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Our Amazing Wwoofers!!

Posted 5/9/2012 12:21pm by Janeen Covlin.

Hi all!

What a busy crazy time!  Here it is, the order cut-off day and I haven't found a moment to write a quick email!!

Somehow we've managed to attract some incredibly talanted energetic WWOOFers to the farm -  4 from France (pics on Cool Springs FaceBook) and 2 from Belguim who just arrived 2 days ago- and things are really getting done!  When you have great help like this, there's not much time to get to the computer!  (If you don't know about the WWOOF program, it's a great way to travel  and get experience working on all types of organic farms all over the world - I wish I had know about it before we bought a farm- oh well, must be tabled 10 years and then we'll go!  :) )

They've tinned the barn (which I've been waiting for 4 years!), modified the chicken shelter to move sideways in the pastures and then moved the chicks out there, welded up some much needed improvements on Donny's (our handicapped boarder) wagon.  The girls have been baking Frech bread every second day and cooking and cleaning, playing with the kids, and looking after the ducks geese and chicks.


Victor who raises the famous Label Rouge chicken in France and who's Grandpa is a butcher, showed us how to make the famous Boudin Noir or Black Pudding (aka Blood sausage) a traditional treat just at hog killing time  and Rillettes du Porc (ree-yet) which is a delicious appetizer of spiced, potted meat that is thickly spread on bread....soo good!!!!  


Has anyone had this type of "Charcuterie" before??  Would you be interested in seeing them in the store??


In other new... 300 Duckling and 250 geese are doing fantastic...soon to get out to pasture as well!


Next delivery (in June) we will have a new  batch free-range chicken in the store!  They are a NEW breed called Freedom Rangers or Red Bros, which are actually a slower-growing, red-colored French chicken designed for the Label Rouge progam in France.  We got them from a Pennsylvania hatchery and although they are new to Canada, they look just like normal French chickens to Victor!  We won't be ordering them outside of Canada again, since we where stung with 238% duty on them, but by next year we will probably switch entirely over to them since there are Canadian breeder flocks starting this year... YAY!!!


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The orders have been pouring in and we are sold out of a LOT of products, so I apologize if you didn't get your order in or get what you wanted!  The combination of the mailing list growing...  and... this being the time of year where we are running out of the stock pile but not ready with the new crop, is PAINFUL for you and me both!

Bear with us as we get stocked up again!

If you have been telling people about us (someone must be!! :),  LET US KNOW so we can give you your $10 referal credit!  I'd far rather give it to YOU that  GROUPON!!

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Take care!

We'll see you Saturday...

 


Janeen
(for the team...Sam, Lyle & Grace, and Kate. Emma, Tess and Beau)

www.coolspringsranch.ca

547-4252

3 Comments »
Diana said,
5/15/2012 @ 4:18 pm
Just sayin', if you ever have boudin noir or rilletes available I'd seriously buy it in a heartbeat!! Haven't had that porky goodness since I lived in France!
abwe said,
2/27/2013 @ 11:49 pm
Is there any benefits of this Freedom Rangers breed or what makes it different from others.Do you take orders in advance.
Marie Starkey said,
5/5/2013 @ 11:00 pm
What quantities do you sell the beef. We would like to buy hamburger and roast. Thanks Marie
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