Aaron's Just Picked

09/27/2018

This Spanish Roja is a rocambole that weighed in at over 1/4 lb, and has cloves the size of the Jolly Green Giant's thumbs!

09/19/2018

HEALTH TIP: The medicinal powers of garlic have been used by herbalists for centuries. As a matter of fact, there has been more written about the wonderful benefits of garlic than any other food source known. Its history dates back 3,500 years. Hippocrates, the “father of medicine,” was the first to write that garlic was an excellent medicine for eliminating tumors. The “Codex Ebers” (an Egyptian medical papyrus dating to about 1,550 B.C.) mentions garlic as an effective remedy for a variety of ailments, including high blood pressure, headache, bites, worms, and tumors.

In the 1700s, gravediggers drank garlic crushed in wine or ate fresh garlic in an effort to ward off plague. During both World Wars I and II, soldiers were given garlic to prevent gangrene. And in the 1950s, Soviet scientists found it to be equal to penicillin as a natural antibiotic, yet without the harmful side effects. And yes, those gravediggers were right …. garlic may be able to protect against the plague and destroy the bacterium which causes it (“yersinia pestis”).

Today garlic is used to help prevent heart disease, including atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries), hypertension (high blood pressure), and to boost the immune system. Recent studies on garlic have shown that it kills insects, parasites, bad bacteria, and fungi. It also eliminates various tumors, lowers blood sugar levels, and lowers harmful fats in the blood.
Researchers have also shown that allicin (the organic compound which gives garlic its aroma and flavor) acts as a very potent antioxidant. In a pilot study at Clinical Research Center of New Orleans, 9 patients with severe hypertension were given a garlic preparation containing 1.3% allicin. Sitting blood pressure fell with a significant decrease in diastolic blood pressure within 14 hours of the dose. In addition, ajoene, another major compound of garlic, has been shown to induce apoptosis (programmed cell death) in human leukemic cells. (Dirsch VM et al, Molecular Pharmacology, March 1998)

Garlic is used for all lung and respiratory ailments, and can be used as a tea or added to syrups for coughs, colds, tuberculosis, fevers, and blood diseases. Use it as a tea in an e***a for worms and bowel infections. Use the fresh extract oil or eat the raw cloves.

One of our favorite “health drinks” is our daily mixture of about 3 cups of orange juice, 10 cloves of garlic, 2-3 ounces of ginger, 1 tbsp of extra virgin olive oil, and ice. We blend it until it’s the consistency of a slurpee. Boy, is it good! And healthy to boot! And once you plant garlic you can expect to see it pop up again and again because it is a perennial.

09/10/2018

07/02/2018

To my customers and those interested in future purchases, to my few friends:

A passion for hydroponics and plant growth led me to develop this business as a means of mentally pleasurable financial support, and a way to fund Veteran's Village (Housing for Homeless Veterans). Thankfully, this venture has benefitted both of these. However, recent developments have changed how I will be going forward.

First and foremost, this is a business. As such, the goal of financial gains, both for myself and Lawton's homeless veterans, is the paramount concern.

No longer will my efforts be used to grow high quality vegetables, herbs, and garlic. From this point on, all of my efforts will be utilized to grow two crops only.

With my previous success with it, I will continue to organically grow hydroponic garlic. This will be grown in conjunction with a new crop.

As those in our state are likely aware, Oklahoma recently passed State Question 788. This allows licensed growers to cultivate Medical Ma*****na. Cannabis will be the second crop that I, after receiving my state license to do so, intend to cultivate.

Moving forward, this makes financial sense. This is a move in which I believe my ultimate goal to fund Veterans Village will be achieved.

As before, our hydroponic garlic will continue to be cultivated without the use of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, or herbicides, making it the best garlic that can possibly be produced.

This high quality way of producing garlic will extend to the cultivation of our future cannabis crop. By growing hydroponically and without the use of chemicals, we will provide the highest quality of ma*****na as well.

As I hope to find success in the coming months, it is my hope that you find success in your own lives. Thank you all.

05/15/2018

Produce Update

Basil - Dark Purple Opal
Celery - Utah Tall
(Too small for photograph.)
Garlic
Ginger
Onion - Southport White Globe
Onion - Wethersfield Red
Onion - Yellow of Parma
Savory - Summer

Onions have been trimmed (as shown) to encourage bulb growth.

05/11/2018

Dark Purple Opal Basil

An all Italian strain providing a strong Basil flavour. Excellent when used as a purple garnish to salads, flavoring for vinegars, and well suited in cooking your favorite Italian dishes.

The initial availability of Dark Purple Opal Basil is expected on 3JUN18 and continuously thereafter.

05/11/2018

Ginger

Just beginning to sprout. These will be provided to customers as baby ginger. In this way, you will taste a true delicacy that would be otherwise unavailable elsewhere.

We hope you enjoy cooking with this one.

05/01/2018

Garlic Cloves Planted

Note to Customers - Out of the 50 cloves purchased, we hope that 29 will grow bulbs. The other 21 (pictured in the zip-loc bag) are rotten and unusable.

To ensure our customers get only top quality, this loss will be taken by us. New cloves will be purchased and sold.

Our CSA shares are set to receive at least (occasionally more) one full garlic bulb bi-weekly.

The garlic pictured here will cover the first two weeks with the recently ordered bulbs to be planted in about one week from now.

04/30/2018

Produce Update
30 APR18

Southport White Globe Onions
Wethersfield Red Onions
Yellow of Parma Onions

Utah Tall Celery - Issues getting this one going. We may have to scrap with one from our produce selection. However, we will keep trying for this one.

04/23/2018

Produce Update
23 APR18

Utah Tall Celery
Yellow of Parma Onions
Wethersfield Red Onions
Southport White Globe Onions

04/13/2018

Have you ever thought "Where does my food come from?"

Follow our page to follow the growth of your produce. Right here in Lawton Oklahoma, our produce is grown regardless of weather conditions.

Our produce is also harvested the same day that it is given to you. Where else can you get produce this fresh all year round?

The answer is that this niche market is not being filled. This is the market that Aaron's Just Picked seeks to fill.

Follow us to watch your produce grow from seed to harvest. The four pictures in this post begins our transparent production of the freshest crops that you can purchase.