Thursday, April 11, 2013

Tasty and Healthy - April 11, 2011

Welcome to this week's Tasty and Healthy newsletter. Such beautiful Florida Spring Time weather - and our crops like it, too!

(photo on left - Tuna Sandwich with Tomato and Swiss Chard, recipe below)

To see which Winter Crops are currently being harvested on Beasley Farm, please see the highlighted areas below.

BIG QUESTION PLEASE: A few customers have asked us about CSA's (Community Supported Agriculture). CSA's are weekly produce "basket"programs. It is where a variety of vegetables and produce become available in predetermined "baskets" each week to a group of individuals who have planned ahead of time to purchase the baskets. If this appeals to you, or you'd be interested in more information, will you please advise Joann on Saturday or by phoning 352-232-3381. Thank you!

Gorgeous Red Swiss Chard - freshly harvested!

Wanna see more?

How about some beautiful White Swiss Chard?

Both are pesticide-free.

Swiss Chard may be used just like spinach - raw, cooked, or juiced, as a side dish, in salads, on sandwiches.

Did you know Swiss Chard can be frozen? Perfect for soups and stews.

More about Swiss Chard here.

For Gorgeous Kale or Beautiful Swiss Chard, please phone the farm. We will cut it especially for you to keep it at its freshest.

Because Greens are extremely perishable, we ask our customers to special order them if picking up at a satellite location. At the farm, we keep them in children's swimming pools of water.

Our fields are planted with three varieties of beans in preparation for the Big U-Pick in May! More details to follow in coming weeks.

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

Beets
Yellow Squash
Zucchini
Scallop Squash
Yellow Zucchini
Okra
Green Beans
Pole Beans
Yellow Beans
Spinach - new crop
White and Red Radishes
Black-eye Peas
Conk Peas
Pink-eye Peas

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!

We Support Our Troops

Being Harvested on the Farm:

Pesticide-Free Baby Kale

Pesticide-Free Collard Greens

Pesticide-Free Red and White Swiss Chard (phone to reserve)

Pesticide-Free Fresh Spinach
Pesticide-Free Red and White radishes

From the Farmers Market:

Mushrooms

Florida Tomatoes

Eggplant
Florida Celery

Florida Green and Red Bell Peppers
Cubanella Peppers
Poblano Peppers, Red and Green!

Carrots

Sweet Potatoes

Baking Potatoes

Red Skin Potatoes

Gold Skin Potatoes

Florida Sweet Onions

Scallions

Red Radish

Beets (Beautiful, flavorful perfect for canning - available by the case, so please phone the farm to reserve!)

Green Cabbage

Florida Bi-Color Sweet Corn

Cucumber

Zucchini

Yellow Squash

Butternut Squash

Florida Romaine

Lemons
Bananas

Valencia Oranges - Beautiful!

Pineapple
fresh herbs - nice variety - basil, mint, oregano, parsley

As of February 1, 2013, we are no longer accepting checks unless prior arrangements have been made. "Bad Checks" have become a burdensome business expense.

We appreciate your understanding.

On April 13 The Food Truck Rally

will return to the Hernando County Farmers Market!

Everyday - until 6PM Gran'ma Angie, Nana Phyllis, Joann and Rolo will man the Produce Barn.

Monday - 9AM - 1PM We are now serving our north Brooksville customers in the Cloverleaf Farm Mobile Home Park - just off Hwy 41, across from the Hernando County School Compound and south of Croom Road in North Brooksville. Turn into Cloverleaf Farm's main entrance, on the right side by the golf driving range.

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 - 10AM-3PM Joann and Rolo will be at the Hernando County Farmers Market on Hwy 19 with 40 other vendors! Enjoy live entertainment, wonderful food, 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!

Sunday - 9AM-2PM Rolo will be at The Tarpon Springs Sunday Morning Farmers Market in downtown Tarpon Springs (Corner of Alt 19 and Tarpon Ave). A great Pinellas County addition to our satellite locations. Be sure to phone the farm for any special orders!

(links are in the words under the photos)

Grilled Eggplant

Chunky Oatmeal Raisin Cinnamon Chip Cookies

Swiss Chard Sandwich with tomatoes and bell pepper rings

Quotes for this week:

The truth is, unless you let go, unless you forgive yourself,

unless you forgive the situation,

unless you realize that that situation is over,

you cannot move forward.

~Unknown~

When you release the wrongdoer from the wrong, you cut a malignant tumor out of your inner life. You set a prisoner free, but you discover that the real prisoner was yourself.
- Lewis B. Smedes, in 'Forgive and Forget' -