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Hello all greenhouse supporters,

Unfortunately, Slice of Heaven Farm has taken a major hit from Hurricane Isaac. Our property in Folsom, LA is next to the little Tchefuncte river. We weathered the actual hurricane fine but the rising water in the little Tchefuncte broke two of its banks and flooded our entire 17 acre property (not to mention our whole street and neighborhood). Thankfully, we were all fine in the house which is raised off the ground. But the floodwater stayed on our crops and land for about 2 days before receding. Everything that was planted is now lost. This is a major financial and emotional loss for us. We have picked up our heads again and are going to start over with all of our crops. We are reworking the ground right now and fixing our irrigation system. We should be replanting soon.

The greenhouse project is now on the back burner as we rebuild what we lost. It ended up being a good coincidence that we were so busy before the storm and had not started the geenhouse yet because it would have flooded too. As soon as the farm is back to normal, we will begin building the greenhouse. We have the materials waiting for us to build. We can't wait till we can get back on track.

As for rewards, I apologize that most of them have been delayed because of this incident. The good news is that all of the rewards are here now (bags, aprons, etc.). I just need to package them and make it to the post office. I promise they will go out as soon as possible.

Thanks for understanding everyone!

-Marieta Easley

Hello all,

This is the week we are clearing the ground for the greenhouse and purchasing the materials for the frame. We'll post photos later this week.

Here's the report on all the rewards:

$1 rewards (name listed as a donor) have been fulfilled on our website. Check it out. The page will have greenhouse updates as well as soon as we get building.

http://www.sliceofheavenfarm.com/greenhouse_project.html

$5 rewards have been fulfilled. All thank you postcards went out in the mail this week.

$10 rewards are still in progress. I'm working on the cookbook still so that will be out in the next month or so.

$25 rewards are half fulfilled. Anyone who chose the chicken postcards have gotten already at the market or will receive them soon in the mail. The shopping bags have been ordered and are on their way to me so as soon as they get here, they will be ready for pickup at the market or I'll put them out in the mail.

$50 rewards are fulfilled. All the notecards are going out in the mail this week.

$100 rewards are on the way. The aprons have been designed and ordered. They will be here soon and I'll be distributing them at the market or sending them in the mail. Since I was unable to order the full apron set like was included in the description (since it was discontinued), I will go ahead and include a set of chicken postcards too.

$250 rewards will be fulfilled next spring (CSA members) or by December (box of farm goods).

I'll be posting greenhouse building pics this week on the website.

Thanks everyone!

-Marieta Easley

Hello everyone,

We made our goal last night and we are so unbelievably excited! Thank you from the bottom of our hearts to all who supported us by donating and sharing this project. Thank you for believing in us! We are so touched!

We still have 3 days left in our campaign and any money raised above the goal will still be put to very good use. The next item on my list of things we need for the greenhouse is a 5-gallon electric salad spinner. In the fall, winter and spring, we produce tons of baby salad mixes and we pre-wash all the leaves. Well, last year we spent all our time drying the leaves in a regular kitchen sized salad spinner. Needless to say, we were up until early hours of the night spinning lettuce before the market. 

With a 5-gallon electric spinner, we hope to reduce our time drying lettuce leaves by a significant amount. The unit costs somewhere between $650 and $800 depending on what accessories you buy with it.

We'll see if we can raise that in the next 3 days!

THANKS AGAIN EVERYONE! We are so grateful and appreciative to have all this support behind us!

Sincerely,

Marieta and Brandon

Hello everyone,

We are getting so close to our goal. Right now we are 83% funded with 7 days to go! We are crossing our fingers that we reach our goal! Thank you everyone for all your support!

We are adding one more reward for a $400 donation. The reward is a homemade five course dinner at our farm for 4 people. Brandon and I will of course be your chefs and hosts and you and 3 other friends/family members can come enjoy a leisurely fall evening on the farm with us. The five course meal will feature our own organic vegetables naturally.

We realize that $400 is a lot to ask as a donation but consider how much you may spend going out to a nice restaurant for 4 people. If anyone who has donated would like to change their donation amount, it can be easily be done by returning to our project page and clicking the big green button that says "Manage your pledge."

We are so touched by all the support we have received by family, friends, customers and strangers! Thanks from the bottom of our hearts!

-Marieta

I am finally done designing the logo for the apron so here it is! I hope you like it.

Also, for anyone who may select the $100 reward in the future, just to warn you. The company discontinued the apron set that I wanted to order and I may not end up finding a set like the one I described. It may just be an apron in the end. But don't worry, we'll throw in something else to compensate.

Thanks for understanding!