If you sign up for a share, you will receive:

week of September 10th (1/2 peck of apples)

week of September 24th (1/2 peck of apples plus 1 pint of applesauce)

week of October 8th (1/2 peck of apples)

week of October 22nd (1/2 peck of apples plus 1 pint of applesauce)

week of November 5th (1/2 peck of apples)

week of November 19th (few less than 1/2 peck of apples plus one 1/2 gallon of apple cider)

There will be a total of 6 deliveries, and the apple varieties will change as the different varieties ripen.  You will taste our Golden Supreme, Golden Delicious, Red Delicious, Ida Red, York, and Fuji apples. 

You must be a member of their veggie CSA if you want to sign up for an apple share.  If you sign up before June 1st, you will receive an early bird discount.  The early bird price is $97.50 total which includes convenient delivery to your pick-up site. 

You can sign up through their website at http://www.spiralpathfarm.com/index.php?pID=101

Isn't thinking about apple season on a cold winter day exciting!?  Makes me hungry! :)

Mmm baleage!  This calf is chomping down on a mouthful of our baleage.  We do not feed our cattle any grain.  When the grass is growing during the spring, summer, and early fall we cut some of it with our disc bine.  We then let it dry some, but not completely, and then bale it into big round bales with our baler.  A third person follows the baler, scoops up the fresh made bales and wraps them to keep the air out.  The partially wet grass inside then ferments and makes baleage!  The cattle LOVE it and it's good for them. 

The cattle grew their winter coats and look like cute furry critters out in the pasture.  They are all wooly and are quite warm despite the colder weather.  When it snows, the snow doesn't even melt on them because they are so well insulated.  Since they gradually became acclimated to the weather as it got colder, they do not need to be inside and enjoy being outside. 

Happy January! 

The Oylers

Parking is $10.00 and admission is FREE!

The link to the Farm Show website is: http://www.farmshow.state.pa.us/default.aspx

The link to the Events schedule is:  http://www.farmshow.state.pa.us/files/2012%20Schedule/Tentative%20Schedule%20of%20Events.pdf

We are occasional vendors at the Farmers on the Square Farmer's Market in Carlisle, PA.  Please see the Farmers on the Square page for more details.

For our customers who are near York, PA...we sell our apples to Sonnewald Natural Foods.

We are teaming up with Dickinson College for the third year in 2012 to offer an apple CSA share through their CSA.  If you are a member of the Dickinson College CSA you may be interested in our apple share.  Please email us at wjoyler@superpa.net for an application.

We are teaming up with Wilson College's Fulton Farm for the second year in 2012 to offer an apple CSA share through their CSA.  This CSA is also open to the public.  If you are interested in our apple share, please email us at wjoyler@superpa.net for an application.

If you are a member of Spiral Path Farm's CSA, you can sign up for a Local Organic Apple Share and receive a share of our apples in the fall.  The early bird deadline is June 1st, however they will continue to accept applications for shares after June 1st.

Since apple cider has a shelf-life of two weeks, we have cider pressed as there is demand.  Please let us know if you are interested in cider.

For customers interested in baleage and dry hay, please call or email us.

Thank you!

Farmers on the Square runs every Wednesday from 3 to 7 pm.  The market begins in May and runs outdoors in the Carlisle square through the end of October.  The market moves indoors for November and December.  The address for the farmer's market is 2A N. Hanover Street, Carlisle, PA  17013.

We will be present to discuss our Apple CSA through Wilson College.  The public is able to register for the Apple CSA and pick up their share at Wilson College throughout the fall.   

There are also 2 other events which will be held at Wilson College.  You can find details regarding all 3 events by clicking on the link below. 

http://sfc.smallfarmcentral.com/dynamic_content/uploadfiles/913/Fresh%202012.pdf

F.R.E.S.H. stands for Finding Responsible Eating Strategies for Health

Happy New Year!

Let us know if you would like cider.  717-677-8411 or wjoyler@superpa.net

This will be the last cider that we have available until the middle of January.

We'll have cider at the Carlisle farmer's market on Wednesday also, which is at the Depot on the Dickinson College campus.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

The Oylers

Due to the weather forecast for Saturday, October 29^th we are cancelling our Organic Apple Production Workshop and Potluck through PASA’s South Central Regional Advisory Committee. 

We are going to try and reschedule the workshop.  Stay tuned for more information! 

Thanks,

The Oyler Family 

The Oyler Family