Tasty and Healthy - July 5, 2012

Welcome to this week's newsletter. We hope your Independence Day celebrations were enjoyable and safe! It's a wonderful time of year - an opportunity to be creative in making memories and enjoying summertime activities. Creativity is more than artistic endeavors - try preparing new dishes, or making fun snacks for the family to enjoy. It's the little things which bring lasting, cherished memories.

Special Interest:

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:

Florida tomatoes

Eggplant

Cucumbers
Pickling cucumbers
Green and Red Bell Peppers
Green Jalapenos (be sure to remove the seeds!)

Sweet Cubanella Peppers

Carrots

Sweet Potatoes

Baking Potatoes

Florida Red Skin Potatoes

Bicolor Corn (perfect for grilling!)
Zucchini
Yellow Squash

Yellow Onions
Scallion Onions
Red Radish

Celery
Cabbage
Romaine

Head Lettuce
FLORIDA Avocados
Lemons

Limes

Small Gala Apples
Bananas

Watermelon
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

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. 

Saturday and everyday - Gran'ma Angie, Nana Phyllis, Joann and Rolo will be at the Produce Barn until 6PM. 

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

Quote for this week:

“Your time is limited, don’t waste it living someone 

else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma, which is living 

the result of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the 

noise of other’s opinion drowned your own inner 

voice. And most important, have the courage to 

follow your heart and intuition, they somehow 

already know what you truly want to 

become. Everything else is secondary.” 

– Steve Jobs

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,

10137 Preston Rd

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

Produce Barn is open daily until 6PM

Phone 352-799-6752

When we're busy in the field, our cells keep us available:

352-232-3381 and 352-232-0294

E-mail us Beasley_Farm@tampabay.rr.com

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

Please phone the farm to special order Southern Field Peas if you would like them brought to one of our satellite locations.