Piglets!

5755 Route 209 between Accord and Kerhonkson 845-626-7137 www.KelderFarm.com

Chris Kelder wrangles the newest members

This spring we welcome two new residents to our farm--Pinkers and Babe, a pair of piglets. They're the runts of their brood and were bottle-fed and just six weeks old.
This didn't stop Pinkers from jumping her pen this morning and confronting the largest member of our animal community. Chris found Pinkers toe-to-toe with Rita, the donkey, who out-weighs Pinkers by about, mmmm, 400 lbs? Luckily, Rita wasn't feeling threatened by the plucky piglet.
The rest of animals have also arrived from their winter home across the road--Rita's burrito, Sally, Shayna and Ezra the alpacas, Comet and Milky Way, the goats, lambs, chickens, and peacocks.
Those noisy geese who live on the mini-golf hatched some eggs this spring for the first time and are now preoccupied with parenthood.

Bucky and Dolly

We're now open 10 to 6 every day and our greenhouse is full of bedding plants, flower baskets and vegetable plants. Homegrown Mini-Golf is sporting its second year of red-and-green spring sorrel, 3 varieties of blooming quince and some very neat ornamental onions. Come visit!
The water feature on Homegrown Mini-Golf is chemical-free--the frogs and birds love it

Our annual Community Yard sale will open at 10:00 am, Saturday May 7. Come browse for bargains, or, if you've gotten too many bargains and need to clear your closets, there's still room to sell, call us at 845-626-7137 to register for a spot. The Community Yard Sale benefits Stone Ridge Nursery School.

Foods that make your brain "younger"
Want to turn back time? Start with adding fruit and veggies to your diet. Researchers speculate that antioxidants in vegetables and fruits may protect blood vessels and nerve cells against damaging chemical reactions that cause aging.
   Harvard researchers studied about 13,000 participants and found that those who ate five or more servings of veggies a day preserved memory and other mental abilities better than those who ate fewer than two servings.
   The apparent benefit was strongest for green leafy vegetables and cruciferous vegetables. That includes spinach, chard, broccoli and cauliflower.
   In participants who ate the most of those vegetables during the six-year study, the protective effect was roughly equal to avoiding one to two years of aging.

From Should I Eat This? Shop Smart Magazine pub. by Consumer Reports

We hope you're enjoying this beautiful late spring as much as we are! We'll keep you up to date on the asparagus and rhubarb crops, which should be ready to pick soon! 
 
Your friends at Kelder's Farm
and Homegrown Mini-Golf 