Animals everywhere!

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We are so excited to see everyone enjoying the animals that moved closer to the cabin. What a blessing to see folks walking around and enjoying things! We’ve had the horse visitors to the CSA tent that we posted on facebook, and neighbors coming in their strollers to get their shares! It’s a joy to visit with our farm-ily members and see you enjoying the farm. At whatever distance makes you comfortable, but it’s good to be social! We are a community here and love to support each other. So keep smiling and enjoy the fresh air and sunshine, oh and the great nutritious food!

The melons, corn, peppers, eggplant, tomatoes, okra, green beans, squash, kale, (and seriously I can’t list it all) are so good I never know what to make for dinner. Summer is so bountiful, you can’t go wrong! I am going to outline our ham recipe again since it’s one of my favorites and it’s easy to brine, pull out and cook and serve along side any veggie combination. It’s also a great brine to use for a chicken as well. I love this because it’s thawed and ready to go in either 3-6 days, then just pop another piece of meat in and in another 3-6 days it’s ready again.

Day Spring Farm Ham Brine Recipe

It’s so easy folks……2 liters of water, 3/4 cup sea salt, cup maple syrup or sweetener of choice, combine in a med stock pot and stir until mixed. Then add a 3-5 pound ham or chicken and put in the fridge for 3-6 days (this recipe is a little salty for some, you can adjust according to your taste). I have reused it up to three times in a month before tossing the brine, just make sure it doesn’t sit out of the fridge for any time. After 3-6 days I take the meat out and bake as normal. Add more meat and repeat!

We are happily waiting for the farm baby to makes his or her appearance, but thankful to have extra time to be ready! It’s wonderful to hear everyone’s encouragement, birth stories and well wishes! Thank you so much for the prayers! We can’t wait to have good news to share with you!

We will open enrollment for the winter CSA shortly after baby arrives, you all will be the first to know! We will not open membership to the public before current members have had the chance to sign up. Our current 25 week CSA shares go through October 8th. Details for the winter shares will be coming post baby, so be watching your inbox! Enjoy your food, family and last few weeks of summer!

Blessings,

The Bakers