BN Week 19: GOAT week + flannels & friends & fire!

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September 4, 2024

Hello from TF!

Looks like we've got a gorgeous weather weekend which is perfect because we have an amazing line-up of farm fun so we hope you'll visit us (at least a few more times before the season ends....in 5 weeks)!

This weekend is looking a bit cool so throw those flannels in the car and make plans to join us by the fire! (Bonus points if you're the person the smoke is always attracted to. 😂)

Burger of the Week: A Burger Named Goat

A toasted ciabatta bun
100% grassfed beef patty
Creamy Goat cheese
Roasted Roma tomatoes
Garlic & fresh basil mayo
Drizzled with a balsamic reduction
Optional, but not optional: lettuce & red onion from the Burger Bar

Another fan favorite BOTW!

A Burger Named Goat....even if you don't love goat cheese but just tolerate it, you'll probably really love this burger. It's worth getting, even if only for the garlic & basil mayo. 😋
Bonus Fun: Feed a leftover fry to a Sheep Named Goat (the burgers namesake) before you leave.

Farm Store Sales 🐐

You'll find all goat products and all G.O.A.T. (Greatest Of All Time) products on sale in the farm store and online this week, including ground beef, bacon, Onion-Leek brats, and more!!

Free gift with every on-farm store purchase >$100 this weekend too!

Thursday, September 5

Save 20% on the Burger of the Week

LAST Trivia at 6:30pm: Friends

Note the earlier start time. Looks like the weather is going to be nice for us too!

Remember a flannel (sun sets a little earlier here) and bring your friends! 😉

Friday, September 6

Meet the Makers! 5ish-8ish

Bring your questions and get ready to try some unique products you didn't know you loved & needed! 💚

Tapped Maple Syrup

Try their infused syrups before committing to a bottle, be sure to try the savory ones too, like the black umami garlic and they have drink mixes!! (Reminder about upcoming holidays!)

Terravee Naturals

Erica will be restocking your sold out favorites and bringing NEW products for hair, hormones, sleep, pain and, perhaps most importantly right now, immune boosters!

Sooooo much awesome stuff. She'll be happy to help walk you through your questions and let you try a few of the try-able things like elderberry syrup, tonics and more!!

LIVE MUSIC from The Northwoods Bassist, 5-8pm

The Northwoods Bassist, from Merrill, WI, expands the roll of the bass player beyond what is considered to be traditional, creating a unique and memorable experience that you won’t soon forget. You can expect to him to perform recognizable cover songs on his play bass, lead, rhythm and sing to a drum track. rom genres across the board. You’ll hear classic rock, country, soul, and pop from Jimmy Hendrix, Styx, Ricky Van Shelton to Jason Aldean, Rick Springfield, Ottis Redding, Wilson Pickett, and Al Green, literally a little something for everyone.

Enough lead guitar already! I'm ready to be impressed by a bassist! Are you??

Saturday, September 7

LIVE MUSIC from Nick Hensley, 5-8pm

Hensley’s alias, stage name and alter ego, Love Songs For Angry Men, was born as a joke on the editor of the City Pages, 10 years later...THE NAME WON’T GO AWAY! Hensley’s 3 STUDIO ALBUMS were released to sold out crowds in Saint Paul and Mpls, MN. The albums are available at all major retailers and the web. All three records have received rave reviews from different media outlets including Paste Magazine and AltCountry.com and a “best of” 2014 local selection of the City Pages.
Hensley has maintained a full schedule since 1998 playing more than 200 shows a year throughout the North America and overseas. They have shared the stage with several National acts including: The Why Store, Alex Ligertwood of Santana, Fastball, Big Head Todd and The Monsters, The Gear Daddies, The Samples, The Pines, Semisonic, Trampled By Turtles, John Hiatt, The Wallflowers, Soul Asylum and countless others.

Okay, that was really impressive and the only non-lead guitar solo act we know of, so now back to the lead guitar!

Sunday, September 8

Family Day! Buy one get one FREE kids meals all day!

UPDATES & REMINDERS

First, the bar is FULL of lots of great drinks! We're moving into fun fall-ish beers now and playing with some new seltzer flavors. 🍻

Now that we are post Labor Day, schedules do start to change a bit:

Friday music is not scheduled until we see how the weather looks.

Music Friday & Saturday starts earlier now, at 5pm.

Open Later!

The farm store will now be open until 6pm on Mondays and Tuesdays. Winter hours are still being decided, any thoughts? Hit reply!

Closing Earlier??

The "ish"s are back on Friday and Saturday night closing times since it gets dark early and can get very cold early. We may close at 8:30 if the weather and darkness lead us to believe no one else is coming, so if you are coming after 8pm, call or text to make sure the kitchen will be ready for you!

The bar and fire keep going until everyone's had enough though. So no hurry there. Just one more. :)

Closing, closing

Sunday, October 6th is our official last Burger Night of 2024.

We may do pop-ups on the weekends if the weather is nice, depends on how the pre-winter projects are moving along. Let us know if you want to help!

Hope to see you on the farm or online soon!!

Your farmer & flannel & fire-loving friend,

Stephanie Schneider

Rainy Cow Chaos, Beer Can Chicken, and a Local FFA Superstar

From calf chaos during Burger Night to pasture-raised poultry raised by a local FFA student, this week’s farm update is full of real-life stories, good food, and summer magic. Don’t miss the featured Beer Can Chicken recipe made with Sami Risen’s Rise’n Shine chicken -available now in our July Bundle of the Month!

Burger Night Week 10 (of 23)

Burger Night is open, rain or shineThursday & Friday 4pm-9pmSaturday noon-9pmSunday noon-7pm Welcome to Week 10 of the Burger Night season! We will be open all our regular hours this holiday weekend (listed above), and open rain or shine or whatever other weather woes may try to slow us down. Because of all the animals (cows are up by the barn this weekend!) we will not have any literal fireworks, only punny and metaphorical ones you can eat. [weird, I wonder what she means by that.] BOOM! Your Burger of the Week, 🎆The Firecracker 2.0🎆: 🌶 Deep-fried jalapeno slices for an explosion 💥 of crunch and spice that will pop! and pow! in your mouth. 🔥 A fireworks-like burst of color with the obligatory smoke show: fire-roasted, farm-made charred-pepper salsa (roasted bell peppers, tomatoes, roasted jalapenos, roasted poblanos, garlic, onion, cilantro, lime) 🧀 Pepperjack cheese for a sparkling delight of spicy and creamy 🐮 100% grassfed beef patty which is always DYN-O-MITE! 🥛 drizzle of buttermilk ranch and a 🍔 toasted brioche bun to hold it all together like a patriotic fire marshal supervising a 3-fingered pyrotechnician with an unlimited budget. You won't be able to stop yourself from saying "Oooooooohhh" and "Aaaaaah" after every bites bursts of flavors. 🎇 Not into fireworks in your mouth? No worries, we've got 15+ other options on our regular menu. Let's light this fuse, shall we?? 🧨 [oh, that's what she meant. 🙄] Sorry, I didn't get a picture of this same burger we did last year, so you'll have to imagine with me again. ------------------------------------------------ Thursday, July 3 Tonight's trivia is the crazy-famous Seinfeld TV show! 📺Trivia at 7pm: Seinfeld Remember, we give prizes to 1st place, 2nd place and Last place! So bring your friends and let's have some Thursday night fun. Seinfeld trivia at 7p tonight! (Next week is The Office!)------------------------------------------------ Friday, July 4th 🎆 LIVE MUSIC from Payton Eilers, 5:30-8:30pmBefore the fireworks hit the sky, get ready for a musical spark you won’t forget - Payton Eilers is taking the stage! Performing since the age of 10, this rising star has been turning heads across the region with a voice that’s as captivating as it is unforgettable. Guided by a musical family and inspired mentors, Payton’s passion shines in every performance. Her setlist? A perfect soundtrack for Independence Day: the indie spirit of the Lumineers, the grit of Shinedown, the timeless cool of Fleetwood Mac and Tom Petty, the sparkle of Kacey Musgraves, and a few of her own heartfelt originals. Now working toward her debut album, Payton pours everything she’s got into her music, and it shows! Don’t Miss Payton Eilers this July 4th! She's got a voice that will light up more than just the sky! :)------------------------------------------------ Saturday, July 5 LIVE MUSIC from Tommy Wotruba 5:30-8:30pm A solo acoustic powerhouse, Troubadour Tommy wields his six-string guitar like a storyteller’s paintbrush; mixing rock grit, blues soul, country warmth, and heartfelt originals. He’s been lighting up stages across Minnesota, Wisconsin, and beyond for years and now he’s heading to the farm for one unforgettable evening! Expect a dynamic set: deeply felt original tunes, crowd-pleasing covers, and that raw, intimate vibe only a true troubadour can deliver. Tommy Wotruba is the kind of performer who makes you stop mid-bite and say “Whoa. Who is THAT?” With just a six-string and his voice, he delivers the kind of soul-stirring, toe-tapping set that makes summer in the Midwest feel like magic (no matter what the weather might be doing). ------------------------------------------------ Sunday, July 6 1/2 off kids meals all day (note that this ends at the end of July).3 - 5:30pm: Free Xtreme Bingo for the folks over 21 (deluxe prizes pictured below) and free Kids Bingo for the folks under 21! ✨ Remember, you can't win if you don't play! ✨ Let's giveaway some prizes! Every Sunday at 3p, we play 9 games and give out either a huge fancy prize (like 1,000s of $$s) or a practical and modest gift with every round! ------------------------------------------------ Farm Store Updates Ice Cream Update: ✔ Equipment ✔ Health inspection ✔ Demand ✔ Ice cream 🍨 ❌ Electricity I'm not ready to talk about it yet so please imagine the rest of this as me nervously looking around and whispering because the equipment that needs to be moved outside to make sure the farm store doesn't get too hot is still not moved out and because of that we are not totally sure we'll be able to keep the ice cream nice and frozen every day this weekend but we DO have it! And we will (probably) be scooping ice cream at least one day this weekend! Which day? 🤷‍♀️ Will we know what we are doing? 🤷‍♀️ Will you be happy with the flavors I chose? 🤷‍♀️ Will you still love it so much! 🤩 We should be full-steam ahead next week though, at which point I'll tell you about it. 😉 July BOTM has grilling on it's mind and you won't want to miss this chicken and the Beer Can Chicken recipe! Chicken was raised specially for us by our FFA-neighbor girl Sam (who is also best friend to our youngest daughter Adeyle) and we just added two different beer can chicken holders to the store to help you enjoy summer midwest-style: sticking beer up a chickens butt and then putting it on the grill. 'Merica. Seriously, though, I am LOVING this cast iron stand that you can fill with beer but you can also fill it with any liquid and any aromatics of your choice! Plus, it's cast-iron so you don't have to worry about it being tippy or toxic.------------------------------------------------ Another one of our on-tap breweries is closing (first Bloomer Brewing and now Hop & Barrel) so I feel like we need to do a perspective reset because all of us ALWAYS get so bogged down in the day-to-day chaos (it's apparently unlimited) and repetitiveness, especially after 7 years of it, that we forget that this is a pretty special & unique thing we're doing here. ✨ Why Burger Night Is the Best Thing Happening This Weekend (and Every Weekend Until October): 🍔 One-of-a-kind experience: We’re the only Burger Farm in the Midwest where you can eat your burger right where it was born & raised with the farmers cooking it for you and even serving you a beer to go with it! 🐄 See the cows up close: They’re grazing around the barns this weekend; yes, actual cows just doing their thing while you enjoy doing yours. LOTS OF BRAND NEW BABY CALVES!!! 😍🎶 Free live outdoor music: Nothing beats kicking back with a burger and drink while local talent plays under the open sky. Sure, you can buy tickets to some fest to see performers with better marketing (more talented is up for debate) but why not use that money to buy a burger & a beer instead?? 🌱 Feel good about what you’re supporting: This isn’t just a meal - it’s a movement. Your dinner helps heal the soil, nourish your body, and lift up your community.🌦️ Weather being a little dramatic? It's Wisconsin, what else is new? Bring an umbrella, wear a sundress or shorts, pack a snowsuit in the car, grab a friend, and let's make the most of it. We’re already at week 10 of 23 for the 2025 season, and as always, we’re taking this thing year by year because doing this every weekend for half the year does require a lot of sacrifice on our end. So let's soak it in while we can… because this is the kind of summer memory you’ll want more of. Love you lots! 💚 Steph ------------------------------------------------ No dogs, carry-ins or reservations (please let us know about groups though). $10 min on cards, ATM on-site. 📍 w93 Norden Rd, Mondovi, WI 54755 See the menus and learn more: togetherfarms.com/burger-night Don't take my word for it, check out the google reviews to see what others think, here's an example from Luke: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Good burger and pulled pork, excellent selection of beer. Kids can play and you can enjoy the live music.