UF GATOR CSA November 2012 thru May 2013

THE FARM HAS SHARES OPEN!

We offer a flex­i­ble CSA pro­gram which allows you to skip a week and not lose your money. We allow weekly choices of all the farm’s items, (ALL items are SEASONAL & SUBJECT TO CROP AVAILABILITY).….….PESTICIDE FREE fresh veg­eta­bles, our very own Home­made Jams & Baked Goods, Local HONEY (Bee Sweet Apairies–Floral City, FL), PLANTS (veg­etable starters or flow­er­ing annu­als) & Bob­white Quail (dressed)..YOU choose your weekly items.
Please con­tact us or look at our UF Gator CSA Page if you have ques­tions or are inter­ested in becom­ing part of our farm family.

 

 

Springtime on the Farm

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OMG its May.…where have I been??  I know its been awhile since I updated our farm info folks , I do apologize…we just get so busy dur­ing ‘peak sea­son” that I fall behind.….I am finally report­ing in! Since Mar­vin cov­ers the mar­kets dur­ing the week…I am chief of all farm chores and between seed­ing, water­ing, plant­ing, book-work, dishes ‚meals..and all others…I just can’t keep up.…so yes its my fault that the web­site fell behind… We’ve had a bouncy roller coaster ride with the “win­ter” weather  and then here we are in sum­mer ( and its May) and very dry…way too dry! We’ve added chick­ens to the farm ( so yes around Nove­mer) we should be able to offer fresh eggs.….(baby chicks & now pullets.….what an expe­ri­ence that has been). We’ve planted and lost alot of our fall crops this past“winter”, over 3,000 broc­coli & cau­li­flower never made it to mar­ket (or CSA) along with Napa Cabbages…yet when our backs felt broke…our spir­its hailed on.…. Some pic­tures are added so you can get a lit­tle visual insite.…. THANKS to each of you that have stuck with us and came to mar­ket( or CSA) and helped us plow on!!!

Delicious Pork

Here is a let­ter from a very sat­is­fied customer:

Hi guys,
Just wanted to let you know that the pork roast I got from you last
week was the best I have eaten in years! It was so lean, ten­der,
juicy, and fla­vor­ful. What a deli­cious meal it made.

Also wanted to say thank you for being farm­ers and grow­ing all the
yummy stuff we eat. I come from a long line of Penn­syl­va­nia farm­ers
and know what hard work it is. So, thank you! Your will­ing­ness to work
long hours, haul all the goods to mar­ket, and grow good food for us
‘city folk’ is appreciated.

Nora

New on the Farm !

We have started rais­ing quail, and we are sell­ing them “dressed” at our farmer’s mar­kets. We also have more pigs for mar­ket too!

We’re still plant­ing and grow­ing veg­gies, but have backed off from some many “flow­ers” this sea­son as we try to go with all edi­bles so the farm can stay afloat with the eco­nomic shift.  We’ll see where this sea­son takes us !

We have also added “Buddy-Sirloin Gra­ham” to the farm, we hope to add our beef prod­ucts to our mar­ket menu in the spring.

We are doing our own pro­cess­ing now and hope to start the uphill bat­tle of becom­ing “USDA” within our life­time, but for now we are under our “mas­ter feed per­mit” with the State, so for now its.…veggies, pork, quail and jams n jellies !

And again we also have the veg­gie starter plants for the home gar­dener!  Happy New Year to all !

Graham Farms
More Pic­tures of Gra­ham Farms