Book Bugs on the Farm and a little snapshot into Cole & Kirsten's trip to NZ

If you have a little person hanging out with you on Fridays in the morning, consider joining Kira for our monthly Book Bugs on the Farm program. It starts at 10:30 and lasts for an hour or so. It costs $5/kid. Kira reads a fun seasonal book, does a neat craft based on the book and/or goes on a short hike to visit some part of the farm. Snacks are also provided. Our next book bugs program is happening this Friday, December 2nd so come down and see us!

As many of you know, Cole and Kirsten headed to New Zealand at the beginning of the month to hike and birdwatch and to farm! Don't worry, we haven't lost them, they will be back in March to farm with us again. They are providing us with updates and pictures of their adventures! They were not in the quake zone that rocked the south island in the middle of the month and have been trekking about seeing the beautiful country that brought the Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit to vivid life. 

Cole: We are doing well here, took a break from hiking every day to do a little WWOOFing and now we are staying at a funny little farm in the middle of Rohan. Edoras is just down the road and our hosts have promised to take us horseback riding through the country and show us all of the filming locations. So far we've camped at Ithilien and trekked alongside the Anduin river... it's  actually a beautiful lake but it's filmed to look like a river. Also hiked up to the edge of the Fangorn forest and Isengard, as well as to the walls of Helm's Deep! Kirsten is tolerating my inner nerd very well and we have lots more in store for the near future. In all seriousness though we miss the farm like crazy and please tell everyone we said howdy.

The farm is slowly winding down and closing up for the winter. Our farmstore is mostly closed down, though there will be a cooler of eggs parked in front of the barn with a little tin inside for you to stick some cash in. I will probably have some things available for sale from the root cellar during the bi-weekly Meat CSA pick-up times with the first one on Tuesday, December 12th from 2-6p. I will try and post a reminder and a list of what I have available.
Save the DATE: We have a fun, historical winter celebration coming up on the farm- join us for Saturnalia on December 17th starting at 3 pm. We will not be doing all of the traditional aspects of the feast of Saturn (no sacrifices), but we will be reveling, making felt hats and campfire with s'mores and hot chocolate!

Hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving and remember to support your local artisans, craftsman, bakers and farmers this holiday season!