Farm to Fork Supper

We had the pleasure of being asked by Heidi and Joe Trull from Grits and Groceries to provide the beef and pork portion of the meal for their monthly supper club.  We were truly honored. If you haven't been to this cute little restaurant at Saylors Crossroads, then be sure to stop by for some great food.  

David and Sarah Katherine in front of their big chicken

They asked for primal cuts which are whole loins and grilling roasts.  We process everything into individual cuts so this meant that we had to take a cow and a pig to the processor.  Thank goodness for Northwest Meats!  This is where we have all of our cows and pigs processed.  Glen Jones and his staff are great to work with and were able to slide us into the schedule to get Heidi and Joe exactly what they were needing. Thank you Glenn for fitting us in so quickly.

 The meat was delivered and the menu was set.  Everything on the menu was prepared from local farms. The beef was masterfully prepared and served as French Grilled Beef and the pork was slow cooked with herbs and spices and turned into a pork pate and served as Pork Rilletes.  Everyone we spoke to commented on how great the beef and pork were!  It really made us proud to see so many people enjoying our products.

 The evening was perfect and we got to speak to people from all over the upstate.  It was amazing to see so many people who were interested in sustainable agriculture and products raised without the use of antibiotics or hormones.  We made a lot of new friends and look forward to working with the fine folks at Grits and Groceries in the future!

Calving Season

When cattle get out and you get a phone call in the middle of the night that you have several cows in the road-- it's aggravating. When it's snowing and you are on a tractor riding down the road with images of "Dumb and Dumber" with snot frozen to their face to feed hay-- it's miserable.  I am so glad I don't live up North!

But, in the Spring when you ride out to check cows and you see a calf that wasn't there the day before nursing on its mother it makes it all worth those horrible days.

  This is one of the best times of the year...calving season. This is when all of the planning and management comes into play and you get to enjoy seeing calves being born. All of the cows are on Spring pasture and are rotated every week. After pregnancy checking we know we should have about 65 calves being born this Spring so we check them daily in case any of the mothers have some problems.  I love what we do!

The winner is . . . . .

Our goal here at Clear Creek Farm is to support agriculture in the area. We do this by producing a healthy product for the local community and also supporting local groups.

One group that is near and dear to our hearts is our local 4-H.  Jenny Mountford, the local 4-H organizer,  puts in a lot of time and effort to make sure that our kids have the opportunities to be educated in agriculture. She has done a wonderful job in the past couple of years and we cannot wait for Sarah Katherine to be old enough to be involved in some 4-H projects.

One of these projects is the pig show, so we decided as a farm that we would sponsor a Carhartt Jacket for the Grand Show Champion.  This is the title that goes to the best boy or girl in all of the age groups that showed her pig the best.  I can tell you after watching them, I would be horrible.  I would have had the pig that was knocking everyone over and would go the opposite way that I would want it to.  As the judge stated, showing a pig is "organized chaos".

The young lady who won, did a fabulous job, and to her we will award her with an embroidered Carhartt Jacket from Clear Creek Farm.   Congratulations and thank you again to Jenny for all your hard work!