Lau Family Farm, LLC grassfed meat available July 18
Lori Anne Lau
LAU FAMILY FARM, LLC
Grass-Fed and Finished * No Antibiotics * No Hormone Implants
We plan to be at the Downtown Salt Lake City Farmers Market this Saturday (July 18), from 8 to 1 pm.
On July 18th, we will stopping in Ogden from 4:30 to 5 pm to deliver pre-ordered items. This stop will be in the parking lot behind Grounds for Coffee (Corner of 30th and Harrison) and Pizza Runner. Our next stop in Ogden will be in approx 4 weeks.
John’s dad was in the hospital for several days after a trip to the ER on the 3rd. He is now back in his home and is receiving hospice care. He is dealing with kidney failure, as well as emphysema/COPD and some heart issues. We thought, as did the nurse, that we’d lost him last Thursday night but he has rallied and seems to have recovered all his mental faculties and physical capabilities.
We will try to keep to this plan, but things are very unpredictable here. John’s sister is able to come this weekend, so that should allow us to travel, if we continue to feel like someone should be with Grant nearly around the clock. Hopefully, by the 25th we’ll have recruited some additional help, if need be.
John is continuing to try to get our hay put up. We have 2-3 times as much as we’ve had in recent years. The price of non-dairy quality hay has dropped tremendously this year, so there won’t be much incentive to sell our excess hay. I’m hoping we can hold on to quite a bit of the surplus for the next dry year when we are lacking hay. He and Tom are working on keeping the various groups of animals in feed, and water. Multiple visits to see his Dad per day, staying with him overnight, and keeping up with the haying and livestock chores has John fairly well maxed out. Sarah stayed for 8 or 9 days, but she’s gone back to “real life” and her job in Twin for at least a few days.
We were able to take Grant out to the farm Saturday afternoon. He decided he’d seen taller grass in his 86 years, but the rest of us were suitable impressed. None of us can operate Grant’s camera very well so we ended up with an overexposed picture of generations 4,5 and 6 of the Lau clan. I can’t recall the last time we got one of those taken. Grant has the desire to make homemade rootbeer, like his mother made, so he can enjoy it with his all three of his grandkids during the county fair. I thought he wanted to make it with the grandkids, but he told me tonight he wants to drink it with them…so I’ll be back to prioritizing washing the 50 bottles he’s gathered up and try to get that done ASAP while he’s feeling up to participating.
Meanwhile the bulls have been turned out for breeding season. Summer, the mare, has been taken to Grays Lake to be bred. Tug, the 2 yr old colt, is adjusting to being separated from his mother while getting lots of attention from Tom. Katie, the calf, has developed the habit of butting her bottle, as I learned when she butted it right into my chin the other morning. The bottle lambs are all fully weaned since I’ve gone into Grandpa crisis mode of late. The ewes are not as enthused about the grass we’ve put them out to graze on as we’d hoped but…they always seem to prefer to go back and eat the 2 inch tall regrowth where they were before. Meat steers and mother cows and calves are all mixed up…and all of them aren’t staying put despite feed up to their bellies on both sides of the fence.
Many thanks for your business, and your thoughts and prayers,
Lau Family Farm, LLC
Grass Fed Beef, Lamb & Wool...A Natural Choice
PO Box 337
Soda Springs, ID 83276
208-709-4981 (cell)