 ROASTED WINTER VEGETABLES While we may miss our fresh from the field summer and fall vegetables, our winter vegetables which keep well into the spring offer some comforting tastes on cold days. Roasting root vegetables of all sorts increase their flavor and allow for creativity in the oils, herbs, spices you can add to or toss them in. No reason not to eat healthy and local despite the time of the year. Search our web-site for preparation suggestions.
Our winter schedule is NOT every week, so our next market will be February 6. Things of note for the market this week.
Our recipe this week is Potato Vegetable Soup - easy, tasty, hearty and warming. We look forward to seeing you at the market. WHAT WILL BE AT MARKET Amazing Love Farm - vegan dried snacks An Average Jill - granola Berry Ledges Apiary - honey Bolga baskets - market baskets BritsBrand - British scones and home made clotted cream Brookside Farm - maple syrup and maple sugar Cato Corner Cheese - artisanal cheeses Coffee, Tea, Etc. - locally roasted coffee Earth's Palate Farm - lettuce heads, winter greens, pork Goat Boy Soaps - goat milk soap March Farms - apples, cider, squash, baked goods New Park Brewing - artisanal, local beer Vibrant Farm - microgreens, bunched herbs, live herbs, and live microgreens Warren Valley Farm - organic eggs and chicken Wave Hill Bread - artisanal breads We look forward to seeing you all at the market Stay well. SUSTAINABLE TIP OF THE WEEK These breezy, cold days have us thinking about a winter draft forcing us to crank up the heat and increase your heating bill. Drafts are a common occurrence around windows and doors, especially in older houses where the wood expands and shrinks as the weather changes. Even newer houses can have drafts that can cause your heating bill to rise. According to the U.S. Department of Energy, drafts can waste 5% to 30% of your energy use. That’s a lot of money and energy waste over the course of a winter! A tried and true, and simple solution is a draft stopper. A draft stopper is a tube of fabric and filling that either sits directly against the bottom of your door or windows and blocks the draft. Amazingly effective if positioned in the right way.  WELCOME DECEMBER We have three markets in December (12/5, 12/12, and 12/19) and then take a break until January. So plan ahead for those non-perishables you want to be sure to have over the holidays. Things of note for this market. March Farms requests that you email bakery orders prior to the farm market on Saturday. Orders for pies,(Apple, apple crumb, pumpkin, strawberry rhubarb, blueberry peach, and peach), Apple cider donuts, and cookies (chocolate chip, peanuts butter, sugar, oatmeal raisin) can be emailed to info@MarchFarm.com. Barefoot Books. For those of you who have asked if Barefoot Books is coming to the market, the answer is "no" (per COVID guidelines), but here is a link they have provided so you can order on-line." https://bit.ly/lhfarm The link is opened Tuesday, December 1st through Saturday, December 12th. If you have questions please contact Marsha Miles, our Barefoot Books Community Bookseller marshabarefootbooks@gmail.com or call (860) 496-1981 Thank you so much! Amazing Love and An Average Jill ar scheduled to be at market this week. Look forward to seeing you at the market. WHAT WILL BE AT MARKET Amazing Love Farm - vegan dried snacks An Average Jill - granola Berry Ledges Apiary - honey Bolga baskets - market baskets BritsBrand - British scones and home made clotted cream Brookside Farm - maple syrup and maple sugar Cato Corner Cheese - artisanal cheeses Coffee, Tea, Etc. - locally roasted coffee Goat Boy Soaps - goat milk soap Maple View Farm - potatoes, onions, leek, lettuce, kale, garlic March Farms - apples, cider, squash, baked goods Meadow Rue Gardens -fresh cut bouquets New Park Brewing - artisanal, local beer Warren Valley Farm - organic eggs Wave Hill Bread - artisanal breads Wild Carrot Farm - organic field fresh vegetables and berries, flower bouquets We look forward to seeing you all at the market Stay well. SUSTAINABLE TIP OF THE WEEK Think ahead regarding Thanksgiving dinner left overs and make sure you have what you need in the house to transform them into future meals to enjoy over the next week - or throughout the winter.
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