Princeton Farm Fresh:  The Market is Open

Anyone else feeling like a gloomy Gus? Where is the sun? Please let it come back to us soon it is effecting everyone’s mood in my family. I am ready for Spring and sunshine and warm weather. Bring it on Mother Nature!
I will be at a Sustainable Agriculture Conference this week, but the fantastic Carolyn will be running the market this week for me on Thursday.
Have a great week everyone,
Angela

Champaign, OH:  English Rose

I’ve been to ancient worlds
I’ve scoured the whole universe
And caught the first train home
To be at her side.
No matter where I go
I will return to my English Rose…
(English Rose-The Jam)

Hailing back to my mod/new wave days with The Jam, for this lovely, slow, beautiful song.

Rose, Geranium, essential oils, are what’s happening in my life as your market manager.

I’ve loved oils before they became mainstream. I was the young little hippie girl using patchouli oils, musk oils, and rose oils.

My grandmother loved the scent of roses. She and my grandfather had the most beautiful rose garden. Beautiful roses that she would snip, and keep around her house. My grandfather would always send me off on my bicycle with one rose attached to it, to make happy.

My grandmother also kept rose oils, and rose sachets in her huge vanity/make up table where she would let me play dress up, and apply the brightest of the Avon red lipsticks.

Eventually, they would give up their home, and gardens, and porch swing, to move to a more manageable, smaller place. I remember the sadness of knowing that it was time for them to move, but also the sadness that my childhood memories, the place where I knew comfort and love, was leaving me.

I had just moved here from having been gone since 1982, when I left for college, and just kept running. Rambling around. I loved my travels, my adventures, all the people and experiences that I collected. But, I think the one thing that always kept me going, made me know that things would always be okay, was the thought of their house, their rose gardens.

When I returned, for good, to help them pack, help get furniture ready to be sold, or given to family members, I remember just sitting at the beautiful dressing table that my grandfather had so lovingly build for my grandmother. She had asked me to begin packing up her jewelry, her handkerchiefs, her lipsticks, her rose oils.

When I sat down, I opened the main drawer, to find two wrapped packages. One large one, with my name written in her handwriting. And, a smaller one, with my daughter’s name. Her only request was that I take them, put them away, and not open until sometime in the future. She also gave me her most beloved fur jackets and capes. (I know, I know, but she had worked, and saved her money, in the 1940’s, 1950s, and bought them, and I treasure them). I put the boxes and the treasures all in my dressing closet. My grandfather had also given me the beautiful dollhouse that he had built for my mother, which had been passed down to me, and so into that closet, I stored it all.

A few years ago, on a sad kind of day, I decided to open the package with my name. Inside were pieces of her costume jewelry collection that I had played with as a child. There were also her pearls, and a ring that I adored, and then, among the baubles, was a very old rose sachet and oil…all those years ago, and the memories came flooding back, and I felt so close to the woman who helped shape me. And, in turn, helped to shape my daughter.

All of this to say that recently, one of my new favorite oils to diffuse is geranium oil. You can get this, and many other oils, here, at our little local market of love.

Think about diffusing…ask Charlene for advice on the oils that she offers on our market. Since I have diffusing the geranium rose oil, I have felt a calm, the floral scent sends me back to my childhood, and I feel a happiness at the center of my self…

Anyway, I have included information about this particular oil. It’s not from Swisher Hill Herbs but it’s information that I found while researching this oil and it’s effects from diffusing…

Go ahead, while you are ordering all of the amazing products that we offer, order an oil…maybe there is one that will bring back the same memory for you…

Geranium oil (Pelargonium graveolens) is a beautiful, floral essential oil often referred to as “the poor man’s rose oil” for its similar properties and uses.

It’s sweet, rose-like aroma is long-lasting and potent. You need only a small amount or you’ll smell it for days.

It’s traditionally used for healthy skin (repair or rejuvenation), as well as widely known for its emotional support. It commonly promotes peace and a decrease in stress, especially in regards to releasing negativity, and is great for tension and overall well-being.

Primary Benefits:

Promotes clear, healthy skin.
Helps calm nerves, and lessen stress.
Promotes healthy hair,

Emotional Benefits:
Energetically, it’s said to help a person regain their trust in the world and in others.

This heart-center oil helps us to heal, tear down barriers, release anger, and manage overwhelming emotions. It might be good for a person who has been deeply hurt in the past and/or who struggles to open up or express their emotions.

Complimentary Oils
Geranium essential oil blends well with all essential oils. Depending on your uses for this oil, substitutes may include: Frankincense, Ylang Ylang, Lavender, Rose, or Bergamot essential oils.

How to Use Geranium Essential Oil:

Traditionally, geranium oil uses these application guidelines. Click the banner to understand what each symbol means and to learn how each is used safely and effectively:

Athens Locally Grown:  ALG Market Open for January 26

Heirloom Living Market Lilburn:  Jams and Jellies on Sale!! Market closes at 8:00pm Monday!

The Market closes at 8:00pm Monday night!

My Daily Bread has ALL Jams and Jellies on SALE this week! Don’t miss this!

I cannot stress enough the need for us to meet minimum ordering amounts for delivery to be feasible for our Farmers as well as to keep the Market open! We are less than 1/2 way to minimum! If you haven’t ordered, please click the link below and place your order now!

We appreciate your support of our LOCAL Farmers and of the Market! Please SHARE the Market with friends, family, neighbors and co-workers!

Heirloom Living Market Lawrenceville :  Jams and Jellies on Sale! Market closes Monday 8:00pm!!

The Market closes at 8:00pm Monday!

My Daily Bread has ALL Jams and Jellies on SALE this week!

I cannot stress enough the need for us to meet minimum ordering amounts for delivery to be feasible for our Farmers as well as to keep the Market open! We are less than 1/2 way to minimum! If you haven’t ordered, please click the link below and place your order now!

We appreciate your support of our LOCAL Farmers and of the Market! Please SHARE the Market with friends, family, neighbors and co-workers!

Market Opens for Ordering: Friday at 9:00am
Market Closes: Monday at 8:00pm
Market Pickup: Thursday
2:30pm – 5:30pm
Pickup Location: 1385 Winder Highway
Dacula, GA 30019
Click Here for Map

Greener Acres Farm:  Ordering Open for the Week Ending January 28, 2017

Ordering is open for this week. We are currently carrying dried herbs, pork, beef, raw milk, artisan cheese and goat’s milk soap.
We continue to add new growers. Stay posted for new additions.

CLG:  No Market this Week

Good evening,
Just a reminder that we won’t have a market this week because the parish hall is not available. Market opens next Sunday, January 29th at 6pm. Have a great week!

Miami County Locally Grown:  Time is running out!!

How are you taking advantage of this unbelievable weather?

The Wednesday Market:  Ordering Time is Upon Us Again; We Have a New Milk Runner!

Good afternoon.

The Wednesday Market is open for orders. Please place your order by 10 p.m. Monday. Orders are ready for pick up between 3 and 6 p.m. Wednesday. See the website for this week’s product offerings. Here is the link: https://wednesdaymarket.locallygrown.net/market

This is Jennifer Adams’ last week as the milk runner for The Wednesday Market. Thanks to her volunteerism, many of our customers have had access to farm fresh milk, cream, eggs, ground beef, honey, cheese and other products from The Good Shepherd Farm. Jennifer is stepping down to pursue other opportunities. Thank you, Jennifer, for being part of our team, and we wish you all the best on your new endeavors.

Fortunately for all of our milk customers, Betty Dean has stepped forward to assume the duties of milk runner. And, for those of you who may not already know, Betty is my mother and my right hand helper at Concord Street Sweets. Having grown up on a farm herself, Mama is passionate about providing others access to fresh, wholesome products. Please take the time to thank Jennifer and Betty for their time and service to The Wednesday Market.

Some of you may have noticed that Twigg Hollow Farms is absent from the Market lately. Sandra Hayes is having surgery Feb. 16 and due to her health concerns, her activities are limited. She reports that Twigg Hollow may be back to the Market with vegetables in late April or early May. Sandi, we send love and peace and wishes for a speedy recovery!

We also send special greetings to Sharon Fox of Fox Hollow Farms who has been away from us for several weeks now. Sharon, we love you and miss you and hope that you are feeling better and will come back soon!

Concord Streets Sweets is absent from the Market this week, but will be back next week. We just have a little bit of catering to do.

Hang on to your hats, y’all, as the weather people say we’re about to get a third round of severe weather coming through this afternoon and this evening. Then, hopefully, this crazy Georgia weather will settle down some.

As always, we thank our customers for supporting locally grown agriculture and for choosing to spend their money locally. Take care, and we’ll see you at the Market on Wednesday.

Thanks,

Beverly

ALFN Local Food Club:  Market Is open!

Happy Sunday everyone!

The market is open. We’d like to extend a warm welcome to all our new food club members who joined this month. Don’t forget to tell your friends that new customers who order for the first time in January get a free T-shirt!

This week’s blog post features great recipes to use a whole roasted chicken – be sure to check it out!

Have a wonderful rest of your weekend!

Claire Hodgson
Program & Market Manager