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Farm Photos of the Week
October 3, 2005
Photos and text by Debbie
Roos, Agricultural Extension Agent.
Fall Flowers and Value-added
Farm Products at Bonlee Grown Farm
Bonlee, NC
Ray and Amy Sugg
| Fall mums in front of the greenhouse. Bonlee Grown Farm produces a variety of bedding plants, hanging baskets, and also greenhouse tomatoes and cucumbers, field vegetables, and value-added farm products. The Suggs also own a farm and garden store that offers Bartlett pet and livestock feeds, lawn and garden supplies, seeds, and products from their adjacent farm. You can visit Bonlee Grown Farm at the following farmers' markets:
Visit their farm and garden store at: Bonlee HardWareHouse |
| Amy tends to the pansies. |
| Ray and Amy Sugg pick peppers.
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| Amy with pepper harvest. Their farm and hardware store is in the background.
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| Sweet peppers and habanero peppers
washed and ready to prep for making hot pepper jelly - YUM! |
| Amy cuts up the peppers to put
into the food processer. Her kitchen is inspected by the NC Department
of Agriculture since she makes value-added products for sale to
the public. |
| Amy fills sterilized jars with the finished and still-hot pepper jelly. Amy produces all kinds of value-added products from vegetables grown on her farm, including relishes, jams and jellies, pickles, and more.
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