We got another order of Farmer Ground Flour this week, but it is now only available in 5 lb. bags so if you want to take some for your share it will have to be equivalent of 2 items - sorry for the inconvenience. But we thought having 5 lb bags would be better than not having any.

Well I have been wondering when the first time would be that a predator struck our chickens. That happened to be this morning. I walked out this morning to feed and water them and I knew something was wrong when I got close and saw they were all under their coop when usually they are out roaming their yard. Then the hawk took flight. I don't know what species it was - but it was BIG and beautiful, of course. It had killed two hens and had eaten about half of one of them when I interrupted its breakfast. I hope the chickens are able to get under there coop faster next time the hawk comes around! Hopefully the two roosters are good watchchickens and will get better about sounding the alarm when a big bird is overhead. We will move them and their coop to a different location on the farm tomorrow morning in hope that that may help. Our flock now consists of 29 hens and 2 roosters.
Nevertheless, we do hope to have our first few dozen eggs available this week at market though they will be small pullet eggs. We probably will not bring any eggs to the Elmira market, as Heritage Pastures already has eggs to offer and we will not have that many. So probably we'll just bring them to Corning and maybe Watkins Glen Farmers' Markets - we'll just have to see how it goes though.
Our current plan is to offer eggs to the CSA as 1/2 dozen as 1 share item, but we will have to see how it works.

lettuce mix

lettuce

pea shoots
sunflower shoots
squash and zucchini
parsley
potatoes
Swiss chard
kale
a few eggplant
tomatoes
cherry tomatoes
green beans
dragon tongue beans
tomatillos
peppers, green and ripe
garlic
carrots
beets
cabbage
sweet onions
shallots
a few melons
eggs