Monday, November 24, 2008

2008 Christmas Tree Newsletter

Posting 2008 Christmas Tree newsletter here.
Hello again and and post Thanksgiving greetings from Coulee View Family Farm!

Christmas Trees. Thanksgiving is over and the snow is falling; the time to start Christmas planning is upon us. A number of years ago we planted a good number of White Spruce seedlings for Christmas trees and those trees are now ready! Come on up and cut your own tree so you know it's fresh. We will be open weekends (Saturday from 9 to 5 and Sunday from 11 to 5) until Christmas and weekdays by appointment. We'll have a couple of handsaws available but if you have one you like, feel free to bring it. We can't loan out our chainsaws for liability reasons so bring your own if you want to use a chainsaw. If you call ahead, Dean can also be available to cut your tree for you. We've attached a couple of pictures of our trees. The cost is $30 for any Christmas tree in our planting.

Christmas Dinner. Let us help you plan an extra special Christmas dinner. We have pastured pork roasts, smoked hams and other cuts available from our fall butchered lean range hogs. We also have delicious pastured slow growth broilers and a few pastured heritage turkeys that we held over for Christmas. All of our animals are raised outdoors, humanely and without hormones or medicated feed.

Pricing:
Pastured Slow Growth Broilers (approx 3.5 to 4.5 lbs) - On Farm Processed $3.25/lb
Can only be sold from our farm
Pastured Slow Growth Broilers (approx 3.5 - 4.5 lbs) - USDA Inspected $3.75/lb
Can be sold off-farm
Pastured Heritage Turkey hens (approx 6 - 10 lbs) - On Farm Processed $4.00/lb
Can only be sold from our farm
Pastured Pork - State Inspected (can be sold off-farm)
Smoked Ham Roast (approx 3.5 - 6 lbs ea) $6.00/lb
Smoked Ham Roast Steak (approx 2.5 - 4 lbs ea) $6.00/lb
Shoulder Roast (approx 4 - 5.5 lbs ea) $4.50/lb
Tenderloin (approx 1lb pkg) $8.00/lb
Smoked Lean Bacon (approx 0.75 - 1 lb pkg) $5.00/lb
Pork Chops w/o Tenderloin Medallion (approx 1.75 - 2.25 lbs pkg) $4.80/lb
Pork Chops w/ Tenderloin Medallion (approx 2 - 2.5 lbs pkg) $5.00/lb
Pork Hocks (approx 2.5 - 3.2 5 lbs pkg) $3.00/lb
Spare Ribs (approx 2.5 - 3 lbs pkg) $3.50/lb
Seasoned Pork Sausage (approx 1 lb pkg) $4.00/lb
Pork Liver (approx 1 lb pkg) $3.00/lb

We also offer bundled pork baskets with each basket worth over $205 and including approximately 40 pounds of various cuts of lean pastured pork. The cost of each basket is $190.
Pork Basket #1: A total of 40.98 lbs of meat valued at $210.02
Five (5) packages of lean bacon totaling 4.96 lbs.
One (1) large 4.79 lb smoked ham
Two (2) packages of smoked ham roast steaks totaling 7.52 lbs.
Four (4) packages of tenderloin medallion pork chops totaling 8.65 lbs
Two (2) shoulder steaks totaling 7.63 lbs.
One (1) 2.47 lb. package of hocks
Five (5) packages of seasoned pork sausage totaling 5.66 lbs

Pork Basket #2:
A total of 38.63 lbs of meat valued at $203.19
Five (5) packages of lean bacon totaling 5.12 lbs.
One (1) large 5.46 lb smoked ham
Two (2) packages of smoked ham roast steaks totaling 6.83 lbs.
Five (5) packages of tenderloin medallion pork chops totaling 11.34 lbs
One (1) package of liver totaling 1.07 lbs.
Two (2) shoulder steaks totaling 7.58 lbs.
Two (2) packages of seasoned pork sausage totaling 2.30 lbs

Pork Basket #3:
A total of 44.5 lbs of meat valued at $210.76
Four (4) packages of lean bacon totaling 3.99 lbs.
One (1) large 4.83 lb smoked ham roast
One (1) 3.72 lb package of smoked ham roast steaks
Five (5) packages of tenderloin medallion pork chops totaling 10.98 lbs
One (1) package of liver totaling 0.97 lbs.
One (1) 4.52 lb. shoulder steak.
One (1) 4.03 lb. shoulder roast.
One (1) 3.28 lb. package of spare ribs.
One (1) 2.90 lb. package of hocks
Four (4) packages of seasoned pork sausage totaling 4.21 lbs

Pork Basket #4:
A total of 44.12 lbs of meat valued at $211.33
Four (4) packages of lean bacon totaling 4.24 lbs.
One (1) large 4.49 lb smoked ham
One (1) 3.64 lb. package of smoked ham roast steaks
Five (5) packages of tenderloin medallion pork chops totaling 11.07 lbs
One (1) 1.14 package of liver totaling.
One (1) 4.20 lb. shoulder steak.
One (1) 4.34 lb. shoulder roast.
One (1) 3.23 lb. package of spare ribs.
One (1) 2.82 lb. package of hocks
Four (4) packages of seasoned pork sausage totaling 4.25 lbs


That's all for now. Please contact us if you have any questions.

Dean & Kim Zimmerman
Coulee View Family Farm
http://www.couleeviewfarm.com/
drzimmerman1@yahoo.com
608-874-4144