Ice, Ice Baby over the frozen Rose Creek

Be safe and warm out there, especially in the country.

Sincerely, 
Dan Matthews



Subject: Ice, Ice Baby!
From: pastures1051@gmail.com
To: danmatt@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 20 Feb 2015 14:14:47 +0000

Ice, Ice Baby!
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February 20th Newsletter
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The Pastures of Rose Creek

 

     So much for those 60 degree temperatures! This past week's ice storm did quite a bit of damage to trees on the farm. Our younger pines in the Conservation Reserve Program lot by far suffered the most. A few large tree limbs damaged our fences, luckily just bending them opposed to taking them out. Puddles, ponds, pipes - all iced over! 

     This weekend, William, Francie and Russell  be attending the annual Georgia Organics Conference! It starts with a farm tour Friday, In-depth workshops Friday afternoon and then educational sessions on Saturday. This is a great opportunity for us to network with other Georgia farmers and learn new practices to help our improve the farm and the quality of service for our customers!

     Nonetheless, we still plan to have the Farm Stand on Sunday from 2-4pm! Tagyerit Farm will be here selling their awesome pork products!

Breaking News!

 
     We would like to announce that our website is officially up! Hopefully it will offer a good bit of info to our customers and potential customers! In the future, we plan to build a recipe section. Check it out and let us know what you think!  http://www.pasturesofrosecreek.com/

 

Where to find us during the off season...

  • Athens Locally Grown - Order our beef online at http://athens.locallygrown.net/ starting Sunday evening thru Tuesday at 8 pm. Pickup is Thursday from 4:30 to 8pm at Ben's Bikes (670 W. Broad Street)! 
  • Sunday Farm Stand - Come by the farm stand 2pm to 4pm on Sundays and get some fresh eggs and delicious beef - plus pork! We are at 1051 Rose Creek Drive, Watkinsville! Be on the look out for the signs on Colham Ferry Road! 

"For the love of community and all things farming"




Your local farmers and friends


P.S. - Stay Warm!!!
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