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. Important reminder: Beginning October 4th, the farmers market will be open from 9 a.m. to noon for the fall season which ends on October 25th. 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, October 18th, 2008:
From the Farm: apples, chili peppers, eggplant, eggs, herbs, lettuce, okra, jalapeño, banana sweet peppers, meats, persimmon pulp, potatoes, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, winter squashes: acorn, spaghetti, and butternut, sorghum, tomatoes, turnips, plants, water plants, coleus plants, perennials, herbs: sweet Annie anise for wreath making, Indian corn, gourds and decorative squashes
From the Kitchen: apple butter, brownies, cake, persimmon pudding, cookies, pies, quick breads, salt rising bread, yeast bread, sugar free pies, jams and jellies
Art and Crafts, Services & Other Goods: baskets, bird houses, crochet, crochet rugs, fresh flower arrangements, jewelry, leather goods, photographs, purses, soaps, pottery, 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, essential oils, solar yard lights, baby slings, canes, monogram towels, foot massage, recycled shopping bags, hand made print pictures, pressed flower note cards, sunbonnets, Native American jewelry, moccasins, gift bags, painted slate
THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: Important reminder: The farmers market will be open from 9 a.m. to noon for the fall season which ends on October 25th.
It’s your last chance to Make-Your-Own Scarecrow! Bring old clothes and we’ll provide the straw and twine. Have your scarecrow made by 10:00 for our Scarecrow Contest. Everyone (visitors, vendors, volunteers and jammers) at the farmers market gets one vote. From the Host Tent we’ll hand out tickets to everyone to use as their “ballot.” Cast your ballot by 11:00. Read below for the details. The Orange County Recycling Co-op truck will be close by to collect your household recyclables. Mary Lou Beckett, our Master Gardener, will be around 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!
SCARECROW CONTEST DETAILS! Each Saturday through October 18th, we’ve had our free Make-Your-Own Scarecrow area set up with straw, twine and scissors. To make a scarecrow, all you need to do is bring some old clothes to stuff your scarecrow with. We’ll have local pumpkins available to buy too if you wish to have a head for your scarecrow. On October 18th, make a scarecrow at the Make-Your-Own Scarecrow area between 9:00 and 10:00 a.m. or bring the scarecrow that you made earlier back to the Market. We’ll have a place set up to display all the scarecrows. Next to each scarecrow, we’ll place an empty mason jar. From the Host Tent, we’ll give everyone one ticket each to use for voting. We’ll all get to look over the scarecrows and drop in our ticket to cast our vote for our favorite. Voting will begin at 10:00 and end at 11:00. There will be prizes for the winners.
OUR VENDORS OF THE WEEK: Michele Mazzoni will be our featured vendor this week. She sells the best Italian biscotti this side of the Atlantic. Her chocolate biscotti goes great with a cup of hot coffee. Max and Pat Hall will also be featured vendors this week. Max and Pat Hall sell gorgeous fall mums. These blooming mums will make your home entryway especially inviting. If you are visiting their booth when the timer rings, you’ll get a coupon!
REPORT FROM LAST WEEK’S MARKET:
What a perfectly lovely fall day for not only the farmers market, but the Town of Orleans’ Fall Fun Fest! We had 51 vendors set up. At 10 a.m., we counted 205 visitors and at 11 a.m., we counted 282 on the market side of the park. There were plenty other people around the park as well for the town’s Fall Fun Fest activities. We had visitors from the Chicago area, Minnesota, Bloomington, and all the way from Germany! While visitors made scarecrows in our Make-Your-Scarecrow area, Executive Chef Brian Schack from French Lick Springs Resort Hotel made a fabulous homemade pumpkin ice cream during his chef demo. And, boy, was there a long line for dips of this delicious treat! Anna Marie Mahler entertained art fans with her pretty watercolor painting. Many visitors brought empty containers to fill with refreshing apple cider pressed with our “new” antique cider press donated by Phil Mininger and run by volunteer Jamie Sullivan and his sweet children. Our favorite firefighters from the Orleans Fire Department brought their trucks and handed out safety information to visiting families. Our buddies from the Tri-County Antique Machinery Farm Association graced the farmers market with their tractors. Mary Lou Beckett, our beloved Master Gardener, tested garden soil for at least a half-dozen area gardeners.
OTHER GREAT FEATURES AT THE MARKET: Be sure to stop by and see our new 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 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 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.
VALLEY FARMERS MARKET HOURS:
The Orange County HomeGrown Valley Market is open on Tuesdays from 3:00 to 6:00 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. This Tuesday, Mary Lou Beckett, will do free soil testing. Just bring 2 cups of soil from your garden.
HOLIDAY MARKET INFORMATION:
· This year’s Orange County HomeGrown Holiday Market will take place on Saturday, November 15th, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Paoli High School.
ANNOUNCING THE OPENING OF THE NEW Orange County HomeGrown GALLERY!! Located on College Street in French Lick. Open on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 5 p.m. Featuring fine crafts made by Orange County HomeGrown Farmers Market Vendors.
FREE DIABETES PREVENTION WORKSHOP AT LOST RIVER MARKET & DELI ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21st AT 6:30 P.M.:
Type 2 diabetes is on the rise in America. 10.7 percent of the adult population has type 2 diabetes. By age 60, 23 percent of the population will develop diabetes. Fortunately the condition is often preventable. Hanna Swayer, RN, Education Director for Bloomington Hospital of Orange County will present a program on lifestyle style changes to prevent diabetes. Tips on diet and exercise as well as information on local resources will be included. Free glucometers for home testing of blood sugar levels will be distributed. Lost River Market & Deli presents this workshop in partnership with Bloomington Hospital of Orange County, and with support from the Orange County Community Foundation.
Vendors: Another food handler’s workshop conducted by Kathy Gifford will be October 30th at 6 p.m. at Friends Church in Paoli.
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. Important reminder: Beginning October 4th, the farmers market will be open from 9 a.m. to noon for the fall season which ends on October 25th. 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, October 18th, 2008:
From the Farm: apples, chili peppers, eggplant, eggs, herbs, lettuce, okra, jalapeño, banana sweet peppers, meats, persimmon pulp, potatoes, pumpkins, sweet potatoes, winter squashes: acorn, spaghetti, and butternut, sorghum, tomatoes, turnips, plants, water plants, coleus plants, perennials, herbs: sweet Annie anise for wreath making, Indian corn, gourds and decorative squashes
From the Kitchen: apple butter, brownies, cake, persimmon pudding, cookies, pies, quick breads, salt rising bread, yeast bread, sugar free pies, jams and jellies
Art and Crafts, Services & Other Goods: baskets, bird houses, crochet, crochet rugs, fresh flower arrangements, jewelry, leather goods, photographs, purses, soaps, pottery, 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, essential oils, solar yard lights, baby slings, canes, monogram towels, foot massage, recycled shopping bags, hand made print pictures, pressed flower note cards, sunbonnets, Native American jewelry, moccasins, gift bags, painted slate
THIS WEEK’S EVENTS: Important reminder: The farmers market will be open from 9 a.m. to noon for the fall season which ends on October 25th.
It’s your last chance to Make-Your-Own Scarecrow! Bring old clothes and we’ll provide the straw and twine. Have your scarecrow made by 10:00 for our Scarecrow Contest. Everyone (visitors, vendors, volunteers and jammers) at the farmers market gets one vote. From the Host Tent we’ll hand out tickets to everyone to use as their “ballot.” Cast your ballot by 11:00. Read below for the details. The Orange County Recycling Co-op truck will be close by to collect your household recyclables. Mary Lou Beckett, our Master Gardener, will be around 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!
SCARECROW CONTEST DETAILS! Each Saturday through October 18th, we’ve had our free Make-Your-Own Scarecrow area set up with straw, twine and scissors. To make a scarecrow, all you need to do is bring some old clothes to stuff your scarecrow with. We’ll have local pumpkins available to buy too if you wish to have a head for your scarecrow. On October 18th, make a scarecrow at the Make-Your-Own Scarecrow area between 9:00 and 10:00 a.m. or bring the scarecrow that you made earlier back to the Market. We’ll have a place set up to display all the scarecrows. Next to each scarecrow, we’ll place an empty mason jar. From the Host Tent, we’ll give everyone one ticket each to use for voting. We’ll all get to look over the scarecrows and drop in our ticket to cast our vote for our favorite. Voting will begin at 10:00 and end at 11:00. There will be prizes for the winners.
OUR VENDORS OF THE WEEK: Michele Mazzoni will be our featured vendor this week. She sells the best Italian biscotti this side of the Atlantic. Her chocolate biscotti goes great with a cup of hot coffee. Max and Pat Hall will also be featured vendors this week. Max and Pat Hall sell gorgeous fall mums. These blooming mums will make your home entryway especially inviting. If you are visiting their booth when the timer rings, you’ll get a coupon!
REPORT FROM LAST WEEK’S MARKET:
What a perfectly lovely fall day for not only the farmers market, but the Town of Orleans’ Fall Fun Fest! We had 51 vendors set up. At 10 a.m., we counted 205 visitors and at 11 a.m., we counted 282 on the market side of the park. There were plenty other people around the park as well for the town’s Fall Fun Fest activities. We had visitors from the Chicago area, Minnesota, Bloomington, and all the way from Germany! While visitors made scarecrows in our Make-Your-Scarecrow area, Executive Chef Brian Schack from French Lick Springs Resort Hotel made a fabulous homemade pumpkin ice cream during his chef demo. And, boy, was there a long line for dips of this delicious treat! Anna Marie Mahler entertained art fans with her pretty watercolor painting. Many visitors brought empty containers to fill with refreshing apple cider pressed with our “new” antique cider press donated by Phil Mininger and run by volunteer Jamie Sullivan and his sweet children. Our favorite firefighters from the Orleans Fire Department brought their trucks and handed out safety information to visiting families. Our buddies from the Tri-County Antique Machinery Farm Association graced the farmers market with their tractors. Mary Lou Beckett, our beloved Master Gardener, tested garden soil for at least a half-dozen area gardeners.
OTHER GREAT FEATURES AT THE MARKET: Be sure to stop by and see our new 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 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 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.
VALLEY FARMERS MARKET HOURS:
The Orange County HomeGrown Valley Market is open on Tuesdays from 3:00 to 6:00 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. This Tuesday, Mary Lou Beckett, will do free soil testing. Just bring 2 cups of soil from your garden.
HOLIDAY MARKET INFORMATION:
· This year’s Orange County HomeGrown Holiday Market will take place on Saturday, November 15th, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Paoli High School.
ANNOUNCING THE OPENING OF THE NEW Orange County HomeGrown GALLERY!! Located on College Street in French Lick. Open on Saturdays from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 5 p.m. Featuring fine crafts made by Orange County HomeGrown Farmers Market Vendors.
FREE DIABETES PREVENTION WORKSHOP AT LOST RIVER MARKET & DELI ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 21st AT 6:30 P.M.:
Type 2 diabetes is on the rise in America. 10.7 percent of the adult population has type 2 diabetes. By age 60, 23 percent of the population will develop diabetes. Fortunately the condition is often preventable. Hanna Swayer, RN, Education Director for Bloomington Hospital of Orange County will present a program on lifestyle style changes to prevent diabetes. Tips on diet and exercise as well as information on local resources will be included. Free glucometers for home testing of blood sugar levels will be distributed. Lost River Market & Deli presents this workshop in partnership with Bloomington Hospital of Orange County, and with support from the Orange County Community Foundation.
Vendors: Another food handler’s workshop conducted by Kathy Gifford will be October 30th at 6 p.m. at Friends Church in Paoli.
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