Farm Connect Delivery - 8/21/08

The "CSA" discount pricing options are for people who pre-pay for the month, and pick up weekly. Ask for details! You’ll find us this week in our brown/grey minivan. ~S

We'll be at the Vancouver Farmers Market on Saturday!

To order, click here and specify what you would like. All checks go to "Dee Creek Farm", or bring cash.

**BRING YOUR OWN BAG**

We fill pre-orders first, then it’s first come, first served! We do mostly pre-orders at deliveries, rather than Farmers Market style. Please help us in this by pre-ordering what you can!

Grassfed Beef
Taking a waiting list for grassfed beef to be harvested in September. They are Limousin cows, fed from a pasture and orchard ground fall - no grains ever. Anticipated price is $2/lb hanging weight (approx. 500lbs whole), plus butcher fees (Battle Ground butcher shop). More coming, but you can join the waiting list now for details!

Pastured Poultry Chicken
$3/lb and upTurkey - $25/bird deposit to order for Fall, $3.50/lb at harvest (minus deposit)Our weekly CSA is SOLD OUT. We are taking orders for 10/16 and 10/31. If you order 5 or more, you get 10% off. Remember we will have NO chickens again until May!

Cheeses
Aged Feta, $5.50/container retail, $5.00/container CSA Creamy crumbles of unpasteurized aged feta from DCF to top your salad, pasta, or olive ciabatta from Julia Bakery (yum!). The perfect treat for a warm summer day! We’re hoping to have soft cheeses possibly as early as next week!

Eggs
$4/dozen retail, $3.75/dozen CSA $2.75/dozen for the "small and/or stained" eggsWe will fill DCF egg CSA's first, but this week we have extra from our farm, as well as the Taylor Made Ranch, so order if you'd like some. Also recycle your DCF egg cartons with us!

Raw Honey
Pint $7, Quart $12, Half Gallon $18, Honey in Comb $12 per package. Packaged in glass or plastic jars, this delicious raw honey comes from Honey House Farm in Brush Prairie.

Produce
Blueberries, $3.75/pint, $2.60/half-pint (or $25/half-pint flat, $38/pint-flat -- 12 per flat)These berries come from NW Organic in Ridgefield, certified organic!

Pickling Cucumbers, 5 for $1, or 60 for $10Slicing Burpless Cucumbers, $.65/each

Zucchini, $0.50/eachThese are spray-free (not certified organic, but otherwise up to par) and come from Wiggins Farm in Woodland. You can take a bundle to pickle, ferment, or slice up at home. The pickling cukes are about 3", the burpless are up to 16"+! Everything will be picked Thursday morning!

Dill Pickles, Naturally Pickled, $5/pint ($.50 refund w/returned jar)Made here at DCF with Wiggins' Farms delicious cucumbers, mustard seeds, and dill from the Martinez Farms, who 'booth' at the Vancouver Farmers Market.

Wild Eats
Fresh Picked Wild Mountain Huckleberries, $4.50/half-pint (or $25/half-pint flat, $45/full-pint flat)]Mushrooms, Fresh -Cultivated Maitake (Hen of the Woods), $4/bag
Organic Shitake $3/bag
The above comes from Nature's Choice, a Vancouver business, operated by a couple who collects & sells wild eats. The mushrooms come in white paper bags, weighing 1/4# each. We are very excited to have these to offer! As all things, varieties will change with the season!

Fresh Herbs
$2/bundle 3 large sprigs of sage, or 6-8inch sprigs of rosemary. These are organically grown (no chemicals, sprays, etc). "My pesticide is ladybugs and birds" says this city gardener - with an extra large herb garden! She'll be at the downtown delivery only with these yummy fresh herbs!

Nourishing Traditions Cookbook $15 - note better price than expected!I'll be placing an order in one week (hopefully) for a couple of boxes of Nourishing Traditions "cookbooks". Since we are buying in bulk, we can get them for 40% off, at $15 each, no shipping/tax. Great price! If anyone wants to pre-order one, let me know! We need 8 to get at least one box.

Kombucha Scoby
Dairy Kefir "Grains"FREE For anyone up for the task, I’ve a couple of extra kombucha scoby’s and some dairy kefir grains. If you don’t know what it is, Google it!

All-Natural Soap,
$4/barGarden Guardian from DCF is full of wonderful essential oils that are beneficial for hard-working hands, and is a great exfoliant for those dirty finger nails. Go and dig in, you can still look nice for dinner guests! Friendly to sensitive skin, as it's all-natural.

Produce & Poultry CSA's Reminder
For those who have signed up for monthly or seasonal CSA's with Dee Creek Farm, don't forget to pick up your fresh produce straight from the gardens, and natural, pasture-raised poultry, eggs, and cheese! Any extra will be available for sale at deliveries.

WIN FREE FOOD THIS WEEK – How Well Do You Know Your Farm?

Quiz Question:
As per a few questions last week, what does "DCF" stand for throughout this email?

EMAIL YOUR ANSWER!

The first person that emails me the right answer* will win a bag of FREE organic Shitake mushrooms from Nature's Choice, to be redeemed at Thursday deliveries. The correct answer will be emailed shortly!

*1 answer per email address.

SummerEmail: summer@deecreekfarm.com
Farm Phone: 360-225-9711
Cell Phone: 360-903-6956 (no service at the Farm)