Tasty and Healthy - October 25, 2012

Greetings! Happy World Pasta Day! We will share a few pasta recipes today which are freezable. As always, we hope this week's post finds you and your family doing well. It's Halloween week, so we're sending a few sweet, safety conscious Halloweenie greetings your way.

Presently we are harvesting our pesticide-free Yellow Summer Squash! We've been in the fields harvesting way before we anticipated! 

Featured Vegetable - Zucchini Squash

Do you enjoy Zucchini Squash?

Low in Saturated Fat and Sodium, Zucchini is a good source of Thiamin, Niacin and Pantothenic Acid, and a very good source of Dietary Fiber, Protein, Vitamin A, Vitamin C, Vitamin B6, Folate, Iron, Magnesium, Phosphorus, Potassium, Zinc, Copper and Manganese.

Zucchini may be eaten boiled, sautéed, raw, grilled, fried, baked, and stir-fried. It can be shredded for baked goods (remove the seeds) and used in salads, sandwiches and casseroles. For more information, please visit our web page here.

Currently planted on the farm, but not yet ready for harvest:

• Eight-ball Zucchini (our speciality)
• Yellow Zucchini
• Turnips
• Green Beans
• Pole Beans
• Yellow Beans
• Red and White Swiss Chard (another specialty)
• Kale
• Broccoli
• Mustard Greens
• 5,000 collard plants! (biggest seller)

It will be 60-90 days before these are ready for harvest.
The Kale and Swiss Chard require replanting due to the amount of rain.

If interested in SHELLED black-eye 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 regularly to test our soil and plants. For more information about our farming techniques, and the testing we undergo, please click here. 

A big thanks from Gran'ma Angie for recycling your shopping bags with us. Please keep them coming!

From the Farmers Market:

Tomatoes
Grape Tomatoes
Green Tomatoes

Eggplant

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

Carrots

Sweet Potatoes

Baking Potatoes

Red Skin Potatoes
White Skin Potatoes

Yellow Squash
Zucchini Squash
Butternut Squash

Yellow Onions
Scallion Onions
Purple Onions
Red Radish
Beets

Celery
Cabbage
Romaine

Head Lettuce
Florida BiColor corn on the cob!
Lemons

Limes (recipe below)
Bananas
Navel Oranges
Red Grapefruit
Red Delicious Apples
Florida Avocados

From the Farm:

Pesticide-Free Yellow Summer Squash
Pesticide-Free Zucchini
Phone for fresh-frozen Black Eye Peas

Where we will be this week:

Friday -  7:30AM - 5PM Rolo will be at our Spring Hill Drive location next to the Chevron location. Be sure to phone the farm for any special orders! 

Saturday - Joann and Rolo will be at the Hernando County Farmers Market on Hwy 19 with 40 other vendors! Come and 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. Be sure to phone the farm for any special orders!

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 October, please click here, or click on the Calendar Tab at the top of this page.

Gini's Zucchini with Pine Nuts and Raisins

Zucchini Corn Poblano Lasagna

Zucchini and Veggie Penne

Quote for this week:

Have compassion for everyone you meet, even if they don't want it. What appears bad manners, an ill temper or cynicism is always a sign of things no ears have heard, no eyes have seen. You do not know what wars are going on down there where the spirit meets the bone.
- Miller Williams -

Believe, when you are most unhappy, that there is 

something for you to do in the world. So long as 

you can sweeten another's pain, 

life is not in vain. 

- Helen Keller

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.