Thursday, July 19, 2012

Tasty and Healthy - July 19, 2012

Warm Summer Greetings and a Hearty Welcome to this week's newsletter. We hope your summer has been enjoyable, healthy and safe so far.

Cucumbers make a cool, crisp and hydrating snack which contain electrolytes on hot summer days.

Our pesticide-free Okra is slowly coming in. We're slogging in our fields harvesting as much as possible these days, depending on the rains! Thanks for always brightening our days with your encouragement. Because summer is a time of grilling, parties, and easy-make-ahead sides, we've included some recipes below to take the place of plain old rolls - plus it's a way of sneaking in some veggies!

Special Interest:

Just picked! UNSHELLED Zipper Cream Peas and Black-eye Peas. Same price as previous years - $24.00 per bushel. Please phone the farm today or Friday to reserve, as we cannot leave them in the shell for long, before they require shelling and freezing. NOTE: Shelling will be done on Sunday, so don't delay!

If interested in SHELLED black-eye peas, conk peas, or zipper peas, please phone the farm to place an order. Peas are in our standard two pound bag. $8 per bag.

As always, 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:

Tomatoes

Eggplant

Cucumbers
Green Bell Peppers
Green Jalapenos (be sure to remove the seeds!)

Sweet Cubanella Peppers

Carrots

Sweet Potatoes

Baking Potatoes

Florida Red Skin Potatoes

Zucchini
Yellow Squash
Acorn Squash
Butternut Squash

Yellow Onions
Scallion Onions
BiColor Corn (recipes below)
Red Radish

Celery
Cabbage
Romaine

Head Lettuce
Baby Bok Choy (salads, baked, grilled, sandwiches)
FLORIDA Avocados
Lemons

Limes

Bananas (these are ORGANIC Bananas)
Peaches (last week of South Carolina Peaches)

Shelled Zipper Peas 2lb bags $8 (phone to order)
Shelled Black-eye Peas 2lb bags $8 (phone to order)
Shelled Conk Peas 2lb bags $8 (phone to order)

From the Farm:

Reservations being taken for our specialty Traditional Southern Field Peas (phone to order please)
Pesticide-free Okra

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.

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.