Hi Everyone!  First of all, thanks for all the support and good thoughts offered by email and FB for us to get through Hurricane Dorian!  They worked and mostly Dorian was a non-event here in central Florida!  Thank heaven for that!  The winds never exceeded 40 mph, and the rains were not flood quality, so all is pretty good!  We didn't lose a single tree, etc.  However, there was enough rain to, once again, mess up our lane- it doesn't take much these days!! Major repairs and re-grading are on the way, but will have to wait till everything dries out!  So I'm holding up on Friday at the Farm for this week, but we're very hopeful to start up again next week, 9/13, but, of course, there will be an email to confirm!  Hope you'll make it down then!

                                              **********************New Smyrna Beach Farmers Market*************************

A beautiful weekend is being forecast, so Jack and I are planning to set up our double booth this Saturday, 9/7, from 7 a.m.-12 noon, in front of NSB City Hall, on Sams Ave.  Since we missed last weekend (sorry for those of you who came by, but we thought it was more important to be battening down everything here and knew that many were evacuating before Dorian's arrival), but it seemed the prudent thing to do.  At any rate, we're hoping to see y'all Saturday for you to be able to enjoy our delightful array of goodies!  I want to mention that New Smyrna Beach has outlawed single use plastic bags, which we only use for our cheese purchases, so if you could plan to bring your own bags to keep the cheeses separate from other purchases, that would be lovely!  We will continue to use our customary paper bags, if needed, for all other items.

                                                      **********************Come Live in a Barn!!*************************

We decided to take the pressure off ourselves and do some necessary updates and cleaning to our amazing barn apartment, on the farm next door. What with the weather and lots of rain earlier in August, we held up on renting the apartment out.  Happily, it is now ready for occupancy, so if you know of anyone looking for a 1200 sq. foot apartment in a barn (!), please have them contact me at the number and email below to get more information.  I will say that is it private, on 8 landscaped acres, with 2 ponds and beautiful granddaddy oak trees. It is truly a piece of rapidly disappearing "old Florida", but with all the amenities!!  It has 2 bedrooms, one the upstairs loft of 400 sq. feet, a bath, living room, dining area, kitchen with stainless steel appliances, a lovely screened porch, a 20 X40 garage with rolling door, and a laundry area.  We'd love to hear from you!

                                               *********************October is AI School*************************

Jack will be teaching his yearly October AI (artificial insemination) School for learning how to breed cattle on 10/23-25, at North Florida Holsteins in Bell, Florida.  If you raise cattle and are interested in learning the techniques, this is your opportunity!  You can reach Jack at 352-804-2076 or jdiepersloot@netscape.com for more info!                

Namaste!

Ann

Ann E. Wilson
Bellepacas, Inc.
www.bellepacas.com
275 Canal Ave.
Oak Hill, FL 32759
352-209-9843