Butte Mountain Farm

Spanish Classes

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:28:31 -0600

SPANISH CLASSES

Come learn Spanish with us!!

Beginners – little or no previous experience

Intermediate
Conversation Practice for Intermediates

Conversation, private sessions

You will practice listening, speaking, reading and writing. Games, movement and activities will be used to reinforce vocabulary and concepts.

Come join the fun!

Class size: from 5 to 8 participants
Classes to be on Mondays or Wednesdays
(Morning classes or on weekends)

Cost for each 1 hour class is $10.00
or
$35.00 for a block of 4 consecutive classes (class must have 5 participants)

For more information or to sign up call or e-mail
the instructor, Carolyn Boyd.
223-4814 or carolyn@amadorca.com

What's Available for the Week of February 21, 2010

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:26:16 -0600

Produce:

Red Russian Kale $1.75 / 8 oz bunch

Red Lettuce small heads $4.00 / lb

Marjoram, $1.00 / 1/2 oz bunch

Green onions $1.75 / bunch

Rosemary $1.00 / 1/2 oz bunch

Sunchokes (or Jerusalem Artichokes) $3.50 / lb

Sunflower greens $1.00 / 1 oz bag

Thyme, English $1.00 / 1/2 oz bunch

Dried Roma tomatoes $2.25 / 1 oz bag, plain or spiced

Seedlings:

Black seeded Simpson Lettuce, jumbo 6 pack $2.75

Red lettuce, jumbo 6 pack $2.75

Mizuna Mustard, jumbo 6 pack $2.75

Purple Cabbage, jumbo 6 pack $2.75

Eggs: (these are pick up at the farm prices. If they are delivered add 25 cents per dozen)

Small $4.00 / dozen
Medium $4.50 / dozen

Large $4.75 / dozen

Extra Large $5.00 / dozen

Chicken Meat-Stewing Hens:

****sold out until summer******

Candles:
All types, see "Boyd and the Bees" page under the MORE tab

Cormo/Rambouillet Wool Yarn (It's incredibly soft!!):
3 oz skein, 3 ply $12.00 - pure cormo

2.8 oz skein, 2 ply $10.00 - cormo / rambouillet cross

Cormo/Rambouillet Wool Whole Fleece:

8.25 lbs of unwashed, lightly skirted, fleece, staple length: 3.5 inches $70.00

Motherlode Harvest Products Available

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:14:07 -0600

Motherlode Harvest Is Open to All for the Winter

Our CSA program, Motherlode Harvest is opening up the sales to everyone during the winter months. Ready made boxes (products determined by MLH) are not offered until April, however all the "Add-on" items that producers have are, plus some produce. There are many wonderful products from from apple cider, meats: beef & goat, honey, to salves, soaps, and walnuts!

If you're interested please contact Michelle at amadorcountyfarmersmarket@yahoo.com and she will send you the list for next week. Pick up day is Tuesdays in the afternoon. She'll give you all the details.

We are gearing up for the CSA box program in April. Sign up now with Michelle!! We will be offering a limited number of subscriptions to start, then, hope to add more. So, get your application in for the boxes!! There will be a waiting list that will be used as we grow.

For more information and a picture of one of the boxes go to www.farmsofamador.ucanr.org

Support local growers!!!

Beeswax Candles: Pillars

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:20:54 -0600

Bee Pillar

Dimensions: 3" x 3"

Approximate Burn Time: 18.25 hours

Price: $12.00

Leafy Pillar

Dimensions: 7 1/8" x 2 1/2"

Approximate Burn Time: 42 hours

Price: $27.50

Diamond Pillar

Dimensions: 1 3/4" x 4 1/2"

Approximate Burn Time: 18 hours

Price: $10.00

6 Pointed Star Pillar

Dimensions: 2" x 7 1/2"

Approximate Burn Time: 12 3/4 hours

Price: $12.00

Beeswax Candles: Tapers

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:05:56 -0600

4" Spirals

(Far right)

Dimensions: 3/8" x 4"

Approximate Burn Time: 1.75 hours

Price: $2.00 each or $3.75 pair

7.5" Spirals

Dimensions: .75" x 7.5"

Approximate Burn Time: 4.75 hours

Price: $2.75 each or $5.25 pair

8" Spiral Texture

Third from Left

Dimensions: 5/8" x 8"

Approximate Burn Time: 5.25 hours

Price: $3.00 each or $5.75 pair

6" Solids

Second from Right

Dimensions: 7/8" x 6"

Approximate Burn Time: 4.5 hours

Price: $2.75 each or $5.25 pair

10" Solids

Dimensions: 7/8" x 10"

Approximate Burn Time: 9.25 hours

Price: $4.00 each or $7.75 pair

12" Solids

First on Left

Dimensions: 7/8" x 12"

Approximate Burn Time: 10 hours

Price: $4.25 each or $8.25 pair

8" Rolled Colored Beeswax, Honeycomb Texture

Colors: (in basket) Mauve, Sunflower, Eggplant, Apricot, Green, Red, Blue, Burgundy,

(outside of basket) Black, Ivory, Eggplant

Dusty Rose and Natural

Dimensions: .75" x 8"

Approximate Burn Time: 4.5 hours

Price: $3.00 each or $5.75 pair

Thick "Emergency" Taper

Dimensions: 1.75" x 6.5"

Approximate Burn Time: 31.25 hours

Price: $10.00

Beeswax Candles: Mixed Designs

Sat, 12 Dec 2009 18:03:28 -0600

Acorn

Dimensions: 3" x 4"

Approximate Burn Time: 21 hours

Price: $12.00

Skep (Old Fashioned Beehive)

Dimensions: 3" x 2.25"

Approximate Burn Time: 13 hours

Price: $5.00

Carved Egg

Dimensions: 4.25" x 3"

Approximate Burn Time: 34 hours

Price: $15.00

Small Egg

Dimensions: 2.5" x 1.5"

Approximate Burn Time: 6.75 hours

Price: $4.25

Pine Cone, Large

Dimensions: 5" x 3"

Approximate Burn Time: 50 hours

Price: $25.00

Pine Cone, Small

Dimensions: 1.75" x 1.5"

Approximate Burn Time: 2 hours

Price: $3.50

Pine Cone, Thin

Dimensions: 3" x 3.75"

Approximate Burn Time: 8 hours

Price: $5.00

Pumpkin

Dimensions: 2" x 2.5"

Approximate Burn Time: 10.5 hours

Price: $5.00

Tulip

Dimensions: 1 5/8" x 2 7/8"

Approximate Burn Time: 10.75 hours

Price: $5.00

Tree

Dimensions: 3.75" x 1.5"

Approximate Burn Time: 3.5 hours

Price: $4.25

Raw Milk to be available in Amador County??

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:26:38 -0600

Hi All,

I received an e-mail from John and Ann Kania regarding organic milk. They would like all interested others to know about the meeting on Thursday night. Their phone number is 209-274-4995

Hello all,

John and I are starting the process of getting a raw milk business started, and would like to invite you to come to a meeting to find out about being part of our cowshare. Mark McAffee, the owner of Organic Pastures, famed national whole foods maverick, will be here giving a presentation on raw milk and starting our cowshare! The meeting will be Thursday Dec. 10, Thursday at 6:30pm. Samples will be served.

In a cow share agreement, you would pay a farmer a fee for boarding your cow, (or share of a cow), caring for the cow and milking the cow. The cow share owner then obtains (but does not purchase) the milk from his own cow on a weekly basis. These are popular and growing all over the country, as people want to have access to the freshest, healthiest milk possible. You would be supporting a local farmer (John) and purchasing your clean, raw milk at a fair price. You would either pick up your milk at our farm, or at one of our potential drop points near you: Sacramento/Elk Grove, and El Dorado county.

If you have questions or are interested in becoming a raw milk customer, please call us and come!! Below are websites with more information on the cowshare concept, and the amazing health benefits of delicious raw milk and raw cream.

http://realmilk.com/

http://www.realmilk.com/documents/CowShareTrifold.pdf

http://organicpastures.com/

From Jackson or Sutter Creek:

Take Hwy 88 west towards Ione/Stockton. You will pass the bread store, the cemetery, and Wright Ranch. When you come to the RR tracks near a group of houses, slow down. Look for the big lighted star (no, it's not ours!) Turn Right onto Blue Sky Drive, go up the big hill a mile and come to a gate. The gate should be open.

Keep going straight, do not turn off. Our driveway is 6 tenths of a mile on the right, up a steep drive. Look for a 2-story white house on a hill. 10530 Blue Sky Drive.

From Ione:

Go through Ione, following all the traffic on 104 up the hill, turn left at Hwy 88. You will go one and a half miles up, and see signs for a RR crossing. Slow down and put your turn signal on, there is a blind curve and a row of mailboxes where you need to turn. (This is a dangerous spot). Blue Sky Drive is on the left, turn carefully. If there is oncoming traffic, go up to the RR tracks and make a U-turn to get back to turn onto Blue Sky Drive. Turn right to go up the big hill, and follow same directions as above to our house.

From Stockton:

From 99 South, take the Hwy 88 exit to Jackson. Travel for about 30 minutes (?). Stay on 88, you will go one and a half miles up past the 104 turnoff, and see signs for a RR crossing. There is a large lighted star on the left, this is your exit. Slow down and put your turn signal on, there is a blind curve and a row of mailboxes where you need to turn. (This is a dangerous spot). Blue Sky Drive is on the left, turn carefully. If there is oncoming traffic, go up to the RR tracks and make a U-turn to get back to turn onto Blue Sky Drive. Turn right to go up the big hill, and follow same directions as above to our house.

November and December at the Farm

Tue, 08 Dec 2009 18:15:13 -0600

We had that early rain and it was easy to get in to rototill.

Dante and Freddie hard at work.

Fall is a good time for planting French Shallots.

Generally they are smsller but some are the size of onions!

Then it was time for Perry Cormo, the cormo ram, to have some fun with the ewes.

He's wearing a harness that holds a green colored crayon marker. When a ewe has been bred it's obvious!

Gestation is 5 months, so there will be lambs in April!

Snow Day! Boy, was it beautiful Monday! Everything so white. Poor plants, though.

This is the area where the shallots and garlic were planted, now under the white blanket.

More growing area with just a few plants showing under the blanket.

A few onions are still showing!

Chicken Processing Day

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:07:33 -0600

Learn to butcher chickens for meat.

Chicken Day

Tue, 10 Nov 2009 09:02:33 -0600

CHICKEN PROCESSING DAY

Cold weather's here and it's time to make soup! At the farm it's fall harvest time from winter squash to reducing the flock size by removing the old, non-laying birds and harvesting them. We thank the girls for all their work, and now, thanks again for the wonderful soup they'll provide!

This is a class in which you will learn to butcher a live chicken and prepare it for cooking.

When: Saturday, November 21st from 9:00am until around 12:00pm.

Bring: sharp knife, cutting board, apron, gloves For transport home-plastic bag, ice chest and ice

Cost: $10.00 for one bird, and then $8.00 for the second bird.

Where: Butte Mountain Farm, 17336 Butte Mountain Rd., Jackson, CA

When you sign up, please let me know if you will want to purchase and butcher more than one bird, as there are a limited number.