The Weblog
This weblog contains LocallyGrown.net news and the weblog entries from all the markets currently using the system.
To visit the authoring market’s website, click on the market name located in the entry’s title.
Princeton Farm Fresh: The Market is Open
Thank you all for understanding last weeks closure. We had two wonderful graduation ceremonies this weekend. One that we attended at Lyon County High School and one that we put on ourselves at a pavilion in Kuttawa. There were both very meaningful, but I was reminded that there are always different ways to do anything. I am very proud of our two graduates this year. Both worked hard in different ways, and succeeded! One is excited to be going on to college and one is taking a gap year to discover what it is that she wants to do.
I am so thankful for our life here in Kentucky. The opportunities it has given us and the new friends we have made. On this Memorial Day I would like to thank our service members who have served their country and remember those that have fallen for our freedom. For me this is a special day to pamper my husband who is still actively serving in the military at Fort Campbell.
Happy Memorial Day and I will see you on Friday,
Angela
Atlanta Locally Grown: Available for Saturday may 30
I hope this finds you all doing well. The market is open and ready for orders. Sorry for the delay, Got lost in the extra day off.
We will see you Saturday between 9-10 at your selected delivery location.
Thank you,
Brady
Atlanta Locally Grown: Available for Saturday may 30
I hope this finds you all doing well. The market is open and ready for orders. Sorry for the delay, Got lost in the extra day off.
We will see you Saturday between 9-10 at your selected delivery location.
Thank you,
Brady
Conyers Locally Grown: Available for Friday may 29
I hope this finds you all doing well. The market is open and ready for orders. Sorry for the delay, Got lost in the extra day off.
We will see you on Friday between 5-7.
Thank you,
Brady
Joyful Noise Acres Farm: Don't forget to place your orders today
The market closes at 8:00 tonight so please get your orders in. Remember, if you dont get a confirmation e-mail, you didn’t finish placing your order.
Riversong Bakery has added 2 new items, Chocolate Pecan Delight and Soft Granola Bars. Farm Fresh Foods has added English Pea, Asparagus and Radish Salad along with the Spring Vegetable and Farfalle Salad – which was so light and delicious.
Georgia Farm to Table is bringing lots of fresh vegetable and fruits again this week. According to Christie, the peaches are Certified Naturally Grown and the blueberries are home grown but not certified.
Thank you for supporting your local farmer, if you don’t, who will?
Blessings,
Mary Beth*
Old99Farm Market: OLd99 Farm, week of May 24 2015
We got through the frost zone, no serious damage to the crops already planted outside. Looks like it’s full steam ahead now with planting the rest of the beds.
Berries look good: strawberries in full bloom and raspberries with flower buds. Currants already ripening up: will have lots of black currants this year. Good for making syrup for pancakes, cold remedies and cordials.
Lovely greens still in good shape. I have to pick the spinach well to reduce the stemmy bits but it’s all tasty! Thanks for the feedback from one regular about that.
So spinach, kale, lettuces, mixed greens, chard, rocket are the list this week for greens.
Healthy eating,
Ian and Cami
DeForest, WI: Availability for Week of May 24
Happy Memorial Day!
This week’s offerings are listed. Forest Run Farm continues to have vegetable plants for your garden. And the time window for Friday’s pick up will now be 3-6pm.
Athens Locally Grown: ALG Market Open for May 28
Athens Locally Grown
How to contact us:
Our Website: athens.locallygrown.net
On Twitter: @athlocallygrown
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On Thursdays: Here’s a map.
Market News
It’s a holiday Monday, where we remember those fallen in our wars. It’s also the symbolic beginning of summer, marked with cookouts and other outdoor activities. If you’re out there, grilling your locally grown burgers and veggies, please remember those who have left us.
There’s not much new to report this week. Summer veggies are really starting to come in now, and the predicted rains and cool nights this week might keep the spring items around a little longer. We’re at the change of the season now, and everything is very weather dependent. Just a little too much heat will end the spring items, and just not enough sun will keep the summer goodies from ripening. Right now, it’s been on the hot and dry side and the spring crops have been struggling, but that can all change day to day.
We’ve nearly depleted our supply of salmon from Doug’s Wild Alaskan Salmon. Doug and his family are now on their boats, catching fish by hand while the summer weather makes it possible for them to do so. We may not get a fresh supply until the boats get put back in the dock at the end of August, so what we have listed will have to do us for a while. Now’s the time to stock your freezer if you don’t want to go without this summer.
Thanks so much for your support of Athens Locally Grown, all of our growers, local food, and our rights to eat it. You all are part of what makes Athens such a great area in which to live. We’ll see you on Thursday at Ben’s Bikes at the corner of Pope and Broad Streets from 4:30 to 8pm!
Other Area Farmers Markets
The Athens Farmers Market is open on Saturdays at Bishop Park and Wednesday afternoons downtown at Creature Comforts. You can catch the news on their website. The West Broad Farmers Market from the Athens Land Trust is open Saturday mornings and their farm stand is open Tuesday afternoons. They have a website too.A new Athens Sunday market has just opened up at the Classic Center, every Sunday from 11 to 4 now through October. They have a website here: http://www.sundaycentermarket.com. The Comer Farmers Market is open in downtown Comer on Saturday mornings. The Oconee County farmers market is open Saturday mornings in front of the Oconee County Courthouse in Watkinsville. The Shields Ethridge Cultivator Market is held monthly in Jefferson. If you know of any markets operating, please let me know.
All of these other markets are separate from ALG (including the Athens Farmers Market) but many growers sell at multiple markets. Please support your local farmers and food producers, where ever you’re able to do so!
We thank you for your interest and support of our efforts to bring you the healthiest, the freshest and the most delicious locally-produced foods possible!
Berea Gardens: Availability for May 27
Hi Friends,
Here is the listing for this week’s market.
Blessings,
Bob
