Winter Hours

We are open all Winter two days per week.

Through March 2014
Fridays 12 pm - 5 pm
Saturdays 12 pm - 5 pm 

Mid-Winter Apple sale  $ .49 per lb

Nice hard apples are starting to come out of CA storage.  Controlled atmosphere storage is when the oxygen, carbon dioxide, nitrogen, temperature and humidity are all manipulated in such a way as to put the living and breathing apple "to sleep".   Alas we do not have access to CA storage so our apples are softer at this time of year.  But that also means they have more flavor and higher sugar content.   So now is a great time to to make some apple sauce, pies, crisp, coffee cake and the like.  Warm up that kitchen, push those scents through the house.  Teach your kids so they have a "like mamma used to make" story.

Warm 

Speaking of warm, Jo-Anne just got in a new batch of corn bags to warm you up on these cold days.  I'm just a skinny guy and get cold easily just like my Dad.  I can grab a corn bag and stuff it inside a few layers and it warms me right back up.  Use it in the car on the way to work, where ever you are cold.

We also have the usual beef, honey, maple syrup, fudge etc.  So come on out Friday or Saturday and stock up and then go back home and make a memory with your kids.  Speaking of memories... 

Traditions  

I posted on Facebook Christmas Day about our Reindeer Games  so I'll repeat that for our email only readers and tell you all about our 12th night tradition.  

Reindeer Games 

Merry Christmas all from Abbott Farms. Our Christmas is starting a little late. One of the reindeer (calf) developed a cough last night and on this 5 below morning it was much worse. So before we have Christmas the farmer needs to take care of his animals. The calf got a shot of OTC and we hope for the best. That reminds me of a tradition we had as a kids that I bet you didn't. We put hay out for the reindeer. We were always waiting Christmas morning for Dad to come in from the barn. No wonder Dad use to tell us not to feed the reindeer too much or they wouldn't be able to fly. Farm life, I love it!