There are so many things going on this time of year that its great to get some news out, but hard to find the time to sit and write. I am canning relish and pickles and have sometime while I am waiting for the water to boil. Our all natural pasture raised meat chickens are finishing up nicely. They should be ready for you to take home on August 7th. So, if you have not done so yet, please reserve a broiler at www.beanhouses.com. This is our new website, it will allow us to keep track of the chicken orders. Its been hard in the past to remember who ordered what as they drove past us on South of Commons yelling out their car window. We are able to update the website with what is available at our stand and in the future we will be able to sell our grass fed beef this way. Shhhhh, don't tell the deer but our tomatoes are doing very well this year. We are putting an electric fence around our tomato field, then our donkeys and then another electric fence. We are really hoping this will do the trick. We have already harvested some plum and cherry tomatoes and by the time this newsletter hits the press the rest will be ready for picking. We have some great heirloom varieties this year, along with our favorite Japanese Black Triefle, and some tried and true varieties. It looks like we may have beans all summer, we have a French Filet String Bean, the we like to call wee-wee beans. They are very thin and sweet. Shell beans will be ready in about a week, followed by fava beans. We also have Oriental eggplants, summer squash, zucchini, green, chocolate and Cubanelle peppers and Poona Kheera cucumbers from India Available at our honor system stand.. The Poona Kheera are what I am using for my relish and pickles, they have a very thin sweet skin so no peeling needed. They have many stages of color, they start out light green and progress to a golden brown. The color doesn't seem to change the flavor but seems to scare our customers- be brave. The Dahlias are a little slow getting going because it was so dry this spring but by mid-August they should be blooming like crazy. The rest of the flowers are doing great, including the sunflowers and we have been able to keep lots of large colorful bouquets available at the stand. I am impatiently waiting for all of our 175 egg laying chickens to start work. Cleo's Cluckers production has been down. I started by going out to the field and giving the girls a pep talk, no luck. Cyrus got them a yummy treat called a 'flock block', still nothing- or at least not much. Now they have a new fence and we are still waiting. When they do start laying in full force get your omelette pans ready! My batch of relish and pickles are done. Come on by and get your chem-free veggies, flowers and eggs. Eat Local. Eat Your View.
The Allens Jeremy, Polly, Cleo, Cyrus, Olive and Xanwww.beanhouses.com104 South of Common RoadLittle Compton, RI 02837
