10137 Preston Rd

just off Mondon Hill Road between Hwy 41 and Hwy 50.

Produce Barn is open Sunday Monday Tuesday & Wednesday Farm Phone 352 799 6752 When we're busy in the field, our cells keep us available 352-232-3381 & 352-232-0294

E-mail us , we prefer phone calls rather than emails,beas9781@bellsouth.net

For our Produce Stand locations, dates, and hours please click here.

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Thursday, May 31, 2012

Tasty and Healthy - May 31, 2012



Are you dried out from this week's deluge? Our fields are absolutely drenched, after nearly 6 inches of rain!


Welcome to this week's newsletter. 


Our pesticide-free Traditional Southern Field Pea crops are planted. Last year we sold out of these peas, so be sure to phone your reservation early! They should be ready in July and August.

Eight-ball Zucchini Squash shown at left.


Our other specialty squashes are nearly sold out. Due to early summer-like weather, our harvest was limited.




There are still some beautiful fresh beets (perfect for juicing, canning, roasting or boiling).

Please phone if you are interested in canning beets. These are our pesticide-free, small-to-medium size beets without the green tops - available for a short time.

In addition, we are harvesting crisp, delicious, pesticide-free white radishes!




Please feel free to phone the farm for special requests or special orders. We'll do everything we can to accommodate you. If you need something from the Farmers Market in Plant City, it is best to phone by Wednesday afternoon.
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services visits to our farm to test our soil and plants. For more information about our farming techniques, and the testing we undergo, please click here.


Gran'ma Angie thanks you for the bags! She hopes you will keep on bringing 'em. Thanks for "recycling" your plastic bags with us! It helps us keep prices down.



From the Farmers Market:
Florida tomatoes
Eggplant
Cucumbers
Pickling cucumbers
Red Bell Peppers
Green Bell Peppers
Green Jalapenos (be sure to remove the seeds!)
Sweet Cubanella Peppers
Radishes
Carrots
Sweet Potatoes
Baking Potatoes
Florida Red Skin Potatoes
Bicolor Corn (perfect for grilling!)
Yellow Onions
Vadalia Onions
Celery
Cabbage
Head Lettuce
Romaine
Lemons
Limes
Seedless Valencia Oranges
DeAngelo Pears
Bananas
Cantaloupe
Watermelon

From the Farm:

Beasley's Pesticide Free Beets (no tops-perfect for canning)
Beasley's Pesticide Free Eight Ball Zucchini
Beasley's Pesticide Free Zucchini
Beasley's Pesticide Free White Radish




Where we will be this week:
please note: due to demands on the farm, the Sunday and Monday locations are temporarily suspended. Produce Barn will be open as usual. Thanks for understanding.

Friday - Rolo will be at the Spring Hill location. If you would like  pesticide-free collards or swiss chard, please phone to reserve them, so that we will know to bring them.

Saturday - Rolo and Joann will be at the Hernando County Farmers Market on Hwy 19 with 40 other vendors! Come browse, shop, and visit with your neighbors - it's an all 'round enjoyable time. You'll also be supporting local businesses by visiting their booths. If you would like  pesticide-free collards or swiss chard, please phone to reserve them, so that we know to bring them.

Saturday and everyday - Gran'ma Angie, Nana Phyllis, Joann and Rolo will be at the Produce Barn until 6PM. Fresh Cut Pesticide-free Swiss Chard will be eagerly awaiting you in the little wading pool.

For our Calendar of Locations, and special times and dates for Juneplease click here, or click on the Calendar Tab at the top of this page.



This week's recipe suggestions:








Quotes for this week:


"If someone is too tired to give you a smile, 
leave one of your own, because no 
one needs a smile as much as those 
who have none to give."
- Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch

"What sunshine is to flowers, smiles are 
to humanity. These are but trifles, to be sure; 
but scattered along life's pathway, the good 
they do is inconceivable." 
-Joseph Addison





As always, thank you for your encouragement and support. Without you, we wouldn't be able to do what we love most - FARM!

Looking forward to seeing you,

Thursday, May 24, 2012

Tasty and Healthy - May 24, 2012




Memorial Day Greetings, with gratitude to all who have served, and to especially those who are no longer with us. 


Welcome to this week's newsletter. 


New crops are being harvested every week, so we are busy as ever! Please scroll down to view all the crops currently being harvested. Our pesticide-free Traditional Southern Field Pea crops are planted. Last year we sold out of these peas, so be sure to phone your reservation early!

Currently harvesting lots n LOTS of squashes - all pesticide-free.


Many of these are "specialty squashes" with slightly different colors and textures to make meals more interesting and enjoyable at your dinner table.


There are 3 colors of our Zuchinis - Golden, Green and Butta (like "butter"). 


Also being harvested are: 


Eight-ball Zucchini, Yellow Summer Squash, and Scallop Squash. 


There are still some beautiful fresh beets (perfect for juicing, canning, roasting or boiling).

Please phone if you are interested in canning beets. These are our pesticide-free, small-to-medium size beets without the green tops - available for a short time.


In addition, we are harvesting crisp, delicious, pesticide-free white radishes!




Please feel free to phone the farm for special requests or special orders. We'll do everything we can to accommodate you. If you need something from the Farmers Market in Plant City, it is best to phone by Wednesday afternoon.
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services visits to our farm to test our soil and plants. For more information about our farming techniques, and the testing we undergo, please click here.


Gran'ma Angie thanks you for the bags! She hopes you will keep on bringing 'em. Thanks for "recycling" your plastic bags with us! It helps us keep prices down.



From the Farmers Market:
Florida tomatoes
Eggplant
Cucumbers
Pickling cucumbers
Red Bell Peppers
Green Bell Peppers
Green Jalapenos (be sure to remove the seeds!)
Sweet Cubanella Peppers
Radishes
Carrots
Sweet Potatoes
Baking Potatoes
Florida Red Skin Potatoes
Bicolor Corn (perfect for grilling!)
Yellow Onions
Vadalia Onions
Celery
Cabbage
Head Lettuce
Romaine
Lemons
Limes
Seedless Naval Oranges
DeAngelo Pears
Bananas
Cantaloupe
Watermelon (seedless)

From the Farm:

Beasley's Pesticide Free Beets (no tops-perfect for canning)
Beasley's Pesticide Free Eight Ball Zucchini
Beasley's Pesticide Free Zucchini
Beasley's Pesticide Free Golden Zucchini 
Beasley's Pesticide Free Butta Zucchini
Beasley's Pesticide Free Yellow Squash (recipe below)
Beasley's Pesticide Free White Radish
Beasley's Pesticide Free Scallop Squash




Where we will be this week:
please note: due to demands on the farm, the Sunday and Monday locations are temporarily suspended. Produce Barn will be open as usual. Thanks for understanding.

Friday - Rolo will be at the Spring Hill location. If you would like  pesticide-free collards or swiss chard, please phone to reserve them, so that we will know to bring them.

Saturday - Rolo and Joann will be at the Hernando County Farmers Market on Hwy 19 with 40 other vendors! Come browse, shop, and visit with your neighbors - it's an all 'round enjoyable time. You'll also be supporting local businesses by visiting their booths. If you would like  pesticide-free collards or swiss chard, please phone to reserve them, so that we know to bring them.

Saturday and everyday - Gran'ma Angie, Nana Phyllis, Joann and Rolo will be at the Produce Barn until 6PM. Fresh Cut Pesticide-free Swiss Chard will be eagerly awaiting you in the little wading pool.

For our Calendar of Locations, and special times and dates for Mayplease click here, or click on the Calendar Tab at the top of this page.



This week's recipe suggestions:







Quotes for this week:




We're always trying to move out of the
darkness, when all we have to do
is turn on the light. 
~ Steve Potter
The wound is the place where the Light enters you.
- Rumi -





As always, thank you for your encouragement and support. Without you, we wouldn't be able to do what we love most - FARM!

Looking forward to seeing you,


Thursday, May 17, 2012

Tasty and Healthy - May 17, 2012


Greetings! Welcome to this week's newsletter. 

New crops are being harvested every week, so we are busy as ever! Please scroll down to view all the crops currently being harvested.

Currently harvesting lots n LOTS of squashes - all pesticide-free.

Many of these are "specialty squashes" with slightly different colors and textures to make meals more interesting and enjoyable at your dinner table.

There are 3 colors of our Zuchinis - Golden, Green and Butta (like "butter"). 

Also being harvested are: 

Eight-ball Zucchini, Yellow Summer Squash, and Scallop Squash. 

There are still some beautiful fresh beets (perfect for juicing, canning, roasting or boiling).

A very warm Spring has ended our winter harvests BUT we have a small amount of Rhubarb Swiss Chard.



In addition, we are harvesting crisp, delicious, pesticide-free white radishes!


Please phone if you are interested in canning beets. These are our pesticide-free, small-to-medium size beets without the green tops - available for a short time.

Please feel free to phone the farm for special requests or special orders. We'll do everything we can to accommodate you. If you need something from the Farmers Market in Plant City, it is best to phone by Wednesday afternoon.
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services visits to our farm to test our soil and plants. For more information about our farming techniques, and the testing we undergo, please click here.


Gran'ma Angie thanks you for the bags! She hopes you will keep on bringing 'em. Thanks for "recycling" your plastic bags with us! It helps us keep prices down.



From the Farmers Market:
Florida tomatoes
Eggplant
Cucumbers
Pickling cucumbers
Red Bell Peppers
Green Bell Peppers
Green Jalapenos (be sure to remove the seeds!)
Sweet Cubanella Peppers
Radishes
Carrots
Sweet Potatoes
Baking Potatoes
Florida Red Skin Potatoes
***bicolor corn***
Yellow Onions
Vadalia Onions
Celery
Cabbage (recipe below)
Head Lettuce
Romaine
Lemons
Limes
Seedless Naval Oranges
DeAngelo Pears
Bananas (recipe below)
Blueberries (recipe below)
Cantaloupe
Watermelon (seedless)
Wonderful Fresh Herbs in 4" pots (oregano and parsley)

From the Farm:

Beasley's Pesticide Free Beets (no tops-perfect for canning)
Beasley's Pesticide Free Eight Ball Zucchini (recipes below)
Beasley's Pesticide Free Zucchini (recipes below)
Beasley's Pesticide Free Golden Zucchini 
Beasley's Pesticide Free Butta Zucchini
Beasley's Pesticide Free Yellow Squash (recipe below)
Beasley's Pesticide Free White Radish
Beasley's Pesticide Free Scallop Squash




Where we will be this week:
please note: due to demands on the farm, the Sunday and Monday locations are temporarily suspended. Produce Barn will be open as usual. Thanks for understanding.

Friday - Rolo will be at the Spring Hill location. If you would like  pesticide-free collards or swiss chard, please phone to reserve them, so that we will know to bring them.

Saturday - Rolo and Joann will be at the Hernando County Farmers Market on Hwy 19 with 40 other vendors! Come browse, shop, and visit with your neighbors - it's an all 'round enjoyable time. You'll also be supporting local businesses by visiting their booths. If you would like  pesticide-free collards or swiss chard, please phone to reserve them, so that we know to bring them.

Saturday and everyday - Gran'ma Angie, Nana Phyllis, Joann and Rolo will be at the Produce Barn until 6PM. Fresh Cut Pesticide-free Swiss Chard will be eagerly awaiting you in the little wading pool.

For our Calendar of Locations, and special times and dates for Mayplease click here, or click on the Calendar Tab at the top of this page.



This week's recipe suggestions:

(fresh or frozen berries)

(any berries)






Quotes for this week:


"You cannot do a kindness too soon, 
for you never know how soon 
it will be too late." 
-Ralph Waldo Emerson

"Constant kindness can accomplish much. 
As the sun makes ice melt, kindness causes 
misunderstanding, mistrust, 
and hostility to evaporate."
-Albert Schweitzer





As always, thank you for your encouragement and support. Without you, we wouldn't be able to do what we love most - FARM!

Looking forward to seeing you,


Thursday, May 10, 2012

Tasty and Healthy - May 10, 2012

Greetings! Welcome to this week's newsletter. 


New crops are being harvested every week, so we are busy as ever! Please scroll down to view all the crops currently being harvested.








A very happy Mother's Day to all the special women who nurture and care for others! We extend our gratitude for the generous giving of yourself to the rest of us.


This is our last week for the Big Spring U-Pick Green Beans. Pole Beans - Green Beans - Yellow Wax Beans -  It looks like this is the last week! For all the information, please click here(RECIPES BELOW)

Currently harvesting lots n LOTS of squashes - all pesticide-free.


Many of these are "specialty squashes" with slightly different colors and textures to make meals more interesting and enjoyable at your dinner table.




Here are 3 colors of our Zuchinis. 


Also being harvested are: 


Eight-ball Zucchini, Yellow Summer Squash, Yellow Butta Zucchini,  Scallop Squash, Yellow Zucchini. 


There are still some beautiful fresh beets (perfect for juicing, canning, roasting or boiling).


A very warm Spring has ended our winter harvests BUT we have a small amount of Rhubarb Swiss Chard...


AND... 


if you phone the farm, Joann will harvest fresh Collard Greens. These must be cut early-EARLY in the morning, and specially processed.




In addition, we are harvesting crisp, delicious, pesticide-free white radishes!



Please phone if you are interested in canning beets. These are our pesticide-free, small-to-medium size beets without the green tops - available for a short time.

Please feel free to phone the farm for special requests or special orders. We'll do everything we can to accommodate you. If you need something from the Farmers Market in Plant City, it is best to phone by Wednesday afternoon.
The Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services visits to our farm to test our soil and plants. For more information about our farming techniques, and the testing we undergo, please click here.


Gran'ma Angie thanks you for the bags! She hopes you will keep on bringing 'em. Thanks for "recycling" your plastic bags with us! It helps us keep prices down.


From the Farmers Market:
Florida tomatoes
Eggplant
Cucumbers
Pickling cucumbers
***Yellow*** Bell Peppers
Green Bell Peppers
Green Jalapenos (be sure to remove the seeds!)
Sweet Cubanella Peppers
Radishes
Carrots
Sweet Potatoes
Baking Potatoes
Florida Red Skin Potatoes
***bicolor corn***
Yellow onions
Celery
Romaine
Lemons
Limes
Valencia Oranges
DeAngelo Pears
Bananas
Cantaloupe
Watermelon (seedless)
Wonderful Fresh Herbs in 4" pots (oregano & mint)

From the Farm:

Beasley's Pesticide Free Beets (no tops-perfect for canning)
Beasley's Pesticide Free Swiss Chard
Beasley's Pesticide Free Eight Ball Zucchini (recipes below)
Beasley's Pesticide Free Zucchini (recipes below)
Beasley's Pesticide Free Yellow Zucchini 
Beasley's Pesticide Free Yellow Squash (recipe below)
Beasley's Pesticide Free U-Pick Green Beans
Beasley's Pesticide Free U-Pick Pole Beans
Beasley's Pesticide Free U-Pick Yellow Wax Beans
Beasley's Pesticide Free White Radish




Where we will be this week:

Monday - we will be at the Cloverleaf location. If you would like  pesticide-free collards or swiss chard, please phone to reserve them, so that we know to bring them.

Friday - Rolo will be at the Spring Hill location. If you would like  pesticide-free collards or swiss chard, please phone to reserve them, so that we will know to bring them.

Saturday - Rolo and Joann will be at the Hernando County Farmers Market on Hwy 19 with 40 other vendors! Come browse, shop, and visit with your neighbors - it's an all 'round enjoyable time. You'll also be supporting local businesses by visiting their booths. If you would like  pesticide-free collards or swiss chard, please phone to reserve them, so that we know to bring them.

Saturday and everyday - Gran'ma Angie, Nana Phyllis, Joann and Rolo will be at the Produce Barn until 6PM. Fresh Cut Pesticide-free Swiss Chard will be eagerly awaiting you in the little wading pool.

Sunday - Visit Rolo at the Towne Square Market Place in Spring Hill near Chili's on Hwy 19 from 8AM-3PM.  

For our Calendar of Locations, and special times and dates for Mayplease click here, or click on the Calendar Tab at the top of this page.



This week's recipe suggestions:

(great finger food!)



(there are more squash recipes found in the right column under the word "labels")


Cool and Lite

Jill Yelverton's
Meal in a Dish


Swiss Chard - not just for boiling




Quotes for this week:


Follow your heart, but be quiet for a while first. 
Ask questions, then feel the answer.
Learn to trust your heart
~ Unknown



We're always trying to move out of the
darkness, when all we have to do
is turn on the light. 
~ Steve Potter




As always, thank you for your encouragement and support. Without you, we wouldn't be able to do what we love most - FARM!

Looking forward to seeing you,


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