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Tuesday, December 13, 2016

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Monday, February 1, 2016

Become a Member- Community Supported Agriculture

We're growing for you!

We thank all of our current and past Bluebird Farm CSA members for supporting local agriculture direct from the source. William and I couldn't do it without you!

Become a member- Community Supported Agriculture!

We're signing up new members for the 2016 CSA season! All returning CSA members will receive a $20 discount when they sign up for a Vegetable Box share.

We rely on our CSA members to keep our farm growing food year after year! Thank you for supporting local agriculture direct from the source!

We have all sorts of shares for you to choose from; Vegetable Box, Pork, Chicken, and Egg Shares. We'll keep you and your family fed with fresh seasonal farm food. We grow and raise almost a full diet on our farm.

New this year! Morganton Market Share is available at the Morganton Farmers Market- these members receive farm credit to shop from our weekly selection at the Morganton Farmers Market. Morganton Market Share members can use their credit any Saturday from mid-April to end of October.

We look forward to having you join this bountiful season.

Your farmers at Bluebird Farm,

Marie and William

P.S.

Please don't hesitate to contact us if you have any questions!

Thursday, January 7, 2016

Farmers only kinda hibernate!

Wahoo! William and I are heading out on a Florida camping adventure for our January "slow time."

It's still plenty of busy around the farm with feeding hay, adding bedding to our winter animal hoopbarns, handling all the little lambs that are being born (14 in the last 3 weeks!), planning our 2016 vegetable crops, taxes (yuck), and all other little things here and there.

My dad will be watching the farm for us, so we're working to get the critters all squared away so feeding hay will be easy for him.

We'll be taking orders and meeting up with folks at the end of January... We have plenty of delicious pork, lamb, chicken, and beef!

We've finished updating membership information for our 2016 Community Supported Agriculture program.
Signups are open!

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

Heritage Chop Sale

Winter Sale!
Stock up on these delicious heritage chops, and help us free up space in our freezer. Very tender and succulent heritage pork chops with beautiful marbling and topped with a thick cap of fat. These heritage chops are amazing, and this type of pork chop is beyond compare!
These are the last of our thick heritage chops- this is your last chance to get these rare, succulent chops. We won't have chops from the English Large Black heritage hogs again. (We're incorporating the breed into our entire herd, and our regular chops will have enhanced marbling.)
>>Order here<<
2 bone-in chops in a pack, pack approx 1.5-2.3 lbs each.
Sale price
$8.80 per pound for 1 pack of chops
$7.80 per pound for 2 or more packs of chops
Regular price $10.50/lb.

Photo: This individual chop weighs approx 1 pound. All chops are packed 2 per pack.

What do I do with all that fat? The fat on these pork chops has not been trimmed off, so you can cook with it on or you can slice it off with a steak knife. We love to cook with it on, and eat some of the fat after it is well cooked (similar to pork belly.) The fat from this breed is a delicacy.

Is it done? We prefer our pork cooked to medium or medium well. A slight bit of pink is safe and very juicy. The great thing about these heritage chops is that you can cook them well done and the meat is still tender from the advanced marbling.

Cooking tips: Use med to med-low heat on the grill to roast the fat without cooking the pork too quickly. Or lower your broiler rack one shelf in the oven and use a drip pan below the rack.

Advanced tip: We like to hold the chops with tongs vertically on the narrow side (on edge) on a med heat on the grill for about 5 minutes. This effectively cooks only the fat first. Then I turn down the grill to a med low and put the chops (broad side down this time) on the top rack until the pork is finished cooking to your liking.

What if I want to cut the fat off before cooking- can I use it for something? You can cure the fat in your fridge! You can trim the fat off, and then lightly roll it in kosher salt. You want a lot more salt than you would season with, but you don't want a solid layer of salt. Then put the fat into a ziplock bag, press the air out, and store in your fridge for 7-10 days. After that put the entire bag into the freezer. Cut off thick "butter pats" and crisp it in the pan like bacon. You will have little golden crisps and some good cooking oil in the pan. Remove the crisps or "lardons," and use the oil for cooking greens or any recipe that calls for bacon fat.
>>Order Here<<
Fed organic grains
cut 1.25-1.5 inch thick
Total weight varies: 1.5-2.3 lbs
Purchased by the pound
Each pack of chops is slightly different weight.

actual totals vary with weight

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

Pasture Meat Packs. Buy in Bulk and Stock Up for Winter.

Yep, fall is here and the farmers are bringing in the fall harvests, stocking up food, and preparing for winter on the farm

You should too! Order a meat pack and enjoy a months with a full freezer for savory winter meals.

MEAT PACKS

♦All beef, pork, and meat chickens fed certified organic grains.

♦All our livestock are raised with forages, fresh air, and sunshine.

♦No added hormones.

♦Meats are individually labeled, vacuum-sealed and frozen, keeps well for 1 year from pack date.

Check out our Meat Pack options and availability dates:

Chicken

Pork

Lamb

Beef

Tuesday, August 18, 2015

Fall CSA sign up now open!

2015 Fall CSA Membership

Vegetable Share: Wednesday September 30- Wednesday November 11th

A subscription to Bluebird Farm allows you to share our harvest! Members buy a "share" of our harvest and receive an assortment of seasonal, fresh, vegetables and herbs weekly for 7 weeks.

Chicken Share: Enjoy the taste of chicken raised on pasture. Stock up for winter! Pickup your chickens once a month in October, November, and December.

We grow a mix of vegetables in the fall for the fall vegetable share. All kinds of greens like kale, collards, arugula, and lettuce. Enjoy storage crops like sweet potatoes, garlic, carrots, winter squash, cabbage, and salad turnips. We'll have broccoli, scallions, and radishes.

Cost- The fall veggie share is $160. ($22.85 per week, average)

The weekly vegetable average is based on an average weekly amount through the entire 7 week season. 9/30-11/11. The amount of vegetables in your box each week may be worth less or more than the weekly average depending on crops and weather.

Veggies diversity and box value- Just before fall frost (October 14-21st), we'll give you winter crops that store well like sweet potatoes and winter squash so we can get them out of the freezing weather! Your box will be bigger and worth more in the first 6 weeks...we will have less diversity of fresh green veggies the last 2 weeks of the CSA due to freezing temperatures.

Egg Share

Egg shares are only available if you have signed up for a vegetable share.

Chicken Share

You can sign up for a chicken share only (vegetable share not required.)

Get the special CSA chicken price of $5.75 lb for whole chickens when you purchase a chicken share!

Bluebird Farm pastured broiler chickens are fed certified organic non-GMO grains. We raise a hearty outdoor chicken breed outside on fresh pastures in clean air. Meat from healthy, happy birds takes on a whole different flavor and texture-it tastes like chicken for a change!

Our chickens are frozen and keep without freezer burn for at least 6 months in our heavy duty vacuum packaging.

Share combinations and sign-up options:

-You may sign up for a vegetable share and add on egg and/or chicken.

-You may also sign up for the chicken only share.

-We only offer the egg share as an add on for the vegetable share since our hens lay less eggs in the fall.

Enjoy the fall farm bounty! >>Learn more and sign up here<<