Middle Tennessee Locally Grown:  Time to Order Fresh Local Farm Products!

Good morning!

Welcome to this week’s offerings from your online farmers’ market. Everything you see on our website is the “cream of the crop” from local farmers, the best products picked and made with pride especially for YOU! When you place an order with our farms, you know you are supporting your friends and neighbors, most located within 30 miles of Manchester, Tennessee.

The market 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.”

Farm News of the Week

Altamont Mennonites have added to-MAY-toes to our market this week! (Those are local greenhouse-grown “Trust” variety tomatoes bearing in May, of course!) They have also added grass-fed, grain-finished, 90/10 ground beef.

From Amy Rae at Solace Farm:

We still have garlic scapes, but it’s probably the last week so stock up! They keep very well in the fridge, similar to broccoli you may want to trim the cut ends after several days of storage but they’ll remain delicious for many days. This is such a versatile veggie – oven-roasted, sautéed, pesto, diced as green onion in any dish, pickled – it’s all delicious. Our favorite side dish in the spring is a huge baking-sheet-full roasted up like asparagus, and my boys’ favorite pickle is our “scapickles” :)

I’ve also added two discount soap listings, for the less-than-perfect bars, or the less-than-full-bar ends of batches. This is a great way to sample different scents or different recipes, or to get economical soap (that doesn’t have to be pretty) for a project like making your own laundry detergent. One listing is for Goat Milk and Vegan soap, it will be 4 oz of soap but only the price of 3 oz ($4.50 instead of $6), in 2-4 pieces. If you have a preference between goat milk or vegan, or really want or dislike a particular fragrance, just add a “note to grower” at checkout, otherwise I’ll choose a variety. The second listing is the same, but for my Classic Lard soap – again, 4 oz for the price of 3, or $2.25 instead of $3.

Flying S Farm has added Oak Leaf Lettuce “Rouxai”.

From Linda Reed at Dogwood Valley Greenhouse:
It’s time for a big sale at *Dogwood Valley Greenhouse! Tomato plants in 4 inch square pots will be $2, or 3 plants for $5. (The selection for 3 plants is listed separately.) Please leave a message to the farmer telling me which variety(ies) you would prefer. I have Abe Lincoln, Better Boy, Early Girl, and Large Red Cherry. Mix and match for the special, and if you order 6, I’ll throw in an extra one for free. It’s time these good healthy young plants leave my greenhouse and find a good garden to grow in!

Newly in bloom this week: the astilbes are just starting, and oh, how pretty they will be in a shady area of your garden! We have astilbe in four beautiful colors. But you have mostly sunny areas? Then try our Stokesia (Stokes aster), also just beginning to bloom in a lovely lavender blue or in white. We still have a lot of other blooming plants listed in previous messages, but if you are looking for something specific, please ask. I have quite a few things that I haven’t had time to list on the markets as yet.

And, oh yes, there is still plenty of time to plant perennials and annuals. Just please be sure to keep them well watered – “the more sun, the more water” is a good general rule. I water the greenhouses with gentle watering for 20 minutes every day. And one last thing: my plants come with a replacement guarantee for one year from date of purchase. Let me know if you have any issues with a plant you purchased from me.

(L to R) Group of tomato plants of several varieties; astilbe available in several colors; Stokes aster (Stokesia), available in lavender blue and white.

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 the pavilion across from Manchester City Schools administration building, 215 East Fort Street, 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.

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. 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 & Michael

Here is the complete list for this week.

Northeast Georgia Locally Grown:  Market is now open for orders!

Good Evening Locavores, Northeast Georgia Locally Grown is open for orders!
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Fresh Vegetables
Baked Goods with Organic ingredients
Gluten-free products
Pastured Eggs
Clean 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!

CLG:  Squash, Blueberries, Potatoes! CLG Pickup TODAY 3:30-6pm. Bring eggshells, glass jars, & egg cartons please.

Good afternoon.
Strack Farm will have EXTRA Blueberries, Potatoes, and Squash on the EXTRAS table today. Come early!

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 awesome 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.

Russellville Community Market:  Market Opens at Noon

Don’t forget we are at the Depot on Tuesdays now!

Russellville Community Market

FRESH.LOCAL.ONLINE.

Patchwork Online Market:  Patchwork Urban Farms Market Open

Hi everyone, the market is now open. Please order by 8pm on Sunday. https://patchworkfarmstand.locallygrown.net*

Augusta Locally Grown:  THE ON-LINE MARKET IS OPEN AT AUGUSTA LOCALLY GROWN

We’re putting our summer gardening schedule in place and volunteers are welcome! If you or your loved ones are looking for some meaningful work (and service hours!) please consider committing to Augusta Locally Grown this June and July.

Here are some ways you can help::

• Icebox Urban Farm – commit to help weed and water at this teaching garden on a weekly basis on the morning of your choice.

• Vineyard Giving Farm – commit to help weed and water at this teaching garden on a weekly basis on the morning of your choice.

• Veggie Park Farmers Market – commit to create and run kids activities at the market on a weekly basis, Tuesdays, 4pm-7pm.

• FVRX – health care professional, commit to help with the clinical side of our Fruit & Vegetable Prescription Program once per month, Tuesdays, 4pm-7pm.

Text Kim to get involved! 706-288-7895.

And as always, thank you for helping to create a better local food system throughout Augusta.

Shelbyville, TN:  The market is NOW OPEN - May 25

Hey.

Your Shelbyville Locally Grown Market is now open. Feel free to browse and select your items between now and Wednesday at noon.

Here is the link to the market: www.shelbyville.locallygrown.net

Thank you for your support. Have a great day!

Statesboro Market2Go:  The Market is Open!

Lots of good, fresh, local items this week – you can find broccoli, carrots, potatoes, onions, green onions, squash, zucchini, cabbage, tomatoes, lettuce, fresh herbs, eggs, duck eggs, milk, butter, meat, coffee, baked goods, casseroles, granola, native plants, dog bisquits, and more.

New this week – hydroponic tomatoes and cucumbers grown without pesticides from 24/7 House in Baxley. They have vine ripe and green tomatoes, both in groups of 5 and also in 12 lb flats.

B & G Honey is off this week and will return next week. Swampy Appleseed Mushrooms will be back in two weeks.

Farm 2 Table dinner tickets are available online.

Home delivery is now available, you can add it to your cart before checkout.

Thanks for shopping with us.

Champaign, OH:  Open!

We are open!!

XOXO,

Cosmic Pam

Suwanee Whole Life Co-op:  Market is OPEN for ordering!

ORDERING:
The market is now open for ordering!

Click link to order: suwanee.locallygrown.net

• Back In Time Chicken is back on the market!
• Carrell Farms is on the market this week

If you do NOT receive a confirmation email immediately after you placed your order, then your items are still in your cart and your order is not complete. All orders must be placed by 6pm on Sunday.

PICK UP:
Pick up is on ***WEDNESDAY*** at 1300 Peachtree Industrial Blvd. Suite 1104, Suwanee at Cultured Traditions from 1 pm to 6:30 pm.

PAYMENT:
We take checks, cash, DWOLLA, PayPal, and credit cards online.

To pay by credit card click Pay Now button at the bottom of the check out page. I don’t run credit cards until after pick up on Wednesdays.

If paying by DWOLLA or PayPal, please pay on time. I pay our vendors on your behalf before you pick up so I need all payments initiated by Wednesdays.