We've had some warmer temperatures lately. Summer squash really likes warm temperatures. Today I picked about 40 pounds.
Feel free to leave comments on ways you like to prepare summer squash! (Scroll down to the bottom of the post and click on comments).
Saturday means its time for the Ashland farmers market.
We brought about 8 pounds of green beans and sold out in the first 20 minutes. Business was slow for the rest of the day, partly due to the cloudy and cool weather. The downturn in the economy has probably contributed to the slower farmers markets this year. There were quite a few regular and new customers we'd like to thank for coming!
On Thursday we attended the Cornucopia farmers market.
It was the first time this season we sold at this market. The market has been going for about three years now and is located down by lake Superior.
Onions are about ready and I picked a few for the farmers market on Saturday.
Lambsquarters (Chenopodium album) is a common annual weed.
Fortunately pigs love lambsquarters.
We took four pigs to the slaughter plant today. We have a small stock trailer if we are only hauling a few animals, or are picking up feeder pigs.
These pigs are probably in the 250 to 275 lb range. They'll all be made into bratwurst since that has been selling really well at the farmers market.
The slaughter house is located in Radisson Wisconsin. Its about an hour and a half drive, but this is the closest place that does a good job butchering. Getting booked in the fall is tricky due to the high demand, but we managed to get slaughter dates for the rest of our pigs.
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