Getting ready for the Volusia County Farm Tour

It's a busy week as we prepare to welcome the public for a brief visit 11:45-12:30 on Friday Nov  21,  as part of  the 2014  Volusia County Farm Tour.  This will be our third time participating and we are excited about this opportunity to give those who come a glimpse of our small farm lifesyle and how we operate our mini farm.  We are getting ready for a big crowd, setting up things we think our visitors might be interested in. For those who wish to buy our farm fresh veggies on site, we will have a tent with tables of  our seasonal specialty veggies (whatever is plentiful and ready for harvest) on sale.  This year we will also have jars of our very popular Beauty berry syrup a new cottage food that we began to make in our farm kitchen  this summer.  We enjoy sampling it out at our farmers markets. So many people recognize  the branches with their vibrant purple berry clusters that we display next to the jars of syrup and but are surprised to find out about their culinary uses!  And who knows there may be some seasonal sweet treats to be had as well.  My Mom who is from Germany keeps insisting we should bake some real German Gingerbread hearts, big ones!  I am sure I won't be able to resist!   

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