What’s Happening at This Week’s Orange County HomeGrown Orleans Farmers Market
The Orange County HomeGrown Farmers Market is located on the west side of the beautiful historic Congress Square Park in Orleans, Indiana and takes place each Saturday from 8:00 a.m. until noon. Please support your local growers, bakers, artists and handcrafters by shopping at the Orange County HomeGrown Farmers Market. Bring your friends and family!
Last week, we surveyed our wonderful vendors. Here’s what they expect to have at the Orange County HomeGrown on Saturday, July 21, 2007:
From the Farm: blackberries, broccoli, cabbage, cantaloupes, carrots, chili peppers, corn, cucumbers, eggplant, green beans, herbs, onions, sweet peppers, potatoes, rhubarb, summer squash, tomatillos, tomatoes, zucchini, plants, flowers, maple syrup, gourds
From the Kitchen: pesto, bagels, biscotti , brownies, cake, cookies, fudge, granola, pies, quick breads, scones, salt rising bread, yeast bread, yeast rolls, jams, jellies, doggie treats, canned beets, pickles, iced mint tea and lemonade
Art and Crafts: baskets, bird houses, crochet, fresh flower arrangements, jewelry, leather goods, photographs, purses, rustic furniture, rugs, soaps, stationary, soft goods, hand sewn items, quilts, baskets, dolls, cutting boards, painted glass containers, aprons, taggy blankets
Services & Other Goods: foot massage, French Lick History by local author Al Kalla
THIS WEEK’S EVENTS:
Ladies and gentlemen, don your bonnets and derby hats, bring the kids and then start your engines ‘cause it’s the 3rd annual Zucchini 500 Race Day! The Orleans Cub Scout Pack 384 will be at the Market at 9:00 a.m. to begin registering the kids. Registration is free! (Children must be accompanied by an adult to participate.) The Market will provide the zucchinis. (In the unlikely event we run out of zucchinis, we’ll just use another kind of vegetable!) The children will then decorate their zucchinis and attach them to very cool racecar chassis made by Market volunteer Bob Turner. The Cub Scouts will conduct the races down a track they constructed just for the occasion around 10:00 a.m. All of the kids who enter the race will get to keep their racecar and will receive a 50-cent coupon to spend at the Market. The top three winners will each receive an awesome trophy made by vendor Bobbie Beckett and a gift certificate for the Market. Moms, Dads and Grandparents, don’t forget your cameras! To top it all off, we’ll have some great music by Whippoorwill Consort! And, as always, we’ll have fun music provided by our own Farmers Market Jammers! Bring your instrument and/or your singing voice and join in.
LOST AND FOUND ITEMS:
If you’ve lost an item at the Market or accidentally left a purchase at a booth, please check with the Host Tent. Our vendors and customers always turn lost items in to the Host Tent.
SPECIAL REQUEST:
The Buck-a-Book Trailer is still in need of used children’s books. Please consider clearing off your bookshelves and donating books for the kids! Thanks a heap!
OUR VENDOR OF THE WEEK: Bobbie Beckett will be our featured vendor this week. He makes unique items out of leather including belts, plus, he makes wooden crafts too. He even made the trophies for the Zucchini 500 Races. If you are visiting his booth when the timer rings, you’ll get a coupon!
REPORT FROM LAST WEEK’S MARKET: It was a pleasantly warm, sunny, breezy summer day at the Market. We had 61 vendors again this week and our customer count was above 150 every hour! We registered 2 new vendors. We had visitors from North Dakota, New York, California and all parts of Indiana. Local blacksmith, Stephen King, took time from his busy schedule to show visitors how he crafts items with iron. Chef Gregg Rago “Raggs” of Nick’s English Hut, Bloomington, IN made a return visit with his wife Susan and cooked up some fabulous hamburgers using all natural beef from Dave Fischer’s Farm. He also used our beautiful locally grown produce to dress up those mouth-watering burgers that he served to over 100 visitors. We’d like to again express our appreciation for the grill donated to us by Hoosier Hills Credit Union and also the propane donated by Patoka Propane!
OTHER GREAT FEATURES AT THE MARKET: Be sure to stop by and see our new BUCK A BOOK/BOOK A BOOK TRAILOR where you can browse a great selection of books. We welcome the donations of books for the book trailer. All of the money from book sales goes to support Orange County HomeGrown Farmers Market (Orleans). Just bring the books to the BUCK A BOOK/BOOK A BOOK TRAILOR and choose a book for free. Visit us at the Host Tent and have a free cup of coffee courtesy of our neighbor, Maple Street Restaurant. We are fortunate to have friendly, helpful MASTER GARDENERS at every market. Bring your gardening questions to the MASTER GARDENER TABLE and they will be very happy to help you! Learn more about the LOST RIVER COMMUNTIY CO-OP which will open a new grocery store in Paoli this fall. You’ll be able to get a sneak preview of what the store will look like and see its floor plan. You can even sign up to be a member!
IMPORTANT VALLEY MARKET ANNOUNCEMENT:
Valley Market is open on Thursdays from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Be sure to visit the Orange County HomeGrown Valley Market now located at the French Lick Town Parking Lot between the dime store and the police station.
FREE CONCERT: Orleans Concert in the Park sponsored by the Orleans Chamber and Orange County REMC will present the Crawford County Community Band at 6 p.m. at the park on Saturday, July 21st! Here’s an idea! Buy your produce at the Market and then make a picnic supper for the free concert that night!
The Orange County HomeGrown Farmers Market is located on the west side of the beautiful historic Congress Square Park in Orleans, Indiana and takes place each Saturday from 8:00 a.m. until noon. Please support your local growers, bakers, artists and handcrafters by shopping at the Orange County HomeGrown Farmers Market. Bring your friends and family!
Last week, we surveyed our wonderful vendors. Here’s what they expect to have at the Orange County HomeGrown on Saturday, July 21, 2007:
From the Farm: blackberries, broccoli, cabbage, cantaloupes, carrots, chili peppers, corn, cucumbers, eggplant, green beans, herbs, onions, sweet peppers, potatoes, rhubarb, summer squash, tomatillos, tomatoes, zucchini, plants, flowers, maple syrup, gourds
From the Kitchen: pesto, bagels, biscotti , brownies, cake, cookies, fudge, granola, pies, quick breads, scones, salt rising bread, yeast bread, yeast rolls, jams, jellies, doggie treats, canned beets, pickles, iced mint tea and lemonade
Art and Crafts: baskets, bird houses, crochet, fresh flower arrangements, jewelry, leather goods, photographs, purses, rustic furniture, rugs, soaps, stationary, soft goods, hand sewn items, quilts, baskets, dolls, cutting boards, painted glass containers, aprons, taggy blankets
Services & Other Goods: foot massage, French Lick History by local author Al Kalla
THIS WEEK’S EVENTS:
Ladies and gentlemen, don your bonnets and derby hats, bring the kids and then start your engines ‘cause it’s the 3rd annual Zucchini 500 Race Day! The Orleans Cub Scout Pack 384 will be at the Market at 9:00 a.m. to begin registering the kids. Registration is free! (Children must be accompanied by an adult to participate.) The Market will provide the zucchinis. (In the unlikely event we run out of zucchinis, we’ll just use another kind of vegetable!) The children will then decorate their zucchinis and attach them to very cool racecar chassis made by Market volunteer Bob Turner. The Cub Scouts will conduct the races down a track they constructed just for the occasion around 10:00 a.m. All of the kids who enter the race will get to keep their racecar and will receive a 50-cent coupon to spend at the Market. The top three winners will each receive an awesome trophy made by vendor Bobbie Beckett and a gift certificate for the Market. Moms, Dads and Grandparents, don’t forget your cameras! To top it all off, we’ll have some great music by Whippoorwill Consort! And, as always, we’ll have fun music provided by our own Farmers Market Jammers! Bring your instrument and/or your singing voice and join in.
LOST AND FOUND ITEMS:
If you’ve lost an item at the Market or accidentally left a purchase at a booth, please check with the Host Tent. Our vendors and customers always turn lost items in to the Host Tent.
SPECIAL REQUEST:
The Buck-a-Book Trailer is still in need of used children’s books. Please consider clearing off your bookshelves and donating books for the kids! Thanks a heap!
OUR VENDOR OF THE WEEK: Bobbie Beckett will be our featured vendor this week. He makes unique items out of leather including belts, plus, he makes wooden crafts too. He even made the trophies for the Zucchini 500 Races. If you are visiting his booth when the timer rings, you’ll get a coupon!
REPORT FROM LAST WEEK’S MARKET: It was a pleasantly warm, sunny, breezy summer day at the Market. We had 61 vendors again this week and our customer count was above 150 every hour! We registered 2 new vendors. We had visitors from North Dakota, New York, California and all parts of Indiana. Local blacksmith, Stephen King, took time from his busy schedule to show visitors how he crafts items with iron. Chef Gregg Rago “Raggs” of Nick’s English Hut, Bloomington, IN made a return visit with his wife Susan and cooked up some fabulous hamburgers using all natural beef from Dave Fischer’s Farm. He also used our beautiful locally grown produce to dress up those mouth-watering burgers that he served to over 100 visitors. We’d like to again express our appreciation for the grill donated to us by Hoosier Hills Credit Union and also the propane donated by Patoka Propane!
OTHER GREAT FEATURES AT THE MARKET: Be sure to stop by and see our new BUCK A BOOK/BOOK A BOOK TRAILOR where you can browse a great selection of books. We welcome the donations of books for the book trailer. All of the money from book sales goes to support Orange County HomeGrown Farmers Market (Orleans). Just bring the books to the BUCK A BOOK/BOOK A BOOK TRAILOR and choose a book for free. Visit us at the Host Tent and have a free cup of coffee courtesy of our neighbor, Maple Street Restaurant. We are fortunate to have friendly, helpful MASTER GARDENERS at every market. Bring your gardening questions to the MASTER GARDENER TABLE and they will be very happy to help you! Learn more about the LOST RIVER COMMUNTIY CO-OP which will open a new grocery store in Paoli this fall. You’ll be able to get a sneak preview of what the store will look like and see its floor plan. You can even sign up to be a member!
IMPORTANT VALLEY MARKET ANNOUNCEMENT:
Valley Market is open on Thursdays from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Be sure to visit the Orange County HomeGrown Valley Market now located at the French Lick Town Parking Lot between the dime store and the police station.
FREE CONCERT: Orleans Concert in the Park sponsored by the Orleans Chamber and Orange County REMC will present the Crawford County Community Band at 6 p.m. at the park on Saturday, July 21st! Here’s an idea! Buy your produce at the Market and then make a picnic supper for the free concert that night!
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