons. There was about 200 to 300 melons left in the patch for this harvest. we also pulled what few watermelon, honeydew, and canteloupe there were.

Its sad to see summer ending, but we are very happy with the number of melons we were able to grow for our hogs. There was even enough to take a small batch to the medford food coop for sale.

We will definitely plant the crenshaws again next year!

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Celebrating "Eat Local Week" at Medford Food Coop with more samples!

This week is "Eat Local Week" at the Medford Food Coop, and Little Sprouts is glad to be helping them celebrate ! We will be in the store wednesday and thursday giving out samples of our new sausage flavors.

We plan on having  these available for sampling (and buying directly from the Coop) :

English Bangers - both traditional with crackers and gluten free
Garlic and Pepper sausage
Hot Italian Sausage
Pork Breakfast sausage - mild and spicy

The Coop will also be carrying our fresh pork chops and sirloin chops!

Even better.. all of this will be available at NEW LOWER PRICES!

We hope you can take a moment to stop by and say hi as you try our new flavors.

All these are made with organic ingredients and our own pork, organically fed, pasture raised, heritage breed, non-gmo, no hormone, no chemicals, no anitbiotics, heritage breed, humane treatment, and FRESH produce fed...

Two Sections of Winter Garden in the ground

We managed to get 2 sections in the ground as a good start on the winter garden. We planted turnips and cauliflower.

There are 8 rows in each section, at a length of 65 yards.  That's about 200 ft x 8 rows = 1600 feet of plants.  Not as much as we'd like but certainly decent!

We are using the drip-sprout technique... planting with our Hoss Seeder, then lay the drip tape in the track, and let it run frequently for short periods all day. That keeps the soil wet at the top to sprout without overdoing the water.  Hopefully this will help contain the inevitable weeds of a new plot.

Now we wait!

The winter feed garden

Here it is! The winter animal feed garden ready to go. Just add soil, water, time.

Cabbage
Cauliflour
Kale
Turnip
Rutebega
Carrot
Kohlrabi
Parsnips
Beets

Hoping we can get them in the ground before this weeks rain.

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Website Updates!

Ta Da!

Finally, after  what.. 2, 3 years? We have finally taken on the task of updating our website. It has grown horribly out of date as the farm business progressed, and somewhat confusing.  Hopefully we are correcting both.

You will notice a new set of pages, and updated information all around. The goal is to better explain how we work, why we are doing this, and what to expect as a customer.

Even if you have been a customer for a long time, we encourage you to browse around the website.. ask any questions, and provide any feedback you have.

Thanks for your support!