Planting Flowers and Hope
“To grow your own food gives you a sort of power and it gives people dignity. You know exactly what you’re eating because you grew it. It’s good, it’s nourishing and you did this for yourself, your family, and your community.”
Loy, Kaneish, Mitchell, and Mr. Porter all have a wonderful selection of produce for us this week!
Kaneisha has tomatoes this week! She also has strawberries and sweet potatoes. Loy has watermelon, onions, bell peppers, squash, plums, and cabbage. Mitchell has a couple different varieties of microgreens and plant starts. Mr. Porter has containers of greens and strawberries, as well as other fresh fruits and vegetables already harvested.
XO Tigerlily has wonderful dried herbs and spices, teas, and more. We will have Bon Bon Bakery, Ms Shirley, Marie’s Baked Goodies all there with wonderful sweet baked treats. Jams Jellies Jewelry and More and Rosa Ray’s Farm Fresh will also be out there with wonderful jams and jellies, breads, and teas. And we can’t forget about the arts! Prachi Henna art and Sonder Collective will be at the park along with Jump 4 Joy Creations! Hank's Food Truck is a wonderful way to enjoy a late lunch or early dinner at the park! And to keep us all smelling delightful and our hands clean, Chemscentations has us covered!
Thank you so much to everyone who supports this market! We are so incredibly grateful for all of you! Whether you are coming in the rain or the shine or both, we are thankful for the support you show us each week! Whether you have yet to make it to the market, but are sharing our information with others, thank you! We could not do this market without you, our community! We really do love to see each and everyone of you each week! We hope to see you tomorrow!
We are always looking for more people to join our fun! If you or anyone you know is interested in becoming a vendor at our market, follow the link below for our vendor application!
Just a hint of all the fun we have to offer! Come join us!
Happy Wednesday!
The weather last week turned out to be too dangerous to have a market, but thankfully this week looks to be amazing! We have lots of produce and other wonderful goodies for you this week!
April has many observances like October does, so we are covering a few over the month. April is appropriately National Garden Month! Historically, we begin to start our gardens after the last frost of the season which we usually mark as the first week after Easter Sunday.
Gardening is a lot of things to a lot of people. It helps many people center themselves, they find it calming to dig in the dirt and plant plants that they can nurture and grow into food or something pretty to look at.
Gardening with your family is a great way to spend time with those you love. You all learn about the soil and the plants, you get some physical activity and daylight. You learn to grow your own food! This is a great economical way to cut costs on your grocery bill. It is a great way to get little ones to learn and therefore are more likely to try new fruits and vegetables. Plus, if you have an abundance, you can come sell them at the market or put them up for later.
Gardening supplies such as seeds, plant starts, and canning supplies are all SNAP eligible! This means you can use your SNAP card to start your garden! Mitchell has some plant starts at his tent you can purchase with the green tokens you get when we double SNAP benefits at the market tent. Mr. Porter also has pots of greens and strawberries all ready to plant or even leave in the container for a convenient container garden set-up if you don’t have a lot of garden space.
This is a handy link if you want to see where you can purchase food bearing plants and seeds:
https://www.snapgardens.org/snap-participant/
This week’s recipe gathers something from a few vendors! Watermelon and Tomato Salad
Ingredients
1 large tomatoes, cubed or sliced
2 cups cubed seeded watermelon
6 large basil leaves, thinly sliced
½ cup microgreens
½ cup crumbled feta cheese
1 teaspoon lemon zest
2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1 ½ tablespoons white balsamic vinegar
salt and pepper to taste
Directions
Place the tomatoes and watermelon into a mixing bowl. Sprinkle with the basil, microgreens, feta cheese, and lemon zest. Drizzle with the olive oil and balsamic vinegar. Toss gently. Season to taste with salt and pepper before serving.
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