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, May 30tht, 2009:
From the Farm: bok choy, Chinese cabbage, eggs, greens, fresh herbs, leeks, lettuce, maple syrup, meat (beef and pork), onions, radishes, rhubarb, spinach, strawberries, hydroponic tomatoes, turnips, hydroponic tomatoes, fresh flowers, plants, water plants,
From the Kitchen: brownies, cake, cinnamon rolls, cookies, doggie, treats, fudge, granola, lemonade, muffins, peanut brittle, persimmon pulp, pies, popcorn treats, quick breads, salt rising bread, yeast bread
Art and Crafts: aprons, baby bibs, bags, baskets, bean bag toys, bird houses, candles, cloth books, clothespin bags, crochet, hypertufa, jewelry, leather goods, painted gourds, painted tools, planters, photographs, purses, quilts, rugs, rustic furniture, signs, soft goods, soaps, stationary, wooden bowls, wreaths
THIS WEEK’S EVENTS:
Beginning at 10:00, we’ll have a Farm to Fork Chef Demo with a French Lick Springs Resort Chef. Margie Delph will offer a Beginning Guitar Workshop with tips on jamming etiquette. Workshop participants will receive a coupon for the farmers market. It’s also Game Day! Bring your game face, find a partner, and play one of the many board games we’ll have at the Host Tent. Participating game players will receive a coupon to spend at the Market! Hoola Hoops available for the young and the young at heart! 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 VENDOR OF THE WEEK: Marcia Gwaltney is this week’s featured vendor. Marcia is new to our market this season. She sells the prettiest boxes and prints, plus beautiful stationary! They would make lovely gifts if you could stand to part with them. If you are visiting her booth when the timer rings, you’ll get a coupon!
REPORT FROM LAST WEEK’S MARKET: Well, I’ll be! Opening Day broke records! Even with some of our veteran vendors absent due to graduations and Memorial Day travels, we had 69 vendors in attendance! Last year, we opened with 47 vendors. Our customer count was up from last year’s Opening Day as well. Last year at 9 a.m. we had 45 visitors, this year 87 visitors. Last year at 10 a.m. we had 107 visitors, this year 152 visitors. Last year at 11 a.m. we had 79 visitors, this year 164 visitors. It was great to see everyone again and also to welcome new faces. Before the season began, we registered 77 vendors early. We registered 16 vendors on Opening Day making a total of 93 vendors have registered so far (23 brand new to our market.) By last year’s season’s end we had registered 123 vendors. Thank goodness we had a great team of volunteers who showed up to help us out. (We still need volunteers.) For our Blessing of the Market Ceremony, we had special guest speakers Robert Henderson, Michael Fields and Representative Sandy Blanton. We were thrilled to have Mary Mininger bless the market again this year. Musical duo Late for Supper (Pete Webb and Jesse Smith) performed a song written especially for the occasion. Several visitors took advantage of our horse and buggy rides through the historic neighborhoods of Orleans with Brack Coulter and Linda Lee as their guides. We hope to have horse and buggy rides throughout the season.
OTHER GREAT FEATURES AT THE MARKET: Be sure to stop by and see our 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! Another great 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 our local community 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.
VALLEY FARMERS MARKET ANNOUNCEMENT:
The Orange County HomeGrown Valley Market is open on Tuesdays from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m. They have a brand new beautiful location. Be sure to visit the Orange County HomeGrown Valley Market now located between the Indiana Railway Museum and the French Lick Springs over-flow parking lot just off of Highway 56.
FREE CONCERT COMING UP:
Orange County HomeGrown Lawn Chair Concert Series will present a free concert this Thursday, May 28th featuring Wildflower & Weeds and then Los Luddites starting at 6:30 p.m. on the French Lick Springs Resort Lawn. (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, the National Endowment for the Arts and Visit French Lick West Baden. Check local newspapers for the complete schedule or sign up to receive concert reminders via email 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.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY:
Orange County HomeGrown is an all-volunteer, non-profit, community service organization. If you are interested in volunteering for any of its projects, such as the Orleans or Valley Farmers Markets, the Lawn Chair Concert Series or the Adopt-a-River of Lost River, we’d love to have you. Just call (812) 653-1047 or send us an email at orangecountyhomegrown@earthlink.net
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, May 30tht, 2009:
From the Farm: bok choy, Chinese cabbage, eggs, greens, fresh herbs, leeks, lettuce, maple syrup, meat (beef and pork), onions, radishes, rhubarb, spinach, strawberries, hydroponic tomatoes, turnips, hydroponic tomatoes, fresh flowers, plants, water plants,
From the Kitchen: brownies, cake, cinnamon rolls, cookies, doggie, treats, fudge, granola, lemonade, muffins, peanut brittle, persimmon pulp, pies, popcorn treats, quick breads, salt rising bread, yeast bread
Art and Crafts: aprons, baby bibs, bags, baskets, bean bag toys, bird houses, candles, cloth books, clothespin bags, crochet, hypertufa, jewelry, leather goods, painted gourds, painted tools, planters, photographs, purses, quilts, rugs, rustic furniture, signs, soft goods, soaps, stationary, wooden bowls, wreaths
THIS WEEK’S EVENTS:
Beginning at 10:00, we’ll have a Farm to Fork Chef Demo with a French Lick Springs Resort Chef. Margie Delph will offer a Beginning Guitar Workshop with tips on jamming etiquette. Workshop participants will receive a coupon for the farmers market. It’s also Game Day! Bring your game face, find a partner, and play one of the many board games we’ll have at the Host Tent. Participating game players will receive a coupon to spend at the Market! Hoola Hoops available for the young and the young at heart! 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 VENDOR OF THE WEEK: Marcia Gwaltney is this week’s featured vendor. Marcia is new to our market this season. She sells the prettiest boxes and prints, plus beautiful stationary! They would make lovely gifts if you could stand to part with them. If you are visiting her booth when the timer rings, you’ll get a coupon!
REPORT FROM LAST WEEK’S MARKET: Well, I’ll be! Opening Day broke records! Even with some of our veteran vendors absent due to graduations and Memorial Day travels, we had 69 vendors in attendance! Last year, we opened with 47 vendors. Our customer count was up from last year’s Opening Day as well. Last year at 9 a.m. we had 45 visitors, this year 87 visitors. Last year at 10 a.m. we had 107 visitors, this year 152 visitors. Last year at 11 a.m. we had 79 visitors, this year 164 visitors. It was great to see everyone again and also to welcome new faces. Before the season began, we registered 77 vendors early. We registered 16 vendors on Opening Day making a total of 93 vendors have registered so far (23 brand new to our market.) By last year’s season’s end we had registered 123 vendors. Thank goodness we had a great team of volunteers who showed up to help us out. (We still need volunteers.) For our Blessing of the Market Ceremony, we had special guest speakers Robert Henderson, Michael Fields and Representative Sandy Blanton. We were thrilled to have Mary Mininger bless the market again this year. Musical duo Late for Supper (Pete Webb and Jesse Smith) performed a song written especially for the occasion. Several visitors took advantage of our horse and buggy rides through the historic neighborhoods of Orleans with Brack Coulter and Linda Lee as their guides. We hope to have horse and buggy rides throughout the season.
OTHER GREAT FEATURES AT THE MARKET: Be sure to stop by and see our 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! Another great 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 our local community 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.
VALLEY FARMERS MARKET ANNOUNCEMENT:
The Orange County HomeGrown Valley Market is open on Tuesdays from 1:30 to 5:00 p.m. They have a brand new beautiful location. Be sure to visit the Orange County HomeGrown Valley Market now located between the Indiana Railway Museum and the French Lick Springs over-flow parking lot just off of Highway 56.
FREE CONCERT COMING UP:
Orange County HomeGrown Lawn Chair Concert Series will present a free concert this Thursday, May 28th featuring Wildflower & Weeds and then Los Luddites starting at 6:30 p.m. on the French Lick Springs Resort Lawn. (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, the National Endowment for the Arts and Visit French Lick West Baden. Check local newspapers for the complete schedule or sign up to receive concert reminders via email 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.
VOLUNTEER OPPORTUNITY:
Orange County HomeGrown is an all-volunteer, non-profit, community service organization. If you are interested in volunteering for any of its projects, such as the Orleans or Valley Farmers Markets, the Lawn Chair Concert Series or the Adopt-a-River of Lost River, we’d love to have you. Just call (812) 653-1047 or send us an email at orangecountyhomegrown@earthlink.net
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