End Of Season Is Here

HI EVERYONE WELL IT FROZE HARD LAST NIGH.
I AM PICKING THE LAST OF THE CABBAGE, TODAY.
THERE IS NOT MUCH OF THE WINTER SQUASH OR POTATOES LEFT NOW.
MOST EVERYTHING ELSE IS DONE FOR THE YEAR.
HERE IS WHAT I WILL STILL HAVE UNTIL JANUARY OR SOMETHING EATS THEM ALL.
KALE
CARROTS (I HOPE STILL TOO SMALL)
BEETS
MAYBE SOME ROSEMARY, OREGANO
EGGS (STILL SLOW)
OLDER HENS (SLOW COOK IN WATER) CHICKEN MEAT
(DOING 8 TO 12 HENS A WEEK)
ORDER FOR THE HOLIDAYS
CASH ITEMS HAVE ALL YEAR ROUND
BAKE GOODS (ORGANIC INDG.)
HAND MADE BEES WAX CANDLES
WOOD FRET WORK AND MORE
JELLIES AGAIN (QUINCY NOW)($4.00 a jar) made with organic raw sugar
HAVE MADE CHANGES FOR 2009
-----NO BERRY MEMBERSHIPS -----
BERRIES, EGGS, CHICKEN MEAT WILL BE EXTRAS AND MAY JUST ADD SOME INTO YOUR REGULAR MEMBERSHIP NOT SURE YET.
BUT, FOR THE MOST PART THE FRUIT AND BERRIES WILL COME FROM THE FARM HERE ONLY
THOSE THAT WILL WANT LARGE ORDERS OF SOME BERRIES WILL HAVE TO BE A PUT IN CASH ORDER AT THE TIME.
THANK YOU AND LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU MEMBERS WORKING AT FINISHING UP YOUR 08 MEMBERSHIPS BY FEB.
ALSO LOOKING FORWARD TO YOU ALL AGAIN NEXT YEAR
LEDGERS WILL BE KEPT NEXT YEAR IN A MAIL SLOT FOR EACH MEMBER AND YOU WILL PUT YOUR TOTAL SPENT THAT DAY ON YOUR LEDGER THAT DAY AND YOU WILL HAVE A LEDGER YOU CAN KEEP IN YOUR CAR, HOME WHERE EVER.
WILL BE PUTTING UP A CHEESE LIST TOMORROW FOR LAST BIG ORDER FOR THE YEAR THIS IS A CASH ITEM I WILL HAVE TO GET THE ORDER IN SATURDAY TO GET BY TUE. SO THEN NEXT WEEK ANYTIME YOU WILL BE ABLE TO GET YOUR CHEESE ORDERS

HAD OUR FIRST BAD FREEZE

EVERY ONE THE SEASON IS ABOUT TO END

MOST EVERYTHING HAS GOTTEN KILLED OFF BY THE COLD

MY TUB OF WATER HAD A ICE CAP ON IT YESTERDAY MORNING ABOUT AN 1/8 INCH THICK TELLS ME WAS COLD ALL NIGHT

COME AND GET WHAT PRODUCE YOU CAN

THERE IS SOMETHING HERE PICKED EVERYDAY

Please you that have not been making it out to do pick ups --- you have been loosing out.

"What do we have"

Last of the Hot and Sweet Peppers

Potatoes

Last of the Chinese Cabbage

I will be making my finial cuttings of every thing this week as it is only going to be in the 50's and next week they are calling for much colder.

There will be eggs and a few things through the winter.

Still doing up the older Hens every week

Sorry but too cold this year to get the fall chicks for meat. Those whom do not finish your membership up may get 4 young tender chicken in the spring should be about end of June

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• BEETS
• POTATOES
• LAST OF PEPPERS
• KALE
• LAST OF CHINESE CABBAGE
• CUTTING ALL SAVOY AND RED CABBAGE
• BROCCOLI SPEARS
• SOME SMALL CAULIFLOWER
• BUTTERNUT WINTER SQUASH
• BUTTERCUP WINTER SQUASH
• PIE PUMPKINS
• ROSEMARY

LEMON BALM

CASH ITEMS

ORDER YOUR PIES, ANGLE FOOD CAKE, MUFFINS, COOKIES FOR THE HOLIDAYS NOW

ARE MADE WITH ORGANIC AND OUR GROWN INGREDIENTS

CAN USE WHOLE WHEAT, WHITE UNBLEACHED FLOWERS--BUTTER OR LARD OR SHORTENING OR OLIVE OIL --- FILLINGS WITH APPLE, PUMPKIN, PEACH AND MORE FRUITS AND BERRIES --- JUST ASK

HAVE HOME MADE "QUINCEY JELLY"
Quincey, raw organic sugar, pectin, lemon juice
$4.00 a jar

POST IS UP DATED DON'T LOOK AT DATE

CLEANING OFF OF SOME PLANTS FOR THE SEASON

PICKING CLEAN FOR THE LAST TIME THIS YEAR

• PEPPERS ----
• SWEETS: BELL, CUBANELLE AND BANANA
• HOTS: HUNGARIAN YELLOW,JALOPENA, SERRANO AND CHILI

PRODUCE THAT IS DONE AND OUT OF

• EGG PLANT
• OKRA
• ONIONS
• LEEKS
• TOMATOES
• CUCUMBERS
• BEANS

SMALL AMOUNTS OF THESE VEGGIES

• YELLOW SUMMER SQUASH
• ZUCCHINI
• ACORN SQUASH
• CAULIFLOWER
• POTATOES (sold over 2,000 lb this year)

HAVE LARGE AMOUNTS THIS WEEK OF

THE 3 TYPE OF HOT PEPPERS

• PLENTY OF CABBAGE (green & purple)
  BROCCOLI SPEARS
  BUTTERCUP SQUASH
  BUTTERNUT SQUASH
  PIE PUMPKINS
  CHINESE CABBAGE
  RED RUSSIAN KALE
  NASTURTIUM LEAF
  CHOCOLATE MINT
  PINEAPPLE MINT
  LEMON BALM
  HAVE SOME PEARS
  ROSEMARY
  BORAGE
  MED. TO LARGE BEETS WITH TOPS
  LEAF LETTUCE

Some Of The Produce This Year That I have Had to Put in The Compost Pile After Pick Up Days As Was Not Taken By Members And More Then we could eat:
Several Times ----Chinese Cabbage, Nasturtium leaf and Flower, Cabbage, Broccoli, Cucumbers, Sweet Banana Peppers, Small Bell Peppers, Sweet Cubanelle Peppers, Hot Hungarian Peppers, Hot Jalopena Peppers, Tomatoes, Mustard Greens, Kale, Turnips, Radish Greens, Okra, Borage, Sweet and Lemon Basil, Oregano,Lemon Verbena.

I Have Dried Because Of Large Amounts Left After Pick Up Days: ---- Rosemary, Basil, Lemon Verbena, Chocolate Mint, Lemon Balm and Oregano.

I Don't Know How They Are Going To Fair But, Carrots are Still Growing and Last Planting of Beets

Have Every Week At Least 4 Older Hens (chicken meat) They Weight about Two an Half pounds each. These are to be Cooked Slow ---- in a Slow Cooker, in water in a Pot on Stove top or Pressure Cooker. Great Taste. Are $2.00 a lb.

Anyone interested in being a member next year I will have the New Membership Forms and Changes Next Week --- Their is a form with The New Changes on it on My Web Site --- http://www.bloomingpatches.com/ I do already have new members signed up and once I know how many of you members are interested in staying on I will then Know How Many New Members that are waiting I can Take on.

I can Not Thank You All Enough For being Such Great Members And Look Forward to A Better Year In 2009. THANK -- YOU -- ALL

JACK FROST HAS VISITED SEVERAL NIGHTS NOW

YES THIS YEAR JACK FROST HAS COME BEFORE THE SNOW

GUESS HE IS ON TIME

I DID LOOSE MY SWEET BASIL AND SOME DAMAGE TO SOME OF THE SQUASH PLANTS

I KNOW I AM BEHIND ON THIS BLOG AND I AM SORRY BUT, I HAVE BEEN WORKING FOR HOURS ON END TO GET THE BOOKS UP TO DATE YOU ALL SHOULD BE HAPPY THAT ANY ERRORS I HAVE FOUND HAVE BEEN TO YOUR FAVOR....

NOW WE ARE GETTING DOWN TO THE WINTER VEGGIES

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  CAGGAGE (PURPLE AND RUFFLE)-- .40 A lb.


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  BROCOLI --- $3.00 A lb.


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  CALIFLOWER ---- $2.00 A LB.


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  GREEN BEANS --- $1.50 LB.


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  PIE PUMPKINS --- 1.50 EA (LARGE 3.00)


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  YELLOW SUMMER SQUASH -- $1.00 LB.


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  ZUCCHINI --- $1.00 A LB


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  LAST OF THE TOMATOES ---1.50 A LB


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  TOMATOES FOR CANNING 1/2 BUSHEL OR MORE 1.00 A LB


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  NASTURIUM LEAF --- 1.75 AN OZ.


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  ORGANO -- 1.75 AN OZ.


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  TARRAGON ---- 1.75 AN OZ.


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  ROSEMARY --- 1.75 AN OZ.


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  CHOCOLATE MINT, PINEAPPLEMINT, LEMON BALM --- 3 OZ. FOR 1.50


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  SWEET BANANA PEPPERS --- 1.50 A LB.


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  HOT PEPPERS 4 TYPE --- 1.75 A LB


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  LAST OF THE CUCUMBERS --- 1.00 A LB.


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  RED AND WHITE POTATOES .80 A LB (GETTING TO THE END OF THESE)


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  WINTER SQUASH -- ACORN, BUTTERCUP, BUTTERNUT -- .70 A LB.


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  CHINESE LOOSE LEAF CAGGABE -- .40 AN OZ.


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  RED RUSSIAN KALE -- .40 AN OZ.


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  BEETS --- 1.50 A LB.


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  LEMON BASIL LAST OF IT --- 1.75 AN OZ


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  CASH ITEMS I HAVE TO OFFER YET


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  8 IN. POTTED MUMS IN SEVERAL COLORS --- $3.00 EA.


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  4 OR MORE POTS FOR $2.50 EA.


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  ORDER PIES $8.00 EA. (ORGANIC)


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  ASK ME AS THERE ARE SEVERAL WAS OF MAKING THE CRUST - WHOLE WHEAT, BUTTER OR LARD, CRUMB AND SO ON......


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  HOME MADE WHOLE WHEAT ANGEL FOOD CAKE --- 6.00


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  COOKIES, BREADS, MUFFINS, PUMKINROLLS


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  HAND MADE BEES WAX CANDLES


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  WOOD FRET WORK

MEMBERS AM DOING 4 OLDER HENS A WEEK THEY DO COME WITH YOUR MEMBERSHIP -- 2.00 A LB. ARE BETWEEN 2 TO 3 LB. EACH

YOU HAVE TO SLOW COOK THEM AND THEN THEY ARE TENDER AND GREAT TASTING I USE A SLOW COOKER - MOM USES A POT OF WATER ON THE STOVE PUT IT IN, IN THE MORNING AND EVENING IT IS WELL DONE YOU WILL SEE THE MEAT COMING OFF THE BONE. (YOU CAN NOT DRY COOK LIKE BROIL OR FRY AS THEY WILL BE TOO TOUGH) MY DAUGHTER LIKES TO MIX THE MEAT THEN WITH BBQ SAUCE, MOM WITH CREAM SAUCE AND NOODLES.

I HAVE CHANGED THE MEMBERSHIP FOR NEXT YEAR IT IS ON MY WEB SITE http://www.bloomingpatches.com/

I HAVE SOME NEW MEMBERS ALREADY SIGNED UP AND I HAVE CHANGES HERE AT THE FARM IN THE WORKS AGAIN TO MAKE ALL BETTER AND EASIER FOR ALL.

I HOPE TO SEE MOST OF YOU ALL AGAIN --- THANK YOU ALL

IF YOU WANT TO BE IN A GROUP FOR NEXT YEAR NOW IS A GOOD TIME TO GET ME YOUR INFORMATION ----HAVE TO SEND ME AN E-MAIL WITH AREA YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE IN AND INFORMATION TO SEND ON TO OTHER MEMBERS IN THAT AREA. AS I WILL BE JUST FORWARDING YOUR E-MAIL TO ALL OTHER MEMBERS IN THE SAME AREA THAT WANT TO BE IN A GROUP.

I CAN TELL YOU NOW I HAVE A GROUP IN: CLEVELAND HTS/UNIVERSITY HTS., KIRTLAND AREA, CHAGRIN FALLS AREA, SOLON AREA.

I HAVE MEMBERS IN THESE AREAS INTERESTED IN FORMING A GROUP: EAST CLEVELAND, PAINESVILLE, WILLOUGHBY HILLS, CONCORD, TWINSBURG, LYNHURST, EUCLID, MAYFIELD, CHESTERLAND,ORANGE.

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