Pictures of our new home base
Thursday, April 22, 2010
Sunday, April 18, 2010
New Lease!
Awesome Farm just signed a great new lease for a grazing home base. It's really beautiful. We'll put pictures up soon. Right now we're putting up a electric perimeter fence in preparation for the sheep and cattle that are arriving soon. More news soon.
Friday, March 19, 2010
New farm birth!
Three weeks ago, KayCee and I had our first human baby. Whoa! He's small and soft. His name is Sparrow Okemah Wimbish. He can't wait to meet you.
Tuesday, February 16, 2010
Knitted goodness from Awesome Wool
Our friend Margaret has been knitting and felting up a storm. She has been using a lot of our wool and roving to make some beautiful slippers and fashion forward flowers. Check out her Etsy page to see: http://www.etsy.com/shop/feltspar
Monday, December 21, 2009
Makes it all feel worth it
It's just feels so good when we get letters like this. I had to share this one:
Hi Owen & Kaycee
Hope the work on the farm is slowing down enough that you can enjoy the holidays!
and that you have happy holidays!
Thank you so much for growing such awesome beef! We split a share with my in-laws and are so completely satisfied with every meal we have had! It was our first time doing this - so we had some trepidation re: storage, overwhelming quantities, cooking with grass-fed beef (after encounter with snooty NYC steak-house waiter!) -- but its been amazing!
We started with a bang to celebrate an old friend's brief return for Cuba. This was a high pressure meal because beef is not available under the Cuban rations system! And it was stunning stroganoff!
Bear with us during this list-- these meals were so good; the beef so tender and delicious - it is worth repeating them!
1. A chuck steak cut into stew cubes for a stroganoff using a Tyler Florence recipe
2. Ground for thai lettuce wraps
3. Spaghetti bolognese
4. Most extraordinary porterhouse! - 4 minutes each side on charcoal grill (on freezing november night). I had just eaten at snooty steak house & this was so much better!
5. Shepards Pie with last of potatos from Roxbury Farm mashed on top
6. Chili with beans too.
We are trying to figure out a Christmas / New Year's roast. But thank you so much for all the work that went into growing this meat. We are enjoying every meal. Best wishes for a peaceful new year
Friday, November 20, 2009
A Split 'n' Share Success Story
Sometimes my guilt about not-posting, keeps me from posting. The fall has been so, so busy with many changes all around, that computer time has not been my priority. However, this posting was too good to pass up. We have been distributing our first ever round of grass-fed beef to folks who bought a quarter of a cow's worth.
Here's what one satisfied customer has to say:
http://hvfood.ning.com/profiles/blogs/a-split-n-share-success-story
Here's what one satisfied customer has to say:
http://hvfood.ning.com/profiles/blogs/a-split-n-share-success-story
Monday, September 7, 2009
Grass-Fed Beef for Sale
Awesome Farm is teaming up with our neighbor Wardsback Farm to bring you 100% grass-fed and grass-finished local beef. These steers are raised right down the road from us, and they are ready for slaughter now. We will take them to the butcher and have them cut to your specifications. The beef is sold in split quarters, halves, or whole steers. All the meat is cut and wrapped in butcher paper. All beef is $4/lb. You can expect between 100-175 lbs of beef per quarter. A split quarter means that we mix up the cuts from the front and the back of the animal so that each quarter gets a little of everything.
Excellent, local beef for a price that is way lower than what you'd pay in the grocery store!
You can order right from our website: AwesomeFarmnNY.com
People are often curious about how much freezer space they will need to store their beef. A cubic foot of freezer space will hold 35-40 lbs of beef. So, if you're ordering a half a steer, expect to need about 8 cu ft of freezer space.
Feel free to contact us with any questions!