Newsletter #3, January 29, 2010

     Genesis 8:22 While the earth remaineth, seedtime and harvest, and cold and heat, and summer and winter, and day and night shall not cease.

     The Dallas, Fort Worth region gets in the neighborhood of 34 inches of precipitation per year. I said "in the neighborhood!" That's as close to right as I can get from a 30 second google search. The above verse is a promise from God that the seasons will stay intact as long as the earth remains. We are in the time of year when it gets cold over most of the United States. And we get some nice days to go along with it. The nice days make us grouchy (and maybe a bit unthankful) on the "dreary" days. Hmm.... We all have our likes and dislikes. Some people like cold weather and some like hot weather. What do you like?

     I like coffee. Hot coffee on a cold and hot coffee on a hot day. I enjoy selling coffee and I also enjoy selling breads and jam. We will be at the Dallas Farmers Market and Four Seasons Market in Firewheel Town Center on Saturday. I'm glad the McKinney Farmers Market postponed until next Saturday with the weather like it is.

     I was to the Dallas Farmers Market today and bought some vegetables... I also bought some blueberries. I brought them home, gave them (the blueberries) to my dear wife and a pie showed up for supper! You can see the picture below.

     Here is a product list for you to mull over and make you come to theses markets to buy these goodies and go home again and enjoy them with your friends. It's good to have friends!!


YEAST BREADS:
Soft White
Whole Wheat
Sunflower Rye
Jalapeno Cheddar
Cinnamon Raisin
Cinnamon Swirl

SWEET BREADS:
Banana Nut
Luscious Lemon
Coconut Crumb
Apple Cinnamon

JAMS:
Texas Traffic Jam
Blackberry
Raspberry
Strawberry
Blueberry
Peach

COFFEE:
Lone Star Blend
Early Bird Blend

SPECIALTY MIXES
Granola
Hot Chocolate

Y'all please drive carefully to the market..... and here is a verse to bless you today.... Psalms 3:3 But thou, O LORD, art a shield for me; my glory, and the lifter up of mine head.

Eldon for Rosey Ridge Farm

 

  

 

January 22, 2010 Newsletter #2

            Last week was a nice week and this week is nicer. I am normal this week with all the sunshine. The children went barefooted all week. I thought if the children go barefooted, that would be a sign the weather is nice. But Linda went barefooted to milk the cows when we had all that cold weather.....14 degrees and all! She said the frost felt good on her feet.

           The soil is drying and the farmers are getting in their fields. I don't think there's much of a chance of snow anymore. It was scary there for a while. I found out Texans DO NOT like cold weather! But I also found out Texas gets cold sometimes. As someone said, the only thing between here and Montana is a barbed wire fence and that is down sometimes.

           Thanks for the good sales last week. That helped me be normal, too! It even made the sunshine brighter this week. Maybe it'll be brighter next week. Several months ago....in October, I believe, when we had all that rain..... we didn't see the sun for almost two weeks straight. That was different for Texas! It made it seem brighter when it did show up.

           Popcorn is always good no matter the weather. It's made fresh almost everyday at our house. Usually sometime in the evening I hear the popcorn kettle on the stove. Soon bowls of popcorn get passed around. Popped in Texas Olive Ranch oil! Oh, that's good!! It's like learning what a good cup of coffee taste like and then it's hard to find it just anywhere.

           Recently I heard a friend of mine tell someone he has a formula for life. This is what it is..... Happy wife = Happy life. He seemed genuinely pleased about it and I'm sure he's enjoying the benefits of domestic bliss. There seems to be some secrets to the nuts and bolts of how this works. In his case it was taking firewood home for the fireplace.

           I wanted to be sure to tell you about my birthday supper...... it was fish from “The Shrimp Stop” and it was sooooo good!! We had fish, fried mush, cooked cabbage, hushpuppies, garden fresh turnips, and of course, a cake decorated in John Deere green with one of Mylin's toy tractors on it. It had a loader so they put a pile of our Hot Chocolate mix on it....made it look like it was scooping it up. A good attempt to make it look like my real tractor. It all ended with a great cup of Green Leaf Coffee. All this translates into domestic bliss, too!

           I'm looking forward to seeing all you vendors again. It's good to see you each Saturday, although you customers are the best. :) We plan to be at Firewheel Town Center (Four Seasons Market) on Saturday and the Dallas Farmer's Market on Friday and Saturday.
 

          By the way, we have some new products this week. BethAnn probably won't have them at Dallas on Friday but she is planning on having them there on Saturday and we also plan to have them at Firewheel Town Center on Saturday. Here's two........

1. Sunflower Rye Bread.

2. Monkey Bread.

           These new products are like all the rest of our products, we don't use any preservatives. That means you are eating food that is better for you than store bought stuff.

           And here's a verse to bless you.......Psalms 1:6 For the LORD knoweth the way of the righteous: but the way of the ungodly shall perish.

Eldon Hooley for Rosey Ridge Farm

New Items

This week's new items are (1)Monkey Bread, a pull-apart yeast bread with cinnamon and sugar, and (2)Sunflower Rye Bread, which has sunflower seeds and rye and wheat flour in it. Looking forward to seeing everybody at the market tomorrow!

~Linda

Newsletter #1, January 15, 2010

This Saturday the baked goods will be so good,
Lisa and the girls are in a baking mood.
We'll have them at market for you to see,
and you can have them for a fee.

We hope you will find the bread you want,
come early or you will have to hunt.
If you want some goodies, we have it all,
in loaves of bread from wall to wall!

The Jalapeño cheese bread will melt in your mouth,
at least if you are from the south.
Our whole wheat bread is so soft and grand,
it is no wonder it's in demand!

And the soft white bread will seem so smooth,
to the touch and it the palate will soothe.
That's the three we first did make,
for you see, my wife does love to bake!

The sweet breads like banana nut,
come see for yourself, a slice to cut.
And the luscious lemon is not so bad,
if a cup of milk you only had.

The peanut butter is another one,
a brand new bread, the trial is done.
The cinnamon raisin is an old standby,
toasted with butter, oh me, oh my!

The coconut crumb is tasty and grand,
it needs no help for it will stand.
And that's about all except there's more,
if you order a pie from the Rosey Ridge store.

Now the jams, you see, we make here, too,
and we don't do it bad, though it's kind of new.
Made in the good old fashioned way,
that's why it's new in this time and day.

The strawberry taste is grand and real,
with a slice of bread along with a meal.
Get the raspberry one, because we do,
make it just like grandma and Aunt Elsie, too!

Peach is a few people's favorite choice,
they remember the taste and “wow” they rejoice.
Now blackberry is my favorite jam,
it'll win every time with the grandest slam!

Blueberry is sweet and kind of dark blue,
like a blueberry pie and so good, too.
Texas Traffic Jam, a specialty,
a famous cause, it was named by me.

A little more about that Traffic Jam stuff,
that line didn't do it, it wasn't enough!
The traffic jam that will make you smile,
it will cause one too, for many a mile!

A best seller, too, for some will cry,
if we sell out and tell them why.
I don't blame them them though and I'll tell you what,
we'll make you some and then you'll be caught!

The chocolate mix is made for milk,
pure and sweet, smooth as silk.
Granola for breakfast, cold cereal then,
will brighten you up, if you've no eggs or hen.

Our Green Leaf Coffee is the best around,
roasted fresh and pure from it's native town,
The farmer who grew it, from him to you,
the best of his crop, we roast it for brew.

It's done that way and you can know,
the next years crop he still can grow,
cause you paid him and now he can more than survive,
and call his home his, for his family of five.

I guess this newsletter is now done,
the ladies here told me to write the first one.
I thought this way wouldn't be so hard,
so you can see the jams got jarred.

The bread is baking and smells so good,
I am writing this while it's turning to food.
If you like this line, I'll do it some more,
and you can laugh at me till you're on the floor!

We were there!

It was cold this morning! We had 16 degrees but fortunately the wind wasn't blowing like it was night before last. Now that wind was COLD! Water troughs froze up but the animals did okay by getting out of the wind.

Today the market was quiet........ where were you?? I know, it was cold, but we were there!

A few people came by and we had a few sales so we can appreciate that. I think next week will be better and warmer and we'll see more of you all.

Don't forget our new coffees....... come by and check them out. Brewed coffee is being served there and you can taste it..........

Eldon

New!

        We will be at Firewheel Town Center (Four Season) and Dallas Farmer's Market tomorrow, the 9th. We will have cookies plates featuring Chocolate Chip, Oatmeal Raisin, Irresistible Peanut Butter, and Super Duper Chocolate Cookies.

       Also we will have individual Banana Nut Bread with Cream Cheese filling and yummy cinnamon rolls. 

      These are delicious with your morning coffee!

Looking forward to seeing you at the market,

                          BethAnn

We are back!

We are back from our week in FL... we made lots of memories with family, but are ready to get back to the markets! We did go to Dallas and Four Seasons last week as kind of a last minute decision and saw a few of you there.  Happy New Year!

This is the cake Mom decorated for my birthday... you want one like it? If you do, call 817-723-1277 or email roseyridgefarm@gmail.com.