Reminder!

No Fernandina Farmer's Market on Saturday, May 5th.  However, the Island is full of things to do & see this weekend with the Shrimp Festival.

We will have produce at the Riverside Art's Market downtown Jacksonville this Saturday.

Have a great week!  This blogger/farmer and husband farmer are going to take a couple days of leisure.  Special thanks to Fred & Sharon for keeping the daily duties up for us!  See you in a couple weeks.

Coming Up: Shrimp Festival

Fernandina's Annual Shrimp Festival is coming up -- May 4-6.  The Fernandina Farmer's Market will be CLOSED that weekend.  This Saturday will be the last Market before the Festival. 

Hope to see you Saturday!

Cut Rosemary

This week we will be bringing cut rosemary to Market. The bunches are a good size. Rosemary keeps well in the refrigerator for several weeks. On the occassion that I have bought cut herbs from the grocery store (forbid it!), I have taken what I do not use and dry it for later use. I wash & dry the herbs well. Then I lay them out on a paper towel on a cookie sheet, cover with another paper towel, and leave for about two weeks or until completely dry. No waste!

Timber!

Well, my blogging has not been too good recently! The greenhouse business has kept us busy. We are planning ahead to building our 3rd greenhouse. However, we had 60 pine trees either in the way or putting our houses at risk. So...the big project was felling the trees. Between Fred, Freddie & special help from family, the trees are all down & thankfully, no accidents!

New Crop: Bell Peppers

We have a new crop of bell peppers in all colors coming on nicely. We should be harvesting within the month.

We are harvesting spinach now, although it is in limited quantity. We enjoyed a bag of it last week and hope you will enjoy it as well. We ate it in a salad and also tossed it in an omelette. Delicious!

The tomatoes will come to market for two more weeks and then there will be a lull before the new plants are bearing.

See you at Market!