Saturday, December 8, 2012

2013 CSA shares now available for purchase!



I am pleased to offer a limited number of CSA shares for the 2013 season.  The garden expansion is plowed, and I'm happily browsing seed catalogs and planning the spring garden.  

2013 CSA shares run from mid-May through mid-October, and can be picked up at the Defiance Farmers market on either Thursday or Saturday.   CSA members also enjoy a discount on all Wild Vitality services and remedies, in addition to early payment incentives.
  • Family Shares ~ 1 bushel/week ~ $600
  • Couple Shares ~ 2/3 bushel/week ~ $400
  • Single Shares ~ 1/3 bushel/week ~ $200
All vegetables and herbs are grown using organic standards, although I am not certified. I plan my garden to encourage pollinators and beneficial insects.  My preference is for heirloom vegetables, which I enjoy for their beauty and unbeatable flavor!

Share boxes will be lighter in the spring and heaviest during peak harvest in late summer.  Boxes will contain selections from 4 categories ~ classics, roots, leafies and herbs.  

If you sign up before I order my seeds, you have the opportunity to request any favorite heirloom varieties available through Seed Savers Exchange.  

By purchasing a CSA share for the 2013 season, you are directly helping me to survive my first winter on the homestead.  Your share dollars will be spent on seeds and tilling for the 2013 garden along with basic expenses like electricity and critter feed.  I am profoundly grateful for your support.  As a thank you for signing up, I am offering several sign up gifts.  
  1. CSA members receive a discount on all Wild Vitality services and herbal remedies.
  2. One Free Reiki session per CSA share
  3. 2013 CSA members have the opportunity to request their favorite heirloom varieties if their share is purchased before I order seeds.
I am also offering several early payment incentives on top of your signing gifts.
  • Payment in full before January 1, 2013 entitles you to one free Reiki session per month from January 2013 until June 2013.  This is a $240 value.  
  • Payment in full before February 1, 2013 entitles you to 4 free Reiki sessions between February 2013 and June 2013.  This is a $160 value
  • Payment in full before March 1, 2013 entitles you to 2 free Flower Essence Consultations, a $60 value
I will also be offering egg shares, ala cart meats (rabbit, chicken, turkey), cut flower shares, herbal shares and value added shares if there is interest.

Thank you again for your interest!  Please let me know if you are interested in a share, as I am only offering 6 shares this year.

Heather Luttrell is a Certified Clinical Herbalist, Nutritionist and Reiki Practitioner, also trained in Maya Spiritual Bathing.  Heather weaves the path of a Healer into her Adventures in Self-Sufficiency as she practices mindful, compassionate animal husbandry and land stewardship.  Heather raises rabbits and chickens on her Homestead, in addition to tending a large organic market garden which provides All Things Food and the Defiance Farmers Market with fresh produce such as greens, herbs, root vegetables, melons and squash.  Heather is pleased to offer private consultations as well as CSA share opportunities for the 2013 season.  


 



Tuesday, September 11, 2012

2013 CSA Shares available soon!


Wild Vitality Homestead 
2013 CSA Share


  • Are you interested in supporting your local farmer?
  • Does eating with the seasons appeal to you?
  • Are you concerned about the chemicals used in modern agriculture?
  • Would you like to be guaranteed a box of fresh produce every week?  
  • Are you interested in a partial work-trade opportunity?
  • Do you like the idea of investing in local foods and our local economy?


Wild Vitality Homestead is offering a limited number of CSA shares for the 2013 season.  CSA stands for Community Supported Agriculture, and offers you, the customer, a valuable opportunity to help support a small farmer.  A few partial work-trade opportunities are available.  By joining a CSA, you help provide income for your farmer before the growing season starts, during the time when farmers need your support the most.  This money is used to help with operating expenses, paying for things like seeds, supplies, animal feed and insurance premiums.  

The basic CSA share for the 2013 season is a weekly veggie share, with the opportunity to add-on egg shares and meats ala cart.  Veggies are cultivated without chemicals, and chickens are either free-ranged or in a chicken tractor.

For more information you may call or email Heather

WildVitalityHomestead.Blogspot.com

(720) 323-7319 WildVitality@Gmail.com

Wild Vitality Homestead is located in Cecil, Ohio


Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Lunch and Learn - Foods from the Farm - Wild Vitality Homestead, Adventures in Self Sufficiency


Currently Available on the Homestead



All Produce is homegrown without chemicals

Rabbit Meat Available 
By special order

$4/lb farm processed
$8/lb dressed and USDA inspected
$1.50/oz mesquite jerky

Free range chicken eggs
$2/dozen



Basil
Cinnamon, Lemon, Lime, Mammoth, 
Purple Sweet, Purple Ruffles, Sweet, Thai





Kale
Red Russian, Dwarf Blue







Parsley
Italian Flat Leaf





Swiss Chard

Bright Lights Mix, 
Fordhook Giant




Tomatoes

Amish Paste
Black Plum
Green Zebra
Pink Brandywine
Speckled Roman

Winter Squash

Connecticut Field Pumpkin
Hokkaido Stella Blue
Sugar Pie Pumpkin
Table Queen Acorn
Waltham Butternut

Friday, July 13, 2012

Crop List



Apple Mint
Anise Hyssop
Asparagus
Basil - Thai, Cinnamon, Lemon, Lime, Sweet, Mammoth, Purple, Purple Ruffles
Beans - Cherokee Trail of Tears Black Beans, Garbanzo beans, Hidatsa Shield Figure Beans
Beets - Detroit Red, Golden, Candy, Sugar
Broccoli
Cabbage - Mammoth Red
Calendula
Carrots - Dragon, Scarlet Globe
Cilantro
Corn - Blue Jade, Hopi Purple, yellow sweet corn
Cucumbers
Dill - Mammoth, Bouquet
Echinacea
Garlic
Kentucky Colonel Mint
Lamb's Quarters
Leeks
Lemon Balm
Marigolds
Marshmallow
Melons - large and small cantaloupe, large and small watermelon, Eden's Gem Melon
Milk Thistle
Motherswort
Onions - yellow and red
Parsley - Flat Leaf Italian
Peppermint
Peppers - sweet red Italian, red Hungarian, Bells, Jalapenos
Purslane
Rhubarb
Skullcap
Spearmint
Stachys
Sunflowers - Mammoth Gray Stripe, Black Oil Sunflower Seed
Swiss Chard - Fordhood Giant, Bright Lights, Rhubarb Red
Thyme
Tomatillos
Tomatoes - Amish Paste, Black Plum, Green Zebra, Lemon Boy, Pink Brandywine, Speckled Roman
Winter Squash - Acorn, Boston Marrow, Buttercup, Butternut, Conneticut Field Pumpkin, Hokkaido Blue, Long Island Cheese, Pie Pumpkin, Spaghetti

This Week on the Homestead

I'm currently harvesting Basil, Parsley, Cilantro, Cucumbers, Beets, Swiss Chard and Kale.  I'm picking cucumbers daily, and they're almost producing enough to bring to the market.

I took rabbits to a USDA processor this week, and frozen rabbit is now available directly from me, or at All Things Food in Bryan, OH.  If you order and pay in advance, I can bring your rabbit order to the farmers market for you to pick up.   Due to licensing requirements, rabbit is not for sale at the market.  Rabbit is $8/pound purchased directly from me, and $10/pound at All Things Food.

Beets have been selling out early at the market, but I usually have an adequate supply of Swiss Chard and Basil.

I'm starting seeds for late season beets and carrots this week.  The tomato plants are loaded with green tomatoes, and the peppers are looking good, too.  The winter squash and melon plants are taking off, and the cabbage is looking really nice.  

The chickens have a chicken yard, and yesterday was their first day free ranging the homestead.

Today I ordered lip balm tubes and atomizers.  Look for more sprays and lip balm at the market soon!

In Stock Remedies:

Teas:  $7 each
Aphrodisiac Infusion
Lovely Tea
Nutritive Tea
Peace Tea
Tummy Tea

Salve: $5-$14
Lip Balm $2
Ouch Salve is in stock in 1/2 oz tubs, 1/2 oz sticks and 2 oz glass jars.

Sprays and Essence Formulas: $5-$14
Rescue Remedy
Caregiver Spray
White Sage Room Clearing Spray
No More Monsters Spray
Itchy Spray
Bug Off!

Pretty Rocks
One of a Kind beaded necklaces, made with semi-precious gemstones and sterling silver.
Tumbled rocks - amethyst, apache tears, blue apatite, carnelian, chrysocolla, citrine, fluorite, hematite, malachite, pyrite, quartz, rose quartz, Shiva Lingams, smoky quartz, sodalite, tigers eye