Colvin Family Farm

Apples, apples...more apples! This week has been the week for us to put them up. We hauled six crates (4'x4'x3') of "Yellow Delicious" grade outs from the Oren Wooden's Apple Orchard here on the mountain. Most of them were stored in a bin for hog food throughout the early winter, but we also processed twenty bushels into apple sauce and juice. Total yield for this week was 44 quarts of apple sauce, and 52 quarts of apple juice. Our shelves are pretty well stocked for Winter as we have a total of 188 quarts of Apple Juice, way over 50 quarts of Apple Sauce, more than 200 quarts of Green Beans, and a bunch of Tomatoes, Summer Squash, Potatoes, Meats, Jams and Jellies canned. We have sixty pounds of fresh venison packed in the freezer, a 350 lb hog ready to butcher--I think we're ready for Winter! It is also a busy time of season as we start to catch up on maintenance projects that we got behind on during the busy season (okay one of the other busy seasons). Projects to get done include the final season's mowing and trimming, making sure to get around everything everywhere so the farm looks good all Winter. We are also planning on ripping out some temporary raised beds we had built in front of the greenhouse, changing the oil in all of the vehicles, checking the antifreeze in all of the vehicles and tractor, organizing all of the farming equipment that is coming in from the field etc... etc... Hope you've had a productive week!

Adam Colvin
Colvin Family Farm (CNG)
www.ColvinFamilyFarm.com
A Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) serving in the Knoxville, and Maryville, TN area (share boxes)