The Weblog
This page contains news, event information, and other items added by Ian and Adam, the resident farmers at Old 99. We send out a message every week, but most are set with a delete date about two weeks later. I archive some of the posts if they have content other than weekly availability of produce and meat.
You can send me questions too, which if they are of a general nature, I can post to this Old99 blog.
Old 99 Farm, week of Aug 24, 2014
As of Aug 24th, we can offer 64 items including the following crops: dill, chives, lovage, mint, basil, beet tops, beet root, tomatoes (three varieties), chard, rhubarb, kohlrabi, eggplant, carrots, bush beans (slender purples and greens), snap peas, peppers, cucumbers, summer squashes and kale. The early and mid season raspberries are past, but there are already new fruitlets on the everbearing which will provide a small crop in early Sept.
Camelia is cooking prepared foods from our produce: garlic pesto, cucumber relish, quiches (on order). Dill pickles are next, but you can make your own too! Cukes by the bushel available.
Meats
Beef cuts are now available, a total of about 500 lbs of pastured meats. There are several geese in the freezer. Place your order for lamb now for pickup in September. Roasting chickens are now here as of Aug 12th.
Eggs
My current price is $6/XL doz. I sell mixed size dozens that weigh at least 588 gm (medium), 672 grams, the ‘large’ size dozen, and Extra Large, 770gm plus carton. Please bring in recycled cartons.
Raw Honey
We have harvested our first crop of honey of 2014 this past week. It’s a lovely golden colour with a fragrant bouquet, likely it’s from the honey locust flowers. You bring your jar and fill it here, starting in July, or buy in prefilled mason jars.