BBF Farm Truck - Nov/Dec 2017

November-December 2017

Brookberry Farm Properties Featured October’s Parade of Homes included four award-winning properties – three Gold and one Silver – at Brookberry Farm.

Congratulations to the four builders! If you haven’t seen these beautiful properties, it’s worth taking a stroll through Brookberry Farm to see these amazing homes.

2017 Parade of Homes Award Winners

1271 Heron Ridge Road | Sonoma Building Company

4818 Summer Hill Way | Isenhour Homes

136 Cedar Lane | Henderson Custom Homes

5325 Summer Hill Lane | Tate Rice Homes, Inc.

the Night for Ronald McDonald Hous t h g i e L Please mark your calendars for December 17 for the annual luminary lighting celebration at Brookberry Farm to benefit the Ronald McDonald House of Winston-Salem.

Last year, Brookberry Farm looked stunning with over 3,500 luminaries lighting the neighborhood! We raised over $4,300 for the Ronald McDonald House and would love to increase that amount this year.

There will be a kick-off party at the Village Amphitheater on December 16 from 1:00pm-3:00pm to hand out luminary kits and get everyone "fired up" for the main event. We'll have hot chocolate, cookies, candy, music and a kids' craft station. We hope to see you there!

Luminary kits (each contains 6 candles, 6 bags and plenty of sand) will be sold prior to the 17th through the Brookberry Farm luminary team. Kits are $7 each and we recommend that every BBF family purchase a minimum of two kits to light the area in front of each home. Jim and Matt McChesney, developers of Brookberry Farm, will once again graciously provide luminaries for the neighborhood common areas.

This will be an amazing event for the neighborhood, but even more so, for the families who depend on support from the Ronald McDonald House and its commitment to “keeping families close” while children are receiving medical care in Winston-Salem. In 2016, the RMH in Winston-Salem served over 1,200 families from 57 NC counties and 13 states.

contact the following neighbors if you’d like to get more involved

Sarah Johnson: smjb22@gmail.com Kara Powell: karalynpowell@gmail.com Jen Truskowski: jentruskowski@gmail.com Andrea Zapadka: apzapadka@gmail.com ou for T hank y

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Roasted Brussels Sprouts & Butternut Squash Perfect for a holiday meal or a great cold-weather family meal, Roasted Brussels Sprouts & Butternut Squash is a delicious (and healthy) dish. Invite your Brookberry Farm neighbors over to impress!

Roasted Brussels Sprouts

Other Ingredients:

• 3 cups Brussels sprouts, ends trimmed, yellow leaves removed • 3 tablespoons olive oil • Salt, to taste

• 2 cups pecan halves • 1 cup dried cranberries • 2-4 tablespoons maple syrup (optional)

Roasted Butternut Squash • 1 and ½ pound butternut squash, peeled, seeded, and cubed into 1-inch cubes (yields about 4 cups of uncooked cubed butternut squash)

• 2 tablespoons olive oil • 3 tablespoons maple syrup • ½ teaspoon ground cinnamon

Instructions Roasted Brussels Sprouts 1. Preheat oven to 400 F. Lightly grease a foil-lined baking sheet with 1 tablespoon of olive oil.

Roasted Butternut Squash 1. Preheat oven to 400 F. Lightly grease the foil-lined baking sheet with 1 tablespoon of olive oil.

2. Make sure Brussels sprouts have trimmed ends and yellow leaves are removed. Then, slice all Brussels sprouts in half. In a medium bowl, combine halved Brussels sprouts, 2 tablespoons of olive oil, salt (to taste), and toss to combine. Place onto foil-lined baking sheet, cut side down, and roast in the oven at 400 F for about 20-25 minutes. During the last 5-10 minutes of roasting, turn them over for even browning, the cut sides should be nicely and partially charred but not blackened.

2. In a medium bowl, combine cubed butternut squash (peeled and seeded), 1 tablespoon of olive oil, maple syrup, and cinnamon, and toss to mix.

3. Place butternut squash in a single layer on the baking sheet. Bake for 20-25 minutes, turning once half-way through baking, until softened.

Brussels sprouts and butternut squash can be roasted on two separate baking sheets at the same time but on the same rack in the oven. In a large bowl, combine roasted Brussels sprouts, roasted butternut squash, pecans, and cranberries, and mix to combine. For more sweetness, add 2 or 4 tablespoons of maple syrup, if desired – do not add all maple syrup at once, start with 2 tablespoons, then add more, if desired, and toss with the salad ingredients to combine.

builder profile

Trent Adams Properties Founded in 2016, Trent Adams Properties, LLC is a spinoff of Abba, Inc., Adams Egloff and Avant Properties. With more than 75 years of combined construction experience, the Trent Adams team is making an impact on the home landscape at Brookberry Farm. As North Carolina leaders of high end, custom residential construction and renovation, they have established a strong reputation in a wide range of neighborhoods throughout the Piedmont Triad thanks to the veteran team’s expert workmanship and superior attention to detail.

When someone asks Trent Adams Properties to build their dream home, they take it as a personal challenge to provide their clients with an avenue of decision making regarding cost and value. Trent Adams Properties offers a series of quality control checks to ensure the best practices are used during construction—all with a no non-sense warranty.

The energy and precision the Trent Adams Properties team brings to the custom home building process makes it a positive experience and creates memories to last a lifetime.

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Composting leaves is a great way to recycle and create a nutrient rich garden soil for next spring and summer. Using compost increases the porosity of the soil, raises the fertility, diminishes the strain on landfills and creates a living “blanket” over your plants.

It’s easy to compost. All it takes is a little knowledge and the right balance of nitrogen and carbon. The correct balance will ensure fast composting of leaves for spring time black gold.

Composting leaves makes a dark, rich, earthy organic matter that can be used like garden soil. It adds nutrients to garden soil and the larger particle size helps enhance the tilth and loosen compacted earth.

The compost bin doesn’t have to be a complex structure and you can even compost in a pile. The basic idea is to add air occasionally for the aerobic microbes that are in the pile decomposing the material. You also need to keep the compost warm, around 60 degrees Fahrenheit (15 C.) or warmer, and moist but not soggy.

You can chop up the leaves with your mower and spread them over your vegetable garden.

Lay a layer of grass on that and the bed will be ready to go after tilling in spring. You also need a balance of carbon, which is the leaf litter, and nitrogen. Nitrogen can be thought of as green, moist items such as grass clippings. Fast composting of leaves starts with a layer 6 to 8 inches thick of leaves with one inch of soil and an inch of manure or other green nitrogen source. You can also add 1 cup of nitrogen fertilizer. Mix the layers every two weeks, keep the pile moderately moist and get ready for a wonderful garden next spring!

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