Vegetables & Flowers Available At Fort Bacon Farm!

Ariel view of our farm, from the top of Short Mountain 😊

From left to right: cucumbers, tomatoes, eggplant, & strawberries!😀

We are excited to have produce and flower bouquets for sale at the Fort Bacon Farm Store this week. produce for this week: basil, garlic, eggplant, and tomatoes! Our family has been busy making pesto, pizza sauce, barbeque sauce, and ratatouille while we have this bounty of Summer vegetables!! You can also place an order for vegetables, or flowers, through email, so you don’t miss out on anything!

We have been blessed with lots of rain recently… which always adds a twist to chores! A litter of piglets arrived the same afternoon that we got a gully washer rain storm, and the mother wasn’t keeping the piglets safe, so we now have piglets on bottles! During the day, they roam the back yard, and at night, they sleep in house. It’s been a super fun experience, but also… pigs, in our house???

Enjoy the last weeks of Summer! God bless you!

-The Baker’s

Grab you winter supply of Non GMO Pastured Pork and grass fed beef while it lasts!

We have grass fed beef ready to stock your freezer! Bulk bones available also for making broth. Sale price is $2 per pound when getting 15 pounds or more. ($3 per pound regular price.) We also have pigs going to the butcher next week that you may have custom cut to suit your needs and feed your family wholesome pork! Whole pigs will be $5.25 per pound of hanging weight plus the processing fee from the butcher. Beef boxes are available now, farmers choice of cuts (will include some ground beef, roasts and steaks) 30 pounds for $400. Please contact us for delivery options on Mondays and Thursdays.

Remember to find our eggs, flowers and veggies (when we have extra) at Fort Bacon Farm in Philomont, VA. You can also purchase meat weekly from their freezers.

Have a blessed summer!

The Bakers

What's Happening On The Farm?

The short answer, well, there isn’t one! The 30ft x 148ft greenhouse holds Fall, Winter, and Spring crops, so this week we took out the Winter crops, and planted Spring greens, and we have tomatoes ready to be planted too!🍅 ( Fun Fact #1: Did you know we plant the first group of tomato seeds in late January??) Outside, we have fruit trees, strawberries, tulips, and daffodils blooming, so we have to keep a close eye on the weather, and cover the fruit blossoms if it dips too low. In the “Propagation Greenhouse”, there are lots of blooms! Columbine, carnations, roses, peonies, aloe vera, and lemons to name a few!

Fun Fact #2: This greenhouse has a low of 40 degrees in the Winter, and already this year, I’ve been working in there, and it’s been 120 degrees, so I don’t know what the high is, but it’s high! So it’s the same temperatures as zone 11, which is Hawaii, and the Florida Keys!!😎🏝 Here are some pictures from the greenhouse!

We are looking forward to all of these baby plants growing into yummy, nourishing food for our family and yours! Our Summer vegetable shares will be starting before we know it!

The farmers have been enjoying lots of icecream and chocolate milk recently! Here’s our favorite chocolate milk recipe!

1 Quart milk

1/4 Cup cocoa powder

1/4 Cup maple syrup

put all in a blender, mix and enjoy!

We got the winter protection off of the strawberry field this week and they look wonderful! We will be selling loads of ripe berries before we know it! Stay tuned for those!

We will begin with offering extra things through email soon. Stay tuned for that as well!

Blessings and Happy Ressurection Sunday! He is risen! May you know Him and his peace that passes understanding!

With love,

The Bakers

What's new with the cows?

Well, we were sorry to give a little less milk in each jar this week…..we had a ‘cow’ tastrophe! If you have ever felt sad after spilling milk, imagine our disappointment when 6 gallons spilled! But since we have a cow “share” we shared the loss among the members and we did without. Thanks for understanding that our process is unique to a small family farm and not a conventional setting. We treasure your support! We have been getting just enough milk to go around so we were especially happy when Charity had her calf yesterday! After her colostrum goes to the calf for a week we will test her milk and when it’s ready to be used we will have plenty of milk. Then the next cow gets to take her maternity leave. Since we care for the calves by sharing her milk with them, our cows take their maternity leave before their baby is born!

Anyway, thanks for supporting small farms! We have a few turkeys still available so sign up soon to get one for your Thanksgiving table!

Blessings,

The Bakers

Time to order your Thanksgiving turkey!

We have the same delicious, fresh, nutritious turkeys for your Thanksgiving Table this year! They are rotating our pastures and cleaning up our summer garden right now! We will have them harvested fresh for pick up in Purcellville, VA on Tuesday before Thanksgiving. They are big and bountiful this year! Order here.

Are you wanting fresh organic produce like greens, lettuce, root crops and winter squash for your cooking delight this winter? We have a few spots open for our CSA. Get 6 items each week for $30. Try out a month and decide if you want it all winter! Order here.

Grass fed beef is available now also! We have bulk boxes (farmers choice cuts) 30 pounds for $330 or half beef custom cut ($5 per pound hanging weight plus processing). Reply for availability.

Blessings,

The Bakers

Berry season is here!

We have black raspberries from our neighbor’s farm ready this week! We are taking pre orders for Friday/Saturday at this time. We will deliver to Fort Bacon fridge and they can be picked up Friday or Saturday from 8 am to 8 pm, pre order only. They are $8 a pint or $7 each if you get 10 or more. They are great to freeze for smoothies, make pies with, have on ice cream or just for a healthy snack! Order here.

Veggie shares are starting to look like summer! It’s early June and everything is looking great in the gardens! The first batch of chickens are almost ready for harvest and will be available next week! The rain has been so good for all the grass and crops, we have had some flooding, but are thankful for our high elevation and good drainage in the mountains!

We have a summer special, HOT DOGS! We have gotten healthy hot dogs made from our pork and are loving them! They are free from all bad things and as yummy as can be! We can deliver them along with berries this week. Just order some here.

Please get your orders for berries in by Wednesday at 6 PM! Also veggie shares still available, e-mail us with questions!

Blessings,

The Bakers

If You Were A Fly On Our Wall...

Baby seedlings on the sand tables, spring is coming!

…You would have been “blown away” at the wind gusts we had! Our home weather station says our top wind speed was 37 mph!!! On Sunday afternoon, we were gathering for devotions, when we heard it coming… great big gusts came whooshing down the mountains, over our farm, taking everything loose (or remotely loose!) with it! “OH NO!! It’s going to blow the trash can, horse trough, Etc. away!” So we hurried to grab our gear, coats, boots, gloves, running masks (hey, it was windy and raining, and I didn’t want my face pelted and whipped with cold wind and wet rain!:)) etc. and went out into the breezy weather to secure everything… including but not limited to: strapping the greenhouse doors to the greenhouse to avoid further damage ( these tall sliding doors are not meant to swing away from the greenhouse, just conveniently along the front), grabbing that sheet of fly-away plastic sheeting that came from… where?, and opening the barn for the cows to come in (a special privilege they get for less-than-nice weather). It is Monday now, and still windy. Some of todays projects were: re=securing the strawberries cover, and getting the first seedlings of the year all cozied in the propagation greenhouse! Here is a fun excerpt from our county’s 911 center… they always come up with humorous weather warnings:)

WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT: HOLD ONTO YOUR WIGS & TRASH CANS!

If you stepped outside and immediately regretted it, you’re not alone. A Wind Advisory is in effect until 10 PM tonight, so expect gusts strong enough to make you reconsider wearing a hat… or walking small dogs. If your trash can is missing, check with your neighbors—or three counties over.

So we are late posting this, but better late than never! If you want any yogurt, broth or cottage cheese this week get your orders in quickly before we are sold out! Have a blessed week!

Wintery Mix! Veggies and beef sound warming to us!

We are on baby watch once again! We are waiting for Missy the Bernese Mountain Dog to have a litter of puppies and also Tansy our Brown Swiss/Jersey cow to have a calf! We can’t wait for these babies to arrive! We have a few spots available for Missy’s puppies if anyone is looking to add a new furry baby to their home let us know! Place your orders now for yogurt, cottage cheese or any holiday baked goodies that you want delivered next week! We also have a few spots open for veggie shares, let us know if you’d like a trial month before commiting to the whole winter! We have loads of great fresh veggies.

Tansy when she was expecting her first baby and got loose and came to our front door!

We are running low on pork and waiting for a processing date so this month we will have beef boxes and chickens available. Beef boxes are farmers choice and come in 15 or 30 pound size, chicken shares are 20 lbs. Order before Saturday for delivery next week!

Stay warm and we hope you all enjoyed your Thanksgiving, we had a good old fashioned taffy pull with some new neighbors! It was a fun day of being thankful for all God has given us!

Blessings,

The Bakers