Spring is around the corner!
I know we are all tired of the cold and harsh winter but don’t worry spring is on the way! It’s time to buy your seeds, prep your beds, and start your early transplants. Now is a great time to start a compost pile or start your indoor pepper seeds.
Farm Updates
Seeds, seeds, and more seeds. While it isn’t quite time to start all of the transplants it is time for peppers. This year we plan on growing all types of peppers. Anything from simple peppers like bell, habanero, and jalapeno to complex peppers like Pasilla Bajio peppers. Along with this we have New and Interesting Seeds, the first and most interesting seed variety is Tonda di Parigi, a small sweet and round carrot! This type of carrot is perfect snack size and grows good in our arkansas hard clay soil. Next is Colorful Beets and Carrots. These beets and carrots can range anywhere from golden yellow to deep purple. The great thing about these is that the colors provide a wide range of antioxidants. Keeping up with the colors is Flint Glass Gem Corn, while not great for eating off the cob, there color makes fun cornflour and colorful popcorn. Pineapple Slicer Tomatoes are a bright orange, indeterminate, fruity, tomatoes. This variety of tomato is known for its fruity flavor and renowned for its taste. Finally, we have many types of cucumbers, Pickling Cucumbers, Tasty Green Japanese burpless cucumbers, Spacemaster 80 perfect small area cucumbers, Armenian technically a melon but still a cucumber, and the one i’m most excited about Gherkin Hokus those small crunchy cucumbers.
Beekeeping Updates
While the bees are on there way there’s lots to do. The brood box ( the main area where bees live) is here but, after talking to some seasoned beekeepers, I learned I will need another brood box and a honey super ( where honey is stored ). I am also in the process of building the hive stand, so be on lookout for more beekeeping content.
- Cousin Asher, trying out the beekeeping tools.
What’s Coming Soon?
Be on the lookout for a Pantry Preserve Website. The plan is too have a website along with Online Orders, for all of you who can’t make it to the market. With the creation of online order this means that Card Payment will come with it!
Soon to come products: while not guaranteed to make it to the market here are some possible items. Pickled garlic and pickled green onions. New flavors of classic pickles like bread and butter, sweet, and spicy dill. Jams and jellies are mostly out of season but, mom’s apple pie in a Jar and mango jam may be on the way.
What’s at the Market this week?
What’s New: Carrot Cake Jam and Pickled Onions
Last of Season: Strawberry Jam
Pickles: Dill pickles and Pickled Onions.
Asian Style Pickles: Danmuji ( Korean Yellow Pickled Radish ), Pickled Watermelon Radish.
Jellies, Jams and Soft Spreads: Apple Butter, Pineapple Jam, Strawberry Jam, White Grape Jelly, Carrot Cake Jam.
Where to Find us
Hot Springs Farmers Market 9am - 12pm
121 Orange St Hot Springs, AR 71901
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Caden Fason
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