Category: Newsletter

Greetings, Thank you for a great last market day in Bonita. It was great to see so many of you! We are now opening up a market stand at 12 Seasons Farm on Saturday mornings, 8am to noon. We hope folks that are still here will come and join us. The farm address is: 14820…

Greetings, This week will be the last Farmers’ market in Bonita at Promenade this season. We hope to see many of you there. After this Saturday, we will open up a stand on Saturdays at our farm for the month of June. Thank you all for a wonderful season at the markets this year. This…

Greetings, Farming in southwest Florida is so different than the majority of the country, primarily because the bulk of our busy season occurs during the winter months when the rest of the country cannot farm due to damaging cold conditions. It also is distinguished by a start and end of season characterized by very warm…

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…

Greetings, Life on the farm is definitely quieter these days. A number of families have left and now we have a much smaller, lean, but still strong team. While the weather is hot, certain crops like tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, eggplants, Summercrisp lettuce, basil, dill, parsley, Swiss chard, and daikon radishes do well. We have good…

Greetings, This week much of our team is heading to other parts of the country– mostly cooler and drier places than SW Florida. The Small, Young, Kioski, Anderson, Hall, and Mountain Families and Carrie, Debby, Timothy, and Karen are all heading out. In all 29 folks (14 of which are kids) are leaving this week.…

Greetings, Today was the final day at the Captiva Farmers’ market. We are grateful for another good season there at Sanibel and Captiva. We will continue to do home and restaurant deliveries. One of the restaurants we serve is Sweet Melissa’s Cafe in Sanibel. I remember the first time I brought a sample flat of…

Greetings, When we started out on this journey to farm full time just over a decade ago, we had no idea the direction the farm would take. My job situation had changed during my 2 year masters program in Thailand and Germany (2010-2012) and we were faced with a decision when we were heading back…

Greetings, Florida has such a long growing season and we are now just about 2/3s through this current season, having begun harvesting and selling in mid-October. Thank you for the success thus far through your continued support. The Bonita market at Promenade is now scheduled to run through the end of May. We are glad…

Greetings, We had a beautiful and much needed rain yesterday. The increased cloud clover has also given the crops a break during these intensely hot days. The challenging heat of the fall and spring has resulted in many experiments to find well suited heat tolerant crops. For example with lettuce, we have trialed over 20…

Greetings, Thankfully, production remains good in tomatoes and other vegetables in spite of sweltering temperatures. We are having to increase irrigation in both the orchard and vegetable crops to manage this intense heat. We have a team of champions that continues to work well in spite of the heat and hard work. As mentioned last…

Greetings, The last few weeks our team has been working incredibly hard as the demand at restaurants and markets have been really high. We are grateful for a good season thus far and thank you for continued support. As spring here is more like summer, several of our staff are beginning their treks north to…

Spring into Spring this Saturday at the Farm! Come join local Herbalist Annaliese Klein at 12 Seasons Farm for a morning of herbal medicine making and medicinal food preparation geared toward helping our bodies through the Spring transition. Stay for a beautiful outdoor yoga session (weather permitting) with local yoga therapist Megan Healey. Bring a…