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Wood Duck Farm
March 16, 2011
Just a brief update to welcome some of you that have recently joined out CSA program and bring those of you current that don't read our farm update.
While parts of Houston received a little rain here on Monday, we unfortunately did not. Not to worry as we are for the most part irrigated and optimistic that our plants will remain healthy throughout the spring and later into summer. If this is your first time interacting or being part of a farm, you will soon find that most farmers are difficult to please. What I mean is that it's either too hot, too cold, too wet or too dry. Here at WDF we've learned not to vocalize our complaints too much though as for the most part things are out of our hands anyway. Hopefully the situation in Japan will soon find a remedy and we will not be complaining about "glowing beets" anytime soon.
What's Growing? At our lease down the road we have broccoli, cauliflower, Pac Choi, green garlic and onions growing fairly nicely. Here at the farm we have salad greens, arugula, beets, carrots up and growing. We planted radishes, salad turnips and spinach on Sunday ahead of the supposed rain, so we're having to overhead water those newly planted beds almost non-stop. Other crops such as green beans and potatoes are doing well. Most of our tomato plants are ready to be transplanted this week. We've prepared most of their beds and hopefully will begin transferring them from the greenhouses to the field tomorrow. Other crops such as radicchio, summer squash, cucumbers and zucchini will be ready for transferring to the field in another week or so.
Grass Fed Meat/Egg Subscription Program:Our pastured poultry program is going good. We still have more to learn, but our mortality rate with critters and the weather is improving. While we started out with more, we have put about 75 chickens or so in our two freezers. The pigs are happy and ready to go lodge in the woods for the summer to escape the sun. For those of you in these programs, we'll keep you posted in advance when we will make our first delivery in April.
Extra Eggs? We've found another local grower that might be able to help us with some of your requests about acquiring extra eggs. I've got to figure out how to do this. As soon as I have a plan, I'll let you know.
When Do We Begin? As mentioned in our last farm update, we are hoping to begin deliveries the week of April 4th-6th . Why are we running behind? The freezes back in January were more severe than we expected, which required us to replant some crops, putting us behind a little.
CSA Enrollment & Openings? We still have openings available so let your friends know. Let them visit this link CSA Registration .
Recently Added CSA Pick Up Locations:
The Clear Lake/Sea Brook area
The Coffee-Oasis
Cullen's Upscale American Grill
The Energy Corridor of West Houston
Beans Café & Coffee House
The Museum District of Houston
St. Paul's United Methodist Church
For a link to showing all of our CSA Pick Up locations, visit CSA Pickup Locations
Prior Farm Updates and photos can be found at this link http://wdfupdate.blogspot.com/
Twitter?: Find us @WoodduckFM.
WDF has facebook page, but this link will take you to Van's page, from there you need to search for Wood Duck Farm. Go figure huh.
All the Best,
Van Weldon
Cell 713 876 8645
www.woodduckfarm.com
email csa@woodduckfarm.com
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