For those that are signed up for the gardening class, we have to change the date of the class to 10/8. Sorry for the inconvenience and I hope you are all able to still attend. For those that were not able to come on 9/24 but are able to attend 10/8, please contact us so we can get your name on the list.

That’s right! Come check out our brand new facility and have fun learning how to get your fall garden going. We’ll even send you home with a starter plant or two!

Now accepting registration. The first 20 will join us from 10am-1pm (approx) and learn how to start a hydroponic garden, container garden, and raised bed garden!

We are also starting a garden service where we will come set up your garden and help you maintain it. This is something new we are trying so please let us know if you are interested. It will be a work in progress.

In the Press
Thank you to Adrienne with Brevard Business News and Pam with Florida Today for writing two very nice articles about our business! If you missed these articles, go to the BBN website and download the August 15, 2011 issue and to the Florida Today website to view our articles.

Gardening Class
Mark your calenders! September 24, 2011 we will have our first class at the new facility! We are working on the agenda and will be sending that out in the next newsletter, but for now you can plan on being at the shop from 10am-12pm. More info to follow.

Become a Friend of the Farm
We are now accepting memberships for the farm. There is a $25 dollar annual fee to help with start up costs around the shop. Membership forms will soon be available online, but for now we are happy to meet you at the shop to take care of this. This membership is a work in progress and all benefits may not be available right away. We appreciate all of your support!

Member Benefits Include
First access to what’s growing at PBP
Gardening classes
Discounts at EastCoastHydro.com
Private dinners at Potbelly Farms
Access to Deep Roots Meat
Access to raw dairy products
Live video feed from the farm
Advanced growing information and videos
Access to other farms within our network

Donations
We still have a long way to go to make all of our dreams come true. We have had some interest in investment and donation. We extend the invitation to any that wishes to see this business grow to feel free to contact us or visit PotbellyProduce.com and click the ‘Donate’ button. Make an appointment and see what we are doing and where our visions put us in the next 5 years!

We will be doing a series of blog posts that highlight products that we endorse and use on a regular basis. Products that actually work and make a big difference on how you feel, physically and emotionally. Food, of course, is our main focus but there are things that are missing in the S.A.D (Standard American Diet) that need to be supplemented or added to your intake. Here is a list of products we have used to increase our health index. We will expand on each one in later posts so just click on the links and explore for yourself.Feel free to leave a comment or question.

First and foremost is the Dr. Coldwell CD’s, these have been a huge help getting the mind to a healthy state. Research has shown that your mind has much more to do with your health then most people would believe. Just by listening to these stress reducing cd’s you can bring your body back to an alkaline state, reprogram your negative thinking, and be much happier. These cd’s are worth every penny.

http://ibmsaudio.com/eastcoasthydro

After you detox your negative thinking, it’s time to detox your chemical laden cells.

A good one to start with it the BePure Cleanse from Dr. Coldwell. In just 21 days you will feel much better than you do now. You will lose weight and gain better mental function when you clean out your body. I just finished mine 2 weeks ago and feel great, I lost about 5lbs, sleep like a rock, and I also noticed greater mental clarity.

http://www.nowbepure.com/

Other products that work:

35% food grade H2O2-http://www.jutrianrx.com/rx.php

Omega 3′s-http://www.pacificrimshop.com/

Trace minerals-http://www.mortertraceminerals.com/kt/

Deer Antler Velvet-http://www.royalvelvetnow.com/

That’s all for now, any one of these products will change you for the better and get your vibration higher. I’ve done all of these over the past year of so and my immune system is stronger than ever! I completely avoided the last round of colds/stomach bug that just went around, didn’t miss a beat while people around me were dropping like flies!

Hello fellow gardeners! We took a break to work on some other ventures but we are back in action now! We are currently working on a Kickstarter project to raise funding for our new urban garden project. A 5000 sq/ft climate controlled warehouse to install our NFT system into. This will solve one of the main problems that we ran into last year which was mother nature. The temperature shot up quickly and put us out of business for the season and left us with wilting and sick looking plants. This season was some of the same stuff, freezing one day and 85 degrees the next. That put us behind a month and a half. So we decided to upgrade our situation with a proper growing environment that will allow us to churn out around 1400 plants a week! Also to turn the greenhouse into a shade-house and grow tomatoes and peppers in there instead of delicate greens. Our other problem last year was we didn’t have an outlet for all that we grew, that is covered this year, we found buyers for everything that we can possibly grow. We will be supplying local business’ with beautiful local produce. Check back soon to see our project listed on kickstarter.com

until then, happy growing!

Hello! We are at the Sunseed Co-op beachside today celebrating Earth Day. Come down and grab some healthy edibles and celebrate with us!

Josh Miller’s Blues Review is on stage now throwing down some ROCKIN Blues too. Come get you daily dose of the legend himself J. Miller

Elly is a new addition to the farm crew. She keeps Rocky on his toes and loves to entertain. You can usually find these two galavanting around the farm, playing tug-o-war or chewing on each other. Rocky stays true to his form using his boxing techniques and Elly does too by going straight for his jugular. They are in love!

Big thanks to Nature’s Control for sending us some super hungry aphid destroyers! We have had some issues with aphids in the greenhouse so we called Nature’s Control in Medford, Oregon. They are number one in natural pest control, you can purchase their products from us or order directly from them at naturescontrol.com. Here’s some pics of our organic avengers hunting these destructive little pests.

We have Basil, Romaine, Cilantro and some Butter Head lettuce ready for market. The basil is loving the warmer weather but the lettuce not so much. Stay tuned to see our upcoming mods to cool down the greenhouse.

Here is a dish inspired by meat! I made some chicken stock the other day and got some beautiful true free range beef from the farmers market @ wickham park on Thursday. The cut I bought was a rump roast which was weighing in at 3 lbs. It got broke down to chunks, sprinkled with French gray sea salt and braised in the cast iron pan to a nice dark brown. That got tossed into the chicken stock along with some onions, fresh fennel, carrots, rosemary, oregano, garlic and some parsley. This will simmer down for about 6 hours and get nice and tender. Check back later for the next step….