WTF News- February 11, 2011

Wild Turkey Farms News- February 11, 2011

Another busy week here at Wild Turkey Farms. Ice Cream ( the bottle fed lamb in our bathroom) is still alive and doing well. Of course what lamb wouldn't enjoy heated accommodations and room service on a day like this? While she's living in the lap of luxury, the rest of her semi brothers & sisters are popping out left & right and doing fine. So far we are about half way through the spring lambing and I hope it continues this well. The greenhouse is off to a good start this year so the plans for our spring CSA are shaping up nicely. Baby broiler chicks arrived this week and are growing fast. We're planning on stepping up our chicken production this year so we should have chicken available by the time the markets open and keeping them in stock all summer. We're also pleased to announce that we will soon be adding rabbit to our list of naturally raised meats soon so stay tuned for info o! n that. Well I guess I'd better get off here and get to work. Have a great weekend & we'll see you at the market.


Davidson Farmers Market This Weekend 9-noon
We'll be at Davidson this weekend so come by & stock up. We're still really low on our beef but we did restock on our lamb this week. With the cold weather & short days our chickens are still on a semi strike so come by early to get eggs because they will go quick.

If you can't make the market shoot us an email and come by the farm or we'll figure out how to get your order to you.


Wild Turkey Farms CSA 2011- Community Supported Agriculture or CSA is a relationship between a food producer and food consumers. This buying concept was sprouted from the idea that the customer was investing in a particular farm business they respected by buying a CSA share, similar to buying stock in a company. Our plan is to offer shares for a 10 week period starting mid-late April. We will have a weekly box of our fresh organically grown produce in $12 and $20 shares available. We haven't ironed out all of the details but ours will be with the option to add items like eggs or meats to your weekly pick up. Shares will be available to pick up at the farm during the week. The available shares are being spoken for quickly so if you are interested please email us to be put on the list.



Day Of The Pig 2011- Wild Turkey Farms & Chef Charles Catering are proud to offer our 1 of a kind Charcuterie Workshop again this year. Once again we will have a full day of exploring the ancient art of transforming a whole pig into delicious cuts, sausages, cured meats, and pates. Class size is limited to maximize hands on, individual instruction so sign up soon. A gourmet wine lunch prepared by Chef Charles and his team is provided.

Date: March 5, 2011
Time: 9am-3:30pm
Where: Chef Charles Catering 605 Phillip Davis Dr Charlotte NC
How to sign up: Email emily@chefcharlescatering.com or call Emily @ 704-423-8300
visa & mastercard accepted




We hope that you'll support some of the chefs & businesses that support us & other local farmers.
Black Mountain Farmers Market- Black Mountain
Chef Charles Catering - Charlotte/ DFM
Hippie Kitchen Bakery- Huntersville / DFM
Know Your Farms Buying Club- Davidson/Charlotte
Customshop Restaurant- Charlotte
Flat Iron Restaurant- Davidson
Bread Riot Coop- Salisbury


Thanks for your support, have a great weekend, and we'll see you at the market.

Lee, Domisty, Rosty, & Charlie
Wild Turkey Farms
China Grove, NC

Wild Turkey Farms News- February 4, 2011

Wild Turkey Farms News- February 4, 2011

The new year is off to a good start at Wild Turkey Farms. Baby animals are popping up all over the place. Since our last newsletter we've had about 30 pigs and 7 or 8 lambs born. If you've been getting our emails long enough you know that a sure sign of lambing season is at least 1 lamb occupying the bathroom at our house, well this year is no different. So far we are on our 2nd boarder in 2 weeks. The first one didn't fare too well but the second has already decided that she likes life in a climate controlled bathroom, getting room service, and hanging out with our dog Mel all day. Usually the naming protocol (from Rosty & Charlie) for bathroom raised lambs is that they get a name with "cake" in it. Thus 2009 gave us "Cupcake" and 2010 gave us "Poundcake". This year they decided to break ranks a bit and go with "Ice Cream" but I guess that still go! es with "Cake" in a roundabout way.



No Farmers Market This Weekend So Come To The Farm Saturday 2-4pm
With the Superbowl coming up Sunday come by and stock up on your favorite game day snacks. We'll be set up at the farm Saturday afternoon. We'll have all of our regular farmers markets selections available.

The farm is at 1015 Old Cress Rd Salisbury NC 28147


Wild Turkey Farms CSA 2011- Community Supported Agriculture or CSA is a relationship between a food producer and food consumers. This buying concept was sprouted from the idea that the customer was investing in a particular farm business they respected by buying a CSA share, similar to buying stock in a company. Our plan is to offer shares for a 10 week period starting mid-late April. We will have a weekly box of our fresh organically grown produce in $12 and $20 shares available. We haven't ironed out all of the details but ours will be with the option to add items like eggs or meats to your weekly pick up. Shares will be available to pick up at the farm during the week. The available shares are being spoken for quickly so if you are interested please email us to be put on the list.



Day Of The Pig 2011- Wild Turkey Farms & Chef Charles Catering are proud to offer our 1 of a kind Charcuterie Workshop again this year. Once again we will have a full day of exploring the ancient art of transforming a whole pig into delicious cuts, sausages, cured meats, and pates. Class size is limited to maximize hands on, individual instruction so sign up soon. A gourmet wine lunch prepared by Chef Charles and his team is provided.

Date: March 5, 2011
Time: 9am-3:30pm
Where: Chef Charles Catering 605 Phillip Davis Dr Charlotte NC
How to sign up: Email emily@chefcharlescatering.com or call Emily @ 704-423-8300
visa & mastercard accepted


Salisbury Farmer’s Market Annual Meeting
The Salisbury Farmer’s Market will hold its annual meeting, Monday, February 7th, 6:30 pm at the Agriculture Center in Salisbury. The meeting is open to all interested in participating in the 2011 market and will begin with a dinner followed by business meeting. Market manager, Harry Agner, will give an update of the 2010 season. Rules and regulations for the 2011 will also be discussed as well as election of officers for the Salisbury Farmer’s Market Association. Please call Cooperative Extension at 704-216-8970 by February 4th to reserve your space for dinner or for more information.


We hope that you'll support some of the chefs & businesses that support us & other local farmers.
Black Mountain Farmers Market- Black Mountain
Chef Charles Catering - Charlotte/ DFM
Hippie Kitchen Bakery- Huntersville / DFM
Know Your Farms Buying Club- Davidson/Charlotte
Customshop Restaurant- Charlotte
Flat Iron Restaurant- Davidson
Bread Riot Coop- Salisbury


Thanks for your support, have a great weekend, and we'll see you at the market.

Lee, Domisty, Rosty, & Charlie
Wild Turkey Farms
China Grove, NC

Wild Turkey Farms News- January 21, 2011

Wild Turkey Farms News- January 21, 2011

What a couple weeks; snow, freezing temps, rain, and then a couple tropical days of 50F + thrown in to boot. Well here's a better late in the day than never newsletter from the farm.

It's been a busy couple weeks as we start gearing up for spring. We've got a few things going in the greenhouse now which always gets us in the mood for warmer weather- if that doesn't work then fighting mud all day will. Yesterday Charlie played hooky from preschool to help me take a few pigs and sheep to the processors. It's surprising how quick kids bounce out of bed to ride for hours in the truck if it means getting out of going to school- but going to Matkins is one of their favorite things to do. By the time we got back it was nearly lunch time and Charlie had decided it should be a "farm day" and not a school day. So after the 3rd time he promised he'd help work and not run off to grandma's house I agreed. Charlie can actually be pretty good help for a 4 year old sometimes. I ground feed while he helped scoop up the ingredients, we fed hay to the cows, gathered the eggs, worked in the greenhouse, and then made our rounds feeding everybody. As with all involved in farming know, the "to do list" never gets completely caught up- sometimes due to weather, sometimes due to time, and sometimes due to good old fashioned procrastination. We'll yesterday the combination of the 3 caught up with me as 2 sows that I'd planned on moving had given birth. So our attention turned from feeding to building fence and moving pigs until dark. Charlie didn't mind though, he just helped me build fence and catch pigs until it started getting dark and getting colder. Only then did he bail on me to go warm up at grandma's house while I finished up. I sure do enjoy Rosty & Charlie's youthful enthusiasm, it helps me remember why I do this.


Can't make it to the Farmers Market - Then Come To The Farm Saturday 2-4pm
We've had several request from customers and neighbors so we'll be set up at the farm Saturday afternoon. We'll have all of our regular farmers markets selections available. If you know what you'd like to order please email us this evening and we'll save it for you.

The farm is at 1015 Old Cress Rd Salisbury NC 28147


Wild Turkey Farms CSA 2011- Community Supported Agriculture or CSA is a relationship between a food producer and food consumers. This buying concept was sprouted from the idea that the customer was investing in a particular farm business they respected by buying a CSA share, similar to buying stock in a company. Our plan is to offer shares for a 10 week period starting mid-late April. We will have a weekly box of our fresh organically grown produce in $12 and $20 shares available. We haven't ironed out all of the details but ours will be with the option to add items like eggs or meats to your weekly pick up. Shares will be available to pick up at the farm during the week. We will have a limited number of shares available so if you are interested please email us to be put on the list.



Day Of The Pig 2011- Wild Turkey Farms & Chef Charles Catering are proud to offer our 1 of a kind Charcuterie Workshop again this year. Once again we will have a full day of exploring the ancient art of transforming a whole pig into delicious cuts, sausages, cured meats, and pates. Class size is limited to maximize hands on, individual instruction so sign up soon. A gourmet wine lunch prepared by Chef Charles and his team is provided.

Date: March 5, 2011
Time: 9am-3:30pm
Where: Chef Charles Catering 605 Phillip Davis Dr Charlotte NC
How to sign up: Email emily@chefcharlescatering.com or call Emily @ 704-423-8300
visa & mastercard accepted



Davidson Farmer's Market (9-Noon). Come stock up on our delicious pork, chicken, eggs, and goat. Sorry but we are still out of lamb and really low on our cuts of beef but don't worry because Gilcrest will be right beside of us with plenty of beef. We're all tailgating in the lower parking lot on Jackson St this weekend so come find us at our winter spot.




We hope that you'll support some of the chefs & businesses that support us & other local farmers.
Black Mountain Farmers Market- Black Mountain
Chef Charles Catering - Charlotte/ DFM
Hippie Kitchen Bakery- Huntersville / DFM
Know Your Farms Buying Club- Davidson/Charlotte
Customshop Restaurant- Charlotte
Flat Iron Restaurant- Davidson
Bread Riot Coop- Salisbury


Thanks for your support, have a great weekend, and we'll see you at the market.

Lee, Domisty, Rosty, & Charlie
Wild Turkey Farms
China Grove, NC

We're still here

I know it seems like we have dropped off the face of the earth but I promise we haven't. We are still at the Davidson Farmer's Market on the first and third Saturdays of the month. Plus, we have farm store hours on Saturdays for our Salisbury customers.

Things have been very crazy for us since Thanksgiving. We thought once Thanksgiving turkeys were over we would have some down time but it did not happen...that's okay though we like to stay busy.

Christmas came and went and I still can not believe that it is over. Now today is February 1st....where did January go?

We hope to do some upgrades on the website very soon. So keep checking back here and on Facebook.

We have another baby lamb that we are bottle feeding. On Sunday, as we were making the rounds at the farm we saw a moma & 2 baby lambs (one black & one white). The mom was butting the white lamb away from her so of course we had to go check on the baby. The mom definitely was not going to feed her so we loaded her up in the Gator and she finished the rounds with us and now has residence in our bathroom for a few weeks.

Mel (our Australian Shepherd) is happy to have another BFF (Best Farm Friend). She'll make a good moma one day if she ever has puppies.

Feel free to contact us if you have questions or need something.