Last Blog Entry!

January Honey harvest--How Sweet it is!Winter Season basket on January 26, 2011
Luscious Romaine lettuce!

To our loyal ShareHolders and supportive Friends:

Growing on the Farm comes in all shapes and faces!
That's why we are upgrading our internet presentation. Please accept our invitation to visit our new website at: www.meadowvalleycsa.com
or our new facebook page: Meadow Valley Csa

We think you'll enjoy our new look!

While we're working hard to grow beautiful healthy veggies on the farm, we are also "growing" new-ness on both web spots.
To check our progress, please redirect your attention to our new internet sites!

Merry Christmas 2010 from the Bryce Omer Family

Here's the short version of a year full of goodness and light!

January--
Summer is doing a
Volcano
science experiment
on the
front porch.April in Moapa--
Enjoying the
great wide open
space of Moapa and
the fresh air of
Spring.
Summer and
Joshua accompany
their Dad, Bryce
and Mom for a family
hike.April--On a trip to Salt Lake City, we visited Lyndy's Grandmother, Allie Fors.
Our beloved matriarch passed away on August 1, 2010. We miss her deeply and honor her 95 years of life.















May--Lyndy and Bryce happily celebrate their birthdays with our
3 youngest children,
still at home- Traci, Joshua and Summer














June--The delicious and beautiful abundance of summer on the farm. Tomatoes, okra, peppers, zucchini and sunflowers.










July--We're on a well deserved family vacation, provided by our daughter, Nicole, at Glacier National Park.
THANKS NICOLE!!
from left: Traci, Nicole, Joshua and Summer







September--Our American soldier son, Sterling, on leave from Iraq, is welcomed home by his 2 younger sisters Summer 11 and Traci 18.













October--
Bryce and Lyndy's eight grand-children, visiting at the Farm.
Top row (from left): Emily 6, Karlie12, Whitney 2. Bottom row (from left): Henry 4, Brandon almost 3, Abbie 10, Whitney 2, Olivia 2, Sam 2.

Other visitors: Daniel's wife, Kara
and their 4 girls: Abbie, Emily,
Whitney and Karlie.









Our daughter Allie, posing with her "goofy-funny" face, her son Brandon and their dog Hope. We loved having them come each week while Allie was our Farm Office manager during the Winter and Spring CSA "seasons" of 2010.





Patrick, our helicopter pilot son,
came to pick Lyndy up for a
fly-ride above and
around Moapa!





His wife, Susie, and daughter,Olivia,in the cabbage patch on the farm. Susie now works as our Office manager.







Our daughter, Corrie and her husband, Matt with their son, Henry at the Omer family reunion.

It's been a year of family and farm adventures! We've learned much about gardening and about abundance. Having so much at harvest time taught us how to store more food in more ways. Plus we had enough to share.

We are happily grateful to the Lord for his bountiful blessings.
We love you and pray you will enjoy your Christmas celebration
and have a wonderful New Year!

Check out our earlier blog posts for more news of our family and farm.
Warmest wishes,
Bryce, Lyndy and Family

Contents for Last Fall Basket-Dec 8, 2010

THAT'S ITALIAN! is the theme for this weeks yummy group of veggies!
We've prepared a
small packet of Italian herbs (use in pasta dishes, dressings, etc)
to accompany the
Spaghetti squash
garlic
and sun dried tomatoes (use in pasta dishes, salads, etc)
PLUS:
lettuce
green onions
yukon gold potatoes
sweet potatoes
pomegranates
possibly scallop squash

A special Christmas gift
Homemade Peach freezer jam-for our "peach-y" ShareHolders.

Thank you for spending the Fall Season with us!

We love you.

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

The Omer Family

Basket Contents Dec 1

Here is a list of probable contents of next Wednesday's basket:
3 lbs potatoes
yellow onions
sweet pomegranates
Romaine lettuce
butternut squash
green tomatoes
beets/beet greens
cilantro
green onions

For those who pre-ordered tamales they are $18.00/dozen at delivery.

Nov 17 Basket and Farm Progress

November 17 Basket Contents:
Large bag of Lettuce
Yellow Onions
Acorn squash
Garlic
Bell peppers
Chili peppers
Eggplant-last of the season
Pomegranates
POSSIBLY beets and beet greens

Bryce designed and built this BEAUTIFUL washing station. Two 40 gallon holding tubs and three sinks along with an industrial-sized salad spinner makes our hands-on veggie rinsing process much easier.
Then a shade cover was added. The blue roofing matches our cold room.

Eggplant, peppers and tomato plants wilted after the freeze of November 10. I actually cried when I pulled out the pepper plants--they gave so much food for us, I was sad to see them die.
Hoop House preparations underway for the Winter Season. Romaine lettuce and Salad mix, Spinach, green onions, carrots and beets are already growing. We want to hear what ShareHolders want us to plant. We look forward to your suggestions. What about these delicious cool-season veggies: Broccoli, cabbage, chinese cabbage, kale, collards, turnips?

REMEMBER TO ORDER YOUR THANKSGIVING BOUNTY BASKET BY NOVEMBER 17.
FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE, YOU CAN PAY BRYCE WHEN HE DELIVERS YOUR BASKET NEXT WEEK. Details are on the previous blog. THANKS!!

Weekly Basket Content and ThanksGiving Basket

Probable Contents for the November 10, 2010 basket:
Sweet Corn-We'll pick what we have and divide it evenly among the ShareHolders

Spaghetti Squash
Tomatoes-We'll pick a few green ones, hoping that the remainder will turn red for later baskets
Green Onions
Potatoes
Bell Peppers
Chili Peppers
Lettuce
Pomegranates
Cilantro


Thanksgiving Bounty Basket
We're Excited to offer this LOADED Basket to help you celebrate God's Great Bounty.

To be delivered Wednesday, November 24th
Pre-order with Payment by Wednesday November 17th
$49.00 plus $5.00 delivery

Contents:
1 dozen Homemade whole-wheat Rolls
Mini loaf of Pumpkin Cranberry Bread
Mini loaf of Zucchini Bread
Jar of Pomegranate Jelly
16 oz. container of Homemade spiced applesauce
16 oz. container of Homemade Salsa
Fresh cilantro
Fresh sage- to season stuffing
POSSIBLY Celery leaves- to season stuffing
Walnuts-Fresh crop from our daughter's tree in Salt Lake City
Small Pumpkin
Sweet potatoes
Russet potatoes
Onions
Bag of Lettuce
Delicata Squash-Small with delicate Flavor

Abundant Harvest at Fall Celebration! Part 2

More fun photos!
Photo 6-Bryce and Lyndy's Granddaughter, Olivia, sits in the swing with "the King" our cat.






Photo 7-The Stump children:
Alec, Teah and Chandler









Photo 8-Raina and Terry Stump





Photo 9-McKay and Rebecca Daniels, with son, Tate.







Photo 10-Our dear neighbors and fellow farmers:
Blake and Kessa Stratton
with children Anna, Avery and Arley.

Abundant Harvest at Fall Celebration! Part 1

What a joyful gathering around the bonfire with fellow ShareHolders!

Photo 1-George and Elizabeth Brewer






Photo 2-David and Kimberly Lansing






Photo 3-Bob and Shari Lyman, son Odin
Grandma Rachel Wright






Photo 4-Allison Elliot with her 2 princess girls