Shear Madness!

Shear Madness!

This week our favorite shearer from the Long Island Livestock Company returned to get our flock in shape for summer heat and help us harvest the wool for our Cotswold Collection of 2017.  Meanwhile, the yarn from last season's shearing has been dyed, spun and is going into production this month for our 2016 Collection of classic sweaters available this Fall. It's amazing how much time, and the number of hands, that goes into making one woolly item! 

Signs of Spring

Signs of Spring

It's a girl!  This week brought the birth of the first baby lamb on our farm. We are awaiting our other ewe to also give birth, likely to twins.  Baby animals on the farm signal the start of another season.  It is time to stop talking about how cold it is and get ready for Spring. 

Happily Ever After

Happily Ever After

Once upon a time on a farm far, far away from Main Road there lived two ladies of Cotswold looking for their prince.  Many miles, time constraints and a body of water separated them for months.  But this week, Prince Charming traveled a great distance - in a trusty Ford F250 - over roads and Cross Sound Ferry to meet the maidens. It was a long, hard journey but he persevered, only laying down to rest on the ferry.    With nightfall approaching, he arrived in shining fleece.    He was lead to the ladies-in-waiting.  Together they galloped off into the sunset as the farm-people rejoiced and.... you know how it ends!     This is true love - you think this happens every day?

2011 End of Season Note

2011 End of Season Note

Holly and I want to thank you, our customers, for supporting our fledgling farming business in 2011. We worked very hard to provide you with the highest quality chicken and eggs that we know how to grow. Your enthusiasm, encouragement, and smiling faces always provide us with a much needed boost during the long season and we are grateful for all of you. We're busy planning for next season and we hope to continue to diversify our farm to add incremental revenue streams. We'll definitely increase our laying flock and we hope to add some lambs/sheep to act as our lead herbivore on the pasture. We'll continue to supply you with Cornish Cross (white broilers) and Red Broilers next season.

We want to thank Tom Hart, our part time apprentice in 2011, for all of his hard work and assistance this year. He will be very difficult to replace and we wish him success in his new farming venture. Having said that, we are seeking a full or part time apprentice for the 2012 season (March - October). If you know any honest, hard working people who have a passion for our kind of farming, let us know.We've committed ourselves to small, local farming. We do our very best to farm sustainably, organically, and as good stewards of the animals and land. We realize that this kind of farming is more expensive for you, but we also know that in the long run, it's worth it. We're grateful that you understand this.

By the way, our eggs are available at Fork and Anchor in East Marion and Love Lane Market in Mattituck. The North Fork Table in Southold is featuring them on their new brunch menu.
Our spice rubs and frying dredge will be available at A Taste of the North Fork on Peconic Lane and Love Lane Market.We wish you and your families a wonderful holiday season and good health in 2012.

We look forward to seeing you next season or around town.

Holly and Chris