Monday, May 10, 2010

Carl Sandburg Home NHS News - Baby Goats are Here!


Spring is a great time to visit the Carl Sandburg Home NHS but this week things are even better. On Saturday May 8th, "Bramble", a Toggenburg, gave birth to two healthy kids - a still unnamed boy and girl. Today, Monday, May 10th, "Bella", another Toggenburg, also gave birth to a boy and a girl. Both mothers and all babies are doing great. Come out and see them in the barn.
Here is some amateur video shot with the only recording device available - a cell phone. It's blurry but you can see how attentive the mother is and you can see those cute little baby tails wagging.

Thursday, May 6, 2010

Flat Rock Tailgate Market News - May 6, 2010

The Flat Rock Tailgate Market
Thursday, May 6
3 - 6 pm


Mother's Day is this Sunday and the Flat Rock Tailgate Market is the perfect place to buy FRESH, LOCAL PRODUCE for that very special dinner for your mom. This week we'll have cherry and beefsteak tomatoes, lettuces of all kinds including Asian greens salad mix, spinach, radishes, baby red pac choi, cucumbers, collards and spring onions. Also, the first of the rhubarb is in!

Fresh from the oven those yummy middle eastern pastries, strawberry pies and tarts, chess pies, triple chocolate decadent bunt cakes, scones and all those breads, cookies and more from the Flat Rock Village Bakery.

Support our meat and fish vendors by stopping by to purchase local Angus beef, free-range chickens and eggs, and hormone-free lamb and pork. Jamie will be there with his shrimp, scallops and an assortment of fresh and frozen fish. (Let's just hope the oil disaster doesn't effect him. So support him NOW).

Cheese and more cheese. A great selection this week including Chevre, Feta, Chocolate Lab, and Ellington (new this week).

Five, yes that's 5 varieties of mustard!

Native Plants, annuals & perennials ready for spring planting. Curly willow & pussy willows for indoor decorating.

Also for planting, Paul is coming in with his heirloom tomato plants and Max and Melinda with their very beautiful, very healthy herbs and vegetable plants.

Mushrooms! Greg promises an abundance of shiitake mushrooms and hoping for lots of wild mushrooms too.

As a special treat this week, Fields of Gold and Max have teamed up to offer you a delicious Thai salad. Come and try and buy!


Support Your Local Farmer
Remember, Fresh is Best
AND Don't forget the FLOWERS for
Mother's Day.

SEE YOU AT THE MARKET!

Saturday, May 1, 2010

Summer Music in Flat Rock Opening Concert - May 1, 2010 - Hot Duck Soup

May 1, 2010 -Hot Duck Soup, novelty jazz band


Hot Duck Soup, a novelty jazz band follows in the footsteps of Ragtime and Dixieland bands of long ago with an admiring nod to the Hoosier Hotshots, Spike Jones' City Slickers and Weird Al Yankovik. The band is comprised of five members: John Richards (banjo and vocals), Claudia Dunaway (ukulele, cornet), Rob Levin (guitar and vocals), Tim Clark (washtub bass and musical saw), and Joy Boothe (cacophonium and vocals). Hot Duck Soup plays old tunes like you’ve never heard them played; you’ll laugh, sing along and probably want to dance! Hot Duck Soup CD’s and T shirts will be available at the concert. For more info or to listen to them, visit their website at www.hotducksoup.net

sponsored by Flat Rock Village Bakery and Hubba Hubba Smokehouse
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* Button Up Your Overcoat
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