Dear friends,
Yes, I have been remiss in sending our newsletter. Even my sister reminded me of my delinquency, which as you can expect, was especially painful
We have been busy, I promise. In addition to doing a terrible job of keeping up with the rapidly falling leaves, we completed 8 more firewood deliveries and already split 6 ricks for next year. We have 5 deliveries remaining, with 2 unsold ricks. Please place your order now! My goal is to split another 9 ricks prior to Thanksgiving and the remaining 12 during Christmas, when my business partners, Lauren and Harry, will be home to help split and stack!
Egg production and sales have been brisk. With the guineas and chickens laying at near-full capacity, you cannot buy enough eggs. If you have us over for dinner, you will receive a free dozen! And if it is a good dinner, I will return with some locally produced, 100% real maple syrup, which continues to receive rave reviews.
Raymond the rooster found a home with Ray the carpenter and his family of 6 in Middlefield. Raymond is enjoying his new home and 12 female coop mates We also sold 6 hens. We could sell another 4 hens if someone is interested.
The surprise lamb continues to thrive and enjoys his time grazing and running in the pasture. And the two 6-month old goats are now fully acclimated to their new home and 2 human owners, who seem to visit the farm much more frequently now.
All of the animals are thoroughly enjoying their time outside in the cooler, dry weather!
Today's fun fact has little to do with farming, but was a funny reminder of our school-hood days and promises of an impending switch to the metric system.
On October 27th, 1921, a senate committee advised that the United States change to the metric system of weights and measures as it was used by 37 countries against the Imperial weights and measure system used in just 12 countries . At the time, "the US was the only major international country to have not adopted the metric system!" So much for progress
Hope you have a great week!
Your friend,
Harry
