Welker Chick Hatching @ Windy Meadow Farms

This morning at Windy Meadow Farms the chicks started hatching. We woke up this morning with one hatched and at 5:30 a.m. a 2nd chick was hatching. This is a very exciting time of the year for our family having the planting season start and having new baby additions to our farm. This is the second Spring for us hatching chicks. Last years chicks are now the mothers and fathers to these new chicks and very pretty chicks at that.  Breeding them is fun seeing what their babies look like and finding out if they are pullets or cockerels (which are our next hens and roosters).   Once the new clutch has completely hatched we will send a "baby" photo update.

CSA Fair

Windy Meadow Farms will be the the following CSA Fair:

Rochester CSA Fair
Hosted by: NOFA-NY and MVP Health Care

Date: Saturday, March 8th
Time: 1:00-3:00 PM
Location: St. John’s Meadows/ Brickstone’s Wintergarden, 1325 Elmwood Avenue, Rochester, NY 14620

Chick time

Hannah will be collecting eggs from our hens over the next week to hatch.  In approx. 21 days we will have new chicks!  Spring is coming at Windy Meadow Farms.  

2014 Summer CSA Sign-up Happening

Windy Meadow Farms CSA Members & Friends:

You can now sign-up for your 2014 CSA Membership.  We thank you for your support and suggestions for the coming 2014 season.  We look forward to crop planting for 2014.  Yes that is right we have 133 days until our first harvest and only 4 days until we start planting seeds in the green house.  Where has Winter gone!!!

If you have any suggestions drop us an email or give us a call.  Please forward this email to anyone who might be interested in our CSA.

IMPORTANT ACTION REQUIRED:We need to know by 2/21/14 if you plan on being part of our 2014 Summer CSA.  Let us know by signing up or emailing us if you will or will not be with our CSA.

You can sign-up for your CSA membership on our website at:
www.windymeadowfarms.com
or
Here is the sign-up link:

http://www.farmigo.com/join/windymeadowfarms/2014summer


Thank you for your continued support of our CSA,

Brenda & Tom Welker
315-576-8918

Spring Planting Full Force

We are in full Spring planting at the farm.  We have transplanted from the greenhouse all: tomatoes, peppers, eggplant & herbs.  We have seed planted:peas, beans, summer squash, lettuces & greens.  This weekend will be filled with more planting.  At the farm we are hatching chicks and enjoying the wonderful rain this week.  Have a wonderful Memorial Day Holiday weekend. 

Even after the cold snap we had during the week.  The weekend has turned out to be a true Spring with lots of work getting done at the farm.  We were able to finish transplanting the few blueberry bushes and some of the strawberry patch.  The new covering to the greenhouse/high tunnel is coming soon.

What a beautiful weekend!  We took advantage of the spring like weather and Tom plowed up the area that this years lettuce/greens will grow as well as getting the ground ready for transplanting the berries for 2013. 

Enrollment is under way for the 2013 season...make sure you get your CSA membership spot.

Its time to get excited about the 2013 growing season at Windy Meadow Farms.  We are taking enrollment for our 2013 Summer CSA and are looking forward to having our members back out to the farm.  Our Henrietta Hens are laying lots of eggs... so stop out and grab a dozen or 2 when you are in the area.  Call with any farm or CSA questions, 315-576-8918.

Hot Days of Summer

They are finally here…the hot dog days of Summer! 

Families with children who would like to experience a few hours of “fun farm life” here at Windy Meadow Farms email or call me and we will setup a time.  Enjoy planting, picking, learning about our farm and eating a snack that you prepare. 

Next week we will have dates for our

“Farm to Fork” events… 

Enjoy your week!!                                                          

Our crops are growing and so is Luc Thomas.  It is hard to believe that Luc Thomas is going to be 3 years old this Sunday!!! Happy Birthday Little Man!  It seems like it was just yesterday that I came home from the hospital from giving birth to a busy planting week at the farm.  Tom was busy transplanting cold crops and put me and the baby on the trans-planter to help him finish planting the last 10,000 plants for the week.  I think he forgot that I had just given birth to his 5^th child or maybe he knew many women back in the day gave birth and went back to work in the fields and felt I could do the same after my 3 days of rest in the hospital…so much for maternity leave on a farm.  God is good!

Enjoy your week!!

WELCOME 2012 CSA MEMBERS

It has been a “typical” farming year on our hill in West Walworth, as you never know what the weather is going to bring to you in any given week.  We are still laughing and are not to over whelmed as many of our fruit farming friends are this year. 

I would love to hear what you are “fixing up” with all the veggies and goodies coming from our farm.  Share some recipes with us by email and we will post on our website for others.

I will be posting soon some dates to save for our Summer Social & Fall Harvest Party. 

Enjoy your week!!

We have been growing in the field for two months now.  Time is just flying by.  Before we know it the first week of June will be here. 

We are happy to have Joshua home from Penn State and see him accomplish his graduation from college.  Joshua has spent some time updating the website & new CSA member accounts. We are very happy with the website's new look. 

We will be starting the CSA 2012 Farm News on June 1, 2012. 

We hope that the cold nights are a thing of the past at Windy Meadow Farms.  We are growing in the green houses and can't wait to start planting in the fields. 

New Windy Meadow Farms CSA Blog

Windy Meadow Farms has launched its new Membership Sign-up.  Visit our website www.windymeadowfarms.com  to sign up for our 2012 Growing Season.

Look for further Blogs and new website look coming soon....