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"Bits and Bites" June 29, 2014
you will find this easier to read and be able to see pictures if you go to the Market and choose Weblog …it’s easier on the eyes!
Greetings Lilburn, Crossfit and Hamilton Mill Market Folks:
I hope you all are having a good weekend! Markets this past week, were busy and fun! Be sure and get your orders in before Markets close!
Important Reminders, Other Matters and Pertinent Information
Market will close at 6:00pm Monday for the Hamilton Mill Market!
Market will close at 6:00pm Monday for the Lilburn Market!
The Newsletter is sent out each week to give you information pertinent to the Market. You can skip reading it now and find it under the Blog Tab to read later if you want to order immediately.
Volunteers Needed
My heart is warmed by the response to the request for volunteers and we are slowing getting to the point that folks can work just once a month! We still need a few more folks to make that a reality, so if you are interested, please contact Market Chance Claar-Pressley, who is coordinating the volunteers for me. Thank you Chance! You can email Chance at chancita@gmail.com . Chance tells me that we do need volunteers for July 3rd Market. I realize that the next day is a holiday, but if you could spare a couple of hours, it would be greatly appreciated!
“Thank yous” go out to Kathy and Keb Barnes, Susan Coker, Geni and Bruce Wallace and their sond and Marie Wheeler of Bakery on Brooks who all helped out at the Lilburn Market on Thursday.
Sarah Rockey ws under the weather this past Wednesday, but Marie Wheeler jumped right in to help me get all of the items over to the Hamilton Mill Market! What a life-safer she is – always willing to help out and go the extra mile – plus she makes scrumptious Gluten Free Bakery items! Once we arrived at Hamilton Mill, Karen Thain and her two sons helped get the Market setup and ready for folks to pickup their items! I am grateful to you all!
We still need YOU! The goal is to get enough folks on board so that we can rotate volunteer duties. Can you spare a few hours once a month? Without you as Members, the Market would not exist and now the Market needs your help!
Sarah Heath has also joined the Volunteers at the Hamilton Mill Market and will be starting with us soon! Thank you, Ladies!
If you have a couple of hours to spare between 10:00am and Noon on Tuesday, please consider volunteering at the Crossfit O-Zone Lawrenceville Market. This is prep and setup for the Tuesday Market as well as packaging meat orders for all Markets. Please contact Maryanne at 404-432-4337.
and now for the news…
Farmer Updates
Welcome to brothers, Roger and Reggie Ramos of Grow With The Flow who join the Market this week. Working with “Truly Living Well”, an Atlanta based Urban Farm and Training Center, Reggie and Roger are working hard to get their own space transformed! Sarah and I visited last week and were impressed with their permaculture technique, the work they have already accomplished and plans for the future. Welcome to the Heirloom Living Family, gentlemen! Check out their offerings this week of: Chinese Mosaic Long Beans, Bush Beans and Ripbor Kale.
Farmer Ricky Brown of Back River Farm, a Certified Naturally Grown Farm is back! This week Ricky is offering Kale, Scarlet Red Salad Turnips, Harkuei Turnips and Arugula and New Potatoes. Ricky has also added 2 sizes of the interesting looking Yellow and Green ‘Zephyr’ Squash. The smaller size was offered last year by Finch Creek Farm and was a HUGE favorite! I asked Ricky if he would provide them this year. These tasty little treats are fabulous raw! Wash, grab your favorite homemade dip and snack away! You will NOT be disappointed with this healthy alternative!
Cedar Seeder has added Micro (Veggie) Wraps to their offerings! These handmade, fresh powerhouse goodies are full of 11 super Mircrogreens deliciously surrounded by either Rice Paper or Nori wraps! Lots of ‘scrumptiousness’ served with a delectable sauce! a definite “must try”! In addition to their Cedar, handmade planters, you can find their Microgreens for Pets combos for Cats and Dogs and for us humans: Arugula, Basil, Broccoli, Kale, Radish, Sunflower and Wheatgrass! Ready to be snipped and added to smoothies, salads or your favorite juice! The Black Lab is enjoying snippits of his greens everyday! I cannot leave this planter at his level, because he will eat it all at once! (At least he loves veggies, and Goat Milk and Cow Milk and Kefir … he’s a pretty health conscious guy!
Doug of Doug’s Garden is offering: Whole Garlic, Hakurei Turnips, ‘Kossack’ Kohlrabi (read “huge”) Leaf Lettuce Salad Mix and Carrots. In addition, he has 5 different Produce Boxes to choose from: Basic Seasonal Box, Early Summer Box, Herb Lovers Box, Root Lovers Box and now - drum roll please - <The Tomato Lovers Box This is the Basic Seasonal Box with extra Tomatoes!
Miss Vicky of Fry Farm is taking a brief break this week as her late Spring veggies exit the scene and her Summer Veggies take one more week of Sunshine and Rain to be ready for Harvest next week! Wonder what goodies she will have for us? Check out her offerings NEXT week in the Newsletter and at the Market! Rest and Renew, Vicky! See you next week!
The Veggie Patch is providing a good selection of wonderful fresh early Summer veggie offerings and have fresh Herbs listed as well! 3 types of Basil, Chives, Mint, Oregano,2 kinds of Parsley, Rosemary, Sage, Thyme and Medicinal Herbs Chamomile and Lavender. Veggies include: Arugula, French Green Beans, Bunching Onions, Collard Greens, Cucumbers, several types of Kale, Leeks, Lettuces, Mizuna, Spring Onions, 8 types of spicy peppers, Radishes, Spinach, 3 types of Squash, Swiss Chard, Tatsoi, Tomatoes and Zucchini and a Produce Box.
Be sure and check out the wonderful meat selections available from B&G Farms. From Pork Tenderloin, which is delicious, marinated and cook on the grill to the many varieties of Sausage, Pork Chops and Longaniza (hot dogs), any cut of Beef you want, Lynda has us covered! Try Chicken Wings on the grill!
David and Shalley Carrell of Carrell Farms are at our Markets as well as most of the popular Traditional Farmers’ Markets around the area! Check out their offerings from their Bulk Ground Buff to Steaks and Roasts! Delicious! Be sure and remove from grill or skillet at least one level from how you like your meat cooked! In other words, if you like it Medium, remove the meat when it reaching Medium Raw and let is sit covered for 10 minutes before serving! Turns out perfect every time!
Both Golden Farms and Rocky Acres offer fresh eggs from pastured chickens fed organic, soy and GMO free feed. Periodically Cara puts notes on the cartons to let you know what special treats her ‘girls’ have gotten in addition to their regular diet of bugs they find out in the pasture! Cute idea to let the children check out what the chickens who produce the eggs they have on their table are eating!
My Daily Bread Bruce and Dabrielle are in Wisconsin this week celebrating Dabrielle’s Uncle’s 93rd birthday! I trust you stocked up on her items! Dabrielle will return to the Markets next week with all of her offerings!
Marie of Bakery on Brooks has done it again! Hummingbird Bread! With some of the same ingredients as the famous Southern Hummingbird Cake, (pineapple, pecans, banana) this bread is a great Breakfast Bread or wonderful treat in the afternoon! Her Rolls, Paleo Bites and Cookies have all been a big hit on the Markets and all of us Gluten Free Folks appreciate her adventuresome spirit in creating wonderful treats that we can eat! I have to admit that her Chocolate Chip Cookies are truly my downfall! They are truly ‘made in heaven’!
In addition to Chicken Eggs, Cara of Golden Farms has Duck Eggs available! Get your order in early because there is a limited supply!
Jay and Patti of Dances With Bees have Honey offerings as well as some other great products! Use honey in your Lemonade for a great flavor! Great in Tea, also! I ordered a jar of Jay’s Golden Beeswax Food Grade Wood Finish this past week. My cutting boards and wooden utensils were in desperate need of conditioning! Check this product out and notice the picture that Jay posted! This stuff WORKS!
Patti makes some outstanding Natural Body Products from the honey and beeswax. Her Gardener’s Friend Soap works to get those ‘playin-in-the-dirt’ hands clean and keeps them soft. Fantastic product!
The Happy Cows belonging to Sam Jones of Cedar Rock Dairy continue to produce wonderful milk (for our pets)! The cream line on the jars these last couple of weeks has been impressive! Keep up the good work, ladies!
Rusty Repp of Little Tots Estate offers the sweetest goat milk I have had since I was a child, growing up in Ohio! The milk comes from Nigerian Dwarf Goats who are known to have the highest Butterfat of any milking goats! The Black Lab enjoys some everyday!
… this and that …
Remember my “Bee Invasion” I told you about last week? After the Newsletter went out, I got an Urgent email from Vicky Fry of Fry Farm who informed me that those little midget Carpenter Bees are in fact Bumble Bees that are the best pollinators! She literally saved their little lives as I was plotting their demise. I spoke with Vicky and she suggested that I take a large box, cut a hole in the side of the box, facing away from the area I want to work and after dark, place the box upside down over their nest. This solution seems to be working and we are existing in peace! Vicky is truly a virtual ‘font of knowledge’ and I cannot count the times I have called her with one question about veggies, soil, chickens or gardening and she has patiently given me info and places to look for information! Thank you, Vicky! I appreciate your time, effort and information – and of course your hard work to offer us clean, nutrient-dense food for our tables!
I am headed out to get the yard mowed prior to the rain later this afternoon! The Black Lab just can’t seem to handle using the rider mower; he’s much more comfortable barking at it! (sigh)
I wish you all a happy day and a wonderful week!
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~Maryanne
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