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.
Siloam Springs, AR: Online Market Closed Oct 7th-12th
Good morning! The online market will be closed this week to allow our farmers and vendors to prepare and add inventory. The market will re-open October 14th and the first Fall/Winter pick up date will be October 19th, 9-11 am at our new office location – Moss House, 311 S Mt Olive.
Have a great week and see you Saturday for our last outdoor market and Kids Day!!
Siloam Springs, AR: Online Market Closed Oct 7th-12th
Good morning! The online market will be closed this week to allow our farmers and vendors to prepare and add inventory. The market will re-open October 14th and the first Fall/Winter pick up date will be October 19th, 9-11 am at our new office location – Moss House, 311 S Mt Olive.
Have a great week and see you Saturday for our last outdoor market and Kids Day!!
Winnsboro, TX: Happy Fall!!!
What a gorgeous & long-awaited cool morning. I hope you all have a great week & enjoy the arrival of the Fall weather.
The market is now open. Shop through tomorrow evening & enjoy some new selections such as pecans & mushrooms!
GFM : Fun, Fun, Fun
Halloween is coming soon to your Greeneville Farmers Market.
OCTOBER 26
9 AM TO 2 PM
Follow us on Facebook for more information.
Registration Pages are up on our web site for Childrens Contest
Vendor and Volunteering at our market.
Questions?
Call 639-7616 and leave a message
or email
greenevillefarmersmarket@gmail.com
Athens Locally Grown: ALG Market Open for October 10
Athens Locally Grown
How to contact us:
Our Website: athens.locallygrown.net
On Twitter: @athlocallygrown
On Facebook: www.facebook.com/athenslocallygrown
On Thursdays: Here’s a map.
Market News
Some of you have already taken advantage of the many seedlings available for your fall gardens. I always say the fall is my favorite time to garden in Athens, even though many people shut their gardens down as the first frost approaches. It still feels like summer outside, but this coming weekend I’d like to get in there and start planting broccoli, collards, cabbage, kohlrabi, kale, Brussels sprouts, and more. There are fifty-nine varieties of veggie and herb seedlings listed this week and I expect more to arrive in the coming weeks. Usually we’ve got a better selection than you can find at most garden centers this time of year.
Fall weather does seem to have finally taken hold, and while that means many of our summer crops will soon be saying their goodbyes (though not all, thanks to the many greenhouses our growers use) it also means the autumn crops will be in their element. We should be awash in leafy greens real soon, and I love that.
Thank you 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 evenings downtown at Creature Comforts. You can catch the news on their website. The West Broad Farmers Market is back as well, Saturdays from 9 to 1, and you can watch for weekly news here: http://www.athenslandtrust.org/west-broad-farmers-market/. The Comer Farmers’ Market is open on Saturday mornings from 9am to noon. Check www.facebook.com/comerfm for more information. The Oconee County farmers market is held every Saturday 8 to noon in downtown Watkinsville. Washington, GA also has a lovely little Saturday market, running on Saturdays from 9 to 2pm. You can learn all about them here: www.washingtonfarmersmkt.com Folks to the east can check out the Hartwell Farmers Market, which starts bright and early on Saturday morning from 7am to noon, and Tuesday afternoons from 11 to 3pm. If you know of any other area 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!
Fresh Harvest, LLC: Fresh Harvest for October 6th
Contact Info
Our Website: freshharvest.locallygrown.net
On Facebook: www.facebook.com/freshharvestllc
Email:
John Drury john.drury@att.net
Phone:
John 615-838-0428
Market News
Hello!
“Chestnuts roasting on an open fire…” $1 off your order if you can recite the next line without Googling. I was clueless. There are chestnuts available this week in 1 or 5 lb. packages from Caney Fork Farms. To learn more about their farm, their website is: Caneyforkfarms.com Besides an open fire, you can also pan fry chestnuts in butter or lard.
Another new item for Fresh Harvest this week is Elderberry Syrup from Pig and Leaf Farm. It sounds very healthy and tasty. Edible pod peas and purple hull peas are in abundance this week. It looks like we can resume using the oven and venturing outside to grill, but maybe the weather gods are just teasing us.
I’ve been growing sweet potatoes for many years. When initially reading the instructions in the Manual, it said to clip the vines by the first frost and begin the harvest. After planting them in May, I was diligent in cutting the vines by the middle of October. What I discovered was that if you let them grow that long you will have some really mammoth sweet potatoes. SOME growers like the Hershbergers harvest their potatoes early in September in order not to have 5 lb. potatoes like me. This year I began to harvest them at the beginning of October, a month before the first frost and I still have some real honkers. It looks like it will be a good harvest with plenty of normal size potatoes. The good news is that we will be able to give a lot of poundage of taters to the Nashville Food Project.
I am setting up in a different location at Trinity. There’s a big tree diagonally across from where I’ve been setting up, near Sharondale. It’s flat and has more shade.
Lots of fine meat items from Wedge Oak and Bear Creek Farms.
Dozen Bakery cookies and breads, eggs, granola, honey, and coffee are all in abundance.
You have until Tuesday night to place your order.
Thanks for your support, and I will see you on Wednesday!
If you need to text me, my number is 615-838-0428.
John
Recipes
Four Seasons Farmers Market: Market Open! October 6-8
Veggies, meat, eggs, cut flowers, olives and more! We’re a little light on produce at the moment, but new fall vegetables will available soon!
Your purchases will be available from 3-6 PM on Wednesday afternoon at our new pickup location in Fayetteville:
Berry Natural
3059 N College Ave
Fayetteville, AR 72703
Thanks!
Foothills Market: The Market is Open
The temperature is expected to drop this week, which brings joy to some and not to others. Nevertheless, those changes will have no impact on the market, as it will be open again at 5 p.m. today with more fresh vegetables and meats. This week’s listings also include some delicious baked goods and handmade soaps. Visit Foothills Market, and place your order by Wednesday at 5 p.m. You’ will be able to pick it up Thursday 5:00 to 5:30 p.m at the Food for Thought garden.
Let’s eat fresh!
Dawson Local Harvest: CHICKEN, GREEN BEANS, BOK CHOI, KALE & LETTUCE BACK ON DAWSON HARVEST!
Dawson Harvest Market Opens at 8 pm!
Organically-raised Chicken is Back on the Dawson Harvest Market, joined by the Fall’s first all-natural no chem Lettuce, Swiss Chard, Bok Choi & Kales, along with Green Beans, Okra, Zucchini, and Peppers. And check for pastured Beef, raw Milk and Eggs, fresh Bakery, Fermented / probiotic Delights, and plenty more!
PLACE YOUR ORDERS STARTING at 8 O’clock Tonight!
Magney Legacy Ridge Farm: CSA #27
Dear CSA-ers,
This week’s preassembled bag will contain Spinach, Lovelock Head Lettuce, Carrots, Collards, Bell Peppers, Parsley, Chives and Butternut Squash (Amish Grown). For those of you placing custom orders, you may do so between now and Tuesday evening on the website at: http://magneyfarm.locallygrown.net/market
For those of you who have just signed up on the CSA site this week, welcome! You should receive a welcoming call from one of our staff this Monday or Tuesday to help answer any questions you might have about using the site. We’re glad to have you here! We’re also glad to have some cooler weather and some rain for the first time in a good long while. Cooler weather serves to sweeten up all the Autumn vegetables, and we expect some excellent harvests of cool weather crops in the weeks to come.
Progress on the farm is going well. This week the last of our outdoor transplanting was finished up, except for garlic, which is special in that it is planted late and grows throughout the winter. Additionally, the first of the three high tunnels to be planted for winter harvest was cleared and prepared. This coming week, it will be planted with the crops that will be harvested during winter. The tunnels allow us to provide you with fresh vegetables so deep into December after heavy frosts have killed plants outside.
This week’s vegetable spot-light falls on carrots. Carrots are a challenge to grow in Kentucky due to our dense soil and humid climate. Nevertheless, we are very proud to bring you organically grown carrots from our very own farm in Princeton, Kentucky. This rotation is predominately a colorful mixture of carrots called “Starburst” that has reds, yellows, oranges, and whites. It seems this time the red varieties performed the best, although the color distribution and size of these carrots seems to vary some with the seasons. Carrots are high in Vitamin A which is why you’ve probably heard someone say they’re good for your eyesight. We hope you enjoy both seeing and tasting them in our colorful assortment this week!
As always, we thank you and your family for your support of our farm. We wish you all a wonderful week!
Sincerely,
The Magney Legacy Ridge Farm Team