 |
September 23rd, 2017
Market is open 8 to noon
HEY HILLSBOROUGH! HAPPY FALL!
A beautiful blue sky welcomes the Fall Equinox this morning, marking the start to the Harvest season! The Eno River Farmers Market is kicking off Fall with an abundance of fresh Fall produce, baked goods and breakfast items, meats & cheeses, beer & wine, guest vendors, artisan crafts, music, kids crafts and so much more!
__________________________________
KIDS CRAFTS WITH KAT 9:00 to noon
Find the craft area in the lawn tomorrow behind the pavilion. Let the kids create fun art projects while you stroll the market and get things checked off your list!
Live Music Series Continues this week:
Market favorite, "Sentimental" Johnny Stevens, will be jammin' out in front of the pavilion tomorrow.
Please welcome:
New guest vendors, Ned Gardner and SAMA Spread! Stop by their booths tomorrow to say hello and learn more about their products.
Ask the Master Gardeners!
We WILL NOT be collecting produce donations this week. We will collect cash donations but will not be purchasing or delivering food until October 7th. This month, we are meeting with new families at Cameron Park Elementary, setting up delivery times and discussing needs.
__________________________________
We hope you begin your weekend with good food, farmers & friends at the
Eno River Farmers Market!
____________________________________
|
|
BEE WILD FARM
-
GUEST APPEARANCE!
|
Our chrysanthemums come in many colors and varieties, each blooming at a different time in September and October.
Our mums will brighten up your porch or your garden, and they make great arrangements for fall weddings, family reunions, and other events.
|
Botanist and Barrel Blueberry wine is back! Think Beaujolais. It is the best yet with over half a pound of organic Cedar Grove blueberry farm blueberries in each bottle. And we'll also be bringing our barrel aged ciders and our latest peach wine release.
|
|
CEDAR GROVE WINDY HILL FARM
|
Cedar Grove Windy Hill Farm will be at Market this week with delicious chicken and duck eggs from Chiara and Russell's pasture raised chickens and ducks, garlic, goat milk soap and a couple of Brown Turkey Fig trees. The weather looks good for the first weekend of Fall, perfect for a walk to and through the Eno River Farmers market Saturday morning. Take in the beauty of the Market Pavilion, the good feeling you get from your fellow marketers and vendors. The Master Gardeners will be at the Market this week to help you select plants and provide you with plant growing tips. Fall is a wonderful time of the year to plant flowers and many other things in Piedmont, North Carolina. Come early, stay late and enjoy the fun.
We will have Jane's wonderful hand-crafted goat milk soap in lavendar, Clary sage, rose geranium, orange clove, Bay rum and peppermint bars. We are excited to be able to have Jane's goat milk soap on our Market table.
Our delicious chicken eggs are ungraded, but we typically bring large eggs to
Market. They will be their usual assortment of colors, making their display while they wait for you to eat them a fun experience. The duck eggs do not not come in varying colors but they are still tasty.
Chiara will be cleaning garlic cloves to ready them for Market again this week. Chiara and/or Russell will be at the table and can tell you all about the variety/varieties we will have and information about them that will help you All of the garlic varieties Chiara and Russell grow are yummy and will be fresh, fresh, fresh.
Every year, Geof roots and pots up a few new Brown Turkey Fig trees. The "root stock" comes from what we call our "Mother Tree," a Brown Turkey Fig tree that was growing on the farm in 1977 when Geof moved to the farm. We bring the new trees to the Market in the Fall ready for you to plant. This week, we will have those fig trees but there are only two of them left (several were sold earlier off the farm). Now is a good time to plant them and we can walk you through the way we do it at this week's Market. Usually we have figs available for sale this time of year. Unfortunately last Winter's intense cold spell killed all the fig tree branches back to the ground. The trees survived, including a new one planted last Fall, but they had to send up branches from the tree roots. As a result we have had very few figs on the trees this year. Stay tuned, we may be able to bring a few figs to Market in October. We will let you know about that in upcoming Newsletter posts.
Ecology and sustainability direct our agricultural practices. Our fruit and vegetables are grown without chemical pesticides or herbicides. We use only organic fertilizer. Our animals are pasture raised without the use of growth enhancements-antibiotic or hormone. The feed we feed to our chickens and ducks is Non-GMO. Our goat milk soap is thoughtfully crafted using the milk from our goats.
Chiara and Russell will be sharing Market time this week and Geof may join them for some part of the morning. We look forward to seeing you at the Farmers
Market Pavilion in beautiful downtown Hillsborough where we will be celebrating the start of Autumn and everything available at the best l'l Farmers Market in North Carolina.
Geof and Jane Gledhill
Chiara Gledhill and Russell Paugh
You can also join us on
Facebook
and
Instagram
where you'll find
news and photos of recent Windy Hill Farm happenings. Chiara has just updated our website and is always adding new photos to our instagram account. Check them out!
|
Our Calvander cheese which is inspired by Asiago will be ready to sell Oct. 4 one and a half weeks from now. We're excited to have it available at the markets, stores, and in featured restaurants. We love seeing and tasting the dishes created by the creative chefs in North Carolina. Keep an eye out for our posters and buttons with our celebratory cows. More info at http://chapelhillcreamery.com/calvander-2017-release/
We have paneer this Saturday. For inspiration see what Lantern is doing with it on our Facebook or Instagram, or gently fry this Indian cheese yourself and add to a mixed vegetable curry or sautéed greens. We only make this when the restaurant serves it, so get some this Saturday.
Our Dairyland Farmers cheese is fresh and moist and unlike the Paneer, it does melt when heated. Use it in tacos, our market salad recipe, in scrambled eggs.
Serve our Carolina Moon which is similar to a Camembert or Brie with hot pepper jelly or melt on a grilled cheese with roasted red pepper or mushrooms. To melt the Carolina Moon, trim some of the rind while it is cold, otherwise let the cheese warm to room temperature before serving. The rind is edible and traditionally it is eaten with each bite. Our Pheta is aged in a salt brine, which is a traditional method. Add to salads or greens, or marinate it with herbs and serve on a crusty bread.
Hickory Grove is a great cheese for the fall. Good with apples, for frittatas, or cheeseburgers. It is a monastery style cheese named for the Hickory Grove Baptist church near our farm. It has a smooth texture and a savory flavor. Lots of sausage in stock for the weekend including Bratwurst, Mild and Hot Italian, Polish, Smoked Andouille, Mild Country Breakfast, Sage and Maple Breakfast, and Chorizo. Sausage is made
with the hams for a meaty taste and the pigs are fed the whey from cheese making which is nutritious for them and makes the meat tender. We also have bacon, Spare ribs, smoked ham hocks, and our flavorful ground beef which is a customer favorite. Bring a cooler and come see us on Saturday.
Portia McKnight & Flo Hawley
|
Cool mornings and warm days are a sure sign that fall is upon us. Taste the flavors of fall in Cookie Gurlie's
Oatmeal bites. A warm spicey oatmeal cookie dipped in a Bailey's Irish cream icing. Get 'em before they're gone.
|
Dahlia Days
The dahlias have had a tough summer with all the heat and humidity, but they're beginning to revive. Here in NC, the most spectacular display of dahlias occurs in late September and October. The shorter days and cooler nights stimulate the development of vibrant petal colors and larger flowers.
Flowers by the Bucketful!!
We're bringing large color-coordinated wild flower and formal style bunches that can be used as is or made into several smaller arrangements to share with friends and family.
Arrangements
We're bringing lots of colorful "Grab & Go" small bouquets as well as our larger arrangements.
Select from bright or pastel arrangements both in the "wildflower" and formal styles.
We grow all of our flowers in an environmentally friendly manner in our raised beds and field.
Marcia & Ray Tice
|
|
Artisanal small batch body care and household necessities.
Know your body, Know your clean.
All natural ingredients for your body and chemical free ingredients for your clean.
|
This week I will be harvesting baby arugula, kale, baby bok choi, tri color snap beans, Italian wax beans, bell peppers, shishitos, sweet peppers, hot peppers, eggs, flowers, and more.
I look forward to seeing you
Saturday morning! -Martha
|
Gypsy Women Soap Co is back again and bringing all of your favorite products. I have been working away to ensure I am stocked up on all of the popular soaps. Also, make sure you are following me in social media for all of the updates. Thank you for your continued support and I'll see you at the market. Look for my new chalkboard sign!
|
Hey All you Seafood Lovers!!!!!
The weather was up and down earlier this week but the past few days at the beach have been outstanding!!
For inshore fish this week, we will have Black Drum which is a great fish and was a big hit at the market, Gigged Core Sound Flounder and a new one this week Speckled Trout caught in Pound nets on the Pamlico Sound. We will also have one of my childhood favorites and the first of the season, Spots. Which is a small schooling fish that is a plenty in the fall months on our coast. We also have fresh Shrimp and Vermilion Snapper as well.
Also as promised we will have fresh farmed oysters from Harker's Island !! NC has been dubbed the "Napa Valley" of oyster and these oysters imparticular have an incredible balance of sweet and brineyness that pair great with cold beer or champagne!!
See Y'all
Saturday!!
|
Our heirloom tomatoes are back! Field-grown and sun-ripened - thanks to ideal growing weather.
On our tables you will find our fresh-dug and cured sweet potatoes, fall squash (carnival and butternut), eggplant, hybrid, heirloom and cherry tomatoes, okra, bell peppers, sweet onions, collards, kale, radishes and garlic.
EGGS
Eggs from our happy hens will be available this week.
JAMS AND JELLIES
Our blackberry and apple jelly and strawberry, peach, peach mango and sweet onion jam are available this week.
All of Hurtgen Meadows produce, plants, fruits and flowers are naturally grown using sustainable practices - no synthetic pesticides, herbicides, or fertilizers are ever used on our farm. We'll see you at the market!
Find us on Facebook and Twitter (@HurtgenMeadows)
|
Fresh from the kiln to you! Lionshead Pottery will have rutile blue bowls and mugs, tumblers, and sipping cups as well as batter bowls, coffee canisters, lidded and open casseroles and other functional pottery to bring to market. Hope to see you there!
|
Have you ever experienced an Artisan Marshmallow? Instead of the overpowering sweetness of store-bought marshmallows, Artisan marshmallows bring you memorable flavors that will make you want more. Kick-off Fall this week with flavors such as Gingerbread, Cherry and Chocolate, Ginger and more.
|
We will be back at market this weekend with arugula, chard, radishes, bok choy, peppers, and flower bouquets!
|
 I hope everyone had a good week. I will be returning with lots of Apple varieties including:
Honey Crisp (probably last week for those)
Gala
Golden and Red Delicious
Macoun
Snow
Jonathan
Black Oxford and many more.
Purple potatoes are in - they are more nutritious than the white or red ones.
Sweet Potatoes - both white and orange.
Sweet Potato pumpkins and Seminole Pumpkins.
Acorn and butternut squash.
Quince - an old world fruit that has several uses.
Thanks for your patronage and look forward to seeing you Saturday.
|
|
Mystery Brewing Co. will be bringing an assortment of
hand-made, artisanal ales and lagers
to sample and sell.
|
|
ORGANIC HIPPIE ESSENTIALS
|
|
Organic Hippie Essentials will be at the market this weekend with all the skin care goodies you will ever need. Ask me about custom scented body butters. See you this weekend!
|
I photograph primarily, but not exclusively, flowers. I sell flower greeting cards, flower flip-books and framed photos (including a photo series of the Eno). And I sell at very reasonable prices! If you are in the market for a gift for friend or family (or yourself!), take a look.
|
We hope everyone enjoyed all the Hog Day fun. Rogers Cattle Company will be back at the Market
on Saturday
with our pasture raised Angus beef, lamb and pork.
This week our special is bratwurst for $6/pack.
Angus beef cuts:
ground beef, hamburger patties, a variety of steaks & roasts, stew beef & kielbasa
Pasture pork cuts:
hot & zesty Italian sausage, bratwurst, chorizo, chops and shoulder roasts.
LAMB: ground lamb, lamb stew & chops.
Soup bones: beef, pork & lamb
Please feel free to pre-order any of your favorite items for pick up at the market,
rccbeef@gmail.com.
Hope to see you
Saturday,
Johnny and Sharon
|
|
SAMA SPREAD
- NEW GUEST VENDOR!
|
"Sama" is a Buddhist term that means "in balance with nature." This reflects our intention to support healthy eating, environmental sustainability and the ethical treatment of animals by using only whole, high quality, plant based foods as the ingredients in Sama SPREAD.
A delicious almond-based alternative to dairy cheese, using whole-food ingredients - almonds, nutritional yeast, organic chickpea miso, extra virgin olive oil, and more. Sama SPREAD provides ample protein, B vitamins, minerals, live cultures that help with digestion, and other essential nutrients and is great as a dip, a spread on sandwiches or wraps, - UNLEASH YOUR CULINARY IMAGINATION!
|
Hey, y'all!
We'll be back at market this weekend with mini cukes, Euro cukes, lettuce, sweet peppers, Anaheims, poblanos, jalapeños, habaneros, assorted HOT hot peppers, assorted herbs, the laaaaaast of the melons, succulent plants, lavender plants, and possibly some eggplant and heirloom okra.
As for the haps at the farm, we're happy to announce that our latest batch of abandoned kittens have all found a home! Frankie, our tux boy cat, seems rather pleased that there are no longer little furry mini-mes (that's the plural of me, right?) hanging about; he was quite confused about them, especially since he's been fixed for about two years!
We'll see you
Saturday... oh, and if y'all could please put in some appeals to the rain gods on our behalf... our water tanks are running low, and although he may claim otherwise, Screech is not all-powerful enough to make it rain on his own!
|
|
Spring Haven Farm will be there this weekend. We'll have eggs, fresh arugula, radishes, green beans and poblano peppers.
|
Stop by and see us this weekend for a selection of woodfired sourdoughs, hand rolled pastry and fresh local fruit pies and cakes. As always, you can email us your special orders to
info@strongarmbaking.com
|
We'll be at market this week with lots of fall fresh sustainably- grown produce:
Radishes
Lettuce heads
Pea Shoots
Micro Mix
Spinach
Salad Mix
Kale
Chard
Peppers
Eggplant
Butternut Squash
Potatoes
Cilantro
Dill
Fall is here, and so is the start of our fall produce! We'll be having more every week now, so keep your eyes peeled for our new fall offerings. Carrots, beets, ginger, and napa cabbage are just a couple weeks off now. As always, we do not spray synthetic pesticides or use synthetic fertilizers on our farm. Ever.
|
|
Turtle Creek Farm will be at the market with a few dozen eggs from organically fed, free range chickens, coffee and teas and potted plants for this best time of year planting season.
|
Join us at the market
this Saturday the weather is going to be
GREAT!
There will be
white corn
this Saturday, but not sure at this time how much so you need to come early.
We should also have plenty of
TOMATOES, and
WATERMELONS. The Cantaloupes are gone for the year.
We sell
all natural Angus and Angus Cross Beef. We use no growth hormones and no unnecessary antibiotics.
We will also bring the items listed below:
Green Beans
Okra
Eggplant
Green, Yellow, Orange and Red Peppers
Banana Peppers
Multiple Hot Peppers
Cucumbers
Squash- Yellow, Zucchini, Patty Pan, and Zephyr
Texas Sweet Onions
Freshly dug red and white potatoes
Honey
Hope to see you on Saturday!
David and Gaye
Follow us on Facebook: Walker Farm of Hillsborough NC
|
Bob will be back this week - stop by and see his beautiful, hand-crafted cowls and wares.
|
Fall Fest - Scariest Veggie Contest, Costume Parade & Music and More...
November 4
Soup Sampler - Cooking Demo, several delicious Fall soups to sample and gather recipes, music and shorter market hours of 10 to noon begin this week.
November 11
Kids Crafter Fair -
Welcome some talented kid vendors to the pavilion!
Special Pre-Holiday afternoon Market and Pie Pick Up - 3 to 5:00pm
***No Market on November 25th***
|
|
