Month: April 2023

Greetings to the residents of Sanibel and Captiva from 12 Seasons Farm, While we still are harvesting from a decent number of crops, our diversity is starting to pare down as the heat and longer days does not favor the cool- season crops like cauliflower and cabbage. We plan to be at McCarthy’s Marina the…

Greetings from 12 Seasons Farm, The SW Florida growing season is long for us. Our season normally begins in October and continues until July. The season is bookended by heat which limits what kinds of crops will prosper at the beginning and toward the end. But there are enough crops that do well in the…

Greetings to the residents of Sanibel and Captiva from 12 Seasons Farm, The SW Florida growing season is long for us. Our season normally begins in October and continues until July. The season is bookended by heat which limits what kinds of crops will prosper at the beginning and toward the end. We find cooler…

Greetings from 12 Seasons Farm, It is great to finally get some significant rain. SW Florida really needed some relief from this prolonged dry spell. It certainly helps our farm. We grow most of our crops on raised beds to have better control over moisture levels in the soil. If we flat-planted everything (planting level…

Greetings to the residents of Sanibel and Captiva from 12 Seasons Farm, This week has been a bit like homecoming for us with Cate and Elisha both visiting along with some other visiting friends from out of town. When Cate is here, my mind is more at rest. She is so adept at shouldering the…

Greetings from 12 Seasons Farm, We finally are seeing the first reprieve of the heat and drought with a good rain yesterday and decent rain chances over the next 10 days. This heat has put an early end to strawberries on the farm. The strawberry yield last week and this morning was dismal. Tomatoes continue…

Greetings to the residents of Sanibel and Captiva from 12 Seasons Farm We finally might see a break from this heat and parched ground with decent rain chances over the next 10 days. This heat has nearly put an early end to strawberries on the farm. The strawberry yield this past week was dismal. Our…

Greetings to the residents of Sanibel and Captiva from 12 Seasons Farm There seems to be no let up in this heat. This limits most of our lettuce crop to Summercrisp which is a type of open leaf lettuce. It remains tender even under intensely warm days. We still have baby butterhead that is still…

Greetings to the residents of Sanibel and Captiva from 12 Seasons Farm There seems to be no let up in this heat. This limits most of our lettuce crop to Summercrisp which is a type of open leaf lettuce. It remains tender even under intensely warm days. We still have baby butterhead and romaine, but…