2024-06-03 newsletter

Greetings from 12 Seasons Farm,

Saturday we began our first market at the farm this season. The
diversity and volume of production are coming down, but it is impressive
to see what we still have this late in the season. Most farming
operations are finished in south Florida so local produce is hard to
come by, but 12 Seasons Farm should have produce continue for the month
of June.

We are continuing with the two Tuesday options for getting produce on
Sanibel and Captiva– home delivery and picking up your 12 Seasons order
at MacIntosh Books + Paper.

Thursday we have the option for farm pick-up and home delivery
through the majority of SW Florida. Please place your orders by 8 pm
Tuesday for either of those options.

Finally, we will continue to have a Saturday market at the farm 8 am
to noon for the month of June. If you want to preorder, please place an
order by 8 pm Thursday and you can pick up your order at the Saturday
market. The Farm market address: 14820 Old Olga Rd., Fort Myers,
FL 33905

Here is our schedule for this week:

TUESDAY MACINTOSH BOOKS + PAPER PRODUCE PICK-UP AND HOME
DELIVERY FOR SANIBEL AND CAPTIVA RESIDENTS : There is a free
produce pick-up of your online order at 12 Seasons Farm at MacIntosh
Books + Paper between 11 am and 2 pm on Tuesday. We also have Tuesday
home deliveries on the islands. Place a preorder online by
Sunday, 8 pm.

THURSDAY FARM PICK-UP & HOME DELIVERY FOR SW FL (NOT
INCLUDING SANIBEL AND CAPTIVA): Please place an order online
before TUESDAY, 8 pm. For farm pick-up on Thursday, please come to 14840
Old Olga Rd., Ft. Myers, FL 33905.

SATURDAY 12 SEASONS FARM MARKET : Saturday, 8am-noon
at our own farm for the month of June. Buy directly from our own produce
stand and/or place a preorder online by Thursday, 8 pm.
Use the farm entrance at ******14820 Old Olga Rd. Ft. Myers, FL
33905
**

Orders can be placed online at 12seasonsfarm.com

This is what we are harvesting:

• Curly Kale
• Flat Kale
• Mixed Kale (multiple varieties)
• Swiss Chard
• Cucumbers
• Eggplant
• Sweet Italian Bull’s Horn Peppers
• Broccolini
• Carrots
• Cherry tomatoes
• Campari tomatoes
• Heirloom/Specialty tomatoes
• Red Slicing tomatoes
• Round radish
• Daikon radish
• Cilantro
• Curled Parsley
• Flat Parsley
• Italian Basil
• Lemongrass (preorder only)
• Lychee
• Papaya
• Banana
• Sunflowers
• SW FL Wildflower Honey
• Strawberry Butter

We still have decent diversity for this intense heat! Here is a photo
from Saturday market.

It was great to have Ek, Bianca, and Mikha visiting the farm this
past weekend. Ek helped prepare a papaya planting location for next
season.

Now comes a lot of hard work prepping beds for next season.

Benjamin is helping me find some of the final grapefruit of the
season.

We still have lychee available this week and likely next week.

Annika harvesting lychees for a snack!

Benjamin under some bananas that still need to ripen. Annika took
this photo, experimenting with her new camera.

Jungle boy Josiah swinging on the vines from a ficus tree.

The kids and Elena at the Barbara B. Mann theater last week watching
an Irish Dance performance called Celtic Throne. We had a lot of
fun!

Simeon and Annika did a great job setting up the market at the farm
without me Saturday morning, arising early and setting up tables, tents,
and transporting the produce. I was really proud of those two.

For those of you still in SW Florida, we hope some of the available
options this week work for you to get fresh organically grown
produce!

Have a great week and hope to see many of you at the farm on
Saturday!

Danny, Vicki, the kids, and the 12 Seasons Team