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.
Berea Gardens: Market open
The market is now open for pick-ups on Wednesday. Thanks to all of you for your support of our market.
Blessings,
Bob & Lynnita
Champaign, OH: Band On The Run
Band On The Run-the entire Paul McCartney/Wings album…perfect for Sunday morning listening over coffee, tea, blood marys, mimosas, or whatever your Sunday morning brings you…
This album was one that was finally the masterpiece that McCartney had hoped for, after having departed The Beatles, years before.
Labors of love are never easy, and sometimes are years in the making, and overcoming a few hardships, before things take shape, and the end product is what your vision had been, all along.
This album had many obstacles in it’s making, and true to form, was aided with a little help from his various friends.
When this album was released, I was still young…3rd, maybe 4th grade? But, growing up in our West End sort of enclave, I remember patio parties that our parents all threw, on Saturday nights, and hearing this soundtrack playing. Saturday nights were our West End parent nights in the summers. While all of us kids had the freedom to ride bikes at dark, run wild catching fireflies, playing Ghost in the Graveyard, really, in the neighboring West End cemetery, and listening to our own soundtracks, in one of our basements, while having our own fun…
Summer memories, all brought back with this album. And, the labor of love that I talked about? Well, this market was not without it’s own challenges, it’s own labor of love, to get it to where it is, today, and where I hope to guide it, in the future.
Have a happy Sunday, lovelies…and, if you find yourself with a free moment, don’t forget to throw us some love, today, with your orders…
XOXO,
Cosmic Pam
CLG: Opening Bell: Wickles, Squash, Jam, Honey!
Good afternoon!
Wickles will be available in the extra table refrigerator this Friday at pick up. Several folks have been asking when I would make some more, so Friday after market I picked up some freshly picked cucumbers from Strack Farm on Lower Ridge Road and made 14 pints on Saturday morning. Come early before they’re all gone. They’ll be the star of your next grill-out. Eat them all up and bring the jars back please :-).
Julie’s Sweet Shoppe is taking a week of vacation but will be back next week with their wonderful products!
Heirloom beans from Bradford Valley Farm.
LouJane at Rockwood Crafts has been sewing hundreds of masks to keep your loved ones safe during this global health crisis. They are cloth with elastic and wonderful fabric designs. Keep a couple in your cars so you are never without one.
It looks like Sweden Creek will not be having any shiitake mushrooms for the foreseeable future. I am looking for another local shiitake producer but it may take time. In the meantime, try some of the other varieties listed by Wye Mountain mushroom farm. I’ve heard the lions mane and oyster mushrooms are excellent!
Our market will continue to meet in the lobby every Friday. Our volunteers will be wearing masks. Your order can be brought to your car in the parking lot by one of our dedicated volunteers. Just text me when you are parked, and we will bring your order to your vehicle. 501-339-1039.
Be sure to SEARCH for your favorite items using the search field. For instance, type in the word “sale” or “pork” and see what pops up. We have almost 500 items available now!
Most items are listed by 6pm Sunday, but check back again before the market closes Tuesday night to see if any other items are ready to be harvested for you! Eat fresh! Eat local! Eat for better health!
And save your eggshells throughout the week for the laying hens! :-)
The market is now OPEN for orders. Click here to start shopping:
https://conway.locallygrown.net/market
Please check your email a few minutes after you place your order to make sure you get an order confirmation. Thanks!
Steve
Green Acres Atkins: Good morning
Wow tomato season is here!!! Spread the word
Farm fresh tomatoes ready for your dinner table
Please place those orders by noon on Thursday at
Greenacresatkins.locallygrown.net
You are welcome to come to the farm on Thursday July 2nd for an open house for our farm store from 3-7pm
Stock up on goodies for the holiday weekend
Hamburger, steaks, chops all your grillin needs
Thanks
Tom and Kami
Stones River Market: Market is OPEN -- See you Wednesday on the CURB!
Welcome to the June 28th and 29th Stones River Locally Grown Online Farmers Market. The Market opens 8:00 am on Sunday Morning and closes 10:00 pm Monday evening. Order early before quantities available run out! https://stonesriver.locallygrown.net
Be sure to check again over the next 2 days as some of our Growers may be updating their inventories.
THANK YOU Everyone for your patience yet again during our ‘fourteenth’ “Pull Up or "Step Up” delivery on the curb in front of Quinn’s Mercantile to pickup your orders Wednesday afternoon. Drive up to the canopy or you are welcome to park across the street and walk to the canopy to pickup your order using social distancing. We want to leave the area in front of Quinn’s for their customers.
Delivery Service is available within a 10 mile radius of Murfreessboro, outside areas will be considered and delivery is available to Woodbury at a host location. Please put your address in comments before you check out.
Method of Payment is Cash, Checks, Cards or Invoice. Please check your that email address is current or updated for invoicing.
Thank you for supporting our Locally Grown Market, it means a lot to our Growers and Community. Shop Local and Stay Local!
News From Our Growers:
Farrar Farms LLC, Sow’s Ear Piggery, Quarter Spring Farm and Wedge Oak Farm: We all have great selections of Meats for the upcoming Fourth of July Holiday.
Carole’s Herbs (CS3 Farm): Try our Rutabaga, Holy Basil (Tulsi), and Borage.
As a cross between turnips and cabbage, rutabagas have a sweeter, buttery and sweet-savory flavor. The roots, which are high in fiber but low in calories, can be eaten raw or cooked, they can be mashed, roasted, sautéed, fried, added to soups, and even eaten raw in salads or coleslaw.
Holy Basil (Tulsi) has floral and peppery notes with a spiced, lemony aroma and flavor. It is taken to ensure vibrant health and longevity. Tulsi is an adaptogenic, digestive, expectorant, and antioxidant.
Borage has many health-promoting properties, and has been used to decrease inflammation, improve skin health, and decrease symptoms of asthma. The leaf has a cucumber-like taste, and is often used in salads or as a garnish. The flower has a sweet honey-like taste and is often used to decorate desserts and cocktails, most commonly, frozen in ice cubes.
RnR Farms: Lettuce, lettuce, lettuce!!! Our lettuce is always naturally grown, in the ground, with love and care! Remember that during these hot and humid summer months, plan on giving your lettuce an ice bath before you eat it. That should quench any bitterness that may have crept in because of the heat and humidity. We also have a little bit of kale and some more zucchini this week. Enjoy!
Mama D’s Bakery: Thank you to everyone for a record week last week! We really do appreciate y’all so much! This week we are expanding our bagel flavor choices to include the “Everything” bagel and blueberry bagels. We have also added mini scones (they are about half the size of the regular ones) in both flavors.
Flying S Farms: Pole Beans, Cabbage, Cucumbers, Kale, Onions, Several different varieties of Summer Squash and Zucchini Squash and Green Tomatoes.
Look forward seeing you “At the Curb" of Quinn’s Mercantile Wednesday July 1st from 5:00 – 6:30pm, please contact me if you are unable to make delivery or are running late, please phone, email or text me so we can make arrangements to get your order to you. If we don’t hear from you, your order will be donated and you will be invoiced for the amount since we still need to pay our Growers for their products. Remember we can deliver it to you if necessary.
How to contact us:
Email: [email protected]
Website: https://stonesriver.locallygrown.net
Facebook: www.facebook.com/StonesRiverMarket
Locations: Quinn’s Mercantile on Wednesdays: 301 North Spring Street, Murfreesboro
map: https://goo.gl/maps/GAkJS1wawbr
Middle Tennessee Locally Grown: Welcome a New Farmer!
Middle Tennessee Locally Grown market
is open for your orders till Tuesday evening at 10 pm.
Due to the Coronavirus restrictions, if you would prefer home delivery of your order, please just ask. No charge during this time.
Please also remember that our market is much safer than any grocery store.
All our products are direct from grower/producer to consumer, with no middle men handling.
Please share this information with your friends and help them to understand how safe our open-air markets are.
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This week we welcome “Fungalicious” to our market. This small exotic oyster mushroom farm in Tullahoma grows several varieties of oyster mushrooms. Although not a certified organic farm, everything is naturally grown. These mushrooms have a delicious mushroom flavor with a great texture.
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Found under “Growers”.
From Dogwood Valley Greenhouse:
How about experimenting with some fresh herbs to add flavor to your Independence Day celebration meal this year? We have plenty of plants available, and also limited quantities of several fresh-cut herbs. We’ve restocked a few more perennial plants as well. Lavender, rosemary, several mints, three thymes, and some oreganos will all contribute to your feast.
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Rosemary plant and Variegated Oregano fresh-cut.
Both items listed under “Growers”.
Click here for the complete list of available fresh local farm products for this week.
Remember:
No contact delivery available for no charge during this time!
Just ask on your order comments.
From CS3 Farms:
Try our Rutabaga, Holy Basil (Tulsi), and Borage.
As a cross between turnips and cabbage, rutabagas have a sweeter, buttery and sweet-savory flavor. The roots, which are high in fiber but low in calories, can be eaten raw or cooked, they can be mashed, roasted, sautéed, fried, added to soups, and even eaten raw in salads or coleslaw.
Holy Basil (Tulsi) has floral and peppery notes with a spiced, lemony aroma and flavor. It is taken to ensure vibrant health and longevity. Tulsi is an adaptogenic, digestive, expectorant, and antioxidant.
Borage has many health-promoting properties, and has been used to decrease inflammation, improve skin health, and decrease symptoms of asthma. The leaf has a cucumber-like taste, and is often used in salads or as a garnish. The flower has a sweet honey-like taste and is often used to decorate desserts and cocktails, most commonly, frozen in ice cubes.
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All items found under “Growers.”
To Contact Us
Our Website:
Middle Tennessee Locally Grown
On Facebook:
Middle Tennessee Locally Grown Online Farmers’ Market
By e-mail:
[email protected]
By phone:
(931) 273-9708
Our Manchester pickup location is across the street from the Manchester City Schools administration building, at
216 East Fort Street, Manchester, TN
Our Tullahoma pickup location is in front of “Nature’s Elite”, in the Cherokee Square Shopping Center next to Dunham’s Sports, open air during this time, at
1802 N Jackson St, Ste 800, Tullahoma TN
For a map, click on the address link.
Only the best fresh flavorful farm products for your family! No more week-old produce trucked cross-country. All the fresh local farm products listed come from your grower and maker neighbors in Middle Tennessee. The freshest produce is picked the day you receive it!
Your year-round weekly market is open for ordering from Sunday morning at 8 am till Tuesday evening at 10 pm.
Receiving options (please note changes in day and time for Tullahoma):
Thursday afternoon pickup (4:00 – 5:00 p.m.) at the market pavilion on Fort Street, Manchester.
Thursday afternoon pickup (5:00 – 5:30 p.m.) outside “Nature’s Elite”, Tullahoma. Open air market during this time.
Delivery on THURSDAY evening free during this time, or at other hours by arrangement.
See the “About” page for details.
Please help us grow:
spread the word about our market.
share this newsletter with someone.
make my day and ask to hand out some fliers.
And if you are hungry for something special, just let us know, and we will do our best to find it for you.
Shop Local,
Your Fantastic Farmers!
Monroe Market: New Item Just Listed
A new item was just listed on the market and will be available for this week’s pick up.
Lonely Hearts Club Farm is now offering CSA Shares!
This is a great way to try lots and lots of great vegetables, fruits, herbs and flowers! The share contains a balanced mix of everything in season on the farm. Portioned for a small family, one weeks worth of the healthiest eating. Every CSA share comes with a bouquet of cut flowers!
Available for June-July 2020 Cucumbers, cabbage, kale, basil, collards, Tarragon, rosemary, cut flowers and lots more! (Tomatoes and squash just about to start, okra and beans soon to follow!)
Jump on and order yours today!
Dothan, Alabama: June 27, 2020 M@D Newsletter - Open for Orders!
Welcome to our Sweet Market Additions
Market Chitchat
Grower Notes: Sweet Acres, Sweet & Simple, Danny’s Greens, Sandy Valley
SWEET & SIMPLE and SWEET ACRES FARM
After your editor got all excited and started writing stuff . . . I found the notes from both these lovely ladies! Their personal greetings to you can be found in the Grower Notes below.
It was a blessing to have Meredith of Sweet & Simple with us at the Market Shed yesterday. A recent transfer from New Mexico, she brings some Southwest influence to her baked products. Yesterday she treated everyone to Brownie Cookies (delish), Chocolate Chip Cookies (yummy), Chocolate Chip Scones (delectable) and (hold on to your hat) Green Chili Cheese Bread, all shown below.
We’re excited to welcome her to our Market family and look forward to watching you all get to know her and her products as well.
Next . . .Remember the song, “Make new friends but keep the old. One is silver and the other gold”? Our long time customers will remember Anna of Sweet Acres Farm. Anna is gold. She was with Market at Dothan before she became a mother and is back, now with two lovely daughters. We’re tickled and hope you will enjoy her bountiful garden goodness. Her products are listed in Market Chitchat.
MARKET CHITCHAT
This is the last order cycle before Summer Break Our next Market pickup date is next Friday, July 3. There will be no newsletter on Saturday July 4 nor Market pickup Friday, July 10. We encourage you to order extra of the items you may need during the off week. Market will reopen again on Saturday, July 11.
You know the old saying “if anything can go wrong it will?” That was the case with Mayim’s delivery this week! A hearty Thank You to everyone who graciously worked with us on that. It will be nice to put that behind us once everything finishes sorting out on Friday!
Laura, Laura’s Confections, informed me this week that she had a better Eggplant Parmesan recipe than the one in last week’s newsletter:
Preheat oven to 375. Requires a 9" square glass, ovenproof dish
1 medium, fat, purple eggplant (choose males as they have fewer seeds)
1 quart of your favorite spaghetti sauce that includes, among other things, mushrooms, green pepper, onions
1 Large Progresso Italian bread crumbs
32 oz. vegetable oil
3 jumbo eggs
1-quart ricotta cheese
4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese
8 oz. Parmesan cheese
Peel eggplant and slice by 1/4". Heat 3/8" deep oil to med. high preferably in a cast iron 12" skillet. Beat the eggs. Pour some of the bread crumbs in a large, shallow bowl. Dredge the slices of eggplant in egg wash, coat with breadcrumbs, fry several slices at once until golden on both sides. Drain on paper towels.
To assemble: Coat bottom of baking dish with sauce, lay on fried eggplant, tablespoons of ricotta over eggplant, mozzarella and parmesan. Repeat staying 1/4" below casserole dish rim.
Bake 45 minutes. When done, allow to set for 15 minutes.
Enjoy and Bon Appetit! Laura
GROWER NOTES
SWEET ACRES FARM: Sweet Acre Farms is back! We have been working hard to put in new products, try new things and generally have a good time! Look for the out of the ordinary varieties from us- one of my favorite past times is picking a seed out of a catalog and seeing if I can grow it! Such as the Red Kuri Squash listed this week- I just thought it would be cool if I managed to grow one or two, but the vines have exploded! They are over 25 feet long and have been loaded since May. We are adding additional growing space to the farm and have a few surprises coming later in the year! It is so good to be back!
SWEET & SIMPLE: Hello! My name is Meredith Sauerwein, and I am the baker behind Simple & Sweet. I am a recent transplant to the Wiregrass area, coming in from Las Cruces, New Mexico. I’ve got a few sweet listings, and a couple of savory ones. My savory bakes are inspired by my time living in the Southwest. Growing up, my mom baked all the time. Any class party featured something sweet from my mom’s kitchen, and my birthdays always featured a specially decorated cake. Everything I know, I learned from her. College and work have taken me out of the kitchen in the past, but the recent quarantine has gotten me back into my mom’s recipes, and made me excited to bake again.
DANNY’S GREENS: Danny is starting his Summer Break early and is not listing anything till Market reopens on July 11. He’s probably ahead of everyone planning his fall garden as his beds await planting.
SANDY VALLEY: Scotty will have okra, eggplant, various melons, and if the Golden Queen sweet corn is ready it will be available for table sales in the Market Shed on Friday.
FOOTNOTES
We would love to hear from you! If you have a favorite recipe, want to write a product review, have an idea or request for an article or information, let us know! You can reply to this newsletter or write [email protected].
Order Saturday 5pm to Tuesday 5pm weekly for Pickup the following Friday
Dothan Pickup: 10am – 12pm, Dothan Nurseries, 1300 Montgomery Highway, Dothan, AL 36303
Daleville Pickup: 11am – 11:30am, Parking area behind Daleville Chamber of Commerce
Enterprise Pickup: 12pm – 12:30pm, Grocery Advantage, 1032 Boll Weevil Circle, Enterprise
Our Email: [email protected]
Join our Online Discussions! www.facebook.com/groups/MarketatDothanDiscussion
Be sure to use our hashtag! #marketatdothan
Our COVID protocol is still in place for everyone who wants curbside service.
I. Order Payment:
1. Voluntarily prepay by 6 pm Thursday if possible using this PAYPAL link. This eliminates passing paper currency back and forth or handling debit/credit cards on site. Your invoice will be marked PAID and pickup is fast and easy. In the event of undelivered items you will be issued a Market credit that will apply to your next order.
2. Debit/Credit – One of us will briefly step within 6 feet for you to put your card in the chip reader. We do our best to avoid touching your card or you touching the equipment which means we sign an “x” for your signature.
3. Cash and Checks – You may hand them to us. Exact change is preferred if using cash to prevent a lot of passing back and forth. If you choose curbside pickup you are welcome to put payment in your trunk/tailgate as that would eliminate the need to come near your window.
II. Order Delivery:
1. Curb Service: Please pull up next to the Market Shed. We will direct traffic a little bit if needed. Have your trunk/ hatchback open and we’ll load you up!
2. Walk Up Pickup: Please do not come inside. When we see you coming we’ll put your order near the entrance and step back for you to claim it. This system works really well for those of you wishing to get extra veggies that may be available.
3. Regardless of how you choose to accept your Market order please know that we make every effort to practice safe distancing and ask that you do the same.
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!
Monroe Market: Monroe Locally Grown is open!
Good morning everyone!
Monroe Locally Grown is open and ready for your online orders! We will be open until 8 PM Monday. Pick up is Wednesday, 7/1.
New this week
Rock House Creamery has added some yummy new products to the market. Creamline milk, chocolate milk, cheeses, and ICE CREAM! Sign in to check out their offerings. We are very excited that are joining us!
See you Wednesday! Have a great weekend!
Locally Grown STT: Last Market until the Fall, get your order in!
Good Saturday Morning!
This is last weekend and week for ordering from your local farms and producers on the St Thomas Locally Grown Farmers Market.
Thanks for shopping local through this platform. We’ll see you Wednesday.