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From: Pastures Rose Creek <pastures1051@gmail.com>
Date: 06/21/2013 5:39 PM (GMT-05:00)
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Subject: The Pastures of Rose Creek: This Week's Harvest


Hello all and Merry Solstice!  Let us give thanks for (so far) Mother Nature has been quite generous with the rain and relatively cool transition to summer - we here at the farm hope she keeps it up!  Those veggies (and weeds!) definitely know the difference between rain water and hose water!  I'm sure they grow a foot for every inch of rain...

Oh!  And don't forget to check out the attached flyer for the upcoming "Fields of Promise" Dinner on August 24 - fostering the love of agriculture by raising scholarship funds for FFA students.

things 'bout to get cray...

We're about to turn your whole world upside down as we announce the end of Friday emails.  Do not fret, however!...the emails are just moving to a new "time slot" - and will begin your week rather than mark the end of it.  

Just don't get confused on Monday when you receive the weekly P.o.R.C. email, start making your plans for your beach weekend, don't show up for work the next day, get a call from an irate boss while you sit on a deserted beach (because it's Tuesday, and who else has the luxury of the beach on a Tuesday?)...margarita in hand watching a silhouetted pair of dolphins gleefully frolicking in the sparkling, summer sunset....

Ok - well in the off chance this does happen to you -  you're welcome (and don't forget to send a postcard)!

the competition is on!...

For all y'all who make the daily trek (or even an every once and a while trek) down Colham Ferry - you may have noticed our affable scarecrow hangin' out in Boises Field scarin' crows and makin' threats at other winged species who are very interested in our freshly seeded patch of cow peas.

Well, it has been suggested, by a very wise and respected member of the community (Ms. Cindy Pritchard!) that our scarecrow needs a name...one that fully satisfies the loving and attentive nature of our scarecrow.

So the competition is on!  We invite you to send us your best suggestions. Over the course of the next 2 weeks y'all can send in your thoughts on how to suitably dub our scarecrow.  

All submissions must be in by Sunday, July 7.  Submissions will be reviewed by a carefully selected, undisclosed panel of judges.  The award-winning appellation will be revealed in the following Monday email.

The prize...$1,000,000 cash...or a basket o' farm fresh veggies and eggs - whichever we happen to have on hand at the time.

and then there were 3...markets that is.

Yup there's a new market in Oconee.  In addition to the Oconee Farmers Market held on Saturday mornings and Tuesday afternoons...we also welcome Central Bishop Market which had it's inaugural market yesterday evening.  

Central Bishop Market will be held each Thursday from 4-7 pm, downtown Bishop in the parking lot in front of Bradford Pottery.  This market will run during the peak veggie season and will host a variety of meat and veggie vendors and even a few craft vendors.

So for all you locavores, there's no need for the grocery store! - just make it a market week and hit all 3!

Oconee Farmers Market - TUESDAY 4 - 7 pm
Watkinsville First Christian Church
4 Main Street Watkinsville

Central Bishop Market - THURSDAY 4 - 7 pm
Parking Lot in front of Bradford Pottery
4860 Macon Hwy (Hwy 441) Bishop

Oconee Farmers Market - SATURDAY 8 am - 1 pm
Downtown in front of the Courthouse
Main Street Watkinsville

*If you are interested in becoming a vendor please contact John Bradford (575.224.1369) for the Central Bishop Market and Cindy Pritchard (oconeefm@yahoo.com) for the Oconee Farmers Market.

our offerings this week...
  • cucumbers - pickling, diva, and lemon & green apple varieties 
  • squash - zepher, yellow, zucchini
  • red radishes
  • beets
  • and perhaps a few extra surprise veggies...
  • farm fresh eggs (get your order in soon...these guys go FAST!)
  • pottery from bradford pottery
Hope to see y'all at the market in Watkinsville on Saturday 8 am - 1pm & Tuesday 4-7 pm, and/or in Bishop on Thursday 4-7 pm!

For the love of community and all things farming...

Your local farmers,

Willy P., Savage, the Potter, and me

The Pastures of Rose Creek, LLC
1051 Rose Creek Drive
Watkinsville, GA 30677
706.254.9391
575.613.2029

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