Fresh Harvest, LLC

News from Fresh Harvest

Market News

Hello!
We have been playing around with this new email template for too long now. It is still just a “rough draft”and there will surely be more changes to it over time, but hopefully you will like the format. It will enable us to send out recipes and pictures as well as farm news every week, and will also have all the contact info you need on it. If you have any recipes or news you would like to share, we will be able to put those on the weekly email.

We want to welcome all of the new customers that have joined this winter. Thank you so much for your interest and enthusiasm! To all our customers, we are planning on starting up deliveries the beginning of May. We will continue to send out emails for the next few months with updates, but the Market will not be open until May.

We wanted to let you know that we will have vegetable and herb transplants for your gardening space this May. These will be available on the Market Page and will be delivered to Trinity. We will have a selection of basil types as well as a large selection of tomato varieties which are listed below (John is very enthusiastic this year! Go, John!). We will also have some other veggie plants as well as some flower starts.
These plants are all grown by us, and are grown using organic potting mix and organic seed as much as possible.

Tomato Varieties (All heirloom except Pink Beauty, Bradley, Goliath, Early Girl/Early Goliath, Lemon Boy, Sunny Goliath, and Sunsugar):
Black
Carbon
Cherokee purple
Cherokee Chocolate
Black krim
Pink
Pruden’s purple
Pink beauty
Bradley
Red
Goliath
Early goliath/girl
Italian heirloom
Stripe
Black zebra
Green zebra
Yellow/Orange
Lemon boy
Limmony
Earl of Edgecomb
Homer Fike’s
Sunny goliath
Gold medal
Cherry
Sunsugar
Black
Super snow white
Ildi – yellow
Isis – bicolor
Lollipop – yellow
Flamme – orange
Blondkopfchen – yellow

Please remember to spread the word about us to your friends and colleagues. We will continue to offer you a $10.00 credit to your account for every new person who signs up with us based on your recommendation.

Enjoy the changing seasons, and keep your fingers crossed for good planting weather this spring!
Thanks so much for your support, and we look forward to seeing all of you soon.

John and Tallahassee

Coming Events

Are you interested in learning about life on the farm? Tally is welcoming volunteers this season who are willing to put in a day of work each week in exchange for food. Please be willing to commit for one eight hour day a week. If you are interested, you can email Tally at tally@wildblue.net
Thanks!

Fresh Harvest News!

Dear Friends and Customers,

Hope this email finds you all well, and enjoying this snowy Tennessee winter! The past few days of warm, sunny weather have reminded us that spring is just ahead. We are really looking forward to it!

We wanted to fill you in on some happenings on our farms, and give some gentle reminders.

We will be giving a $10.00 credit to all customers who have at least $50.00 in their accounts by March 1st. Thank you to those who have already made an early deposit.
Please know this is not a requirement and you are welcome to send in your deposit later. The early deposit is a way for us to get a better view as to our customer numbers.
Also, we do depend on your good word for our advertising! Please pass our information on to your friends, co- workers,etc. If you get a new customer to sign up and make their deposit, we will credit your account $10.00. Just make sure they mention you when they join!
You can put your deposit in via Pay Pal on the Your Account page of the website, www.freshharvest.locallygrown.net.
Or, you can send your deposit in as a check to:
Fresh Harvest
3514 Gray Ln.
Thompson Station, TN 37179

It has not been a restful winter on John’s farm! The heavy snowfall caved in two of his hoophouses as well as one bay of his Haygrove Tunnels. Luckily, the spring strawberry crop was not damaged. However, John is having to rebuild two hoophouses, which takes time away from getting seeds started. Luckily, he has a great attitude and is admirably perservering! And those strawberries look great!

Tally has been awarded a grant for organic growers from the Natural Resource Defense Council EQUIP program for a new hoophouse. Hmmm….after John’s experience, does this sound like a good idea? Anyway, this is a wonderful opportunity, and will enable Fresh Harvest to provide you even more winter produce next season. In addition to the hoophouse, the program will also be helping with the cost of straw for heavy duty mulching. In return, Tally will be implementing a new tillage program to help ease soil erosion and also putting in a native plant barrier around the field for pollinator habitat. Very exciting!

As you know, we love to hear from you. Please contact us with any questions or feedback. We will continue to update you with news throughout the spring. At this point, we will begin delivering again in early May, and will have vegetable and herb transplants for your garden.

Thank you so much for your support, and we look forward to seeing you this spring!

John and Tallahassee

Weblog Entry

Hello Everyone!
Please excuse the second email. We should have included this information.

You can either mail deposits to the address below, or make your deposit via PayPal on your My Account page on the website, www.freshharvest.locallygrown.net . Thanks again for your time and support, and have a lovely spring!

Please send deposits to:

Fresh Harvest, LLC

3514 Gray Ln.

Thompson Station, TN 37179

John and Tallahassee

Fresh Harvest News

Hello Friends and Customers!

We hope you are enjoying this mid-winter thaw! After the weeks of freezing temperatures, it feels good to be able to work outside and enjoy the sunshine. The fields are slick and mucky, but the greenhouses are warm. It is time to get the seedlings started for early transplants. We are really looking forward to the upcoming growing season, and all the new possibilities it offers.
p. *We wanted to invite you returning customers to get your $50.00 deposit in early. * This enables us to have a better idea of how many committed customers we will have for planning purposes. To show you our appreciation, we are giving a $10.00 credit to all who get their deposits into their accounts by March 1st.
Also, we really do depend on word-of-mouth for our advertising. If you get a friend to also sign up with us and get their deposit in by March 1st, we will credit you another $10.00.

We will continue on the same schedule as last season. Our deliveries will be to Trinity Church on Wednesday afternoons and Saturday mornings. At this point, we will continue to offer the eggs, meats, and dairy in addition to the produce.

Please know we love to hear from you, and let us know any questions, concerns, or ideas you may have regarding our service or farms. We will continue to keep in touch during these next couple of months with news from the farms. Also, Tally has promised to get her blog up and running again after a long hiatus, so stay tuned for that!

We hope that you are able to sign up early, and spread the word about us to your friends.

Thanks so much for your support!

John and Tallahassee

Fresh Harvest End of Season Announcement!

Hello!

We are sad to announce that we are done delivering for the winter. While we are thankful for the break, we will miss your smiling faces! Thank you so much for your support this season. Your commitment to local produce makes our small farms possible! We will resume delivering in May. If you have money in your account, it will roll over until then. If you would like a refund for what is remaining in your account, please let us know. You should be able to check on your account status on the “Your Account” page of the website.

We will be busy these next few months preparing for the upcoming growing season. Please help us out by spreading the word about Fresh Harvest. Word-of- mouth continues to be our best advertisement. We are ready to accept new customers for spring at any time.

If you are interested in continuing to order meats and raw dairy from West Wind Farms, you can receive their weekly email. Just get in touch with Kimberly at wwfarms@highland.net.

Again, we appreciate so much your support and dedication. As always, you can email us with any end-of-year comments and suggestions for the coming season. We benefit from your input!

Have a safe, healthy, and enjoyable few months. We look forward to seeing you in the spring!

John and Tallahassee

P.S. Hang on to those bags! We’ll take them back in the spring!

Fresh Harvest for January 3rd!

Hello and Happy New Year!

We hope you had a lovely holiday season.

So far, the plants have survived these below freezing temperatures, both in the field and in the hoophouses. While some crops have played out for the winter, the greens we do have are tender and sweet. These fresh vegetables are so healthy for you this time of year – a great way to keep up your immune system!

Please enjoy these fresh, seasonal vegetables while you can, as we will soon stop deliveries until spring.

Please go to the website, www.freshharvest.locallygrown.net to the market page to place your order.

Thanks so much for your support, and we look forward to seeing you on Wednesday!

John and Tallahassee

Fresh Harvest for Dec. 20th

Hello!

We’re offering Komatsuna for half price this week – $1.50 a bunch. This is an excellent Asian Green used in stir fries and fresh.

We are offering Gift Certificates, good for the 2010 growing season. These are a great way to encourage people you know to buy local produce and support family farms. The gift certificates are for either $25.00 or $50.00. You can purchase them on the Market page. We will have them for you this Wednesday. The recipient will be required to sign up for an account with us, and then we will credit their account. There is no obligation for them to buy any specific item.

This week we also have Earthwind Botanicals with us – another great gift item.

Please go to www.freshharvest.locallygrown.com to the Market page to place your order.

To those of you we will not be seeing on Wednesday, please have a wonderful Holiday. Otherwise, we look forward to seeing you! There will not be a delivery the week of the 27th.

Tallahassee & John

Fresh Harvest for December 13th

Hello!
We hope you are getting to slow down a little and enjoy this holiday season. We still have lots of good food to share with you!

We are offering Gift Certificates, good for the 2010 growing season. These are a great way to encourage people you know to buy local produce and support family farms. The gift certificates are for either $25.00 or $50.00. You can purchase them on the Market page. We will have them for you this Wednesday. The recipient will be required to sign up for an account with us, and then we will credit their account. There is no obligation for them to buy any specific item.

This week we also have Earthwind Botanicals with us – another great gift item. All natural, and locally produced .
West Wind Farms has a limited quantity of Large Turkeys available. These are frozen.

Twin Forks Farm bread will not be with us this week.

Please go to www.freshharvest.locallygrown.com to the Market page to place your order.

To those of you we will not be seeing on Wednesday, please have a wonderful Holiday. Otherwise, we look forward to seeing you!

John and Tallahassee

Fresh Harvest for December 6th

Hello!
This week we have a special on Twin Fork Farm’s Artisan bread. The price has been reduced $1.00 a loaf.
Also, we have Earthwind Botanicals back with us.
Tally would like to thank you all for being so supportive during this past month. Her mother died on November 30th. The link to her obituary is here, http://www.dornamay.com.
To place your order, please go to the Market page at http://www.freshharvest.locallygrown.net

Thanks so much for your support, and we look forward to seeing you on Wednesday!
John and Tally

Fresh Harvest for Dec.2

Hello!
We hope everyone had a wonderful Thanksgiving. It looks like we will continue with deliveries until at least the end of the year. This week we will have a nice array of winter veggies including white turnips with greens, komatsuna, red pac choi and lettuce mix. The komatsuna & pac choi are excellent in stir fry. Everything goes great with sweet potatoes.
For those that missed out on the turkeys, West Wind Farms will have frozen turkeys available. If you have an outstanding balance, you can pay at pick up, mail us a check or use PayPal.

Next week, we will be offering Fresh Harvest Gift Certificates that are good for the next season!

Please go to the website, www.freshharvest.locallygrown.net to place your order.

Thanks so much for your support, and we look forward to seeing you on Wednesday!

John and Tallahassee