Cloverleaf Farm is buzzing with activity.
May is our time for getting the fields and gardens ready for planting.
We specialize in heirloom organic produce and get our seeds from Johnny's Selected Seeds in Albion Maine. Since Albion is only about 3 hours away, normally we make the journey to get our seeds and make a weekend out of it. This year, we have so much to do, we decided to just have them shipped.
We worked on the lilac garden this weekend. We are moving the lilacs to another area in order to eradicate the bittersweet out of our yard. Bittersweet may be a beautiful plant, but it is too invasive to have on a farm. The new location of the lilacs will actually give us a privacy barrier when they grow in.
Today, we will go to Remick Farm Museum and pay our deposit on the piglets. The piglets will arrive about the third week of June. We had been searching for Tamworth piglets. These piglets are half Tamworth.
Pyewacket the cat is sure to give birth in the next couple weeks. It will be interesting to see how many kittens she has. We are not sure who the father is. She is not telling. She disappeared for a whole week back in the beginning of April. We thought we had lost her for good. Now, we know what she was up to.
Nick and Nora Charles Bunnies are still a bit people shy. We pick them up and handle them daily to get them use to humans. Nick seems to be a bit more trusting then Nora.
Our new chicks arrived on Friday. We will be selling organic chicken by the pound this summer. They are peeping away under their heat lamp in the pantry. It is hard to believe that they will be ready for the freezer by mid July.
The hens have been busy making our daily supply of eggs. We get about 4 dozen a day. We have wholesaled some eggs to a local store, and we sell the rest at our farm stand.
Farmers Market starts up in two weeks. We were hoping to do more than one this year, but I have not heard back from the one in Wolfeboro.
Summer will soon be upon us. For us this means fresh organic food right out of the garden...who could ask for more.
