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Greetings from the farm, There is a beehive of activity on the farm as crop production and demand have ramped up. This time of year has the unique challenge of keeping pace with the crop production and the busier schedule of farmers’ markets, home deliveries, and restaurant orders. Thankfully, we have a great team this…

Greetings to the residents of Sanibel and Captiva from the farm, The busy season is now upon us as we try to keep pace with the crop production and the the busier schedule of bringing produce to farmers’ markets, homes, and restaurants. We enjoy this life, but it is a demanding one. Thankfully, we have…

Greetings from the farm, The produce harvests have been good now that the weather is with pleasantly warm days and mildly cool nights. I often say the vegetables we grow do best in the same weather that most people seem to enjoy. When it gets too hot, then a lot of our crops begin to…

Greetings from the farm, This weekend we had a great effort by our team preparing the farm for the colder weather. We covered most of the sensitive crops with frost/freeze blankets, used propane heaters, and ran sprinklers to atomize the water and elevate temperatures. We recorded 30.6 degrees on Sunday morning and 31.1 this morning…

Greetings from the farm, We have enjoyed serving the residents of Sanibel and Captiva each Tuesday. Thank you for coming out to see us. We plan to be back at McCarthy’s Marina on Tuesday, 9-11 am. As usual we will set up both a small market stand of produce and provide an option for people…

Greetings to the residents of Sanibel and Captiva from 12 Seasons Farm, It is a very chilly morning. We recorded 30.6 degrees in one of the coldest areas of our farm. We are hoping for a good outcome. Sensitive plants were covered with frost blankets, heaters were deployed, and sprinklers turned on to reduce cold…

Greetings from the farm, We have been invited to join the Lakes Park Farmers’ Market in Ft. Myers and plan to be there each Wednesday, 9 am to 1 pm. This makes for a full week with Sanibel/Captiva on Tuesday, Lakes Park on Wednesday, Home Deliveries on Thursday, and Bonita Springs Promenade market on Saturday.…

Greetings from the farm, This brief newsletter is specifically for those on Sanibel and Captiva. We enjoyed the opportunity to reconnect with so many of you at McCarthy’s Marina last Tuesday. You all have been through enormous challenges. We hope the fresh vegetables were nourishing, delicious, and reminder of good things behind and ahead! We…

Greetings from the farm, We hope this newsletter finds you well as we embark into 2023! We look forward to being on Captiva tomorrow. We received a good number of orders for tomorrow and look forward to seeing so many of you there between 9 and 11 am at McCarthy’s Marina. The crops are growing…

Greetings from the farm, We are pleased to announce that we have a produce option for residents in Sanibel and Captiva!! Starting this Tuesday, January 3, we will set up at McCarthy’s Marina from 9-11 am. Captain Bob Rando of Captiva Cruises has graciously allowed us to set up each week in the parking lot…

Greetings from the farm, It was a Mercy Christmas! We had 33.6 degrees on Christmas Eve day and 36.6 degree on Christmas morning. Super relieved. The clouds came in and kept frost and freeze conditions from settling in. We were very grateful to have come out well for this first early cold weather event. While…

Greetings from the farm, We saw the first strawberries ripen over the weekend and are starting see a consistent supply of the heirloom/specialty tomatoes. The diversity of our offerings continues to grow with the addition of green onions, carrots, and the first of the Italian bull horn sweet peppers. We are hoping to get out…

Greetings from the farm, Every day we see more and more progress and a closer return to a familiar schedule of farming with daily planting, crop care, harvesting, and a return to market, deliveries, and restaurant orders! We are now harvesting generous amounts of eggplant, romano green beans, and cabbage! Kale, arugula, lettuce, and radishes…

Greetings from the farm, We had a great Saturday seeing so many of you. It was fun to reconnect and be back at market! Our December schedule should be fairly similar to last week with home deliveries on Thursday and market on Saturday. The farm overall is doing well. While the production remains quite a…

Greetings from the farm, We hope you had a good and restful Thanksgiving holiday. This week we plan to return to the farmers’ market! You should find us in our typical location with the green tents at the Promenade in Bonita Springs. We are grateful to be back! This week’s schedule: THURSDAY DELIVERIES : Please…

Greetings from the farm, Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday of the year and this will be a special one as we celebrate and give thanks for the resurgence of life on the farm, for family, true friendships, and the overwhelming kindness, generosity, and support we have received in the wake of Hurricane Ian. We are…

Greetings from the farm, We are excited to offer home deliveries again, beginning this coming Thursday!! We will also continue farm pick up pre-orders on Saturday. THURSDAY HOME DELIVERIES : Please place an order online before tonight, Tuesday 8 pm, if you want home delivery for Thursday. SATURDAY FARM PICK UP : Please place an…

Greetings, The farm continues to bounce back from Hurricane Ian. We are steadily getting more plantings in the ground and we are starting to see the first fruits on a number of crops as they are ready for harvest. We have enough produce to have a farm pick up this week for those who are…

Greetings, New growth is springing forth, the color green is returning to the farm, and life at 12 Seasons had a comforting feeling of normalcy this week as we planted over 13,000 strawberries. Before I got into farming, I never realized and considered there to be so many shades of green. After a storm of…

Greetings, We hope this latest newsletter finds you well. We wanted to provide another update on the impact and, more importantly, the recovery efforts from Hurricane Ian. While the workload and the setbacks are real challenges, we have had no time to be discouraged as the outpouring of support has been so encouraging and transformational.…

Greetings, We hope this update finds you all safe and well. Hurricane Ian has impacted so many of us and life as we knew it in SW Florida is now drastically different. We recognize so many of you, especially near the coast, have been hit really hard. Our hearts go out to you. We wanted…

Greetings, This coming Saturday is the final farmers’ market of the season for us! There will be no deliveries during the week– only the farmers’ market. You can preorder for the Saturday market as produce will be limited on this final day. Preorders due by Thursday, 8 pm. Our address is: 14820 Old Olga Rd.,…

Greetings, The slow wind down of the season is nearing the end. This is the last week for home deliveries. We still have a farmers’ market scheduled for this Saturday and next. Our address is: 14820 Old Olga Rd., Ft. Myers, FL 33905. If you order online, please remember to put your requests in the…

Greetings, Farming is hard, there is no way around it. Even though there is a rhythm to each day with multiple planned activities like seeding, transplanting, harvesting, washing, market and delivery schedules, every day and every season is different. Changing and extreme weather events, equipment challenges, new pests to contend with, changes with new chefs,…

Greetings, While we have been away this past week visiting family, the 12 Seasons team is hard at work. We continue harvesting tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, eggplant, lettuce, flat and curly kale, basil, parsley, Swiss chard, Longevity spinach, daikon radishes, and mangoes. The market stand is each Saturday at our farm, 8am to noon. The address…

Greetings, We will again have a market this Saturday at our farm. We plan to have it through the entire month of June. The address is: 14820 Old Olga Rd., Ft. Myers, FL 33905. The produce stand will be in front of the honey house. We still have plenty of tomatoes, cucumbers, eggplant, lettuce, kale,…

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…