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 11th, 2008:
From the Farm: apples, chili peppers, eggplant, eggs, dried herbs, flowers, okra, jalapeño, banana sweet peppers, 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, 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.
You and your family won’t want to miss this next farmers market! It’s happening during the Orleans Fall Fun Fest and there will be tons of activities for everyone! At 10:00 a.m. we’ll have another popular Farm to Fork Cooking Demo with a visiting chef from French Lick Springs Resort Hotel. Free samples and recipes while supplies last. We’ll have our antique Apple Cider Press (donated by our good buddy, Phil Mininger) available and with the help of volunteers, John Schellenberger and Jamie Sullivan, you can bring your own apples to press! (Bring your own gallon and 1/2 gallon containers!) 1 bushel = 2 ½ gallons. For the use of our cider press, we will ask that you make a donation to the farmers market. ($5 or ½ gallon of your cider) Apples will be available to buy at our farmers market and at Lost River Market & Deli in Paoli. Celebrate Fire Safety Week with the Orleans Fire Department and Bloomington Hospital of Orange County Ambulance Service. They’ll bring their fire trucks and provide informational handouts and give-aways. Our friends from the Tri-County Antique Machinery Farm Association will have a Tractor Show. It’s time to Make-Your-Own Scarecrow! Bring old clothes and we’ll provide the straw and twine. This is a fun family event which we’ll offer each Saturday through October 18th when we’ll have our Scarecrow Contest! The Orange County Recycling Co-op truck will be close by to collect your household recyclables. Mary Lou Beckett, our favorite Master Gardener will be on hand to answer your gardening questions and to test your garden soil for free! Bring 2 cups of soil in a container for her to test.) 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! Read below for more fun things to do this Saturday: 6:30 - 9:00 am Pancake Breakfast - American Legion Home; 10:00 am - ? Dunn Memorial Health Express/Health Walk; 11:00 am - ? Pet Costume Parade; 11:30 - ? Adult Trike Race; 11:30 am - ? Registration for Classic Car Show/Cruise In (bandstand) (Grand Prize: FREE overnight stay for 2 at French Lick Springs Resort); 12 Noon - ? Chili Cookoff (north side of square) (Bring your recipe, 2 gal. of hot soup in crock pots, register by noon); 2:00 pm - ? Chili Tasting; 1:00 pm - ? Musical Entertainment on the bandstand “The Meister Winds”; 1:30 pm - ? Corn Hole Tourney; 2:00 pm - ? Historical Downtown Walking Tour; 2:30 pm - ? Judging begins for Car Show/Awards Ceremony; 4:00 - 6:00 pm Free concert in the park: “Forever Gold” (bring your lawn chair); Kids Activities: Puppet Show at 1:45. 2:45 and 3:45 pm Face Painting (All day)
OUR VENDORS OF THE WEEK: Max and Pat Hall will be our 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:
It was a sunny and chilly morning at the farmers market, a perfect fall day for shopping and visiting at the farmers market. Everyone seemed to enjoy the extra hour sleep we all got with our new fall hours. We had 48 vendors set up and we registered one new vendor. Helen Vasquez continues to sign up vendors for the upcoming Holiday Market, which takes place on Saturday, November 15th at Paoli High School. While visitors made scarecrows in our Make-Your-Scarecrow area, Executive Chef Brian Schack from French Lick Springs Resort Hotel made delicious pumpkin chowder during his chef demo. His yummy chowder got a big thumbs-up from the crowd!
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.
HOLIDAY MARKET INFORMATION:
· Mark your calendars for this year’s Orange County HomeGrown Holiday Market. It will take place on Saturday, November 15th, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Paoli High School.
· Orange County HomeGrown Farmers Market (Orleans or Valley) vendors who participated in last year’s Holiday Market may register at the Host Tent September 20th. Those HomeGrown Farmers Market vendors who are currently registered with either the Orleans or the Valley Farmers Market, but who have never participated in the Holiday Market may register at the Host Tent on September 27th and October 4th. If there is still vendor space available, those people interested in vending, but who are not currently HomeGrown registered vendors, may register at the Host Tent on October 11th. All vendors must follow HomeGrown’s Farmers Market guidelines. Registration and $30 registration fee are due no later than October 11th.
· If you have questions regarding the Holiday Market, please contact Helen Vasquez (812) 723-4290.
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 11th, 2008:
From the Farm: apples, chili peppers, eggplant, eggs, dried herbs, flowers, okra, jalapeño, banana sweet peppers, 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, 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.
You and your family won’t want to miss this next farmers market! It’s happening during the Orleans Fall Fun Fest and there will be tons of activities for everyone! At 10:00 a.m. we’ll have another popular Farm to Fork Cooking Demo with a visiting chef from French Lick Springs Resort Hotel. Free samples and recipes while supplies last. We’ll have our antique Apple Cider Press (donated by our good buddy, Phil Mininger) available and with the help of volunteers, John Schellenberger and Jamie Sullivan, you can bring your own apples to press! (Bring your own gallon and 1/2 gallon containers!) 1 bushel = 2 ½ gallons. For the use of our cider press, we will ask that you make a donation to the farmers market. ($5 or ½ gallon of your cider) Apples will be available to buy at our farmers market and at Lost River Market & Deli in Paoli. Celebrate Fire Safety Week with the Orleans Fire Department and Bloomington Hospital of Orange County Ambulance Service. They’ll bring their fire trucks and provide informational handouts and give-aways. Our friends from the Tri-County Antique Machinery Farm Association will have a Tractor Show. It’s time to Make-Your-Own Scarecrow! Bring old clothes and we’ll provide the straw and twine. This is a fun family event which we’ll offer each Saturday through October 18th when we’ll have our Scarecrow Contest! The Orange County Recycling Co-op truck will be close by to collect your household recyclables. Mary Lou Beckett, our favorite Master Gardener will be on hand to answer your gardening questions and to test your garden soil for free! Bring 2 cups of soil in a container for her to test.) 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! Read below for more fun things to do this Saturday: 6:30 - 9:00 am Pancake Breakfast - American Legion Home; 10:00 am - ? Dunn Memorial Health Express/Health Walk; 11:00 am - ? Pet Costume Parade; 11:30 - ? Adult Trike Race; 11:30 am - ? Registration for Classic Car Show/Cruise In (bandstand) (Grand Prize: FREE overnight stay for 2 at French Lick Springs Resort); 12 Noon - ? Chili Cookoff (north side of square) (Bring your recipe, 2 gal. of hot soup in crock pots, register by noon); 2:00 pm - ? Chili Tasting; 1:00 pm - ? Musical Entertainment on the bandstand “The Meister Winds”; 1:30 pm - ? Corn Hole Tourney; 2:00 pm - ? Historical Downtown Walking Tour; 2:30 pm - ? Judging begins for Car Show/Awards Ceremony; 4:00 - 6:00 pm Free concert in the park: “Forever Gold” (bring your lawn chair); Kids Activities: Puppet Show at 1:45. 2:45 and 3:45 pm Face Painting (All day)
OUR VENDORS OF THE WEEK: Max and Pat Hall will be our 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:
It was a sunny and chilly morning at the farmers market, a perfect fall day for shopping and visiting at the farmers market. Everyone seemed to enjoy the extra hour sleep we all got with our new fall hours. We had 48 vendors set up and we registered one new vendor. Helen Vasquez continues to sign up vendors for the upcoming Holiday Market, which takes place on Saturday, November 15th at Paoli High School. While visitors made scarecrows in our Make-Your-Scarecrow area, Executive Chef Brian Schack from French Lick Springs Resort Hotel made delicious pumpkin chowder during his chef demo. His yummy chowder got a big thumbs-up from the crowd!
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.
HOLIDAY MARKET INFORMATION:
· Mark your calendars for this year’s Orange County HomeGrown Holiday Market. It will take place on Saturday, November 15th, 2008 from 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at Paoli High School.
· Orange County HomeGrown Farmers Market (Orleans or Valley) vendors who participated in last year’s Holiday Market may register at the Host Tent September 20th. Those HomeGrown Farmers Market vendors who are currently registered with either the Orleans or the Valley Farmers Market, but who have never participated in the Holiday Market may register at the Host Tent on September 27th and October 4th. If there is still vendor space available, those people interested in vending, but who are not currently HomeGrown registered vendors, may register at the Host Tent on October 11th. All vendors must follow HomeGrown’s Farmers Market guidelines. Registration and $30 registration fee are due no later than October 11th.
· If you have questions regarding the Holiday Market, please contact Helen Vasquez (812) 723-4290.
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