| Greetings!
Yea, Florida weather is back! No one truly appreciates this beautiful state we live in until it gets cold! I'm sold, no more cold for me. The strawberries did great! Luckily our farm is so close to the Tampa Bay, our temps are higher than many. We did have 2 days with hard freezes, but we did fine. John turned on the misters, that use very little water and coated the plants with a thin layer of ice. Today, the berries look good and we are picking to our hearts delight. Come on down.
For everyone that has our Hydroponic Systems we have some very important news. First, now is the time to get your spring crops germinated. We have our green house getting ready. We have plenty of germination trays available as well as some premium seed choices. If you are not sure what to plant, stop by the farm, we can give you some free catalogs and suggest what would be good Spring garden choices.
Second, if you have an automatic garden supplied with our powerful pumps, you can easily upgrade to up over 20 towers! Each add on system sells for $100.00, includes 4 vertical grow pots (16 spaces), our exclusive ground pot (20+ spaces) connections, medium and $20.00 worth of nutrient! Hey, if you are ready for more nutrient now is the time to add more towers and you will have plenty of nutrient! Visit our website for more info on all of our systems and supplies. Spring will be here soon and we will be well supplied with all of your planting needs.
As Always Thanks For Picking Us!
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What's Pickin'
Strawberries
Nevada Green Leaf Lettuce
Concept Green Leaf Lettuce
Cherokee Red Lettuce
Coastal Star Romaine Lettuce
White Spear Green Onions
Spinach
Bright Lights Swiss Chard
Bok Choy
Red Ace Beets
HERBS
mints
chives
thyme
stevia
oregano
rosemary
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ROSIES BOK CHOY SALAD
This is one of my favorite recipes
Ingredients
- 1/2 cup red wine vinegar
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1/2 cup white sugar
- 1 tablespoon soy sauce
- 1/4 cup margarine
- 1/4 cup blanched slivered almonds
- 1/4 cup sesame seeds
- 2 (3 ounce) packages ramen noodle pasta, crushed
- 1 medium head bok choy
- 3 green onions
Directions
- In a small bowl, whisk together the vinegar, oil, sugar and soy sauce. Set aside.
- Melt the margarine over medium heat in a small skillet. Crush the ramen noodles while still in their packaging, and add to the margarine along with the almonds and sesame seeds. Saute until everything is golden brown. Remove from heat and drain on a paper towel.
- Chop the bok choy and green onions and add to a large bowl. Just before serving, sprinkle with the noodle mixture and dressing, and toss to coat.
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WHY SAVE WATER? OR ALSO KNOWN AS I-4 MAY BE ONE BIG SINK HOLE SOMEDAY!
We have always known that using 80% less water than a soil garden was a very important reason to choose Hydroponics over Dirt, but this week I think it has been proven. I know it is very important to make sure the farmers do everything possible to save the crops. So, what was needed to be done, given the circumstances, had to be done. But, why are we not incorporating Hydroponic methods into more of our farming practices. Sure it may be expensive on the front end, but in the long run, the savings of our natural resources like water and fuel is insurmountable. I think the same reasoning is used in the question " why don't we use more solar power?" We live in Florida and there are no incentives to go solar. Maybe some politicians and corporations don't want these changes to be made! Swiftmud should be looking into reducing the need for our precious water, rather than digging deeper wells.
Hydroponics is our future, and I believe we will need water more than anything else in that future. Forget about oil, water will be the next resource people fight over.
Sincerely,
John and Terrie Lawson
Hydro Harvest Farms
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| WHITE SPEAR ONIONS |
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Onion Varieties
Onions are placed into two different categories. There are long day onions and short day onions. Long day onions tend to grow better in the Northern states and require about 15-16 hours of sunlight to produce bulbs. Short day bulbs work well in the Southern states and need about 12 hours of sunlight to produce bulbs. When shopping for onion varieties to grow, they will be labeled with an L for long day, and s for short day.
The other main thing you need to know about onion varieties is how they grow. We tend to consider onions as bulb onions, but there are also perennial onions, like leeks, chives, nest onions, and bunching onions.
Many onion varieties grow in a home hydroponic vegetable garden we have had great success with:
Green Onions:
White Spear
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| VISIT US AT THE FLORIDA STATE FAIR AND WIN A FREE GREEN THUMB GARDEN! VALUE $100.00 |
| Hydro Harvest Farms considers it an honor to be invited every year to display our Hydroponic Gardens at the Florida State Fair. Come on down to the fair February 4 through February 15. We will have a beautiful garden set up and you are already in the running for a free garden because you get our newsletter, but have your friends sign up NOW through February 15th and they will also have a chance to win the garden.
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| HOURS AND LOCATION |
Hydro Harvest Farms is Open Daily
Monday-Saturday 10-5
Sunday 11-4
MAP CLICK ON ADDRESS
1101 SHELL POINT RD EAST RUSKIN FL
We are closed on Christmas, Easter Sunday, Thanksgiving Day and Rainy Yucky Days.
Our Farm is a U-Pick Farm and a Farm Stand
We offer local fruits and veggies
We also have coupons every week. SAVE on produce, systems etc.
Don't forget we welcome kids. We encourage them to touch, feel and taste the food. Bring Grandma too!
John gives educational seminars and tours at the farm or at your business or school. Just call or email john@hydroharvestfarms.com
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BEETS YUM!
