Greeting again from Hidden Springs Farms,

    First, Congratulations to Lisa in Texas for winning our "Name our Angoras" contest.  The winning names are Curley and Moe.  We think the names are prefect as these guys are real characters.  Lisa received a gift basket of our wonder herb products.  CONGRATULATIONS Lisa!  We did receive some wonderful name suggestions and we've decided that as our angora kids are born, if we use one of the names submitted for a newborn, we will send the person that submitted the name a little gift.  We will keep you posted as the kids start arriving which will be starting in March.

     Old Man Winter has a hard grasp on Tennessee.  One more when we went to take care of the animals, it was only 5 degrees.  Burrrr!  Now I am sure that some of you are in colder places with more snow and ice, and we hope that you are doing well and keeping warm.  We had our first snow fall this week.  It wasn't much, but doesn't it look peaceful?  Trooper certainly was enjoying it. 

 And, the Angora wethers (Curley and Moe included) thought the snow was great.  Here they are waiting for me to bring them a treat.  I've found that they absolutely LOVE the apple horse treats.  I won't have any trouble catching any of my goats this year when it is time to shear.  Even little Toughie has decided that I am not that bad since I bring treats.

    While the snow is pretty and the cold weather not too bad if you bundle up, we are certainly ready for spring to get here. The seed orders have been placed and we are planning our planting schedule!  This year we will be offering a CSA program to a limited number of customers.  For those of you not familiar with a CSA it stands for Community Supported Agriculture.  Customers purchase a "share" of the farmers produce which helps to support the farmer.  The true benefit is that customers receive weekly FRESH, Naturally-Grown Produce.  Many of the items we grow are not available in the local grocery stores and are heirloom varities including Lemon Cucumbers, Black Prince Tomatoes , and Eight Ball Squash.  If you live locally and are interested in getting more information about our CSA program, just send an email requesting the information and we wil send it to you quickly.  This year we are limiting our CSA partners to only 10 families. 

   Our Introduction To Herb Gardening workshop will be help on Saturday, April 25th from 10:00 - Noon.  The program is being offered through the Willow Oaks Center for Arts and Learning.  (get more information about Willow Oaks at www.willowoakarts.org)  If you are interested in attending, you can sign up through the Willow Oaks website.  We will remind you again as we get closer to the date.  It will be a fun workshop with hands-on learning.  And, each participant will received a wonderful herb plant to get your garden started.

  Warm wishes to everyone!  Spring will be heading our way soon (hopefully!!!)

     The Staff of Hidden Springs Farms