The slow arrival of Spring

It's April, and here in Colorado that means warmer weather and spring showers... or colder weather and snow... or cool weather and no precipitation.  To be honest, all it really means is change; the brutal months of winter are over and, although we can't plant just yet, before we know it, it's time to tend the garden.  As soon as the weather starts to turn warm, my family and I rush outside to be in the sun and begin our preparations for the growing season.  Unfortunately, we've long since learned that the warming weather doesn't mean its time to plant.  So, we spend March and April preparing the garden beds, organizing, cleaning, planning, checking on livestock and the bees. 

Spring is also the time of year when we get more requests for meat shares and custom processing services.  There's a marked increase in requests starting about March.  At this point, I like to think that many of our past customers have spent the winter enjoying most of last year's meat shares and are nearly ready to fill up the freezer.  We, too, are in need of a restock after winter.  Unfortunately, our sows didn't give us any piglets this winter, so all we have left are the ones born at the end of summer last year.  Similarly, we didn't raise any beef this year.  So, we are working with our ranching partners to acquire meat shares for our customers.  Regardless of the availability of meat shares, we still offer custom processing services.  To make things easier for our customers, we've added a pricing calculator to help estimate costs.  Feel free to give it a try: