WITH ALL THE GOOD RAIN AND COOL WEATHER WE HAVE HAD, IT HAS BEEN A PERFECT SPRING FOR LETTUCE. NOW THAT IT IS WARMING UP WE WILL BE HARVESTING ALL OUR BUTTERCRUNCH AND ROMAINE TYPE LETTUCES THIS WEEK. IT IS ALMOST TIME FOR GREEN BEANS, NEW POTATOES, BERRIES, AND BROCCOLI. THE WARM WEATHER CROPS LIKE CORN, SQUASH, OKRA, PEPPERS, AND TOMATOES ARE GOING TO BE A LITTLE LATE DUE TO THE COOL SPRING. WE HAVE ALSO PLANTED A LOT OF CANTELOUPE, WATERMELON, ACORN AND BUTTERNUT SQUASH. WE ARE STILL PLANNING TO PLANT WINTER SQUASH AND PUMPKINS.
ALL THE MARKETS WE GO TO ARE IN FULL SWING AND DOING WELL. WE ARE CERTAINLY THANKFUL FOR ALL THE LOCAL SUPPORT. WE WANT TO PROVIDE AS FRESH AND HEALTHY PRODUCE TO ALL OUR MARKETS AS WE CAN. AS WE HAVE MENTIONED BEFORE, WE DO NOT USE ANY SPRAYS OR CHEMICALS ON OUR CROPS AND FARM THE OLD FASHIONED NATURAL WAY JUST LIKE OUR GRANDPARENTS USED TO DO.
BEST WISHES TO ALL AND HOPE TO SEE YOU AT THE MARKETS.
BRAD AND WRITA
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Sunday, May 2, 2010
The Season Has Begun
We opened the season with a bang on April 10th at the Greater Springfield Farmers Market and what a beautiful day it was. The market has moved up to the northwest corner of the mall parking lot at the corner of Battlefield and Glenstone. The summer-like weather had everyone really excited about plants and gardening. This market is huge and has many vendors attending early. Brad is currently working as the market manager so he is a busy little beaver working with vendors and customers while Writa faithfully helps our customers. Although its early we have had beautiful Champion and French Breakfast radishes, lucious lettuce and spinach, and bunches of green onions. We also have a variety of starts for your garden including squashes, cucumbers, okra, tomatoes, canteloupe, zucchini, and sugar baby watermelons. This market is every Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday mornings opening at 8:30 am until approximately noon.
Our opening day at the Fair Grove Farmers Market was April 21st at the old mill pavilion. It was another successful day with the Kids Club handing out trees donated from the Conservation Department and dulcimer music provided by the Master Garderners son. The next week, the Director of Agriculture, Jon Haegler awarded the 2010 Farmers Market of the Year award to Deb, our market manager. We are very proud of her and thank her so much for all the hard work she puts in the make this market one of the best in the state, if not the whole united states. This market is every Wednesday from 3:30 pm until 7:00 pm.
We also are attending the newly organized Christian County Farmers Market in Ozark located near the Ozark Community Center off 14 Hwy going into town. Our opening day there was right after Fair Grove on Thursday, April 22nd. It was a great turn out for the first day and we are looking forward to helping establish a great quality market there. This market is once a week on Thursdays from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
Well, you can see, we have our work cut out for us. But we look the work and bringing you the best quality vegetables available. Remember, if you eat fresh and buy local, you will stay healthy and help your neighbor in the process. Thanks for all your support.
Brad and Writa Gray
Our opening day at the Fair Grove Farmers Market was April 21st at the old mill pavilion. It was another successful day with the Kids Club handing out trees donated from the Conservation Department and dulcimer music provided by the Master Garderners son. The next week, the Director of Agriculture, Jon Haegler awarded the 2010 Farmers Market of the Year award to Deb, our market manager. We are very proud of her and thank her so much for all the hard work she puts in the make this market one of the best in the state, if not the whole united states. This market is every Wednesday from 3:30 pm until 7:00 pm.
We also are attending the newly organized Christian County Farmers Market in Ozark located near the Ozark Community Center off 14 Hwy going into town. Our opening day there was right after Fair Grove on Thursday, April 22nd. It was a great turn out for the first day and we are looking forward to helping establish a great quality market there. This market is once a week on Thursdays from 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm.
Well, you can see, we have our work cut out for us. But we look the work and bringing you the best quality vegetables available. Remember, if you eat fresh and buy local, you will stay healthy and help your neighbor in the process. Thanks for all your support.
Brad and Writa Gray
Wednesday, April 7, 2010
Off To A Good Start
Since the weather has warmed up a bit, we've been planting lettuce, onions, potatoes, peas, spinach, and broccoli. We're really excited about this new year as we are hoping to be able to plant 5 acres of vegetables. The challenges are large, but we are off to a good start.
We now have a few openings for CSA members, so if you are interested, you'd better hurry as we just signed up two new members this week. Our plans are very user friendly and allow you to pick and choose what you want and when you want in the amount you want. Our plans range from $200-600 and offer a savings of 10-20% depending on if you make one, two, or three payments. Just call Brad at 840-1571 or email to bradgray1@gmail.com if you have questions, or want to discuss a membership.
Besides the Fair Grove Farmers Market, we are also planning to attend The Greater Springfield Farmers Market located at the mall on Tues, Thurs, and Saturday mornings 8:30 am till noon. This market opens April 10th. We hope to be offering some tulip, daffadil, hosta, day lilly, and hyacinth plants on opening day. It won't be too long before we will have lettuce, onions, and radishes. We are also planning to attend the new Christian County Farmers Market in Ozark, C-Street Farmers Market on Commercial Street, and possibly the Wilson Creek Farmers Market located in Battlefield.
So with all these markets to go to, we're going to be busy. But we always have time for anyone wanting to learn about growing their own food, so come see us at one of the markets we attend and ask us anything you want to know. Although we still consider ourselves amatuers, we do have some experience. Hope to see you soon.
Brad and Writa Gray
We now have a few openings for CSA members, so if you are interested, you'd better hurry as we just signed up two new members this week. Our plans are very user friendly and allow you to pick and choose what you want and when you want in the amount you want. Our plans range from $200-600 and offer a savings of 10-20% depending on if you make one, two, or three payments. Just call Brad at 840-1571 or email to bradgray1@gmail.com if you have questions, or want to discuss a membership.
Besides the Fair Grove Farmers Market, we are also planning to attend The Greater Springfield Farmers Market located at the mall on Tues, Thurs, and Saturday mornings 8:30 am till noon. This market opens April 10th. We hope to be offering some tulip, daffadil, hosta, day lilly, and hyacinth plants on opening day. It won't be too long before we will have lettuce, onions, and radishes. We are also planning to attend the new Christian County Farmers Market in Ozark, C-Street Farmers Market on Commercial Street, and possibly the Wilson Creek Farmers Market located in Battlefield.
So with all these markets to go to, we're going to be busy. But we always have time for anyone wanting to learn about growing their own food, so come see us at one of the markets we attend and ask us anything you want to know. Although we still consider ourselves amatuers, we do have some experience. Hope to see you soon.
Brad and Writa Gray
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