ELeVan ~ Honaker Farm Journal

[redtailgal]

(sorry if I'm hijacking, Em)

No problem

Red, I love the horse smell, too. <snip> If I were to list my 'favorite' poops, as far as smell...horse's poop would be way above pig or chicken...but still below llama / alpaca and goat.

I think that you are both insane - certifiably insane.

Normal is boring.

and Hardy is adorable. (dont like the smell of duck poop, just so we are clear on that)

 

[elevan]

I don't like the smell of any poop. Some are just more tolerable than others.

Now how in the heck did my journal degrade into a talk about the manure pile?

 

[Sunny & the 5 egg layers]

...Now how in the heck did my journal degrade into a talk about the manure pile?

You never know on BYH, Em. You just never know.

 

[redtailgal]

I don't like the smell of any poop. Some are just more tolerable than others.

Now how in the heck did my journal degrade into a talk about the manure pile?

I guess some of us are just more full of it than others..............

(and I KNOW I just stepped right into it, lol)

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

I love horse smell. Love it.

I love those kittens also.

 

[elevan]

I'll be participating in our County's first Farmer's Market next Saturday!

I'll be offering things that are "out of the norm" so that my booth is unique. They wanted me to offer eggs but there are certain inspections and licensing that must be done first and so eggs will have to wait. I'll be offering specialty jams and jellies along with baked goods and produce. (I'll take pics of my products for y'all to drool over later in the week)

 

[elevan]

I just finished testing a new recipe that we want to sell at the Farmer's Market for Chamomile Jelly. It turned out PERFECT!

It tastes like a very fine honey and I caught myself eating it by the spoonful! Quite addicting is how I would describe it. The boys love it and my mom says it would be great on pancakes.

So that recipe is good to go and will be batched and canned in the next couple of days.

Next up is to fine tune some Monkey Butter...a tropical fruit butter. The boys are really excited for that one

 

[ThreeBoysChicks]

I'll be participating in our County's first Farmer's Market next Saturday!

I'll be offering things that are "out of the norm" so that my booth is unique. They wanted me to offer eggs but there are certain inspections and licensing that must be done first and so eggs will have to wait. I'll be offering specialty jams and jellies along with baked goods and produce. (I'll take pics of my products for y'all to drool over later in the week)

I wanted to sell eggs at the Farmer's Market, but here, in addition to the licensing, you have to have a refrigeration truck on-site. A cooler with ice is not good enough. I can sit there and hand out a business card and tell people to come to my house, but I can not sell them at the actual Farmer's market.

 

[elevan]

I'll be participating in our County's first Farmer's Market next Saturday!

I'll be offering things that are "out of the norm" so that my booth is unique. They wanted me to offer eggs but there are certain inspections and licensing that must be done first and so eggs will have to wait. I'll be offering specialty jams and jellies along with baked goods and produce. (I'll take pics of my products for y'all to drool over later in the week)

I wanted to sell eggs at the Farmer's Market, but here, in addition to the licensing, you have to have a refrigeration truck on-site. A cooler with ice is not good enough. I can sit there and hand out a business card and tell people to come to my house, but I can not sell them at the actual Farmer's market.

We have to keep the eggs at 45* or below. Our state allows each county to decide if refrigeration is required or coolers / ice is ok. My county allows coolers / ice. But I have to be inspected by the state and the county and licensed by both to sell off farm. Part of the wait is that I'm not entirely ready to pay the fees involved with that right now. But my business cards are also my egg labels so half the card is devoted to egg info so when folks take my card at the market I'll hopefully gain some additional egg customers.

I'll be offering jams and jellies that aren't a normal find, as well as gluten free, yeast free, dairy free breads (gotta call them something other than gluten free though cause the USDA has restrictions there), as well as baked goods made with duck (instead of chicken) eggs. I have plenty of customers who have specific allergies and since I run a sale section on FB for my county I know that there are plenty of others looking for specific things in their food. Niche marketing is my goal. I'll already be competing with an Amish bakery that is in our county and other Amish vendors, so I need to offer what they don't to survive the FM and bring new customers to me.

 

[Squirrelgirl88]

Ok, you have me interested - where and when is the Farm Market? Maybe DH and I can make a day of it, since we missed the dandelion festival.