This has been, for everyone I suppose, the strangest summer I can remember. It sort of seems like this summer began in March and shows no signs of ending. Instead of having many hours child-free this summer to work while children were at camp, I have had them underfoot, and bored, all spring and summer. I am thankful, of course, that we are all well and active.
I managed to get a butcher date with my processing plant on June 8, and consider myself fortunate that I got my meat back on July 13. There is nothing like empty grocery store shelves to spur thoughts about where our food comes from, and so there has been an increased interest in local meat. This is wonderful for everyone, but it does put a backlog in place at the one or two small processing plants accessible to small farmers in South Carolina. So, I now have plenty of meat in stock, and you may email me with an order, visit me at the Blythewood Farmers Market on Wednesdays from 4-7, or order it from my online farm store. Meat is also available at Buddy’s Country Store on Hwy 321/Winnsboro Road in north Columbia.
Because my children will be going back to school in mid-to late-August in some form (I am praying that it will be what I want, which is private preschool, private high school, and homeschooled middle school–but I guess I don’t know that for sure because they could all have to be homeschooled), I will probably not be attending the Blythewood market much past mid-August.
This year has also been a learning experience with flowers. I have been selling flowers at the Blythewood Farmers Market but they are also available for on-farm pickup through my online farm store. I guess one of the few blessings from COVID was extra time at home not spent driving children from place to place that I could devote to soil preparation and planting. As such, I have a large supply of flowers and I have enjoyed meeting and working with several local florists to help them provide locally grown fresh flowers to their customers. My flower bouquets last 7-10 days with proper care.
I also have eggs from my chickens available at the farmers market and online.
If you pick up from the farm, I can arrange no-contact delivery for you on my shady porch.
Yes, thank goodness you have pork and we have been enjoying it! With recent fresh homegrown tomatoes, your bacon has made some awesome BLTs!! Thank you for all you do to give us much to be thankful for!!
I enjoyed meeting you and your children, it’s nice to see where your food comes from. Now I have a question…do you have any favorite recipes you can recommend, or websites for cooking fresh pork?