*Bumblebeeacres* Farm News & Updates! February 13, 2009 Thanks for joining us online, we are glad you are here! The following is an overall account of what is currently happening on our Farm. I am including links to various pages within this site that may be of further interest to you. Enjoy!
2009 CSA Shares are Available ! Starting Saturday, June 6th 2009 ~Community Supported Agriculture~ Weekly Vegetable Boxes Limited number available, please order today so you don't miss out! Click on the Sunflower above to find out more Starting Indoor seeds now! We are excited Spring will soon be here. The count down to the start of the Market season has begun. We are working hard to be ready for the beginning of May.
Pasture raised Chickens SOLD OUT! New chicks will arrive in April, ready June 2009!
Pictured are chicks that are 2 days old and growing very nicely eating Certified Organic feed. At 3-4 weeks they are moved to a "Chicken Truck" (keeps them safe from predators) where they will be moved daily to fresh pasture and supplemented with Organic feed. In the "Chicken Trucks" they are able to feast on tasty bugs and sweet grasses. Our chickens are antibiotic and hormone free, and sold fresh frozen in vaccum sealed packaging, they weigh between 3 1/2 and 4 1/2 lbs. and are $16 a bird. Available at our Farm or thru our CSA program. Heritage Turkeys raised in the same manner available later in the season, price to be determined at a later date.
Eggs
Fresh eggs in a rainbow of colors, from our free ranging hens. The yolks are so nutrient filled (loaded with Omega-3 & Omega 6) they are more orange than yellow. Available for pick-up at our farm or thru our CSA 2009 program.
Check out the ginormous egg! Definitely a double yolk---maybe triple????
A new batch of layer chicks growing out. They will be our main layers for 2009. The varieties are Rhode Island red, black astralope, buff orphington, americuna, dark brahma, and silver laced wyandote.
Persian and Himalayan Kittens
Will be here soon! Click HERE!
Havanese Puppies are here and ready now!
For more information on our adorable Havanese click HERE!
English Angora Bunnies Available!
To see more about our English Angoras click HERE!
Lionhead Bunnies are here!
To see more about our Lionheads click HERE!
Texel Guinea Pig Babies
Will be here soon! Click HERE!
Additional Farm News...
I celebrated my birthday on the 12th, my oldest sister gifted me with this adorable cake of her own design! Not only was it delightful to look at, but delicious to eat---Yum!
My sweet mom suprised me with a gorgeous bouquet! They smell like spring!
Bumblebeeacres Thunder Cake becomes a Grand Champion on February 8, 2009!
Bumblebeeacres Misty Mine gets BIS at the Youth Angora Specialty in Lansing, Michigan!
Bumblebeeacres Baci won BOS and Reserve at the Specialty! We had a lot of fun at the rabbit show in Lansing, Michigan (March 7 & 8th 2009) hanging out with our Canadian friends, Julie and Shannon. Not only did we all place very well---We picked up 3 legs at the show and our first BIS, Julie got a leg for one of her handsome Jr. English Angora bucks, & Shannon got a BOB with her beautiful French Angora---but my girls also learned to knit! The following are pictures from our funfilled weekend....
Yup, a good time with great friends!
I am now a proud distributor for Life's Abundance cat and dog food. Want to feed the best to your furbaby? Then this superb quality, top veterinary formulated food is the way to go. Click on the bags above to check out more info. and compare your current brand---you will be shocked to find out some of the ingredients hiding in your current dog or cat food.
We were blessed with 2 more beautiful crias in Novemeber and December 2008. Cleopatra and her mom, and Winter (aka. Winnie the Pooh) out of Taffy.
We have been learning to spin, here are our 1st ever skeins. From left to right; mine, Sammie's, Sarah's
My Kromski Symphony wheel given to me as a Christmas gift from Rob and Penny, owners of the shop we have been taking classes at, The Wool Warp and Wheel in Richmond, Illinois. This wheel is a Christmas wish come true, thanks so much my good friends!
Sarah enjoying her Baynes castle style wheel. She saved up for this beauty of a wheel all by herself, not bad for an 11year old! She is spinning some of our shetland/mohair roving.
Our more recent skeins The two on the left are out of our alpaca (Ashki) and the right skein is out of our alpaca (AC) and mohair from Nilla. Check out our new Fiber Shop, hit the link below!
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