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Greetings from 12 Seasons Farm, We made it back from our vacation and are eager to finish well the remainder of our season. We usually have fruits and vegetables that take us to through the beginning of July. We still have a good supply of tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, cucumbers, carrots, onions, arugula, kale, Summercrisp lettuce,…

Greetings to the residents of Sanibel and Captiva from 12 Seasons Farm, We plan to be at McCarthy’s Marina this coming Tuesday from 9 to 11am, May 23. After a week off while we were away on a family vacation we plan to be back this coming Tuesday. Thank you to those that pre-order and…

Greetings from 12 Seasons Farm, This week there will be no Captiva market at McCarthy’s Marina. We plan to return there next Tuesday, May 23. Two customers informed us that their credit cards were compromised after they used our website. We are very sorry for this and for any other people who may have experienced…

Greetings from 12 Seasons Farm, We are now in the final 2 months of our selling season. We plan to be at the Bonita market 3 more times through the last Saturday in May. We will then start a Saturday market at our farm beginning June 3 until our last market day, July 8. The…

Greetings to the residents of Sanibel and Captiva from 12 Seasons Farm, We plan to be at McCarthy’s Marina this coming Tuesday from 9 to 11am, May 9. _We do not plan to have a market on Captiva the following Tuesday, May 16. _We will resume on the following Tuesday, May 23. I know many…

Greetings from 12 Seasons Farm, We hope you all are ok from the high winds yesterday morning. The farm took a decent hit– nothing that can’t be repaired, but still a setback. It certainly is minor compared to what we went through in September. It should take Ek several days for repairs and we should…

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…

Greetings from 12 Seasons Farm, Last week we were able to get the first supply of organic blueberries. The quality was excellent. The blueberries are coming in at a good time as strawberry crop production is beginning to decrease. We should have strawberries for at least one more month and hopefully have blueberries consistently now…

Greetings to the residents of Sanibel and Captiva from 12 Seasons Farm, We now should have a steady supply of organic blueberries. We brought them last week to the Captiva market and they sold out fairly quickly. We hope to get a larger amount this week. The blueberries are coming in at a good time…

Greetings from 12 Seasons Farm, The tomatoes inside the newly built greenhouses are beginning to bear. We harvested the first fruits on Friday. First fruits tend to be big and beautiful. We also have a new crop of campari tomatoes coming on from one of our seasonal tunnels and more sweet peppers. It is always…

Greetings to the residents of Sanibel and Captiva from 12 Seasons Farm, The tomatoes inside the newly built greenhouses are beginning to bear. We harvested the first fruits on Friday. First fruits tend to be big and beautiful. We also have a new crop of campari tomatoes coming on from one of our seasonal tunnels…

Greetings from 12 Seasons Farm, February and March are generally the peak of our season both for production and demand. And boy do we feel it! The work load is very high right now, but it is great to see the farm back to full strength in terms of crop production. The team is working…

Greetings to the residents of Sanibel and Captiva from 12 Seasons Farm, The farm continues to yield well in most crops. This is the most strawberries I think our farm has ever seen. It is a lot of fun to see strawberry plants so full of fruit. It also means a lot of time and…

Greetings from 12 Seasons Farm, The production remains steady and good at the farm for most crops! We are grateful now for a strong strawberry harvest. Cherry tomatoes are also producing well. We send out 2 newsletters each week– one for Sanibel and Captiva customers and this one which is sent to our entire mailing…

Greetings to the residents of Sanibel and Captiva from 12 Seasons Farm, The farm is getting busier and busier these days with lots of vegetable production and high demand at markets and restaurants. Strawberry production is very high and cherry tomato and cucumbers continue to increase. Thanks to those who continue to come and share…

Greetings from 12 Seasons Farm, The crop production remains good in spite of the heat and dry conditions. We started to overhead irrigate some of the more sensitive areas to keep our raised beds from drying out as the drip irrigation has a harder time keeping the edges of the beds moist. This is why…

Greetings to the residents of Sanibel and Captiva from 12 Seasons Farm, Last week was a big day at the Captiva market with many new people coming. We are grateful to see that there is a lot of interest in getting fresh, organically grown produce. Thank you for your support, kind words, and helping make…

Greetings to the residents of Sanibel and Captiva from the farm, Several of you are new to our newsletter. We write a newsletter specifically for the residents of Sanibel and Captiva, usually on Saturday or in this case Friday evening. This allows us to communicate directly with you about relevant details to the market and…

Greetings from the farm, This past week was an excellent week on the farm. The hard work of months past combined with favorable weather and overall good crop growth has allowed us to experience our biggest increase in markets, home deliveries, and restaurant orders of this season so far. We are grateful to see so…

Greetings to the residents of Sanibel and Captiva from the farm, Last week there was a good number of visitors to the Captiva market. Thank you to so many of you who are sharing with others about this market. I brought Simeon, our oldest child, to the market this past week. He has been going…

Greetings from the farm, Strawberries are starting to bear well and it looks like we should finally start having a good supply at markets– at least so we don’t sell out in the first 20-30 minutes. We are super impressed by the quality and hopefully more people will get to enjoy them now that production…

Greetings to the residents of Sanibel and Captiva from the farm, We had a good week on the farm as the weather has been favorable. We have very good tomato, broccolini, cauliflower, cabbage, and carrot production right now. My daughter Annika enjoyed having the company of her friend, Meredith, at the Captiva market. Thanks to…