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 Nov 15th, 2015
The unseasonally mild fall is gracing us with an extended harvest from the outdoor gardens.
As of Nov 15th, we can offer the following crops: lettuce and mixed greens, sweet potato, beefsteak and roma tomatoes, cherry tomatoes(red, yellow and orange), celeriac, leek, cilantro, parsley, parsley root, kale, three varieties of chard, collards, peppers, eggplant, spaghetti squash. There are enough eggs to go around.
Camelia is cooking prepared foods from our produce: apple sauce, stuffed peppers, cucumber relish, quiches (on order).
Meats
I have pork, beef lamb and chicken in the freezer. The pigs went to the butcher on Tues Oct 27th and now are sausage, chops and roasts, all here. I have Bonny’s Big Red roasting chickens, ducks, geese and stewing hens.
We had a calf born a week ago, to Scruffy, a 7 yr old Lineback, we’re calling him ‘Rolf’ in honour of my friend from TO who was here for deer hunting that day. (Hope you don’t mind RK!) All the cows are now in the barnyard under the coverall, snug for the winter.
Keep your eyes open for news on Greenland and Antarctica with several huge glaciers being tracked due to accelerated melting. http://arctic-news.blogspot.ca/ is a good choice.
Healthy Eating,
Ian and Cami