Abbe Hills Farm CSA

Greetings shareholders and friends,

Sorry it's been so long since you've heard from me.  If I had 6 or 8 hours to sit in front of the computer, I'd get my garden lists organized and send you all a better note about your CSA.  Hopefully, it will happen sometime next week. 

Lots of good things going on here and the garden looks pretty good right now.  I'm optimistic, although I would be happy for a little rain this afternoon.  It dries out so quickly when I'm out there stirring up the soil as much as you have to when you grow vegetables.  Gotta keep knocking away at all those stinking weeds!!!

My friend, Dad Specht, will be making another beef delivery on Saturday morning, May 26th.  Here is his note:

I will be delivering grass fed beef to Laura's farm on Sat. May 26th between 10 and 11 am. Same deal as last time, 20 lb. boxes containing apx. 1/16th of an animal... steaks, roasts stew meat, and hamburger, for $5.50/lb. No soup bones, ribs, or organ meats. I do have soup bones available and will sell them separately to folks who request them for $2.50/lb. I have also been getting inquiries about ordering 1/4's or 1/2's . More on that later, but it will not be until Aug. at the earliest. My price will be $2.25/lb. carcass weight. You pay the locker processing fees and pick up your meat.

A little about my operation. My main business is growing grass based forages and marketing it through beef and cattle sales. Experience has taught me that steers need to be at or approaching 2 years old to produce a quality animal ready to harvest. I have found that if I calve my cows in the fall, the resulting  animals reach market weight and condition in late summer early fall of their 2nd year, after a long season of  grazing in lush pastures. This results in peak levels of omega 3  and other healthy fatty acids, and vitamin E , as well as great flavor.  Managing my farm as a grassland ecosystem allows me to be productive, while conserving my soil and water resources, as well as providing habitat for grassland birds and animals, many of which are declining because of loss of grassland habitat.

Email me your orders...   Dan

Dan Specht

12082 Iris Ave. McGregor, IA 52157

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If you have not yet signed up for the 2012 CSA season, you could do it now!  Registration form is attached.  If you have signed up already, thanks.  I really really really appreciate all of your support and encouragement.

I've got lovely spinach in the hoophouse right now which I would be happy to sell.  I'll have bags of it in the Pepsi cooler in the shed this afternoon and tomorrow in case you would like to buy some.

Don't forget to shop the farmers market for the rest of your vegetables, Thursdays, 4:00 until 6:00, Memorial Park (by the water tower), until the CSA opens, likely the week of June 4.

Laura