6J Ranch joins Manor Farmers Market

Manor Farmers' Market
Wednesday, 4-7 PM
Jennie Lane SmartPark
in down town Manor
free wi-fi & fitness zone


6J Ranch joins Manor Farmers' Market bringing us pork, poultry, beef and eggs . Come on by and welcome our new member. 6J uses Polyface Farm methods.

Tecolote Farm is starting to bring us vegetables and herbs from their farm in south Manor next week. They were going to start this week but David dislocated his shoulder. Squash, cucumbers, lettuces and lettuce mixes, eggplant, peppers, turnips, beets & lots o herbs

Lavernes shoulder is healing from the break and should be back next week.

Burt's Texas Garden will be providing us with vegetables again starting next week.

Green Grass Meats of Texas buy two sausages and get one free, Because of the extreme heat I'm only able to bring a certain amount of product. Plus we we have a new 5 LB Ground Beef package for $25.00. This is a $5.00 savings but must be ordered before MarketSo if you want more than a regular order or something special, please order ahead so everyone can receive a price break. David Ernstmeyer 512-939-1220 GreenGrassMeats.Com. Remember Save Water.


Texas Wendish Society Noodles for sale by Raymond. Hand made the old fashioned way just like his Momma made using eggs, flour and salt.

Gordon has some Swiss Chard this week and there will be more next week and the week after that.

Manor Farmers' Market is looking for more vendors. Mata tamales' schedule has changed and Benita is no longer able to come. We also need a baker and more vegetables too! Give me a call 278-1611 Denise

The Manor ISD Student and Family Support Services department is hosting a HOLIDAY SHOPPING EXTRAVANGANZA on Thursday, December 15, 2011 from 4pm-9pm. The event will be held at the Manor New Tech High School cafeteria.

We are currently seeking vendors of all kinds to sell their products/services at this event. Table spaces will rent for $25 (doubles for $45), if you provide your own tables, then the space will be $20. There is also a $5 vendor discount for MISD employees. Spaces will be approximately 6'x8'. We will be limiting the quantities of "same type" vendors, so that the event will offer a nice variety of goods.

We are also requesting that vendors donate a door price for raffle.

If you are interested in being a vendor, please contact me directly to secure your space for this event. All spaces will need to be prepaid prior to the event. You can call or email me with any questions.

Thank you! Looking forward to seeing you at the Extravaganza!

Cristal Jordan-Jefferies
Jordan Jefferies Collection
cell (512)971-5484
fax (512)906-1365
www.jordanjefferies.com

Oh Honey

For you JoAnna:

Denise/JoAnna,

I prefer to leave honey on the bees after the fall honeyflow. This
usually amounts to 40-60 pounds and is sufficient to carry them through
the darth of winter till the first natural nectar is available in late
February. Last year, they were moderately successful and I fed
minimally to some of the weaker colonies. The previous year was a
disaster and it was either feed them or lose them. I use sugar off the
shelf at Wal-Mart or HEB and mix at the ratio of six pounds of sugar to
enough water to make a gallon of syrup. None of this ever reaches my
customers. The syrup is consumed by the bees several months before I
put my extracting boxes on the hives. If a colony has honey stored
through the winter, they get no supplemental syrup. The honey that
JoAnna purchased from me was my Spring Wildflower Blend. The colonies
that gathered this honey were two boxes high when I installed the third
and successive boxes in May. The combs were completely dry and most
frames had new foundation. All of this honey was primarily from nectar
gathered from Horsemint, Indian Blanket and Mesquite Blossom. If there
are further questions, call me at 272-8710 or come out for a trip to
the beeyards.

Thanks, Frank

If you have any questions let me know. Be well, Denise

Denise LoSchiavo
Country Vista Residential Care Home
Manor Farmers' Market
278-1611

-----Original Message-----
From: JoAnna
To: countryvista@aol.com
Sent: Wed, Sep 8, 2010 2:54 pm
Subject: honey at Manor Farmer's Market

Hi there ,

I have been reading that some beekeepers will feed their bees high
fructose corn
syrup. We are trying to avoid all genetically modified foods and
don't want to
buy any products that support their use. Do you know if the honey that
is sold
uses any HFCS for its bees? I have heard that when bees are low on
food
reserves, beekeepers might feed them a syrup, a sugar water they mix
themselves.
So I would like to know what the bees that produce the honey sold at
Manor
Market are being fed.

thanks for any information you can provide me with

The Honey Forecast Looks Good

Frank Touissant, our local bee keeper, has had 18 colonies survive the winter! That's up 30% compared to the last three years' average. He expects to have fresh local honey for sale by June. Frank is very optimistic about having enough honey to go through the year without running out. He'll rejoin the farmers market just as soon as the honey's ready. Stay tuned.