Thursday, July 23, 2009

Week 5 - A few changes


We are now entering Week #5 and have a few changes for Jake's. First, the girls have gone home to Alabama....we hope they will want to come back next year for an extended visit. Second, we have a new addition to the household, Coconut. She is a rescue kitten (now sitting on my keyboard trying to catch fingers) that the girls found on Hwy 20 this weekend. She was frightened at first, but now rules the house and most likely the store.

We also added complimentary ice cream on Sunday. Homemade vanilla with peach and/or blueberry topping. Yum Yum! Salsa and fried pies are also here! The salsa is homemade while the fried pies come from BJ Reece in Ellijay.


BJ Reece is now supplying our peaches and the fresh 2009 Apple crop is about to begin starting with June apples now in stock.

This is the first week we have been able to supply all our inventory with produce from North Georgia only. We will continue to use our South Georgia farmers at times, but are now reaching our goal of being locally grown. Half Runner Peas, peaches, apples, squash, cucumbers, garden variety tomatoes, red and white new potatoes, vidalia onions, bell, sweet and hot peppers, blueberries, shelled peas and butter beans are a few of our offerings this week....take a minute and stop by for a visit.

Thanks,

Saturday, July 11, 2009

Berries



The fresh blackberries picked this week (all 3 lbs) were quickly sold on Thursday. We will try to have more next week, but we're not sure they will be ripe enough to pick on Tuesday yet.




We purchased a large amount of blueberries from a small farm near Brunswick, GA this week at Hopewell Baptist Church off of Sixes Road. For those of you in the area that missed the sale, contact me for berries....we all want to see this family save their farm and wish them all a speedy recovery.


Tuesday, July 7, 2009

Expanding Offerings

We have discovered that although the store is open only 4 days a week....Jakes is a full-time job in itself. The "girls", Jessie and Danielle, and I will have a busy two days ahead preparing for our Week 3 opening.

Today's agenda includes picking up 200# of freshly picked Alma, GA blueberries. We purchased these at a great price and will be able to pass that savings on to our customers @ $1.50/lb. Place your orders now to enjoy these savings! Bulk pricing is available.

We are also picking local blackberries today in Sutallee and tomorrow in Ellijay. These will be fresh, unfrozen and offered for a limited time only @ $4.00/pint.

For those of you requesting organically grown or pesticide free produce, we will hopefully have a limited selection of both this week. We will also begin offering our ripened or bruised produce in bulk on Sundays at reduced pricing. This is a good value for those of you wishing to make jams/jellies or relishes to enjoy after the season is over.

You can contact us via phone @ 404-667-5121 or via email @ lisa.fowler90@yahoo.com.

Friday, July 3, 2009

Jake's Week Two

Week Two is here and Thursday's market day was smoother than the first....hopefully we have purchased enough this time to eliminate a second market day on Saturday. My sister Liane has graciously loaned me two of her teeenage daughters, Danielle (17) and Jessie (15) for a few weeks. So far they have been a tremendous help and I hope do not get bored with the routine.

I have not been able to take new photos, but do promise they will come...my vegetable plants are almost all looking wonderful...the exceptions are a couple of squash plants look droopy and stopped flowering and a few of the bell peppers have holes in their leaves...bugs I know but it is too late to spray?

We have added quart bagged, ready-to-eat vegetables in the fridge with convenient pricing too....here is a list of our week's current offerings and pricing...please feel free to call if you would like local delivery on Monday. Our phone # is 404-667-5121.

Week of: July 02-July 05, 2009
Beans: Half Runners - $1.85/LB
Beans: Half Runners (Prepared in Qt Bags) - $2.50/LB
Beans: Pole - $1.85/LB
Beans: Snap - $1.25/LB
Beans: Snap (Prepared in Qt Bags) - $2.00/Qt
Cabbage: GA Green - $1.50 EA
Corn: Sweet Yellow - 2/$1.00
Corn: Silver Queen White - 2/$1.00
Cucumbers: McKinney - $3/$1.00
Okra: $1.00/LB
Peas: FL White Acre - $2.00/LB
Peas: Butter - SOLD OUT
Peas: Butter (Shelled) - $2.50/LB
Peppers: GA Bell - SOLD OUT
Peppers: GA Bell (Prepared) - $1.00/QT
Squash: GA Zucchini - 3/$1.00
Squash: GA Crooked Neck - 3/$1.00
Tomatoes: GA Vine Ripe - $3.00/2 LB Basket
Tomatoes: GA Vine Ripe - $1.50/LB
Onions: Vidalia - 3/$1.00
Potatoes: ID Russet - $.50/LB
Watermelon: Sugar Baby Seedless - $3.50 EA
Watermelon: Crimson Sweet - $4.00 EA
Watermelon: Liberty Seedless - $4.00 EA
Watermelon: Jamboree - $5.00 EA
Cantalope: $2.00 EA
Peaches: $3.00/ 2 LB Basket
Peaches: $5.00/ 4 LB Basket
Peaches: $1.50/LB
Blueberries: $2.50 Pint
Brown Farm Eggs: $4.00/ 2 1/2 dzn Flat (will split flat)