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Tuesday Reminder - Market Closes Tonight at 10pm.


Hello friends,
There’s still time to place your order for pickup this Friday, July 15th. The market closes TONIGHT around 10pm. See you Friday!

How to contact us:

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. Instead…

Phone or text: Steve – 501-339-1039

Email: Steve – kirp1968@sbcglobal.net

Our Website:

www.conway.locallygrown.net

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Conway-Locally-Grown/146991555352846st

SPECIAL NOTE: Opening Bell: Melons, Tomatoes, Peaches, Pork!


Good afternoon!
Several new items listed this week (Armstead Mountain Farm yellow potatoes and bulk tomatoes), as well as your seasonal favorites. Be sure to shop all around to see the huge variety of items we have available. Last week a lady called me from Missouri looking for purple hull peas. She found us by searching online. Her neighbors were going to be traveling through Conway on Friday so she ordered 15 pounds and they picked them up for her! We got to visit with them and they were impressed with the great food selection, and bought more things off the extras table. We are very lucky to have such hard-working Growers providing so much good eats every week.

SPECIAL NOTE: We would like your help in finding EXCELLENT tenants for a VERY SPECIAL house for rent by UCA. Maybe you know someone who has children that will be attending UCA in the fall? Also great for anyone with a green thumb. Large FURNISHED house on 1/4 acre lot, large sunny garden area, greenhouse and outside storage, mud room, laundry room, pecan trees, pear tree, fig tree, roses. Students could walk to class since it’s closer to campus than some campus housing: one block from College of Business. Will need to be responsible people and able to mow the yard regularly. Please text or email Steve for more information.

Don’t forget to check out the recipe page on Conway Locally Grown!

Most items are listed by 6pm Sunday, but check back again before the market closes Tuesday night to see if any other items are ready to be harvested for you! Eat fresh! Eat local! Eat for better health!

Usually our volunteers have the market ready for customers to pick up before 4pm. If you are out and about and want to know if we are ready, just text me to see: 501-339-1039.

Check out over 500 wonderful items listed right now. See you on Friday!

Come early on Friday for the best selection from the EXTRAS table. And save your eggshells throughout the week for the laying hens! :-)

The market is now OPEN for orders.

Please check your email about 5 minutes after you place your order to make sure you get an order confirmation. Thank you for being a valuable part of CLG!
Have a great week!
Steve
ONLINE PAYMENT OPTION. When you are done shopping, just hit the “proceed to checkout” button in your cart. You will then see the option to “Pay Now” with credit card near the bottom. Just follow the prompts to add your card. Be sure to read the screen until you see “Thank you for your order” on the top. If you need help, please call 339-7958. A 3% online payment convenience fee will be added when your card is charged.
How to contact us:
DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. Instead…
Phone or text: Steve – 501-339-1039
Email: Steve – kirp1968@sbcglobal.net

CLG Pickup TODAY 4-6pm. Bring eggshells, glass jars, & egg cartons please.


Good morning,
We will have a very special surprise on the extras table so come early. This is a pickup reminder for those of you who ordered this week. Thank you for your order! You can pick up your order from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. today at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church at 925 Mitchell Street in Conway.

If something comes up that you cannot personally pick up your order today, please contact someone to pick up for you.

Remember to bring your EGGSHELLS, glass jars for recycling, egg cartons, and bags for ordered items. Reduce, reuse, recycle! See you this afternoon.

Come early for the best selection from the EXTRAS table! Even if you didn’t make an order, you can come by to shop the EXTRAS table.

Thank you,
Steve

How to contact us:

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. Instead…

Phone or text: Steve – 501-339-1039

Email: Steve – kirp1968@sbcglobal.net

Tuesday Reminder - Market Closes Tonight at 10pm.


Hello friends,
There’s still time to place your order for pickup this Friday, July 8th. The market closes TONIGHT around 10pm. See you Friday!

How to contact us:

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. Instead…

Phone or text: Steve – 501-339-1039

Email: Steve – kirp1968@sbcglobal.net

Our Website:

www.conway.locallygrown.net

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Conway-Locally-Grown/146991555352846st

Opening Bell: Cantaloupe, Peppers, Peaches, Melons!


Good afternoon!
It’s time to enjoy all the great foods of summertime! Cut a cantaloupe in half, scoop out the seeds, and drop in some vanilla ice cream. Delicious dessert in a cantaloupe bowl! Or make a stir fry with several fresh peppers, onions, garlic, and local meat. Served over rice or noodles, it’s sure to please your diners!

Don’t forget to check out the recipe page on Conway Locally Grown!

Most items are listed by 6pm Sunday, but check back again before the market closes Tuesday night to see if any other items are ready to be harvested for you! Eat fresh! Eat local! Eat for better health!

Usually our volunteers have the market ready for customers to pick up before 4pm. If you are out and about and want to know if we are ready, just text me to see: 501-339-1039.

Check out over 500 wonderful items listed right now. See you on Friday!

Come early on Friday for the best selection from the EXTRAS table. And save your eggshells throughout the week for the laying hens! :-)

The market is now OPEN for orders.

Please check your email about 5 minutes after you place your order to make sure you get an order confirmation. Thank you for being a valuable part of CLG!
Have a great week!
Steve
ONLINE PAYMENT OPTION. When you are done shopping, just hit the “proceed to checkout” button in your cart. You will then see the option to “Pay Now” with credit card near the bottom. Just follow the prompts to add your card. Be sure to read the screen until you see “Thank you for your order” on the top. If you need help, please call 339-7958. A 3% online payment convenience fee will be added when your card is charged.
How to contact us:
DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. Instead…
Phone or text: Steve – 501-339-1039
Email: Steve – kirp1968@sbcglobal.net

Cherokee Purple Tomatoes! CLG Pickup TODAY 4-6pm. Bring eggshells, glass jars, & egg cartons please.


Good morning,
We will have delicious Cherokee Purple Tomatoes on the extras table ($2/lb) so come early. This is a pickup reminder for those of you who ordered this week. Thank you for your order! You can pick up your order from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. today at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church at 925 Mitchell Street in Conway.

If something comes up that you cannot personally pick up your order today, please contact someone to pick up for you.

Remember to bring your EGGSHELLS, glass jars for recycling, egg cartons, and bags for ordered items. Reduce, reuse, recycle! See you this afternoon.

Come early for the best selection from the EXTRAS table! Even if you didn’t make an order, you can come by to shop the EXTRAS table.

Thank you,
Steve

How to contact us:

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. Instead…

Phone or text: Steve – 501-339-1039

Email: Steve – kirp1968@sbcglobal.net

New Items listed! Tuesday Reminder - Market Closes Tonight at 10pm.


Hello friends,
There’s still time to place your order for pickup this Friday, July 1st. The market closes TONIGHT around 10pm. See you Friday!

How to contact us:

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. Instead…

Phone or text: Steve – 501-339-1039

Email: Steve – kirp1968@sbcglobal.net

Our Website:

www.conway.locallygrown.net

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Conway-Locally-Grown/146991555352846st

Opening Bell: Cantaloupe, Peppers, Peaches, Melons!


Good afternoon!
Great news just in time for your Independence Day gatherings: Hardin Farms has listed their delicious cantaloupes, sweet corn, watermelons, and squash! Cubed cantaloupe freeze very good for smoothies all year so stock up now!

Two interesting things happened at Cedar Rock Ridge this week. First, I went out the front door one afternoon and heard a loud buzzing sound in the woods. I found it was thousands of honey bees massed on my honey tree. I’ve been watching the bees in this large living oak tree with a hollow top for years, but I’ve never seen this sight before. I texted a video to our bee experts at Drewry Orchards and Green Acres Atkins. They both told me that the bees were swarming. Apparently they outgrew their space in the tree, so 2/3 of the bees leave with their queen to find a new home. The remaining 1/3 remain with a virgin queen. This necessary event is very risky for both groups. The bees that leave don’t have any honey to sustain them during the coming winter, so they must work hard or they won’t survive. The bees that don’t leave have plenty of honey, but if the virgin queen doesn’t mate successfully on her mating flight, there will be no more worker bees, and the original colony will not survive either. Before I could take another video, the swarm took flight heading southwest over my garden, scattering chickens like they’d seen a hawk. A swarm makes a very loud noise! Interesting creatures for sure. Read up on them and you will be amazed! I tried to encourage Carissa to scurry up the tree with a jar to get some honey, but we couldn’t come to terms. Oh well… The second thing was weevils! While inspecting my plants one morning I found several of these evil little creatures. We don’t use chemicals of any kind, so I got a glass jar with a bit of water and dish soap in it and began to pick them off by hand, dropping them into the jar. This continued all week, with fewer weevils every day. I still check the plants and occasionally find a weevil with a short future. I tried to find out more about these pests so I could tell you what kind they were, but there are over 60,000 species of weevils! With so many pests and other variables working against us, it’s amazing that our Growers can produce anything at all! But they do, week after week, all year long. Thanks, Growers!!!

Most items are listed by 6pm Sunday, but check back again before the market closes Tuesday night to see if any other items are ready to be harvested for you! Don’t forget to check out the recipes section also! Eat fresh! Eat local! Eat for better health!

Usually our volunteers have the market ready for customers to pick up before 4pm. If you are out and about and want to know if we are ready, just text me to see: 501-339-1039.

Check out over 500 wonderful items listed right now. See you on Friday!

Come early on Friday for the best selection from the EXTRAS table. And save your eggshells throughout the week for the laying hens! :-)

The market is now OPEN for orders.

Please check your email about 5 minutes after you place your order to make sure you get an order confirmation. Thank you for being a valuable part of CLG!
Have a great week!
Steve
ONLINE PAYMENT OPTION. When you are done shopping, just hit the “proceed to checkout” button in your cart. You will then see the option to “Pay Now” with credit card near the bottom. Just follow the prompts to add your card. Be sure to read the screen until you see “Thank you for your order” on the top. If you need help, please call 339-7958. A 3% online payment convenience fee will be added when your card is charged.
How to contact us:
DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. Instead…
Phone or text: Steve – 501-339-1039
Email: Steve – kirp1968@sbcglobal.net

Potatoes & Squash! CLG Pickup TODAY 4-6pm. Bring eggshells, glass jars, & egg cartons please.


Good morning,
We will have fresh potatoes and fresh zucchini and on the extras table so come early. This is a pickup reminder for those of you who ordered this week. Thank you for your order! You can pick up your order from 4:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. today at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church at 925 Mitchell Street in Conway.

If something comes up that you cannot personally pick up your order today, please contact someone to pick up for you.

Remember to bring your EGGSHELLS, glass jars for recycling, egg cartons, and bags for ordered items. Reduce, reuse, recycle! See you this afternoon.

Come early for the best selection from the EXTRAS table! Even if you didn’t make an order, you can come by to shop the EXTRAS table.

Thank you,
Steve

How to contact us:

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. Instead…

Phone or text: Steve – 501-339-1039

Email: Steve – kirp1968@sbcglobal.net

New Items listed! Tuesday Reminder - Market Closes Tonight at 10pm.


Hello friends,
There’s still time to place your order for pickup this Friday, June 24th. The market closes TONIGHT around 10pm. See you Friday!

How to contact us:

DO NOT REPLY TO THIS EMAIL. Instead…

Phone or text: Steve – 501-339-1039

Email: Steve – kirp1968@sbcglobal.net

Our Website:

www.conway.locallygrown.net

On Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Conway-Locally-Grown/146991555352846st