Pay it Forward 2010
Every September, when we can not keep up with the harvest, when there are baskets upon buckets, upon every available pot, colander and bowl of tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, beans, lettuce, kale, broccoli, raspberries, blackberries and plums, everything needing to be washed, sorted, bagged, canned, frozen, dried, jammed, sauced, yes I know this is a run on, running sentence, just like the growing season, Phew!!! Every September for the last 4 years, we have SAID we were going to Down Size. The first year we downsized, we added 60 broiler birds to the animal flock. The next year we downsized we added 4 new raised beds. The next year we added a new growing field for squash and pumpkins galore! And built a very sweet farmstand. Last year we added a second 20 some foot greenhouse. Why do I do this? I'm not sure. What else am I to do with this beautiful, rich, pliable soil that we have created from our compost, with the help of a few hours of bending, digging and raking? Even our middle pasture, currently flooded with water and very happy ducks, I look at it and wonder what can I grow there?
I simply can not help myself. I am surrounded by colorful, seductive seed catalogs. They are in every room of the house and shop. Mostly though, I LOVE growing the food I eat and I LOVE that I can grow enough to feed some of my community. For those of you who may not know me as well as others, I LOVE to feed people. Think of the movie "My Big Fat Greek Wedding" . John Corbin walks into Mama's kitchen and she asks "Are you hungry?". He says "No Thank you". She says, "Good, I'll fix you a sandwhich".
All of this brings me to this years' Pay It Forward Farm Bucks Program. (PIFFB)
You can participate at the level that feels comfortable for you. Pay It Forward allows you to shop for what you want, when you want and as much or little as you want. Plus you do not have to worry about bringing money or your check book. This time of year, your Pay It Forward Farm Bucks allows me to stock up on supplies and YES, those glorious little seeds for this season. For your support, I am enthusiastically grateful!
There is an incentive at every level.
$100 in PIFFB gets you $110 in K-Jo Farm product and my Hope springs eternal gratitude and one veggie start (your choice)
$200 in PIFFB gets you $220 in K-Jo Farm product and my Hope springs eternal gratitude and two veggie starts (your choice)
$300 in PIFFB gets you $330 in K-Jo Farm product and my Hope springs eternal gratitude and a K-Jo Farm canvas hat or shopping bag.
$400 in PIFFB gets you $450 in K-Jo Farm product PLUS one of my super rich, delicious goat cheese cheesecakes, PLUS 2 seats at the table for our first annual KJO Pay It Forward Farm Bucks Dinner in July or August under thecherry tree. The dinner will be a celebration of all that's fresh and bountiful on our farm. Plus my Hope springs eternal gratitude.
I can accommodate 15 of you at the $400 level. That would be 30 of you under the cherry tree, or around the cherry tree, or maybe just near the cherry tree.
Your Farm Bucks are good for any and all of what we offer: Veggie starts, vegetables, milk, yogurt, cheese, eggs, goat milk soap, pork, roasting chickens, cheesecakes, pesto and whatever else I offer in the farmstand.
**** There is a deadline for this offer. My birthday is February 2 and I celebrate for a whole week! Also, we have to get these supplies and seeds ordered soon. So please make your choice and send in your check (or stop in) by February 9.
You will get a card in the farmstand with your amount and you just do some basic math in your card when you buy stuff. You can re load your card anytime you want.
I will get to feed you, one way or another. You will eat well, and together we'll keep this circle of life looping around and around, ever forward and delicious!
Cheers to Springing eternal hope!
Karen
K-Jo Farm
20602 111th Ave SW
Vashon Island, WA 98070