For local produce, we won't be at markets until March, but you can order online and pickup every Saturday morning at the Family Bee's-nees farm in Franklinton, and also the 2nd and 4th Sundays in the afternoon at Wake Forest for the Wake Forest Local Food Collaborative. And as always, local delivery.
Due to Christina suffering a bad hand injury in December, we didn't get winter greenhouse-grown produce started (like radishes, carrots and leafy greens), so there may be limited availability of produce in the coming months until the early spring crops come in. In the meantime, you can still find some radishes, leafy greens, collards, wild greens, and microgreens for online ordering. (We are currently limiting wild greens to types that are easier for Christina to harvest with her limited hand mobility.) Cabbages and broccoli should be available in a few weeks, and we hope to have early spring edible flower seedlings available by March. Our chickens are growing up and have been laying more regularly, so expect to see eggs available as well! We will also be adding fresh-cut Camellia flowers to the online shop.
Speaking of microgreens, as we begin to use our light rack area for starting seedlings for summer crops, we will be reducing the amount of microgreens we're growing. So if you're a fan of those healthy, tiny greens, be sure to get them when they're available! We will typically still do 2-3 varieties available each week, but in reduced quantities.
We've got a lot of awesome things planned for 2024! If you haven't already, we'd love your support by inviting your friends to like our Facebook and Instagram pages! We will also be adding to new videos to our YouTube channel.
Stay spicy!
Christina
What makes a food something fit to be sold in the grocery store? It's usually along the lines of: ability for quick production, high yields, shelf stability, and demand. But what's available in stores is only a sampling what is actually food! Many high flavor, high vitamin foods grow all around us, without our help! If you stop to think about it, nearly every plant we eat was bred and domesticated from something that grew in the wild.
On Sat Dec 9th at the Family Bee's-Nees market, I'll have a mini demonstration of how to identify wild edible plants, some live examples as they grow in soil, and harvested greens ready take home and eat!
Can't make it? Check out the info packet that will be at the market, and order yourself some wild greens for delivery today!
https://www.blueridgepepperpatch.com/pages/how-to-forage-for-wild-winter-greens-in-nc
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We've come up with a gift guide, to help you find such items, and ideas for the types of people on your gift list! Check it out here!
]]>an important note about ordering - Once you get to checkout, you should see "Wake Forest Collaborative Pickup" as a the free shipping option. If you don't, it may be because items are in your cart from the Pepper Pantry section. We use Shopify as our web system and there are some issues with shipping/delivery; unfortunately they don't have the best setup for business like ours that have some items for only local distribution in addition to items that can be shipped as well as local distribution. Outta House Items have a duplicate listing under the Produce for Local Delivery section so that they can be ordered for the monthly drop. Please message us if you're having checkout issues. Thank you for your understanding!
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Sweet potatoes were just dug up, we also grow microgreens and have some trays coming ready especially for the November pickup, as well as wild leafy greens! Other fall crops like broccoli and cabbage are on the way and will hopefully be ready for December's pickup. Since our variety is a little less this time of year, we only have a limited availability of our Bounty bags and boxes - a mix of whatever farm fresh produce is available at the time of delivery, similar to a CSA box. If you're interested in these, don't delay since there are only a few available! We also include in these variety bags items that are in small quantity that we don't list separately on the website (like potatoes and green beans).
You may also notice some spicy pantry products on our website! Our nationwide focus is spicy foods, we ship fresh hot peppers during the season, and also carry spicy products from Outta House Creations and The Family Bee's-Nees and ship them to customers nationwide. You may recognize The Family Bee's-Nees as another Wake Forest Local Food Collaborative farmer - in the spirit of the collaborative, please purchase these products directly from them. While Blue Ridge Pepper Patch's focus at the collaborative is produce, we're happy to provide you with Outta House Creations items that we keep in our inventory! They also have non-spicy versions of some of the products as well as baked goods. If you would like to know more about those, please visit their facebook page! We know you have a lot of options when it comes to buying groceries, and we thank you for choosing us and other small and local farms!
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