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	<title>Plow Creek Farm</title>
	<link>http://www.plowcreek.org/farm</link>
	<description>Cultivating friendships and quality pesticide-free produce in north-central Illinois.</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 12:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Spring Peepers</title>
		<link>http://www.plowcreek.org/farm/main.php?p=1064</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:57:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
		
	<category>  Farm Headlines</category>
	<category>Plowhand's Journal</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yesterday afternoon, while pruning blueberries, we heard the first spring peepers of the season.  Spring must really be near.  We're hearing a whole lot more birds than when we started pruning in early February.

The blueberry pruning is almost done.  Next blackberry and raspberry pruning, then on to strawberry planting...  We looking [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Yesterday afternoon, while pruning blueberries, we heard the first spring peepers of the season.  Spring must really be near.  We&#8217;re hearing a whole lot more birds than when we started pruning in early February.

The blueberry pruning is almost done.  Next blackberry and raspberry pruning, then on to strawberry planting&#8230;  We looking forward to a great season.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Strawberry mulching</title>
		<link>http://www.plowcreek.org/farm/main.php?p=1063</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Dec 2009 19:39:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
		
	<category>  Farm Headlines</category>
	<category>Plowhand's Journal</category>
	<category>Strawberries</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cold weather in the forecast.  We spent most of yesterday and today mulching the strawberries with straw.  We had a big crew: Meg and Jim, Carlos and Erin, Neil, Matthew, David, Heather and Paul, Phillip, our new guests, Chris and his 7 year old Noah, and even a little help from our "competitors" [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Cold weather in the forecast.  We spent most of yesterday and today mulching the strawberries with straw.  We had a big crew: Meg and Jim, Carlos and Erin, Neil, Matthew, David, Heather and Paul, Phillip, our new guests, Chris and his 7 year old Noah, and even a little help from our &#8220;competitors&#8221; from Coneflower Farm, Dennis and Ellen.  And Tutuk and Louise provided snacks.  We worked in sun, wind, rain, snow and sleet, got tired, but all in all had a good time.   I figure we got 7 or 8 miles of strawberry rows covered, but haven&#8217;t finished yet.  We might get snowed out tomorrow, but that will be OK, because the snow would serve as insulation from the cold Wednesday night.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Princeton Christmas Walk</title>
		<link>http://www.plowcreek.org/farm/main.php?p=1062</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Nov 2009 22:01:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
		
	<category>  Farm Headlines</category>
		<guid>http://www.plowcreek.org/farm/main.php?p=1062</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Plow Creek Bakery will be taking part in the Princeton Christmas Walk celebration on Saturday, November 21, from 10 to 4 PM.  We'll be located with some other farmers' market vendors near the Apollo Theater on south Main St.  We'll be featuring three varieties of a new product--dessert rolls (raspberry, blueberry and chocolate) [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<a href="http://plowcreek.org/bakery/bakery.htm" target="_blank">Plow Creek Bakery</a> will be taking part in the <a href="http://plowcreek.org/farm/location.htm#farmmarket">Princeton</a> Christmas Walk celebration on Saturday, November 21, from 10 to 4 PM.  We&#8217;ll be located with some other farmers&#8217; market vendors near the Apollo Theater on south Main St.  We&#8217;ll be featuring three varieties of a new product&#8211;dessert rolls (raspberry, blueberry and chocolate) along with our regular products.  It is always hard to know just how much to bake for a new market opportunity, so if you would like to be sure your favorite bread, rolls, or cookies will be available, please email me at stahnke@plowcreek.org, or phone me at 815 646 4851, to place an order as soon as possible.

There will probably be a little bit of produce, such as winter squash, pie pumpkins, or popcorn.  Email farm@plowcreek.org if you want to be sure to have such items.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Plow Creek Grass-Fed Beef</title>
		<link>http://www.plowcreek.org/farm/main.php?p=1061</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:22:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Matthew</dc:creator>
		
	<category>  Farm Headlines</category>
	<category>Beef</category>
		<guid>http://www.plowcreek.org/farm/main.php?p=1061</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Plow Creek Farm is now taking orders for our grass-fed beef.   The beef, pastured right here on our farm,  is 100% grass-fed and no hormones or antibiotics are ever used on the cattle.  Customers have the option of purchasing a whole beef, half beef, or quarter beef.  A whole beef [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Plow Creek Farm is now taking orders for our grass-fed beef.   The beef, pastured right here on our farm,  is 100% grass-fed and no hormones or antibiotics are ever used on the cattle.  Customers have the option of purchasing a whole beef, half beef, or quarter beef.  A whole beef will give you around 360 lbs of meat, half 180 lbs, and quarter 90 lbs. This will include all cuts of the beef including steaks, roasts, ground beef, and more.   The beef will be butchered sometime in December and once the meat is brought to the meat locker you will have the option of letting them know how you would like your meat processed (how to package your ground beef, how thick to cut the steaks, would you like any of the beef made into patties or hot dogs, etc.) 

The cost of a whole beef  is $2.25 per lb of hanging weight. Hanging weight for a whole beef is around 600 lbs and produces about 360 lbs of cut meat. After the processing and butchering fees, we estimate that the cost per pound of cut meat to be around$4.78/lb for a whole beef. The cost of a half beef is $2.35 per lb of hanging weight and we estimate the cut meat to be around $5.00/lb. A quarter beef is $2.45 per lb of hanging weight and we estimate the cut meat to be around $5.20/lb. 

 For your reference, a quarter beef takes about 3 cubic feet of freezer space.  If you have any questions or are ready to place your order, please contact us at farm@plowcreek.org or call Matthew at 815-646-4249.]]></content:encoded>
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		<link>http://www.plowcreek.org/farm/main.php?p=1060</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Oct 2009 18:14:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Market Barn</category>
		<guid>http://www.plowcreek.org/farm/main.php?p=1060</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Our Market Barn stand is now closed for the season.  We still will have squash, pumpkins, red raspberries and nuts for sale at Farmers' Market in Princeton on Saturdays. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Our <a href="http://plowcreek.org/farm/location.htm">Market Barn</a> stand is now closed for the season.  We still will have squash, pumpkins, red raspberries and nuts for sale at Farmers&#8217; Market in <a href="http://plowcreek.org/farm/location.htm#farmmarket">Princeton</a> on Saturdays.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Raspberries suvived</title>
		<link>http://www.plowcreek.org/farm/main.php?p=1059</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 11 Oct 2009 18:53:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
		
	<category>  Farm Headlines</category>
	<category>Red Raspberries</category>
		<guid>http://www.plowcreek.org/farm/main.php?p=1059</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Clouds moved in early and Saturday night did not get nearly as cold as forecast.  Most of the red raspberries survived. Although quantity is much smaller, we do plan to be open for raspberry picking this week, and have some raspberries for market. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Clouds moved in early and Saturday night did not get nearly as cold as forecast.  Most of the red raspberries survived. Although quantity is much smaller, we do plan to be open for raspberry picking this week, and have some raspberries for market.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Last chance for raspberries</title>
		<link>http://www.plowcreek.org/farm/main.php?p=1058</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 17:42:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
		
	<category>  Farm Headlines</category>
	<category>Red Raspberries</category>
	<category>Princeton</category>
	<category>Peoria</category>
		<guid>http://www.plowcreek.org/farm/main.php?p=1058</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[With freezing weather this weekend, this will probably be the end of the red raspberries for the season.  We will have good quantities at the Princeton and Peoria farmers' markets.  We also will bring lots of pumpkins, acorn and butternut squash, as well as chestnuts and black walnuts and our own whole wheat [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[With freezing weather this weekend, this will probably be the end of the red raspberries for the season.  We will have good quantities at the <a href="http://plowcreek.org/farm/location.htm#farmmarket">Princeton</a> and Peoria farmers&#8217; markets.  We also will bring lots of pumpkins, acorn and butternut squash, as well as chestnuts and black walnuts and our own whole wheat flour. We also will have some grapes and watermelon. In <a href="http://plowcreek.org/farm/location.htm#farmmarket">Princeton</a> we will also have <a href="http://plowcreek.org/bakery/bakery.htm" target="_blank">Plow Creek Bakery</a> goods.

We don&#8217;t know if there will be raspberries to pick on Saturday; it depends on how cold it gets.]]></content:encoded>
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		<link>http://www.plowcreek.org/farm/main.php?p=1057</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 12:16:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Princeton</category>
		<guid>http://www.plowcreek.org/farm/main.php?p=1057</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday in Princeton we will have red raspberries, pie pumpkins, acorn squash, butternut squash, concord grapes, watermelon, cherry tomatoes, garlic, sweet peppers, dill, cilantro, tomatillos, ground cherries, whole wheat flour, wheat berries, chestnuts, black walnuts, and Plow Creek Bakery goods. ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Tuesday in <a href="http://plowcreek.org/farm/location.htm#farmmarket">Princeton</a> we will have red raspberries, pie pumpkins, acorn squash, butternut squash, concord grapes, watermelon, cherry tomatoes, garlic, sweet peppers, dill, cilantro, tomatillos, ground cherries, whole wheat flour, wheat berries, chestnuts, black walnuts, and <a href="http://plowcreek.org/bakery/bakery.htm" target="_blank">Plow Creek Bakery</a> goods.]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Concord Grape U-pick Open</title>
		<link>http://www.plowcreek.org/farm/main.php?p=1056</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:15:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
		
	<category>  Farm Headlines</category>
	<category>Concord Grapes</category>
		<guid>http://www.plowcreek.org/farm/main.php?p=1056</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[We have a good crop of Concord grapes this year.  You may come pick them by appointment (email farm@plowcreek.org or leave a message at 815-646-4862).  They are $22 / bushel which is about 40 pounds.  If you want us to pick you a bushel or more, they are $44 / bushel.  [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[We have a good crop of Concord grapes this year.  You may come pick them by appointment (email farm@plowcreek.org or leave a message at 815-646-4862).  They are $22 / bushel which is about 40 pounds.  If you want us to pick you a bushel or more, they are $44 / bushel.  Market price is $1.60 / pound.]]></content:encoded>
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		<link>http://www.plowcreek.org/farm/main.php?p=1055</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Sep 2009 12:01:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
		
	<category>Red Raspberries</category>
	<category>Princeton</category>
		<guid>http://www.plowcreek.org/farm/main.php?p=1055</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Tuesday in Princeton we plan to have lots of red raspberries, watermelon, tomatoes, peppers, pumpkins, ground cherries, tomatillos, garlic, onions, green and yellow beans, potatoes, radishes, celery, cilantro, parsley, dill, basil, wheat berries and freshly ground whole wheat flour, and Plow Creek Bakery goods ]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[Tuesday in <a href="http://plowcreek.org/farm/location.htm#farmmarket">Princeton</a> we plan to have lots of red raspberries, watermelon, tomatoes, peppers, pumpkins, ground cherries, tomatillos, garlic, onions, green and yellow beans, potatoes, radishes, celery, cilantro, parsley, dill, basil, wheat berries and freshly ground whole wheat flour, and <a href="http://plowcreek.org/bakery/bakery.htm" target="_blank">Plow Creek Bakery</a> goods]]></content:encoded>
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