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.
Stones River Market: Happy Valentine's Week <3
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
Good Morning!!
Lots on offer this week and a couple vendors away!
Linda at Dogwood Valley Greenhouse sends this:
Spring is almost here! The daffodils are in glorious bloom at Dogwood Valley Greenhouse! Brighten your dining table or bedroom with one dozen beautiful long-stemmed garden-fresh blooms, in a pretty vase tied with a bow. Flowers have white petals and yellow centers, and are very fragrant, my garden favorite for many years. This bouquet is perfect for gift-giving to someone special or to yourself.
The late winter-flowering perennials are also beginning to bloom in the greenhouse. Look for weekly additions to the market under “Live Plants”.
Wild Flours wants everyone to note that their elderberry syrup and ground flours/meal is available each week. The breads are available every other, this is an off week. Than you!
Rocky Glade is away this week as well as White City Produce & Greenhouse
Frontier Family Farm is with us and continues to provide superior greens!
Marcy Jams is away this week and returns next week.
Flying S Farms has a new muffin listed!: Their Delicious Bran Raisin Muffins are a great way to start your morning or have a delicious snack during the day. Wonderful balance of Bran and Raisins with a hint of cinnamon to enjoy with your coffee or a glass of milk.
Don’t forget that we can deliver to your door! Select delivery and add to your cart just as you would any product check that your address is correct in the system, set a cooler out and we will deliver during the normal pickup hours on Wednesday.
See you Wednesday!
Tracey & Ashleigh
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Recipes
Please, share your recipes with us on the Recipes tab. We’d all love to know how you use your Stones River Market products, so we can try it too!
I am taking a break from recipes. Look for them to return soon.
See the complete list of products at http://stonesriver.locallygrown.net/
Dothan, Alabama: February 11 Market Newsletter
Vendor Spotlight: Smith Farms
Our family moved to Graceville Florida in 1999. We had always wanted to live in the country; so when the opportunity arose, we moved out to 40 acres of family land. For the last 18 years, we have worked to turn that land into a home and working farm…..it seems like there is always some project to start, improve on, and/or finish!
When we first moved down, we lived in a small trailer-house (the land only had a small shed that kept an old tractor that was used maybe once a year). We knew we wanted to build a house, but after pricing it, we decided that the most economical thing to do was to build it ourselves. So for the first three years we were down here, we cut lumber off of the property, milled and dried it on site, and eventually used it to build the house. That was a process! …but we learned so much!
My parents home-schooled me and my three sisters during all of this (we were ages 5-11) and we had the most fun (and learned ALOT) being able to help with the house. We didn’t hire any steady labor. My Dad, my sisters, and I (with our Mom running everything else) mostly built the house ourselves.
We got started with livestock because we girls got on a dairy goat kick (don’t ask me how or why…I think it had something to do with a little goat book we randomly rented from the library one week), and we bugged our parents until they gave in!
To begin with, we raised livestock for our own fun/use: dairy goats for milk, then chickens for eggs, then sheep because we love mutton (and couldn’t always afford it!), and then cows because we wanted to have natural meat (and again, its cheaper to do it yourself than to buy organic! …this seems to be a recurring theme!).
We have always appreciated the natural way of doing things, be it raising livestock or growing a garden. Learning how to actually pull it off and be productive at the same time was a huge learning process…and one that we are always working on. It is a lot of work, but what has delighted us is the return: the difference in quality and taste is very noticeable and very much worth it.
I also love how at the end of every day on the farm, after work has been accomplished and your body is equally as tired as your mind, you can enjoy a rest that feels justified, and wake up eager to do an even better job the next day!
Sweet Happenings at Market at Dothan.
If you placed an order last week you got a sweet surprise with your products – Mrs. Birdie’s cookies! Mrs. Birdie is an expert herbalist and specializes in unique blends that have provided the Wiregrass with the highest quality teas that are both delicious and good for you. Naturally we’re excited to have The Tea Cart join us!
D’S JELLIES – D’s Mayhaw Jelly, Hot Pepper Jelly, and BlackBerry Jelly are good year round.
GINTHER FARMS Fresh UNFERTILIZED eggs from young chickens. Perfect for Deviled Eggs.
HORTON’S FARM Local Wildflower honey in several sizes and a limited quantity of Tupelo. Check our our plain and flavored Kombuchas: your system will THANK you for it. Danny only has salad greens available this week while his other vegetables reach maturity. Thank you for your support of FRESH, LOCAL and SUSTAINABLE agriculture!
KATHY’S CHURPERS Always the finest in fresh local eggs.
MARY’S PEEPS Specialty treats: cake in jars, muffins in jars, cake rolls chocolate, vanilla and a peanut-butter cake roll. There will be several 2 person layer cakes and individual cup cakes wrapped with fancy wrappings. A special THANK YOU to everyone returning containers to recycle. Thank you for your orders and support. Mary Peeps, Mary Dale Peeples
RICHTER FARMS: Red Wattle Pork Products raised in rural Henry County. Red Wattle is an old heritage breed producing high quality, highly sought after pork products.
SANDSPUR FARMS Sandspur is BUSY getting ready for spring! This farm has it all: Meats, Vegetables, Kitchen Treats and more. To see Sandspur items exclusively please use the “show specific growers” feature in the box below the categories on the Market Page.
SANDY VALLEY Sandy Valley is taking a week off to give their vegetables time to mature. This way you can enjoy them at their prime!
SMITH FARMS – Ground Lamb and Dexter Beef
SWEET ACRE FARMS We have it on good authority they will return later this year with lots of yummy vegetables. Stay Tuned!
AVALON FARMS New this week will be Garlic scallions. They are small whole garlic plants used like regular scallions but with bonus garlic flavor.
In farm life, we’ll be making our first potato planting of Red Pontiacs (red new potatoes) and fingerlings this week.
CASABLANCA RANCH. Locally Grown Hormone Free Santa Gertrudis Beef.
Footnotes
Our Website: marketatdothan.locallygrown.net
Our Email: marketatdothan@gmail.com
On Facebook: www.facebook.com/MarketatDothan
For Friday Pickup: Dothan: Dothan Nurseries, 1300 Montgomery Highway, Dothan, AL 36303
Daleville: Corner of Daleville Avenue and Hwy 134
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: Time to Order Fresh Local Farm Products!
Manchester Locally Grown Farmers’ Market
Good morning!
The market is open as usual, and will remain open for your orders till Tuesday at 10 pm. Please be sure to read the section of the page entitled “Important Ordering and Pickup Information.”
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
FARM NEWS OF THE WEEK
Debbie Wittig of Knottynuffacres is still traveling, and her products are unavailable to the market this week. We hope to see her soon.
Weaver Farms has a new supply of all pork and beef products. Home raised, no antibodies or hormones, family farm, USDA inspected.
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Spring is almost here! The daffodils are in glorious bloom at Dogwood Valley Greenhouse in Hillsboro! Brighten your dining table or bedroom with one dozen beautiful long-stemmed garden-fresh blooms, in a pretty vase tied with a bow. Flowers have white petals and yellow centers, and are very fragrant, my garden favorite for many years. This bouquet is perfect for gift-giving to someone special or to yourself.
The late winter-flowering perennials are also beginning to bloom in the greenhouse. Look for weekly additions to the market under “Live Plants”.
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IMPORTANT ORDERING AND PICKUP INFORMATION
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. We can also deliver your order to your home (or other location) on Friday afternoons, for a small fee, if it’s more convenient for you. If you prefer to utilize this service, please place an order for it, same as other products, selecting your delivery area. Don’t forget to give us your location address in the comments section of the order. Also please text Linda at (931) 273-9708 for specific arrangements.
Thanks so much for your support of Manchester Locally Grown Market, and your friends and neighbors who have grown and produced these items. Please encourage our local farmers by helping to spread the word about our wonderful market to everyone you know. We offer a great variety of local farm products, and our items will be in your hands in time to plan for the weekend. Wonderful local products are available for ordering from the comfort of your own computer.
More new farmers are considering joining our market, if they can expect enough sales to help pay their transportation costs. Please help us grow the market by sharing this e-mail with your friends and inviting them to give us a try. And if you haven’t ordered from Manchester Locally Grown for a while, please check out our wide variety of offerings this week. Also please let us know if we can improve our selection or scheduling in any way to better suit your needs.
Blessings,
Linda
Here is the complete list for this week.
Northeast Georgia Locally Grown: Market is Open for Orders!
Good Evening Locavores!
Northeast Georgia Locally Grown is open for orders!
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Vegetables
Baked Goods
Eggs
Meat
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PICKUP TIME is Wednesday from 5-6:30pm!
Thank you for choosing Northeast Georgia Locally Grown as a way to support your local producers. This online farmers market allows you to buy directly from multiple farms committed to chemical-free and local produce all year long! CHEMICAL-FREE means produce and pastures grown without synthetic fertilizers, herbicides, fungicides, or insecticides. LOCAL means within 80 miles from the market pickup locations (usually much much closer). Do you know someone who grows chemical-free food in the area? Get them in touch with us. Know someone who wants fresh food? Spread the word. Put the two together, and that’s growing organically!
Lake Placid Online Farmer's Market: Feb Market Open (for real this time)
Hi everyone,
You might remember from my previous post that I opened the market a week ahead of time (I blame all the exciting events in Lake Placid; my calendar became muddled). ;)
If you have already ordered, no worries, your order is still in the system. You can message me if you want to add something. If you want to order, please do so before the cut off day and time of Monday February 13 at 12 midnight.
Look forward to seeing you and thank you for supporting local farmers!
Best,
Christie
CLG: CLG Pickup TODAY 4-6pm. Bring eggshells, glass jars, & egg cartons please.
Good afternoon,
This is a pickup reminder for those of you who ordered this week. Thank you for your order! You can pick up your order from 3:30 p.m. until 6:00 p.m. today at St. Peter’s Episcopal Church at 925 Mitchell Street in Conway.
Usually our volunteers have the market ready for customers to pick up before 4pm. If you are out and about and want to know if we are ready, just text me to see: 501-339-1039.
If something comes up that you cannot personally pick up your order today, please contact someone to pick up for you.
Remember to bring your EGGSHELLS, glass jars for recycling, egg cartons, and bags for ordered items. Reduce, reuse, recycle! See you this afternoon.
Come early for the best selection from the EXTRAS table! Even if you didn’t make an order, you can come by to shop the EXTRAS table.
ALFN Local Food Club: Volunteers Needed
Hey everyone! If you’re available for the late shift (10:15-12:15) at tomorrow’s market, we could use a few more volunteers! Sign up and receive $5 of credit towards your account or one month of membership.
Thanks,
Claire Hodgson
Program & Market Manager
Paris Arkansas Farmers Market: Dingaling Ding!
Hello River Valley!
Welcome to another market week in Paris! We have lots of great things available online and more coming every week! Spring is just around the corner…Now is a perfect time to get in the habit of ordering your local goodies every weekend!!
Thanks for your support, everyone! Happy Friday!!
Peace,
PAFM