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Wintery Greetings From Hidden Springs Farm
1/14/2010 8:25pm
Greetings from Hidden Springs Farms,
We hope that everyone had a fabulous Christmas and that your New Year is off to a wonderful start. The wintery weather has been rough on the farm. With temperatures rarely exceeding 20 degrees for almost 2 weeks, it has been a challenge to keep ice out of the animals water and to stay warm while caring for everyone. Using a sledgehammer and rack, we take about 2-3 inches of ice off each water trough every morning.
We've added a few new animals to the farm since we last sent out our newsletter. First, there is Gwendolyn, a Nubian Dairy goat. (I'll get a photo on the site soon) Gwen is a sweetie and milking her twice a day isn't near as much work as we expected. She eagerly goes to the barn and jumps up on the milking stand. As long as she as some grain to munch on, she doesn't mind being milked at all. We've tried our hand at making cheese and have been very happy with our results. Next, we will try our hands at Goat's Milk Soap. We'll let you know how that goes.
Our 2nd addition is "Chic", a now 12 week old Border Collie. She is a doll and so much fun. She introduced herself to all of the animals and really loves the goats. She loves the chicken a bit too much so we are working on understanding that chickens are NOT to be chased. In this photo, Chic had just arrived at our home and had her first bath. She wasn't too happy with that, but enjoyed the attention she received.
We have so much happening in 2010! First, we are pleased to announce our workshop/seminar/class schedule. There are things for adults and children. We are especially excited about our Home-school program. You can download a copy of our brochure by clicking here You can register for classes by calling us at 615 210-7525 or simply sending us an email at info@hiddenspringsfarms.com Of course, you can always call or email for more information. Feel free to share the brochure with family and friends as well.
Our next exciting news is that we are working with a group of Farmers, City Officials, and UT extension staff on starting a Farmer's Market in Robertson County. We will keep you posted as everything develops but we are very happy to see a Farmer's Market coming to Springfield.
We will be announcing our CSA sign-ups the beginning of Feb. This year you will be able to sign-up through our website. (We do love the people that work on our site for us. They continually add wonderful features and are a pleasure to work with. www.smallfarmcentral.com) Based on feedback from our 2009 customers, we made some changes to the CSA. We are adding even more variety, a much larger garden, and more choices. We are adding Pasture-Raised Chicken and Heritage Turkeys to our CSA this year as well. We are finishing up our brochure and CSA handbook and will send that to you in our next newsletter. A special note to consider, this year we will be offer several Work Shares through our CSA. A Work Share is where you committ to a certain amount of hours working on the farm in exchange for a full share. If you are interested or want more information about the Workshare, give us a call or send an email.
Farms really are great places for Children. Our grandson, Tyler, loves to play with the animals, climb on the hay, and in general, play, play, play. Trooper always keeps an eye on Tyler and ensures he doesn't get in to any trouble. As the weather starts to warm up, plan to come and visit us. Spring is a wonderful time to visit. We will have new baby goats arriving, baby turkeys & chicks, and this year, a new Foal. Bonnie, our TN Walking Horse is expecting her first foal the end of April. We are so excited and will post lots of pictures when the baby arrives.
We hope everyone stays warm......the countdown to Spring is beginning!
Best Wishes,
The Staff Of Hidden Springs Farms
We hope that everyone had a fabulous Christmas and that your New Year is off to a wonderful start. The wintery weather has been rough on the farm. With temperatures rarely exceeding 20 degrees for almost 2 weeks, it has been a challenge to keep ice out of the animals water and to stay warm while caring for everyone. Using a sledgehammer and rack, we take about 2-3 inches of ice off each water trough every morning.
We've added a few new animals to the farm since we last sent out our newsletter. First, there is Gwendolyn, a Nubian Dairy goat. (I'll get a photo on the site soon) Gwen is a sweetie and milking her twice a day isn't near as much work as we expected. She eagerly goes to the barn and jumps up on the milking stand. As long as she as some grain to munch on, she doesn't mind being milked at all. We've tried our hand at making cheese and have been very happy with our results. Next, we will try our hands at Goat's Milk Soap. We'll let you know how that goes.
Our 2nd addition is "Chic", a now 12 week old Border Collie. She is a doll and so much fun. She introduced herself to all of the animals and really loves the goats. She loves the chicken a bit too much so we are working on understanding that chickens are NOT to be chased. In this photo, Chic had just arrived at our home and had her first bath. She wasn't too happy with that, but enjoyed the attention she received.
We have so much happening in 2010! First, we are pleased to announce our workshop/seminar/class schedule. There are things for adults and children. We are especially excited about our Home-school program. You can download a copy of our brochure by clicking here You can register for classes by calling us at 615 210-7525 or simply sending us an email at info@hiddenspringsfarms.com Of course, you can always call or email for more information. Feel free to share the brochure with family and friends as well.
Our next exciting news is that we are working with a group of Farmers, City Officials, and UT extension staff on starting a Farmer's Market in Robertson County. We will keep you posted as everything develops but we are very happy to see a Farmer's Market coming to Springfield.
We will be announcing our CSA sign-ups the beginning of Feb. This year you will be able to sign-up through our website. (We do love the people that work on our site for us. They continually add wonderful features and are a pleasure to work with. www.smallfarmcentral.com) Based on feedback from our 2009 customers, we made some changes to the CSA. We are adding even more variety, a much larger garden, and more choices. We are adding Pasture-Raised Chicken and Heritage Turkeys to our CSA this year as well. We are finishing up our brochure and CSA handbook and will send that to you in our next newsletter. A special note to consider, this year we will be offer several Work Shares through our CSA. A Work Share is where you committ to a certain amount of hours working on the farm in exchange for a full share. If you are interested or want more information about the Workshare, give us a call or send an email.
Farms really are great places for Children. Our grandson, Tyler, loves to play with the animals, climb on the hay, and in general, play, play, play. Trooper always keeps an eye on Tyler and ensures he doesn't get in to any trouble. As the weather starts to warm up, plan to come and visit us. Spring is a wonderful time to visit. We will have new baby goats arriving, baby turkeys & chicks, and this year, a new Foal. Bonnie, our TN Walking Horse is expecting her first foal the end of April. We are so excited and will post lots of pictures when the baby arrives.
We hope everyone stays warm......the countdown to Spring is beginning!
Best Wishes,
The Staff Of Hidden Springs Farms
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