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.
GFM : While Mother Nature Seems Confused, Our Vendors Are Ready!
As we begin our new week and prepare to open the online market, we have some thoughts to share with you all. This wild Spring weather will challenge us, but we will push onward. Our GFM online and physical market customers want fresh produce and locally-produced crafts. Our participating growers and crafters are dedicated to delivering on your expectations!
More Wacky Weather From Mother Nature
Flashback about one month ago and we posted a blog on this very site talking about Mother Nature’s wild tricks. Spring one day, Winter the next, Spring again, ooops— here’s Winter. Well sadly my friends, we’ve been duped again. Just about an hour prior to my writing this update, I let the dog out only to get pelted by sleet and freezing rain.Alas, despite the whims of Mother Nature, our potatoes, luffas, garlic, swiss chard and more are already in the ground. So, we’re hoping and praying we get back to warm weather and stay with it until market opening day on May 12th.
*is the wild weather affecting your Spring garden plans? Feel free to share your story with us. Email: greenevillefarmersmarket@gmail.com and, with your permission, we’ll share your story with our customers in the weeks to come.
Our market customers are awaiting your talent, craft, or produce!
We touched on this last week, but it is still on our hearts. When you see the joy of a farmer’s market customer coming up to your table and smiling as they exchange their hard-earned money for the produce you’ve sweated and toiled to produce on your land, it’s a glorious feeling. Farmer’s markets create win-win situations.
Our question for you is this: What good, skill, or service are you holding back from the Greenville community? We’re actively seeking new vendors, crafters, and teachers who can provide workshops at our market this year. Please, reach out to Judy Shelton @ 552-3023 if you have any questions about becoming a vendor, or about providing a workshop this season.
Is your small garden producing an excess of some crop every season? Are you spending a lot of time canning, preserving and drying your excess? Well, our market customers might be eagerly searching for that crop you produce. If you don’t step up and become a vendor, they may never get what they’re after. Help us bring an abundance and a variety to our wonderful Greeneville fresh produce buyers this season.
Become a vendor on our online market today as well!
We wish you all the best this week and Spring gets back on her feet and tries to stand tall against the last blows of Winter. Are your crops in the ground? Are you taking all the steps required to ensure a plentiful and abundant harvest this year? Get out there sow, so that you may reap in season!
Yalaha, FL: Yalaha Market Open
Order now through 5 pm April 12thh for April 14th Pickup (or contact me if you want a different day, we have some flexibility.)
Remember to tell me when you want to pick up!
Send me a message if you are interested in Getting Channel Catfish.
If you have any particular requests, let me know I’m happy to grow to order.
Sign in to order. https://yalaha.locallygrown.net/market
You have to sign in to see the add to cart button. Then click the add to cart button on the items you want to buy. Remember you need to check out before your order will be placed.
Remember to let me know when you want to pick up on Sat or maybe even Friday late afternoon or on Sunday. (If I don’t send you an e-mail confirmation of your order and pick up time, please make sure you checked out and completed your order.)
Winnsboro, TX: Online market is open
Good morning!
The online market is now open. Sorry for the delay this morning; internet is out from all the nasty weekend weather!
Enjoy shopping until 7pm tomorrow. Pick-up time is Thursday afternoon at the depot.
Have a great week!
Stacy
The Wednesday Market: Don't Miss Your Chance to Order!
Good morning.
We don’t want you to miss your chance to order! And not many of you have placed orders yet. Maybe because this week is spring break for some of us and people are out of town? Or, maybe it’s because it is COLD this morning, and we just aren’t wake yet? Anyway, this is a short reminder that The Wednesday Market is open until 10 p.m. this evening. Check the website for this week’s product offerings. Here is the link:
https://wednesdaymarket.locallygrown.net/market
Have a great Monday everyone. And if you go out today, take a jacket – you’ll need one.
See you at the Market.
Beverly
Siloam Springs, AR: Online Market is Open!
We had a successful opening day Saturday despite the cold temperatures. Thank you to everyone that came out to support local farmers, makers, and bakers!
Arkansabi Farms has produce listed online this week. You can shop for your groceries, place your order, and pick it up at the Market Welcome Station Saturday morning.
Have a great week and see you Saturday!
Stacy
Athens Locally Grown: ALG Market Open for April 19
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
The average last frost date for Athens falls this week, but you never know when a weird cold front will blow through, wreaking havoc on the little plants. It may be that tonight and tomorrow will be the last blast of cold for the year, but ten days from now we might have to crank up the heaters again. If you’ve put out summer plants like tomatoes, peppers, squash, and eggplants, keep an eye out on the forecast for the next week or two, just in case you need protect them. The average last frost date for some of our growers won’t come for another month, further up in the mountains, but that just means more variety for our market.
It’s really never too late to put something in the ground, and it’s prime planting season now. I was one of the founding farmers of Athens Locally Grown, back in 2002, but these days I’m living back in the city of Athens and lucky enough to have a rental house with a few raised beds right outside my back door. Springtime weather makes me want to throw seeds in every bit of dirt I can find, wherever I find it, so maybe this week I’ll also make some native wildflower seed bombs for use in bare patches I run across while walking through the neighborhood.
If you’ve been preparing your garden, or just thinking about starting one, be sure to check out all of the live plants offered by our growers through Athens Locally Grown and the other area farmers markets. Sure, you could run off to Home Depot and buy some mass-produced seedlings soaked in synthetic fertilizers and sprayed with fumigants, but you can also get hardy seedlings grown by the same people cultivating plants for their own vegetable beds, free of synthetic chemicals, for the same prices.
Why am I encouraging you to grow your own food when I’m in the business of helping growers sell you food they grow? For one, studies have shown (and my own experience confirms) that people who grow their own gardens tend to actually increase their yearly purchases at their local farmers markets. Once they take an interest their food so strong that they begin growing what they can, they find that they can rely even more on their local growers for things that they used to get at the grocery store. And besides, my goal for writing the software behind our market is for every community to become less reliant on food grown elsewhere and shipped in from long distances. And you having your own little patch of garden in your yard is a big step in helping Athens do just 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 has returned to Saturday mornings at Bishop Park and Wednesday afternoons at Creature Comforts downtown. You can catch the news on their website. The West Broad Farmers Market is still closed for the season, and you can watch for their return on April 28 on their website 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. Washington, GA also has a lovely little Saturday market, running Saturdays from 9 to noon. 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 noon to 4pm. The Oconee County Farmers Market is still closed for the season, but will return soon. 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!
Green Fork Farmers Market: Weekly product list
Dear Green Fork Farmers Market Customers:
Ordering will be open until Tuesday at 5:00 pm this week.
Here’s what’s available this week:
Vegetables—Kale, arugula, radishes, swiss chard, mizuna mustard greens, spinach, and beets.
Herbs and Spices—hot chili powder.
Eggs—From pastured hens.
Meat—Pastured beef and chicken.
Olives and Olive Oil—Direct from the organic grower in California. Check out sales prices on selected varieties!
Salsa—Made with locally grown and organic ingredients.
Live plants—Fig trees, fig houseplants, and tomato transplants.
Crafts—Natural, handmade soy candles scented with pure essential oils (no toxic chemicals!)
Place your order now, then pick up and pay on Wednesday from 4-7 pm at Nightbird Books in Fayetteville.
We will also have a selection of locally grown and handmade goods available for sale from the table at the market on Wednesday.
We look forward to seeing you!
Green Fork Farmers Market
Foothills Market: New Market Schedule!
The end of this week (Saturday, April 21) marks the Spring Greening Festival and the beginning of the season for the Johnson County Community Farmers’ Market. As a result, we will be changing the schedule for the Foothills Market for the summer season to better accommodate both markets.
Beginning this week, we will open the market on Sunday afternoon, and it will remain open for shopping through noon on Wednesday. Pickup will be Thursday from 4-6 p.m. at the Food for Thought garden at 815 N. Hillcrest in Clarksville.
Browse the market, fill your cart with local products, and click the “Submit your order” button. We’ll have your order ready for pickup on Thursday.
Eat something fresh this week!
Dawson Local Harvest: Winter Vegetable Countdown
Dawson Local Harvest for April 20th
Winter Vegetable Countdown
HI GUYS!
As we move along towards May it is inevitable that some of the Vegetables we so love will soon disappear for several months. Ironically, this is when many of our delicious favorites are most available. Just look at this list: Bok Choi, Cabbage, several Kales, baby Leeks, Lettuce mix, Radishes, Spinach, Chard, and Turnips. Don’t Miss Out on this opportunity. Order Now!
BEEF IS BACK! COPPERHEAD HOMESTEAD has restocked, and fresh, pasture-fed Ground Beef, Ribeyes, Roasts, Cube Steak, and more are now ready for Order. Also Lamb, Ground, Leg of Lamb, and Rack of Lamb from BRAMBERI FARMS are all available right now.
With Eggs, Raw Milk, Breads, Yeast Rolls, all-natural Soaps, Probiotics, awesome Toffee Almond Sandies and a whole lot more, Eating Is Good in the Dawson Harvest Neighborhood!
THE MARKET IS NOW OPEN!
REMEMBER! You can now order until Tuesday night at 9 pm. Pick up your order at Leilani’s Gardens Friday afternoons from 4 to 6 pm.
You’ll find the DAWSON LOCAL HARVEST at http://dawsonville.locallygrown.net
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! We guarantee your satisfaction with all products in the DAWSON LOCAL HARVEST.
If you like what we’re doing please tell a friend!
Alan Vining
Market Manager
Stones River Market: Weblog Entry
Stones River Market
How to contact us:
Our Website: stonesriver.locallygrown.net
On Facebook: www.facebook.com/StonesRiverMarket
On Wednesdays: Here’s a map.
Market News
Farrar Farms says Farrar Farm has several Special Order items available for your Mother’s Day dinner (such as whole beef tenderloin). Don’t disappoint mom!!!! Order now to ensure that it’s ready for the big day.
Any questions on special orders? Let us know!
Botanical Harmony Farm has plenty of duck eggs this week! Stock up for Easter baking or incredible soft or hard boiled eggs!
Linda from Dogwood Valley Greenhouse sends this cheery Springtime note:
Yes it’s really spring. I didn’t think I’d ever be able to say that, this year! In the greenhouse, the plants may be blooming a week or so earlier than they would if outside, in the wind and rain. But they sure are happy in the greenhouse! This week, many of them are continuing to bloom from previous weeks, such as Euphorbia, columbine, coreopsis, creeping phlox, Dianthus, charming taller woodland phlox, dwarf Solomon’s seal, vinca, and azaleas. I’ve also noticed a few new blooms, including some of the dwarf carnations, foam flower, coral bells, pincushion flower, Spiderwort, and salvia.
The ferns, especially the low Japanese Painted and the taller Ostrich, would look really great in your woodland garden. The wandering Jew hanging baskets are lush and full, and the Rex begonias are ready (as soon as the weather stays consistent) to add color to your porch or patio.
The mints and oreganos are doing very well, and finally the thyme is filling out. Salad burnet is still thick and full, waiting to be a part of your next salad. We have a few Rosemary and Lavender plants as well, and a limited number of Stevia. Valerian, a very useful herb, can also add a tall white accent to your perennial border.
And a nice surprise: the Christmas cacti are back in bloom! They actually haven’t been resting for long, and I’ve been watering them right along. So I’m not sure what triggered the bloom cycle, but they’ll make great Mother’s Day gifts. (I will wrap for you.)
Don’t forget: it’s not reliably warm enough for tomato and pepper plants yet, in spite of what some of the big box stores try to tell you. In fact, I saw several dead ones in my local shop a couple days ago, and there will be more after this coming Monday’s cold night. And I’m going to throw out a forecast that we will get one more frost, right after the next round of vegetable plantings. My suggestion: wait till at least May 1, when the soil is nice and warm, allowing for good strong root growth, which is essential for healthy plants. Then get your tomato and pepper plants from Dogwood Valley Greenhouse. I will have several varieties of tomatoes and some California Wonder green bell peppers, available in about two to three weeks.
Check out all the excited listings on our incredible market!
See ya on the porch!!
Tracey & Ashleigh
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See the complete list of products at http://stonesriver.locallygrown.net/