Rainbow

And God said, "This is the sign of the Covenant which I make between Me and you, and every living creature that is with you, for perpetual generations: I set My rainbow in the cloud, and it shall be for the sign of the covenant between Me and the earth. It shall be, when I bring a cloud over the earth, that the rainbow shall be seen in the cloud; and I will remember My covenant which is between me and you and every living creature of all flesh; the waters shall never again become a flood to destroy all flesh."

-Genesis 8:12-15

3rd Place!

A couple weeks ago, the Franklin Farmer's Market had a booth-decorating competition. We thought it would be fun to decorate our booth, but we just didn't have time to do it. In fact, we were so busy on the day of the competition, that we completely forgot about it. The next Saturday, the market manager came around, and handing Mom a ribbon and an envelope, she said, "Congratulations! Y'all won third place!" I thought to myself, "That's awesome! Wait...Third place?...Third place in what?" Well it turned out that we had won third place in the booth-decorating competition that we hadn't even decorated for. And we were awarded $25 to boot!

-Tricia Ann

We hung our ribbon on our handy-dandy chalkboard that Jacob and I made (I"ll have to post a picture of it soon).

Two of our numerous BCF shirt models

Here's mom explaining the difference between regular cucumbers and our Mini Whites.

And here's our display of vegetables. It changes from week to week, depending on what we have to sell.

A July CSA Basket

Here's last week's basket. It included
a bag of Rattlesnake green beans, a bag of okra, yellow crookneck squash, cucumbers, tomatoes, Sungold cherry tomatoes, a head of Nevada lettuce, and an aromatic bunch of basil.
We are currently sold out of shares, but we do have a waiting list.
If our harvest continues to increase, we may be able to add a few more shares
as the season progresses.
If you'd like to be added to our waiting list, email us at trish@beaverdamcreekfarm.com
and let us know.
~Trish

Garden Pictures

The other day, I was out taking pictures of Gimli for the newsletter. He doesn't like to sit still, so I have to take about 100 to get a couple good ones. Since I had my camera out, I decided to take some pictures of the garden and the farm in general. I thought I'd post them here so y'all can see what the farm looks like this year.

Summer Crisp Lettuce (Hopefully, in next week's CSA basket!)

and Bright Lights Chard

Pretty little Sungold Tomatoes

I'm growing lots of Benary's Giant Zinnias. All the colors are pretty, but the red ones are my favorite.

Ever wonder why Jack climbed a beanstalk into the sky?

Cantaloupes coming soon...

I love to take pictures of Gimli; he's so photogenic. Isn't he cute?

Long shot of only part of the garden

Hope to See You Tommorrow...

Saturday, June 27

at Hopewell Associated Reformed Presbyterian Church

located at 3886 Hopewell Rd. Culleoka, TN 37451
from 10:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m.
for a viewing of the Nourishing Traditional Diets DVD
by Sally Fallon, author of the best-selling cookbook
Nourishing Traditions.
Bring a nutrient-dense dish to share at the potluck lunch along with a drink for yourself.
This will be a life-changing event and well worth your time!

No need to RSVP, just come! There's plenty of seating at the church.

~Trish

Please Come - Free Weston A. Price Foundation Event

Join me in attending a life-changing, educational day watching the 3-part DVD of Sally Fallon's seminar, "Nourishing Traditional Diets". This is basically Nutrition and Physical Degeneration (Dr. Weston A. Price's landmark book) in a nutshell, along with proper food prep methods as discussed in Fallon's Nourishing Traditions Cookbook. More information about this 5.5 hour long DVD may be found at this site.

Date: Saturday, June 27
Location: Farm of Mrs. Nancy Webster (15 minutes west of Lynnville, TN) or, if the crowd is too large, at a church in the southern Columbia, TN area. I'll post the location when I find out for sure.
Cost: FREE
Bring: a nutrient-dense, unprocessed dish for a potluck lunch & your own chair.

Note: Due to the length of the event and the limited space, only nursing babes-in-arms are welcomed.


RSVP (ASAP!) to Nancy Webster, Chapter Leader for the Southern Middle Tennessee Chapter of the Weston A. Price Foundation at creativemess10@yahoo.com

~Trish

First creek trip of the season

It's just now getting hot enough to go swimming in the creek again. Even when it's warm outside, Beaverdam Creek can be icy cold. One afternoon, after working hard in the garden, we went swimming for a little while with some friends. The swimming hole is completely different than it was last year. Some places that were deep are now shallow; and some places that were shallow are now deep. You can't jump off the rope swing anymore because you'd hit the bottom! It's the strangest thing. I guess the flood is responsible.

The pictures are worth more than the words, so here they are.

-Tricia Ann

They look like they're up to something.

LOL!

Me and my little buddy, who's not so little anymore

Happy Customers

Thanks to K.B. for the pictures!

How many guys does it take to fix a broken hose?

Three or more, apparently.

"I've almost got it!"

"What's taking so long, Goose?"

Our T-shirts Are Here!

We're really pleased with the way they turned out. Want one? We'll have them for sale starting today at the Franklin Farmers Market as we kick off the new summer season with
Farmapalooza!
Check out www.franklinfarmersmarket.org to find out all about
the day's special events.

Strawberries Available for Delivery or On-Farm Pickup

We have extra strawberries this week! These berries are Certified Naturally Grown. We never spray our strawberries with harmful pesticides, herbicides or fungicides. And we don't use chemical fertilizers. These are the smaller, more flavorful gourmet varieties. So, they don't have that large pithy hole that most conventionally-grown berries have. They are at their peak this week and will be in decline soon. So enjoy them while they last.

Prices: $2.50 per pint ($2.00 for on-farm purchases), $32.00 per flat (16 pints) Call us at 931.623.3732 or email us at trish@BeaverdamCreekFarm.com to place your order.

Delivery: We can deliver them to our Riverwalk and Grassmere locations as well as to the Leiper's Fork and Franklin Farmers Markets. Or if you're in the mood for an outing, you can drive out to our farm and pick them up!

Freezing Instructions: Strawberries are easy to freeze. Simply wash, dry, and remove stems. Place on a cookie sheet and freeze overnight. Then put them in Ziploc baggies, date them, and store them in your freezer. You can take them out at your convenience and use them for smoothies, strawberry shortcake, ice-cream topping, strawberry daiquiris, pies, cobblers, muffins, etc. How about dipping some in chocolate?

Mmmmmm....

Get 'er Done!

Lots of work began piling up after the flood. It kept raining every few days and wouldn't dry out enough to till and plant. So last week when it finally dried out, we had our work cut out for us. The to-do list was daunting, and we weren't sure where to begin. Some of our friends volunteered to help, and I'm glad they did! We never could have gotten it all done without them! 

In one day, we planted about 3000 transplants, laid irrigation lines, installed deer fencing, made saw-horses for the greenhouse, mowed the grass, and I don't know what all. It's amazing how much can be accomplished by 14 hard-working teenagers!

Enough typing...on to the pictures. Thanks again y'all! You were a huge blessing to us.

-Tricia Ann

These guys are t-r-o-u-b-l-e.

Awwww!

Ummm...Bad Bob Beltman threatens local farmgirl with fish emulsion solution. Yuck!

Here are some strawberry-picking picures. This is a different day than the last set of pics.

"This one looks perfect...I guess I'll have to eat it!"

Smile, Jacob!"

G

"I'd like to buy a hamburger!"

"Trish-A ANN" :P

Two.

Lovely Miss M, whose finger was still intact when this picture was taken.

Cable from Coble with patented hat staple

Soil

Chief soil block maker extraordinaire

Greenhouse Update

The greenhouse has been working out wonderfully! It stayed warm nicely during the cold weather, but on the warmer days, it began to get too hot in there. So, we put some shade-cloth over it, and started rolling up the plastic on the back, and now the temperature is staying in the proper range. This is how it looks this week...pretty full!

-Tricia Ann