Bosserd Family Farm

SPRING 2011 at the Farm

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Welcome to our blog!!!

We will be opening April 15th, 2011. Perennials are dug, annuals are here, hanging baskets are beautiful, patio containers for your deck and lots more at the farm.

Bosserd Beef is also ready. Burgers, Steaks and Roasts all vacuumed sealed and flash frozen.

Delicious and tender!!!!!!!!!

Hours this year are 9-6 daily. We will be closed Easter Sunday.

Merry Christmas 2010

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2010

Merry Christmas From the Farm

If you need burger,steaks or roasts please email me - bos2p@aol.com

We will open April 1, 2011 for the flower season

Seeyou all in the spring.

Happy Fourth of July

2010-07-04T13:59:00.001-07:00

Welcome to our blog.

Greenhouse Specials - Lots of Sales

Veggies available Now!

Zucchini *Cucumbers* Onions * Potatoes

Sweet Corn -Approx. July 15th

Tomatoes and Peppers - Approx. July 25th

Melons - Approx. Aug. 5th

Cut Flowers

Cut from our garden or pick out of the flower buckets

Zinnias *Sunflowers *Statice *Dahlias *Hydrangea

Bosserd Beef

Delicious cuts of beef!!!

Steaks *Roasts *Burger

Come see us at the farm!!!!!

June 8th, 2010

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Welcome to our Blog.

Greenhouse Sales

$1 and $2 dollar tables
Perennials - $5
Premium 4 1/2" pots - Buy 5 get 1 FREE
Beautiful Patio Pots and Hanging Baskets

Steaks, Roasts, and Burger.

Picked Strawberries are here. - $4/Qt
There will not be u-pick berries this year. Hopefully next year.

Please come see us at the farm.

Greenhouses are Opened and the Beef is In!!!!!

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Hours: 10-6 daily

Beautiful Hanging Baskets

Field Grown Perennials

Patio Pots

Climbing Plants

Herbs

Beautful Flats of Flowers

Mothers Day Specials

Buy 2 Hanging Baskets -

Get a flat for $9.50 (48 plants in a flat)

Mom's Dinner Coupon

Buy 2 steaks - Get 1 lb Burger FREE

Both Coupons Expire May 9th, 2010

Our Steaks, Roasts, and Burger is at the farm.

Individually Vacuum Sealed Cuts of delicious Beef.

Come see us at the Farm!!!

Spring 2010

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Bosserd Family Farm

OPENS - APRIL 16th

Rows of plastic

for veggies

Machine to lay

plastic

My brother

Doug tagging

field grown

perennials

Jolene and Kim

busy planting

in greenhouse

One of our babies on the farm

Opening the greenhouse and

meat market April 16th.

Please come see us.

More Than A COW?

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More Than A COW?: "BEEF BY-PRODUCTS - THE NATURAL SOURCE

Beef by-products serve as source materials for other industries, including pharmaceuticals, chemicals, and textiles.

We normally associate beef as being part of a satisfying meal. However, because 99% of the beef animal is utilized, items manufactured from beef by-products are all around us. Yogurt, car tires, drywall and a variety of medicines all contain a beef by-product.

The medical world relies on beef by-products for many life saving or life improving medications and treatments. Our bodies can easily accept a medication or treatment made with beef by-products. Although some medical products and treatments are made from synthetic ingredients, many are still made more economically from beef cattle, thus helping to keep the cost of our health care down.

Some frequently used medical products made from beef by-products include trypsin (for cleansing wounds and ulcers), corticotrophin (for treating allergies, arthritis and respiratory diseases), iron (for treating anemia), thrombin (for blood coagulation), and a huge range of other valuable pharmaceutical products.

Beef by-products are also used in all sorts of mechanical items. For example, chemical manufacturers use the fatty acids of inedible beef fats and proteins for the production of lubricants and fluids. From industrial cleaners and fertilizers to printing ink and high gloss for magazines, many useful products are created from beef cattle.

Automobile and bicycle tires contain stearic acid, which makes the rubber hold its shape under continuous surface friction. Even the asphalt on our roadways contains a binding agent derived from the fat of beef cattle."

Growth Enhancement Technology Information Team

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I thought this web site puts a lot of concerns about hormones and growth enhancing products to rest. Thanks for reading.

Growth Enhancement Technology Information Team

Please keep checking Bosserd Family Farm for our new facebook page to get all the current farm updates. We are also starting a new CSA . If you want to know more check out the older blog post titled CSA. See you all soon at the greenhouses. Meat will be available on April 1.

CSA with a Twist

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We are on Facebook please visit us there too for farm happenings.
BOSSERD FAMILY FARM

February at the Farm.

Bear, the puppy is growing fast and we are finally getting caught up from a very long harvest. We are busy trying to put together some exciting new adventures for the farm. Most of them will be offered in the fall but we have a few spring surprises.

One of the newest plans is to develope a CSA with a Twist. (Community Supported Agriculture)

This will involve coordinating with our customers and delivering their produce, flowers and meat.
We will offer veggies, meat, and flower packages weekly. You can pick them up at the farm, pick up at a site in downtown Marshall or we can deliver(minimum $30)to your home.

The twist is that you do not have to pay up front. You will start by paying for the first and second packages of goodies. From there your packages will be paid for when you pick them up. There is no charge for a week you do not want veggies because you are on vacation. These packages will have an order form or you can email us your order for the next week. At the beginning you will need to order for two weeks ahead of time.
Below is a tentative schedule for the produce we will be offering this summer. Please look it over and let us know if there is something you may want us to grow that is not on the list. There is also a sample monthly order sheet so it can give you an idea of what you can select.

A sample package : This would be typical July 25 - Sept 15th
The cost would be about $30/week ( This will very if you order steaks or roasts)

1 cucumber
1 zucchini
1 onion
1 bag of potatoes
1 1pound bag of green beans
8 ears of corn
1 pepper
1 tomato
1 box raspberries
2 packages ground beef
1 Flower Bouquet

Advantages:
*No need to worry about getting to the farm by 6:00 pm
*FRESH Locally grown food
*Hormone Free Beef
*Veggies pick that day of delivery
*All products come from our farm

We will still have the farm market open 7 days a week from 10 - 6. The CSA is for those busy families' who cannot get out to the farm or cannot physically get to the farm.
Tenative Bosserd Order Sheet

June 5th - July 2
Strawberries ____qts
Mixed Lettuce ____1/2lbs lettuce
Flowers Bouquet _____

Beef - Check beef list
July 16th -July 23
Cucumbers _____
Zucchini _____
Onions _____
Potatoes ____ 1 lb bag
Green Beans ____1 lb bag
Raspberries ____ pints
Flower Bouquets _____
Beef (Please check beef list)

July 23 - Sept 17th
All the above plus

Tomatoes ____
Peppers ____
Melons _____
Eggplant _____
Carrots _____
Winter Squash _____
Herbs _____
Beef (Please check beef List)

Please remember this is a tenative list and schedule. If you do not see something please let us know so we can grow it for you.
Our email at the farm is bos2P@aol.com Please let us know what you think and if you would like to become a CSA customer. We will have limited sign up for this year so let us know as soon as possible if this would interest your family.
Thanks for checking our blog.

Kyle's Birthday and Puppy Pictures

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We named Dave's puppy Bear. He is having lots of fun on the farm and we are having lots of fun with him. He loves Rocky(Pam's dog) and Rocky is tolerating him.

Kyle had his 14th birthday and we are getting lots of cleanup done on the farm. Corn harvest is over. We finished last Wed. and we are very glad that 2009 is behind us.

Seeds are ordered and we are now looking toward spring.

Let the new year begin!!!!!

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Happy New Year from the farm.

We are still harvesting corn but had a great Christmas and New Year.
A few pictures to let you know what is happening.

Grand Champion Shorthorn Plus Heifer
Moving Cattle

New Puppy - BEAR

November at the Farm

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The Farm Market is Closed for the Season.

Please come see us April 1st for Beef, Pork and Flowers

I will continue the blog so you can see what farmers do in the winter.

Lots of people ask us what we do in the winter so I'll keep you updated.

Our family just got back from a cattle show in Louisville. It is called the North American Livestock Show. We took Kyle's bred heifer to the show. He worked really hard for 5 days washing, feeding, watering and caring for his animal. She placed really well in the show and she now is going to join the others in the pasture. She is due to have her calf in the spring. Kyle will be updating the blog with pictures of the birth and her calf.

Kara was named the Michigan Shorthorn Lassie Queen for 2009 -2010. We raise Shorthorns and she will be representing the breed in Michigan and at the Nationals. Some of the meat that we sell at the farm market is from Shorthorn cows. The quality is excellent and taste is awesome.

Bosserd Family Farm is Closed for the Season - Reopening April 1st, 2010

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We want to take the opportunity to thank you for your business this past year. With your support we can continue farming and growing the things that we love. I will continue to update the blog for the winter so you can see what we do when there is snow on the ground.

Above are Kara's senior pictures.

She will be attending Black Hawk college in the fall.

Ethan and Kyle are working with their animals for next year and Kyle loved carving pumpkins with his Dad on Halloween.

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Bosserd Family Farm

October is almost over but we still have a nice selection of fall decorations, u-pik pumpkins and the corn maze is still open.

Specials at the Farm

Winter Squash - $1.00

All U-Pik Pumpkins - $1.00

Indian Corn and Gourds - 1/2 off

Fall on the Farm

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Fall is the best time of the year.

Bosserd Family Farm

Pumpkins, Mums, Straw Bales, Indian Corn, Squash, Corn Stalks, and Gourds

Fall is here and it is time to bring the kids and come enjoy the farm.

Pumpkins, Mums, Indian Corn, Corn Stalks, Straw Bales and Gourds are all here at the farm. We have been very busy all summer taking care of these wonderful gifts from God and the harvest begins.

Dave will begin soybean harvest in a couple of weeks and we will be harvesting corn in October. Along with that we will be hosting school tours, day cares and preschools. We love the kids and it is a treat to be able to tell the kids where their food comes from and show them how we care for animals on our farm.

The weekends are filled with a hayride, u-pick pumpkins, a straw maze, a corn maze, straw climbs, a cow train and a petting farm.

We have a package for children of $8 and it includes any size pumpkin from the field.

If you are a school, preschool or day care and would like to visit our farm please call the farm and make a reservation. Tours include: Hayride, Pumpkin and all the activities. It is $4.00/child and teachers are free.

If you want to make a group reservation of 10 or more: Tour includes: Hayride, any size pumpkin, corn maze, and all activites. $7.00/person

Call 269-781-4905 for reservations.

Thanks for checking our blog.

Pumpkins all shapes, sizes and colors.

Now I've got you!!!

Indy and Lone Ranger

Just play with me!!!
Indy vs. Lone Ranger

September - Kitties, Sweet Corn, Flowers and Beef

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Welcome to our BLOG

Indigo Says Hi and would love for you to visit our farm. Open 10-6 Daily

Delicious Sweet Corn $4.00/dz

Beautiful Sunflowers

Vegetables available Now!

Corn, Cucumbers, Zucchini, Onions, Potatoes, Peppers and Summer Squash

U-Pick Raspberries

Tomatoes and Melons

Tomato Bushels - $24

Call ahead for Sweet Corn Bushels

781-4905

Beef is what's for dinner.

Pick up some steaks or burger for the grill. Summer goes fast so enjoy the grill while you can.

Calhoun County Fair Pictures

Happenings on the farm - July 13th, 2009

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BOSSERD FAMILY FARM

Vegetable Season is HERE!

SWEET CORN IS READY!!!

$4.00/dz

Picked Fresh Everyday!!!

Zucchini * Cucumbers * New Potatoes

*Onions *Cut Flowers

Coming Soon:

Fresh Green and Yellow Beans

Tomatoes and Peppers

Greenhouse Sales:

All Perennials - $5 - Buy 5 Get 1 FREE

Beautiful Wave Petunias

All Hanging Baskets - $10, $15 or $25

Come walk through our gardens on the farm.

Get some ideas for your garden or just come and stroll through ours!

Cut a bouquet for the weekend

3 Stems for $1

Don't forget to pick up some steaks for the weekend. Delicious and Tender

Baa Baa says that steer sure looks good. Always Eat BEEF!

Thanks for checking our blog today!!!

June 1 - 13 SALES

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Bosserd Family Farm

Sales for June 1- 13th

Annual Flats - $10

All Perennials - $5

Hosta's - $5

Designer Daylilies - $5

Perennial Grasses - $5

Our Popular $1, 2 + 3 Tables

Vines

Nastursiums - Great Smell and Edible

Lettuce Bowls

Tomato and Pepper Plants

Bring the kids and come see the baby animals too!!

Don't forget to pick up some steaks for the weekend.

Bosserd Beef is all - natural without hormones or antibiotics. You'll love the taste !

The Marshall FFA - working in the community to help others.

The FFA organization built a raised bed for a local woman in Marshall.

April 29, 2009 Farm Happenings

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April 29, 2009

Farm Happenings

The greenhouses are ready!

10-6 Daily

Beautiful Hanging Baskets

Patio Pots

Bedding Plants

Many different Morninglories and other vines

Vegetable Transplants

Never Fail Perennials - Field Grown on our Farm

Custom Planting - Bring your container to the farm, we will fill

Gift Certificates are available.

Scroll down for all our workshop information.

Congratulations Kyle on your win at

the Winter and Spring show at MSU.

Our freezers are full. Please visit the farm stand

for fresh - frozen beef and pork. All cuts are

individually vacuum sealed and available at the farm.

Delicious steaks, roasts and burger.

We are all natural which means- no antibiotics or hormones.

No additives are added to the meat.

Activities at the Farm this Spring

One of our calves needed some tender loving care.

He is back with his Mom and doing great.

Baby chicks and Rocky our farm dog. He likes to herd them.

In few months they will be laying pink, blue and green eggs.

Laying black plastic for our vegetables.

Zach, Kara and Kyle hard at work.

Kim and Jolene planting strawberries (Rocky is helping too)

We will pick these strawberries next year.

Update on Farm April 09

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Welcome to the Farm

Opening April 17th, 2009

Calves are being born
Perennials are being dug.
Plants are growing in the greenhouse.

We will be opening April 17th, 2009.
Hours for the Greenhouse: 10-6 Daily

Annuals
Perennials
Vegetable Plants
Hanging Baskets
Patio Containers

Custom Planting - Bring in your containers

for planting

BEEF AND PORK

Retail Store for BEEF and PORK - 10 - 6 Daily (At the farmstand by the house)

Steaks

Roast
Burger
Stew Meats
Soup Bones
Bacon

Pork Chops
Sausage

All individually Vacuum-Sealed Fresh- Frozen
No Antibiotics, hormones or additives

Love the Taste
Enjoy the Tenderness!!!

Come out and see us at the farm.

Check out the blogs about the workshops and summer day camps we are offering in 09.

Spring Workshop Schedule 2009

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Workshop Schedule May 2009

Spring Salad Workshop

May 2, 3, 16, 17

Time: 1-2pm

Cost: $25 (includes all supplies)
Read the blog below for more details.

Raising Your Garden Bed Workshop

May 9, 10, 23,24

Time: 1-2pm

$5/person (FFA will give all monies to food bank)
Read the blog below for more details.

Children's Pumpkin Workshop
May 30 and 31, June 6 and 7
Time: 1-2pm
$10.00/child

Kids will be able to plant their own pumpkin seed or transplant into our garden. We will care for it and they can visit their project at our farm. In late summer the kids can carve their name in their own pumpkin. In the fall they can come to the farm and pick their very own pumpkin. Seed to Harvest!!!! Learn the cyles of nature!

Keep checking the blog for more details about the summer day camps.

Growing your own Homegrown Salad Workshop

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Salad Workshop

This workshop will be offered May 2nd, 3rd, 16th and 17th. "Growing your own Homegrown Salad"

The workshop will include a 20" biodegradable container, soil, seeds or transplants. It will be your very own organic lettuce. Plant some arugula, mixed lettuces and some swiss chard all in one container. Keep cutting on it all summer long. ( A great Mother's Day gift)

Cost: $25 includes all you need

Demonstration Workshops

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Building a raised bed can open up gardening to people with back and knee problems or people with wheelchairs. This workshop will show you how to build a raised bed. Two FFA students from Marshall will be demonstrating all there is to know about building and using a raised bed. They got a Gold rating at the FFA demonstration contest at the state level.

Come out to the farm and learn about building a raised bed and what things you can successfully grow. We will help you plan your perfect garden. Veggies, Herbs, Flowers or all three.

Dates: May 9th, 10th, 23rd and 24th 1-2pm

Cost: $5 each ( FFA will donate all money to the Food Bank )