Browsing Archive: March, 2010
Posted by Jenny Svetec on Wednesday, March 10, 2010,
In :
Family Life
Have you ever had a day when you act younger than usual? Like twelve instead forty-one? Well let me tell you a funny story... A few months ago, my husband was out of work and we were doing our best to be frugal in our spending while Paul sought out electrical work for his new contracting business (www.paulsvetecelectric.com). However, on this particular day, I had gone out to Walmart and bought groceries, toiletries, and one not-so frugal blender. Now the blender wasn't that expensive but... Continue reading ...
March Newsletter
2010
Hello Friends!
Recently, Paul and I attended a huge
Fruits and Vegetables conference at Brock University to be educated and prepared
for our Great Farm Adventure this season at Svetec Farms. Being with over a
thousand farmers, marketers and agricultural business folk is an eye-opening
experience. From the latest scientific ag research to the newest social media
opportunities, Paul and I filled our minds with as much knowledge as we could
cram in (which after... Continue reading ...
Posted by Jenny Svetec on Thursday, March 4, 2010,
In :
Welcome
 Well, today has been a good one. No, I did not finish inputing all the farm receipts for 2009 (ugh!), but I did manage to create a new website for the great coffee line that I just bought (OrGano Gold). I refurnished the farm website, fed the family (yep, fresh eggs!) , encouraged my husband in the big electrical job he's doing, fed the family again (thank God for those patties I made!) and opened this blog. I was just telling our new babysitter Lori (she is fantastic) how I had... Continue reading ...
Hello Friends!
We hope you are enjoying this sunny weather as
much as Paul is, as he harvests our 165 acres of grain corn with a great big
smile on his face!
We have just "processed" sixty fresh young
chickens, and are happy to share them with you. If you'd like some chicken,
please come visit! We have heard great reports about their delicious taste, and
in fact, it is the ultimate dinner for our guests when
we serve one of our fresh chickens.
Our 98 Rhode Island Red layer chicken... Continue reading ...
Hello Friends!
We hope your holidays are filled with
warmth and love as you celebrate with family and friends during this precious
but busy season.
This week is Poultry Week here at the
farm. (In case you don't know what that means, it requires driving to Omemee six
times between today and Thurs with or without 8 crates of birds in the back of a
mini-van!)
If you ordered our delicious young
chickens, they will be available fresh Wed evening after 6:30 pm, in
whole or in parts ($... Continue reading ...
Happy New Year!
Hello friends,
I am looking out my window at
snow-covered corn fields, busy dreaming about our upcoming farm season and
wondering how each of you are as we enjoy the thrills and chills of Canadian
winter. Paul is out giving a quote for his new electrical contracting business
and I am supposed to be teaching my small children, but it's Friday afternoon,
so they are watching Looney Tunes and I am writing to you
instead!
This past Christmas was a busy one as I
bak... Continue reading ...
Happy Valentines Day!
On this cold, bright and sunny
Saturday, the house is filled with the sweet aroma of soft molasses cookies,
double chocolate brownies and brown sugar banana bread. It is also cluttered
with gypsum, lumber and errant hardware, as the Great Kitchen Renovation is
underway here at Svetec Farms. Not one to miss out on free opportunities, I
jumped at the offer made by first my dad, and then by my kind brother, Mark, to
widen up our small kitchen. However, now that w... Continue reading ...
Posted by Jenny Svetec on Wednesday, March 3, 2010,
In :
Poultry Tales
It's a beautiful spring day, the kind of day that expands your insides, with soaring skies, brilliant sunshine, and best of all to us hearty yet winter weary Canadians, melting snow! A day full of promise. A day to be explored. A day to let the chickens out. I guess from a young child's point of view, freedom for chickens should have been a most natural choice, a most natural decision on a day like today. And what freedom they enjoyed! When I looked out the back kitchen window, and saw the ... Continue reading ...
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