Wednesday, January 9, 2013
Berkshire Pork Last Chance
Moonstruck Farms has one side of Berkshire pork left available and that will
harvested in June 2013, and the next available batch will not be until August
2013. We are maxed out!! The winter batch of chicken is going okay though costs
are high due to this chilly winter and the lights have been on almost 24/7.
Today was the first time they really ventured outside much, and even then they
were cuddling by 2:30 in the afternoon and so I carried everyone back inside
this evening to make sure they stay warm with the new storm blowing in. We have
decided to do two batches of turkeys this year. One will be available in
June/July harvesting at approximately 12 pounds and the second batch being the
holiday batch and will be ready by November 1st at latest and will be brought to
the 15-25 pound range for the holidays. Turkeys will be only be available in
these two batches and will have to be picked up once available. Any that do not
sell will be ground up right away...sorry our electric bill is already too
high!! The current batch of chicken is sold out, but we are taking deposits due
by January 20th for the late March harvest. The deposits enable us to grow by
providing us the capital to buy large amounts of chicks and feed and we truly
appreciate it. We would not be where we are now if it were not for all our
customers support. In the produce division about 60% of the new greenhouse is
planted in snow peas, spinach, broccoli and lettuce and the old greenhouse is
slowly being retrofitted for hydroponic lettuce, strawberries and in the ground
(below the hydroponic lettuce) asparagus!! The pomegranate jelly was a great
success so we added a few pomegranate trees to our planting and the English
Morello cherries arrived today (these will be reserved for future speciality
products!!). Thanks again for all your support. Moonstruck signing out!!