uuu wee, it’s hot and lovely. Alright, farm update in 100 words:
The farm’s green. The cows are doing their best to keep the pastures mowed. The big chickens are hitting their egg-laying stride, the adolescent birds are growing like weeds, and baby chicks hatched this morning (Adorable!). The sheep and goats are tagging along with the cows, eating what the cows and calves leave for them. The gardens are tilled up, pig fertilizer and all. We have duck eggs in the incubator (speaking of adorable, ducklings take the cake). We have onions, garlic, potatoes, and a few tomatoes in ground, and lettuce, peppers, eggplant, and more tomatoes in the greenhouse. I know, a greenhouse seems ridiculous at the moment.
Not only does the farm get busier in the good weather, so it seems does the larger food world. We’ve listed a few events below that Cane Creek will be involved with. Please join when you can, each one of them is a fantastic time.
Where we is: Saturdays 7-12 in Carrboro. Wednesday markets start April 14. Every other Saturday we are at the Greensboro Curb market 8-12. You can also find our goodies at Chatham Market Place and at Saxapahaw General Store. As for our regular restaurants- Panciuto (Hillsborough), Piedmont and Six Plates (Durham), Lantern, Il Palio, Acme, Glasshalffull (all in Chapel Hill), Cafe 150 (UNC campus), and Saxapahaw General Store. Help support these places, you’ll enjoy it, promise.
We’ve been happy to see so many of you come out to the farm. Even more than normal, we don’t seem to find time to take pictures of the farm. So if you’ve been out lately and would like to contribute some photos to our website, please email them to us! Besides that, we hope everyone is well and hope to see you at market and at the farm.
Happy Opening Day
Cane Creekers
List of events:
The 15th Piedmont farm tour is April 24 and 25. For those that have never attended- it’s 25 bucks for a carload and you can tour around 40 farms (and a few vineyards) over two days. What a great way to spend an afternoon with the fam. Check out http://www.carolinafarmstewards.org/ for details on tickets
Farm to Fork: Get your tickets to Farm to Fork early, since it normally sells out quickly. It’s Sunday May 23 this year at Breeze Family Farm (Cedar Grove area). For newbies- chefs in the area team with different farms and make glorious food (imagine a bunch of chefs trying to out-do one another, and using great ingredients…. we all win). This year we’ll probably be teamed with Sax General. All money goes to Breeze farm, which is an incubator farm for young farmers.
http://www.farmtoforknc.com/ for details
Saxapahaw Saturday Markets start May 1. yeah!!
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