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Tomorrow's Farm Open House and Sale-come meet the new hens

Posted 7/17/2012 9:10pm by Leslie Cooperband or Wes Jarrell.

Thanks to Cathe Capel of Seven Sisters Farm, we have 21 new bard rock laying hens. They are about 10 months old and already laying eggs. They'll be out in their new pen-chicken coop tomorrow, so come out to welcome them to our farm. Soon, we hope to have eggs for sale during our open house as well as our cheese and gelatoOur farm open house and on farm sale runs from 4 to 6PM. 

We'll have lots of cheese for you to sample and buy including chevre, several soft ripened cheeses, some huckleberry blue, roxanne and caprino romano.  We will also have a few jars of our first extraction honey for sale. It is beautifully pale, and very floral tasting. We've got some great gelato flavors for you to enjoy including:

  • Vanilla
  • Chocolate*
  • Hazelnut
  • Stracciatella* (fancy chocolate ganache chip)
  • NEW: Smoked white chocolate stracciatella (WOW!!)
  • Ginger
  • Thai Basil
  • Mint*
  • Rhubarb Swirl*
  • Peach Sorbetto*
  • Strawberry Sorbetto

* indicates the flavors that we will have available for scoops into cups or cones.

Stewart's Artisan Breads will have breads, bagels, biscotti and granola for sale. Tomahnous Farm will be here with a nice variety of vegetables and beautiful flowers.  AND... Last but surely not least, Laurence Mate, the knife dude, will be here to sharpen your knives while you shop and see the farm. 

We look forward to seeing you here tomorrow afternoon. It will be hot, but it will be fun!

 

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