This Week's Notes...

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​   A slight change up this week as Brian & I have some personal business to attend to Friday morning! I'm writing to you Thursday morning instead of Friday like usual, which means I am probably unaware of some last minute updates that may occur. Since we have to leave when we would normally be packing your orders, we will be prepacking the non-refridgerated items tonight and getting up bright and early to finish packing in the morning. Tony and Mike will be delivering tomorrow, so your times may differ from normal. We had a whopping 44 orders to boot! I won't be able to access messages until Friday afternoon, and have my 1st canning class on Saturday morning to prepare for when we return. I apologize for the delay in response in advance.

   The peeping has begun, here on Petrie Family Farm, and our 1st hatch of the season started yesterday! These are technically your chickens, which will all be reserved here to give F@td members eggs over winter. Did you know only 1st year chickens lay over winter when you don't use lights? This is why it was so important for me to get that 1st set of eggs in early, because if they haven't started laying by September, they generally won't until spring. I will be hatching once a month until demand slows down, please reach out if you are in need of chics. The end of April hatch waiting list is about half full. Likewise, if you have a broody hen you'd like to pop some eggs under or are looking for hatching eggs, we do already have members reserving.

    Last week was the 1st of our new branded advertising campaign, done with the help & guidance of Mak at Timmerwoodz Homestead. You'll see he has been busy making me all sorts of fun templates aimed at helping our members better use our service. Last weeks results were amazing, gaining us 5 more orders over our average and 2 new members. Combined with all of the tech work we did with Fisher Tech Solutions over winter, I am finally seeing this difficult (for me!) area gel together and turn ideas into orders. I am also seeing a reduction in my computer time, which is about to be so important so I can get outside and grow produce for you!