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  Here’s the list of what’s available for pick up on the farm as of Thursday, April 28, 2011. If you would like to pick up something Monday through Friday, please contact us to let us know what you would like so that we can have it ready for you.  We will post our schedule for Saturday on Friday afternoon.  We may be going to a local market or just be selling at the farm.  We haven’t decided yet. French Breakfast Radishes – $1.50 per bunch Cherry Belle Radishes – $1.50 per bunch Green Onions – $1.50 per bunch Green Butterhead Lettuce – $2.50 eachRead More →

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This year we plan to sell at the Mount Holly Farmers Market hopefully for the entire market season, Lord willing.  Mt. Holly Farmers Market opens on May 14, 2011 and runs until Labor Day weekend.  We may sell at another farmers market but that hasn’t been finalized as of yet. We are also wanting to sell on the farm.  The only thing is, we need to get the word out that we’ll be selling here on the farm.  Okay.  This is what we’re thinking/hoping.  At least every week, we’ll post something on the website listing the items we have available for that week.  We reallyRead More →

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We went to the farmers market this past Saturday for our usual real food shopping trip. We didn’t buy hardly anything because, frankly, we didn’t have the money to. I bought a pastured chicken (around 4 lb.) and a pack of chicken livers. The only other thing we bought was two cranberry muffins and two cheese danishes from the bakery there. My son loves getting a muffin every time we go to the market so, of course, I always let him get one. And this time we also had to get another muffin for my nephew who was back at the farm with his grandmother.Read More →

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We started the sample menu plan from GNOWFGLINS.com this past weekend.  Actually, I made one of the dinners.  That’s as far as I’ve gotten with using the menu plan.  The chicken chili was pretty good.  I’m not that big into beans, so next time I’ll leave them out all together or just have a very small amount in it.  Go here to get the Chicken Chili recipe on page 2. This was a little challenging for me.  I mean, I haven’t really cooked alot in my life.  Yes, I can follow directions on a recipe.  But it is definitely different when you have to planRead More →

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Well, this week has been just crazy.  We haven’t been eating like we should that’s for sure.  We had no power starting Monday night due to the storm that came through but it was turned back on Tuesday night around 9pm. I was at work all day Tuesday so it didn’t affect me too much.  It did however affect Todd and the children.  Instead of cooking something for lunch, I picked up some nasty fast food.  But the good part is that we did eat scrumptously delicious free range eggs and uncured not smoked bacon from pastured pigs Tuesday evening for supper.  I have neverRead More →

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The farmers market is getting pretty crowded these days. This past Saturday, we made our weekly trip over to the Charlotte Regional Farmers Market aka the Yorkmont Market. We bought some really good local veggies and pastured meats. Our bounty from the market is listed below. Two 1/2 lb. bags of Kale – $5 –  Little Bit of Heaven Farm 1 dozen Soy free Eggs – $4 – Glencora Farm 1 lb. fresh bacon – uncured and not smoked – $5 – A Way of Life Farm 1 lb. fresh ground beef (grass-fed) – $5 – Underwood Family Farm I definitely need to sit downRead More →

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Todd and I always talk about changing our eating habits.  And sometimes we actually eat the right things and buy the right foods.  But we never seem to stick with it.  It always seems that we don’t have enough time or money to eat this way.  Well, that’s all about to change. This year we want to change the way we eat entirely.  It’s so easy for us to talk about how we should be eating but we really want to start walking the walk so to speak.  We are going to blog about our journey along the way to transforming the way we eatRead More →

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We’ve been so busy on the farm this winter.  We had our second child at the end of January and there were many many sleepless nights to go along with our new son Levi.  It’s honestly so exhausting those first weeks getting adjusted.  But honestly, they are so totally worth it.  Here’s some pictures of our two children, baby Levi and big brother Riley. As for the farm, we’ve been starting seed and transplanting since late February things like swiss chard, broccoli, spinach, arugula, radishes, turnips, snow peas, spring onions, lettuce, and lettuce mix.  I don’t have any pictures of where we have these inRead More →

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Our Etsy Shop Shady Creek Naturals is now up and running.  We decided to use Etsy because of its ease of use.  At first we were going to manage an e-commerce site for our soaps and other farm products, but decided that we would be better off making product instead of managing an e-commerce site.Read More →

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We now have Goat Milk Soap Available.  Our soap is made using the cold process method and is made using only essential oils.  We never use any chemical fragrance oils or colorants.  Our soap page will be up soon so check back soon to see all of the scents that we have available.Read More →