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, September 15th, 2007:

From the Farm: chili peppers, cucumbers, decorative corn, eggplant, eggs, field corn, flowers, gourds, herbs, okra, sweet peppers, plants, potatoes, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, watermelon, water plants

From the Kitchen: bagels, biscotti , brownies, cake, candy, cookies, fudge, granola, peanut brittle, pies, quick breads, scones, salt rising bread, yeast bread, yeast rolls, jams, jellies, doggie treats, barbecue sauce, fried pies, sugar free pies

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

Services & Other Goods: foot massage

THIS WEEK’S EVENTS:
It’s Park Appreciation Day at the Market this Saturday. All of the donations we collect this Saturday at our Buck-a-Book and at the Host Tent will be donated to the Town of Orleans in appreciation for allowing us use of the beautiful park. We’ll ask the Town to use the money for park upkeep. Local music favorites, Box of Chocolates, will return this season to play some fine tunes. And, as always, our Farmers Market Jammers will fill the late summer air with their fun music. Bring your instrument and/or your singin’ voice and join in!

OUR VENDOR OF THE WEEK: Stacie and Chris Wade will be our Vendors of the Week. Stacie and Chris are from Williams, Indiana and are new this year to our Market. They sell barn wood crafts. If you are visiting their booth when the timer rings, you’ll get a coupon!



REPORT FROM LAST WEEK’S MARKET: It was a cloudy, muggy day at the market, promising much needed rain. We had 40 vendors, down quite a bit because of drought conditions. Our visitor count, however, is still very good. We had visitors from Los Angeles, Tennessee, Ecuador, and all parts of Indiana. Our Farmers Market Jammers showed up in full force with 21 musicians playing away all morning.
Chef Michael Jackson of Sinclair’s Restaurant at the West Baden Dome, who also happens to be one of our vendors, did a fabulous Farm to Fork Chef Demo. He used fresh produce and homemade bread purchased at the Market that morning to make grilled vegetable and bacon sandwiches with a drizzle of sesame oil. Our visitors crowded around for a taste. Jo Ann Morgan a.k.a. Josey Flake the Clown, stopped by to give the kids a ticket for a ride at Barry’s Carnival, an annual event in Orleans to raise money for Muscular Dystrophy.


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 be opening 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!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS: Saturday, November 17, 2007 Orange County HomeGrown Holiday Market

IMPORTANT VALLEY MARKET ANNOUNCEMENT:
The Orange County HomeGrown 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.

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, September 8th, 2007:

From the Farm: chili peppers, cucumbers, eggs, field corn, flowers ,gourds, herbs, lettuce, meat, okra, sweet peppers, plants, potatoes, pumpkins, tomatoes, watermelon, water plants

From the Kitchen: bagels, biscotti , brownies, cake, candy, cookies, fudge, granola, peanut brittle, pies, quick breads, scones, salt rising bread, yeast bread, yeast rolls, jams, jellies, doggie treats, barbecue sauce, fried pies

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

Services & Other Goods: foot massage

THIS WEEK’S EVENTS:
Boy, do we have a treat for our visitors this week! We’re going to have music and food. What more could anyone want on a Saturday morning? Local music favorites, Box of Chocolates, will play some fine tunes. We’ll also welcome Chef Michael Jackson of Sinclair’s Restaurant at the West Baden Dome and who also happens to be one of our most popular vendors, selling his tasty barbecue sauces. Chef Jackson will cook up something delicious for our Farm to Fork Demonstration using farmers market ingredients purchased that morning. Be sure to stop by and have a sample. He’ll fire up the grill, which was donated by Hoosier Hills Credit Union, at 10:00. And, as always, our Farmers Market Jammers will fill the late summer air with their fun music. Bring your instrument and/or your singin’ voice and join in!

OUR VENDOR OF THE WEEK: Pam and Tom Zehnder will be our Vendors of the Week. They sell farm fresh eggs and delicious homemade peanut brittle. If you are visiting their booth when the timer rings, you’ll get a coupon!

REPORT FROM LAST WEEK’S MARKET: It was a beautiful day in the neighborhood on market day. We had 59 vendors. We registered 3 new vendors including a child vendor selling his homemade lemonade. We had 9 volunteers helping out with our market chores. The Red Cross Blood Drive collected 17 pints of blood, more than their expected goal for the morning. Donors received coupons for the Market and for the Blue Spot Coffee Shop, our newest neighbors who also gave out samples of their specialty coffees during our cooking demonstration. Alice whipped up some sweet French toast using her grandmother’s recipe, Cathy Davison’s egg bread, farm fresh eggs from the Zehnders and the Bender-Beauregards and then she topped it all off using Vance Elliott’s maple syrup. The Earth Mamas Dance Troupe kept visitors entertained with their graceful moves. Our Farmers Market Jammer Tents (We now have two!) were filled with a record 20 musicians throughout the morning. One gentleman heard about the Jammers at last week’s HomeGrown Arts Lawn Chair Concert at the French Lick Springs Hotel. He and his wife were visiting the hotel from Dayton, Ohio. He brought his ukulele to the Market and played along with the Jammers while his wife shopped for souvenirs.

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 be opening 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!

FREE HOMEGROWN ARTS LAWN CHAIR CONCERT IN PAOLI THIS THURSDAY:
This Thursday, September 6th, Orange County HomeGrown Arts will sponsor a free concert. It will be held at the Paoli Courthouse Square beginning at 6:00 p.m. with Margie Delph’s Student Musicians and then from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Lick Creek Band will perform. If the weather is rainy or excessively hot, the concert will move indoors at the Paoli Presbyterian Church just one block east of the Paoli Square.

IMPORTANT VALLEY MARKET ANNOUNCEMENT:
The Orange County HomeGrown 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.

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, September 1st, 2007:

From the Farm: cantaloupe, chili peppers, corn, cucumbers, eggs, eggplant, green beans, herbs, honey, okra, sweet peppers, potatoes, sweet potatoes, tomatoes, watermelon, plants, flowers, maple syrup, gourds, field corn, squirrel corn

From the Kitchen: bagels, biscotti , brownies, cake, cookies, fudge, granola, pies, quick breads, scones, salt rising bread, yeast bread, yeast rolls, jams, jellies, doggie treats, barbecue sauce, fried pies

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

Services & Other Goods: foot massage

THIS WEEK’S EVENTS:
There will be plenty of events this week to keep you pleasantly busy at the Market. The Red Cross Blood Drive will take place from 8:00 a.m. to noon. Presenting donors will receive a gift from the Red Cross, a $2.00 coupon to spend at the Market and a coupon to spend at the newly opened Blue Spot Coffee Shop, another of our friendly neighbors in Orleans. The Earth Mamas Dance Troupe will once again entertain. Around 10:00 a.m., Alice will cook up some decadent French toast using Cathy Davison’s bread, Farmers Market eggs and Vance Elliott’s maple syrup. To wash the sampling of French toast down, The Blue Spot Coffee Shop will provide a tasting of their lattes. 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.

SPECIAL REQUEST:
The Buck-a-Book Trailer is in need of some used classics for the adults. Please consider clearing off your bookshelves and donating books. Thanks a heap!

OUR VENDOR OF THE WEEK: Vance Elliott, Pam Mundy and Shelley Jackson will be our vendors of the week. Vance sells produce and also maple syrup made from the trees on his Orleans farm. He’ll provide the maple syrup for the French toast Alice is making this week at the Market. Pam, along with her buddy Shelley, make unique hypertufa pots, miniature herb gardens, bird houses and signs. If you are visiting our Vendor of the Week booths when the timer rings, you’ll get a coupon!

REPORT FROM LAST WEEK’S MARKET: We were all expecting (and hoping for) at least a little rain for our farmers/gardeners that afternoon, but it never came to pass. We had cloudy skies and a nice breeze instead. We had 51 vendors. We registered 3 new vendors. We even welcomed another new volunteer. Our visitor count each hour hovered around 100. Bonnie Burton-Taylor showed visitors how to salsa dance while Alice grilled pizza using produce, pizza dough and pesto bought at the Market that very morning. Our faithful Farmers Market Jammers played away all morning.

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 be opening 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:
The Orange County HomeGrown 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.