Showing posts with label berries. Show all posts
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Saturday, December 17, 2011

"Buy Texas" made simple for the Holidays

Going to the Dallas Farmers Market has always been a fun trip. Fresh flowers for the yard and pots, a great Chicago-Style Bistro sandwich, fresh and tasty chocolate fudge, ice cream or an outdoor patio restaurant always makes the trip exciting, But the part that I enjoy the most is seeing and talking with an old friend I meet nearly ten years ago in booth 101 on the corner of shed No.1 and the pedestrian walk. Today, I got to meet a new member of the family and talk with an old friend. That old friend is Jerrell Graham, of R.L. Graham & Sons Produce. The Graham family is well noted for their fresh fruits and melons. They Custom Pack Fruit Baskets. They are also know for their paper shell pecans and fresh berries in season.
So, here is a display of their holiday fruit baskets. The "Buy Texas"campaign to help the local economy was never so easy. Drive down to Shed No. 1 at the Dallas Farmers Market and pick up a fruit basket from the Grahams and support the local economy at the same time. They are open 6 days a week and close on Wednesdays. You will be glad that you did and the Grahams will be glad that you did and "Buy Texas" will be glad that you did. Now, where else can you be so glad that you did??

It All Started in the wee hours of May 28th when 80 MPH winds was tossing everything against the side of my house.

 Those winds were substained for well over 40 minutes. The results were trees everywhere down or large branches broken off. One of my bus ro...