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.
Heirloom Living Market Lawrenceville : Market closes at 8:00pm! Have you placed your order?
The Market closes at 8:00pm tonight!
All Cow Milk Orders in by 2:00pm!
Notes
We appreciate your support of our LOCAL Farmers and of the Market! Please SHARE the Market with friends, family, neighbors and co-workers!
Take me to the Crossfit Market.
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
Take me to the Crossfit Market.
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
Take me to the Crossfit Market.
Athens Locally Grown: ALG Market Open for April 13
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 last night was 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 farms 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 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 is open on Saturdays at Bishop Park and Wednesday afternoons downtown at Creature Comforts. You can catch the news on their website. The Oconee County Farms Market is open on Saturdays in Watkinsville. Their website is www.oconeefarmersmarket.org. The Comer Farmers’ Market is open on Saturday mornings from 10am to noon. Check www.facebook.com/comerfm for more information. Washington, GA also has a lovely little Saturday market, running on Saturdays from 9-12. You can learn all about them here: www.washingtonfarmersmkt.com. 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!
Greener Acres Farm: Busy Days and Bright Sunshine
Beautiful day on the farm today. Sun was shining,nice breeze, and lots of productive work accomplished.
We took a lot of pictures today of our gardens and the progress they are making. Although we are unable to upload the pictures to this blog, we welcome you to visit our facebook page and view our newsletter for more details at https://www.facebook.com/greeneracresfarm/
This week we are pleased to introduce you to our newest grower. Mike & Kerri Stoltz of Heritage Hills Farm in Duncansville,PA join us and will be adding their items shortly. You can check out their info on Our Growers page.
This week we have our fresh spinach and green onions, fresh rosemary, thyme and chives, dried herbs, free range brown eggs,raw milk and artisan cheeses, goat’s milk soap, pork and grass-fed beef, and much more.
Dawson Local Harvest: Rhubarb Pie, Anyone?
Dawson Local Harvest for April 14th
How About Rhubarb Pie to Go with Those Vegetables!
HI EVERYONE!
The Market has Rhubarb, and if like most people you don’t know what that tastes like, here’s your chance. LEILANI’S has easy-to-plant-and-grow Rhubarb plants, naturally-grown of course. With or without strawberries it makes for a good-eatin’ pie!
MORE VEGGIES THIS WEEK! The Market also welcomes back Spinach, red and white Turnips, and Swiss Chard as they join Bok Choi and several Lettuce varieties that are available this week!
Local Honey, raw Milk, free-range Eggs, and fabulous organic and gluten-free Baked Goods and more are available, so check out The Market listings for this week!
THE MARKET IS NOW OPEN!
REMEMBER! You can now order until Tuesday night at 9pm. Pick up your order at Leilani’s Gardens Friday afternoons from 4 to 7pm.
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.
Have a happy and healthy week!
Alan Vining
Market Manager
Fresh Harvest, LLC: Fresh Harvest for April 9th
To Contact Us
Fresh Harvest, LLC
Link to Fresh Harvest
Email us!
Tallahassee May
tally@wildblue.net
JohnDrury
john.drury@att.net
Recipes
Greens and Fresh Mint Salad
from Food52.com
_This is addictively delicious and really easy! _
1 bunch (large) greens such as kale or collards, or a mix!, chopped very small, almost minced
1cup fresh mint, minced
1cup walnuts, chopped
Spicy Peanut Dressing
3tablespoons smooth natural peanut butter
3tablespoons warm water
3tablespoons rice wine vinegar
1tablespoon pomegranate molasses
1tablespoon soy sauce
1teaspoon fresh garlic, minced
2teaspoons fresh ginger, peeled and minced
1teaspoon sesame oil
1teaspoon dried red chili flakes
Toss the chopped greens, chopped mint and the walnuts together. If you haven’t made the dressing yet, do that next. Put the peanut butter, warm water, garlic, rice wine vinegar, pomegranate molasses, soy sauce, minced ginger, sesame oil and red chili flakes into a blender and whirl away at high speed until everything is smooth. Toss the dressing with the salad. Maybe not all at one time. Pour and toss about half of the dressing and then decide if it needs more.
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Market News
Hello!
We are back this week and looking forward to sharing with you all the goodness that this beautiful spring has to offer!
Lots of good veggies this week as well as beautiful flowers to brighten your home and heart! It is Passover this week and Easter this weekend, so plan now for local food inspired meals! beat Creek Farm has their lamb on special this week!
It is almost strawberry time! The plants are looking great, and with this warm weather we should be seeing them very soon.
Thank you so much for all your support! We look forward to seeing you on Wednesday!
John and Tallahassee
Coming Events
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!
Middle Tennessee Locally Grown: Supplemental Announcement
BREAKING NEWS!!
Here is our breaking news – with pictures! Never believe the news without the proof! One of the Mennonite farms in Altamont has greenhouses chock full of “Trust” variety tomatoes – ripe and ready to eat! Locally greenhouse-grown red-ripe tomatoes of the “Trust” variety. Order yours today!
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To Contact Us
Our Website: manchester.locallygrown.net
On Facebook: Manchester Locally Grown Online Farmers’ Market
By e-mail: tnhomeschooler@yahoo.com
By phone: (931) 273-9708
Frontier Family Farms has also added a few other spring vegetables to the market:
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(L to R) Green leaf lettuce & Spinach
Important Ordering and Pickup Information
If you’ve already placed an order this week, you may place a second order with no problem. The software will total the two together for us at checkout.
Ordering will be open until TUESDAY at 10 p.m., and your order will be available for pickup on THURSDAY between 4:00 and 5:30 at our tents located outside Manchester Farm Store, 251 Interstate Dr., Manchester.
Blessings,
Linda
Here is the complete list for this week.
Duette, FL: Kohlrabi
This week we feature Kohlrabi. The kohlrabi root is frequently used raw in salad or slaws. It has a texture similar to that of a broccoli stem, but with a flavor that is sweeter and less vegetal.
Kohlrabi leaves are edible and can be used interchangeably with collard greens and kale.
Kohlrabi is an important part of the Kashmiri diet and one of the most commonly cooked foods. It is prepared with its leaves and served with a light soup and eaten with rice.
Please have a look at what we offer this week and place your orders.
Thank you.
David and Betty
Duette Locally Grown Market
Miami County Locally Grown: Order while you can!
Last chance to place your orders before we take a one-week break for Easter!
We close tonight at 8pm! :-)
www.miamicounty.locallygrown.net
CLG: Opening Bell: Sausage, Cheese, Spinach, Plants!
Good afternoon!
There’s still plenty of time to get some fine plants and flowers for your garden! If you are limited in space, try a few plants in containers.
Lots of great tasting spinach this season, and asparagus and green onions are doing well too. It won’t be long until we have strawberries and squash too!
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!
Check out over 665 wonderful items listed right now. See you on Friday!
And save your eggshells throughout the week for the laying hens! :-)
The market is now OPEN for orders. Click here to start shopping:
www.conway.locallygrown.net
Please check your email a few minutes after you place your order to make sure you get an order confirmation. Thank you for being a valuable part of CLG!
Have a great week!
Steve
The Wednesday Market: The Market is Open
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 all of this week’s product offerings. Here is the link: https://wednesdaymarket.locallygrown.net/market
Thank you to all of our customers and farmers who were flexible last week with our decision to postpone the market due to the bad weather.
We are planning to operate business as usual this week.
Have a great Sunday, and we’ll see you at the Market.
Thanks,
Beverly