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 19, 2008:
From the Farm: bean sprouts, beets, blackberries, bok choy, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, several varieties of chard, corn, cucumbers, flowers, garlic, green beans, herbs (lemon basil, lime basil, cinnamon basil, cilantro, sorrel, rosemary, winter savory, sage, chives, parsley, lavender, mint, lemon thyme, oregano), kale, kohlrabi, lettuces, lima beans, maple syrup, onions, jalapeño, banana sweet peppers, peppers, radishes, potatoes, summer squash, tomatoes, zucchini, plants, water plants, coleus plants, perennials, annuals, cornmeal
From the Kitchen: biscotti , brownies, cookies, fudge, pies, quick breads, scones, salt rising bread, yeast bread, yeast rolls, sugar free pies, strawberry jam, caramel corn, lemonade, flavored roasted almonds, persimmon pulp
Art and Crafts, Services & Other Goods: baskets, bird houses, crochet, crochet rugs, fresh flower arrangements, jewelry, leather goods, photographs, purses, soaps, stationary, soft goods, hand sewn items, quilts, baskets, dolls, cutting boards, painted glass containers, aprons, hypertufa containers, stilts, lotions, lip balm, Barbie clothes, cell phone cases, painted saws, seatbelt covers, cedar candle holders, wooden puzzles, wood boxes, chain jewelry, weaving, knitting kits, wool yarn, herbal tinctures, massage oils, bath salts, bug bite salves, poison ivy salve
THIS WEEK’S EVENTS:
Besides peaches, green beans, tomatoes and corn being present at the market, this Saturday at 10:00, we welcome back Chef Gregg Rago from Bloomington’s Nick’s English Hut for a Farm to Fork Chef Demonstration. Free samples while they last! We are excited to announce that Throop Elementary School Cheerleaders will hold a Farmers Market Pep Rally & Cheerleading Clinic for School Age Children (up to 6th grade.) Be sure to dust off your pom poms, bring the kids and join in the fun!!! Start your Saturday morning doing your body and soul some good by joining our popular weekly free yoga class for men and women at 8:30 with instructor, Janet Kennedy. No experience necessary. All ability levels are welcome! If you don’t have a yoga mat, one will be provided for you. Other items to bring, if you wish: an old blanket, an old necktie or belt and an old sheet. The Orange County Recycling Co-op truck will be on hand to collect your household recyclables. Mary Lou Beckett, our favorite Master Gardener will be on hand to answer your gardening questions. And, as always, our Farmers Market Jammers will lift your spirits with their fun music. Bring your instrument and/or your singin’ voice and join in! Our good neighbor, Orleans Methodist Church, is holding a Camp Rivervale Youth Group Breakfast from 7-10 am just across the street from the market. Stop in before the market opens and have a good breakfast.
OUR VENDOR OF THE WEEK: Our featured vendor this week is Catherine Ernst. She sells perfectly lovely organic produce from her garden. If you are visiting his booth when the timer rings, you’ll get a coupon!
REPORT FROM LAST WEEK’S MARKET:
It was a hot one at the market this week with a brief cooling shower; however, we had 59 vendors. The Host Tent was busy registering 7 vendors, including returning vendors of Gerkin Farms who will be bringing sweet corn next week! The tomatoes and green beans are in now, so we can happily say that we’re in high season. Our customer count reached 164 at 10 a.m. and the count hovered around 120 at our 9 and 11 o’clock counts. French Lick Springs Resort Executive Chef Brian Schack showed visitors how to make a pesto sauce using farmers market basil to go over orzo pasta purchased at Lost River Market & Deli. He also made a delicious sabayon sauce that goes nicely with fresh fruit and vendor Betty Allen’s sweet quick breads! Visitors got free samples and recipes. Chef Brian will be sending other chefs from the resort during the market season for more chef demonstrations.
OTHER GREAT FEATURES AT THE MARKET: Be sure to stop by and see our new BUCK A BOOK/BOOK A BOOK TRAILER where you can browse a great selection of books. (We have thousands!) 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 TRAILER 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! A new feature of the Market is the addition of the Orange County Recycling Co-op truck. They will take household items for recycling, such as cardboard, newspapers, junk mail, paper, magazines, catalogues, plastic bottles #1 and #2, aluminum cans, scrap metal, metal cans, plastic grocery bags. Please rinse out plastic bottles and remove lids. Also, rinse out cans. Please break down cardboard boxes. Many of our produce vendors are WIC VENDORS and will accept WIC and Senior Farmers Market Nutritional Program vouchers. Visit the LOST RIVER MARKET & DELI INFORMATION BOOTH and learn more about the new local grocery store in Paoli, located at 26 Library Street behind the Paoli Public Library. This full service member-owned food co-op market not only has a deli, but also bulk items, local and organic produce, local meats, cheeses, natural foods, wine and beer. Be sure to stop by to take a look. Everyone is welcome.
NEW VALLEY FARMERS MARKET HOURS:
The Orange County HomeGrown Valley Market is now open on Tuesdays from 3:00 to 6:30 p.m. The Market is located on the sidewalk connecting the Railroad Museum to the Casino property in French Lick. Shoppers can expect to buy homegrown greens and other produce, fresh from the chicken eggs, wonderful soaps and lotions, plants and flowers, jewelry, textile products, great books for a buck, and caramel corn and peanut brittle for your sweet tooth plus other creative items. Musicians are invited to join in the Market Jammers each week. There is also a Master Gardener on hand to answer your gardening questions.
OTHER GREAT EVENTS THIS WEEK YOU WON’T WANT TO MISS:
· Thursday, July 17, 2008, the Melton Public Library in French Lick will host a Poetry & Prose Reading at 7:00 p.m. It’s free! Bring a poem or a passage that you’d like to share and enjoy a special evening at the library!
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 19, 2008:
From the Farm: bean sprouts, beets, blackberries, bok choy, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, celery, several varieties of chard, corn, cucumbers, flowers, garlic, green beans, herbs (lemon basil, lime basil, cinnamon basil, cilantro, sorrel, rosemary, winter savory, sage, chives, parsley, lavender, mint, lemon thyme, oregano), kale, kohlrabi, lettuces, lima beans, maple syrup, onions, jalapeño, banana sweet peppers, peppers, radishes, potatoes, summer squash, tomatoes, zucchini, plants, water plants, coleus plants, perennials, annuals, cornmeal
From the Kitchen: biscotti , brownies, cookies, fudge, pies, quick breads, scones, salt rising bread, yeast bread, yeast rolls, sugar free pies, strawberry jam, caramel corn, lemonade, flavored roasted almonds, persimmon pulp
Art and Crafts, Services & Other Goods: baskets, bird houses, crochet, crochet rugs, fresh flower arrangements, jewelry, leather goods, photographs, purses, soaps, stationary, soft goods, hand sewn items, quilts, baskets, dolls, cutting boards, painted glass containers, aprons, hypertufa containers, stilts, lotions, lip balm, Barbie clothes, cell phone cases, painted saws, seatbelt covers, cedar candle holders, wooden puzzles, wood boxes, chain jewelry, weaving, knitting kits, wool yarn, herbal tinctures, massage oils, bath salts, bug bite salves, poison ivy salve
THIS WEEK’S EVENTS:
Besides peaches, green beans, tomatoes and corn being present at the market, this Saturday at 10:00, we welcome back Chef Gregg Rago from Bloomington’s Nick’s English Hut for a Farm to Fork Chef Demonstration. Free samples while they last! We are excited to announce that Throop Elementary School Cheerleaders will hold a Farmers Market Pep Rally & Cheerleading Clinic for School Age Children (up to 6th grade.) Be sure to dust off your pom poms, bring the kids and join in the fun!!! Start your Saturday morning doing your body and soul some good by joining our popular weekly free yoga class for men and women at 8:30 with instructor, Janet Kennedy. No experience necessary. All ability levels are welcome! If you don’t have a yoga mat, one will be provided for you. Other items to bring, if you wish: an old blanket, an old necktie or belt and an old sheet. The Orange County Recycling Co-op truck will be on hand to collect your household recyclables. Mary Lou Beckett, our favorite Master Gardener will be on hand to answer your gardening questions. And, as always, our Farmers Market Jammers will lift your spirits with their fun music. Bring your instrument and/or your singin’ voice and join in! Our good neighbor, Orleans Methodist Church, is holding a Camp Rivervale Youth Group Breakfast from 7-10 am just across the street from the market. Stop in before the market opens and have a good breakfast.
OUR VENDOR OF THE WEEK: Our featured vendor this week is Catherine Ernst. She sells perfectly lovely organic produce from her garden. If you are visiting his booth when the timer rings, you’ll get a coupon!
REPORT FROM LAST WEEK’S MARKET:
It was a hot one at the market this week with a brief cooling shower; however, we had 59 vendors. The Host Tent was busy registering 7 vendors, including returning vendors of Gerkin Farms who will be bringing sweet corn next week! The tomatoes and green beans are in now, so we can happily say that we’re in high season. Our customer count reached 164 at 10 a.m. and the count hovered around 120 at our 9 and 11 o’clock counts. French Lick Springs Resort Executive Chef Brian Schack showed visitors how to make a pesto sauce using farmers market basil to go over orzo pasta purchased at Lost River Market & Deli. He also made a delicious sabayon sauce that goes nicely with fresh fruit and vendor Betty Allen’s sweet quick breads! Visitors got free samples and recipes. Chef Brian will be sending other chefs from the resort during the market season for more chef demonstrations.
OTHER GREAT FEATURES AT THE MARKET: Be sure to stop by and see our new BUCK A BOOK/BOOK A BOOK TRAILER where you can browse a great selection of books. (We have thousands!) 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 TRAILER 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! A new feature of the Market is the addition of the Orange County Recycling Co-op truck. They will take household items for recycling, such as cardboard, newspapers, junk mail, paper, magazines, catalogues, plastic bottles #1 and #2, aluminum cans, scrap metal, metal cans, plastic grocery bags. Please rinse out plastic bottles and remove lids. Also, rinse out cans. Please break down cardboard boxes. Many of our produce vendors are WIC VENDORS and will accept WIC and Senior Farmers Market Nutritional Program vouchers. Visit the LOST RIVER MARKET & DELI INFORMATION BOOTH and learn more about the new local grocery store in Paoli, located at 26 Library Street behind the Paoli Public Library. This full service member-owned food co-op market not only has a deli, but also bulk items, local and organic produce, local meats, cheeses, natural foods, wine and beer. Be sure to stop by to take a look. Everyone is welcome.
NEW VALLEY FARMERS MARKET HOURS:
The Orange County HomeGrown Valley Market is now open on Tuesdays from 3:00 to 6:30 p.m. The Market is located on the sidewalk connecting the Railroad Museum to the Casino property in French Lick. Shoppers can expect to buy homegrown greens and other produce, fresh from the chicken eggs, wonderful soaps and lotions, plants and flowers, jewelry, textile products, great books for a buck, and caramel corn and peanut brittle for your sweet tooth plus other creative items. Musicians are invited to join in the Market Jammers each week. There is also a Master Gardener on hand to answer your gardening questions.
OTHER GREAT EVENTS THIS WEEK YOU WON’T WANT TO MISS:
· Thursday, July 17, 2008, the Melton Public Library in French Lick will host a Poetry & Prose Reading at 7:00 p.m. It’s free! Bring a poem or a passage that you’d like to share and enjoy a special evening at the library!
- Friday, July 18th, the Orange County HomeGrown Arts Lawn Chair Concert Series will present a free concert on the French Lick Springs Resort Lawn featuring Bob Dickey with Steve & Grace starting at 6:30 p.m. and then at 7:30 p.m. the Cowen Creek Boys will perform. Don't miss this concert! You're in for a real treat! (Inclement weather location will be on the porch of the French Lick Springs Resort.) The Orange County HomeGrown Arts Lawn Chair Concert Series is made possible by volunteers, audience contributions, and a grant from the Jasper Community Arts Center, Indiana Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts.
· Sunday, July 20, 2008, there will be a concert featuring the fabulous Troubadours of Divine Bliss http://troubadoursofdivinebliss.com/ at 4 p.m. at the Lazy Black Bear (4 miles south of Paoli) Suggested donation: $10 per person (sliding scale $7-$20) with all proceeds from the concert going to either the artists or to help support the new Lost River Market & Deli. To make reservations or if you have questions or need directions, contact Andy Mahler at andy@blueriver.net or call 812.723.2430 or Alice Wootton at orangecountyhomegrown@earthlink.net
FREE RECIPES:
Check out some yummy husband-tested recipes by visiting http://fromaliceskitchen.blogspot.com . There are over 100 recipes on the page so far. Recipes featuring ingredients found at Lost River Market & Deli and the Orange County HomeGrown Farmers Market are put to the test and added to the blog on a regular basis.
FARMERS MARKET VOLUNTEERS NEEDED TUESDAY EVENINGS AND/OR SATURDAY MORNINGS:
Orange County HomeGrown is an all-volunteer organization. If you are interested in volunteering, please call Alice at (812) 653-1047.
TOWN OF ORLEANS WELCOME CENTER:
The Welcome Center, located on the North Side of the Square, will be open from 9:00 a.m. to noon each Saturday beginning June through August to greet visitors, answer questions, distribute town maps and brochures of others things to see and do in our area. Check out the town's website http://www.town.orleans.in.us/
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