The Weblog
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Market is OPEN -- See you Wednesday
GOOD MORNING! The Stones River Online Market is OPEN…Sunday May 15th, 8AM through May 16th, closes 10PM.
If you place your order and think you forgot to order something else, sign back in and order as many times you need to. It will be all added together when Market closes.
Welcome to the BEAUTIFUL MONTH OF MAY….the month everything seems to come to life and our hard winter is over. Experencing Blackberry Winter, but this will pass soon. Dust off your grills and prepare your firepits for some great cookouts and products from our Great Selection of Growers! There are many local Farmer’s Markets opening soon, a few of our Grower’s attend those markets BUT many ONLY sell through our Stones River Locally Market, thank you for supporting our local Grower’s.
Please share our market web address with your health-conscious friends, via text, email, or social media (and/or forward this message). https://stonesriver.locallygrown.net The more healthy members we have, the more variety of produce and product we can provide!
We look forward to seeing you on the Porch this Wednesday, May 18th from 5-6:15 pm, with deliveries following. Know that our growers have the hour prior to get their products organized so things might be a bit hectic (and crowded) if
you come early.
If you CAN NOT pick up by 6:15pm, please let us know, we can make your orders available with Quinn’s Mercantile so you can stop by and pick them up. If we are NOT notified, your order will be donated and you will be invoiced for the amount of your order. We still need to pay our Growers for their products.
Delivery Service is available for $10 within a 10 mile radius of Murfreesboro, outside areas additional $1.00 per mile is added. Delivery is also available to Woodbury at a host location for $10. If this is the first time you’ve requested delivery please put your address in the comments before you check out and any special instructions. An Invoice will be emailed to you that includes a $1.00 Invoice fee after your order is Delivered. Again, please make sure your email and address is current. There will be additional $5.00 fee added if Delivery is requested after Market has closed on Monday Evening.
Weblog from a few of our Grower’s:
Linwood Farm: Here is a list of benefits consuming Lamb;
Nutrient Rich
Lamb is naturally nutrient rich. It’s packed with an array of essential nutrients and is an excellent source of protein, zinc, riboflavin, niacin, iron and vitamins.
Almost every cut of lamb is naturally tender, and you don’t need to add much seasoning to make it full-flavored. It doesn’t need to be marinated. Instead, we’ve found it best to season lamb simply with salt and pepper, along with other aromatic ingredients like chopped garlic, rosemary and oregano.
It’s fancy enough to serve for a dinner party or holiday meal, but it’s also simple and easy enough to cook for a weeknight dinner.
Linwood lamb chops are cut 2”thickand are lean, tender and delicious! With their perfect serving size and attractive “T” shaped bone that runs through the meat, loin chops are simple to prepare. Season with salt and pepper then grill, broil or panfry the chops for a delicious meal.
Linwood leg steaks can be lightly salted and peppered and put right on the grill as any other steak. Cook to 135-1400F and they are ready to serve for a quick and easy main course.
Spicy Italian Brats are a new menu item at Linwood Farm. We’ve found they can easily be prepared on the stove or grill. If you want a really unique taste try smoking them on the grill for an hour or so. Yum!
Linwood Ground Lamb is a diverse product. It is the perfect substitute for ground beef in many recipes, ground lamb offers a long list of possibilities for quick and easy weeknight dinners: meatballs, burgers and sliders, shepherd’s pie, kabobs, and meatloaf. Add aromatic seasonings to impart delicious flavor and variety to any meal made with ground lamb.
Bean Man:
We trust everyone is enjoying the wonderful weather this weekend. We have all of our Fresh Dry Beans, Bean Mixes, Scottish Oatmeal and Gluten Free Flours available for the market. Need a shortcut for a healthy meal or snack? Check out our Ready to Mix products which include 3 bread mixes, 2 pancake mixes, 2 soups, 5 pizza crust mixes as well as bean dip and refried beans. All are gluten free and we have several options to satisfy vegan, vegetarian, keto, paleo diets. We provide the dry ingredient mixes and you provide the wet ingredients for easy and healthy options to your diet.
Pinky’s Micros: We grow all different kinds of microgreens. Ones that everyone always can find at stores and some that people never ever seen before besides in high end restaurants. I want to bring people fresh microgreens so they can enjoy the health benefits plus also feel like a chef at home.
Microgreens and sprouts are extremely dense in vital enzymes, minerals and vitamins and chlorophyll. There aren’t many foods you could eat that are fresher.
Enjoy a dazzling array of new flavors. Plants are at their absolute peak of flavor intensity at this stage of life.
Available this week: Basic Salad Mix, Broccoli, Pea, Radish, Red Amaranth, Seasonal Chef’s Blend and Sunflower.
Singing Bee Honey: Thank you for the support of our farm! The inventory of honey is dwindling to a few small jars, but worry not, the girls are thriving and bringing in a lovely spring nectar. We will be releasing the spring harvest in the coming weeks. The wait will be worth it, I promise! We will also be releasing new products this year including bee pollen granules and wax products. You may also see some veggies pop up in our shop over the season because what goes better together than bees and gardens? We hope to bring you some interesting and different varieties than what you will see in the grocery stores, but we’ll also have crowd favorites. This week is spring turnip tops and cilantro
Sow’s Ear Piggery: Available this week, Mild Breakfast Sausage, Ground Pork, Pork Stew Meat, Pork Ribs – thick southern style and Pork Shouler 16-17.
Quarter Spring Farm: We still has a very limited supply of chicken cuts available on the market this week. We have plenty of delicious, free-range chicken eggs, and all sorts of superb smelling, skin softening, super sudsing, scintillating smelling soaps. Made from our goat milk.
Dogwood Valley Greenhouse: New additions to our large list of live plants!
Varieties of Tomato, Peppers and Herb Plants and many other plants ready for the out-of-doors.
Spring Meadow Farm: Arugual, Egg Salad, Fresh Cut Mint, Kale, Spinach, Spring Mix Lettuce, Super Greens, Strawberries and Watercress.
Bluhen Farm: Large selection of different lettuces this week; Batavia, Buttercrunch, Romaine, Romaine Mix, Simpson and Spring Mix
RC Farms: We have a wide assortment of produce available, meat products and the Strawberries are numerous!
Sap Creek Gardens: we have a large selection of Herbs and other items that will brighten you day and your garden up.
Spring Meadow Farm: Arugula, Beets, Egg Salad, Garlic Scapes, Garlic Scape Pesto, Bacon Cheese Quiche, Crustless Spinach Mushroom Quiche,Fresh Cut Mint, Spinach, Red Lettuce or Spring Mix and Strawberries and Strawberry Balsamic Jam.
Flying S Farms: This week we have our Fresh Farm Chicken and EGG BUNDLES-3 dozen, great savings! We’ve added few more greens; several types of lettuces, Bok Choy, Swiss Chard, Several different varieties of Kale, Kohlrabi. Sour Dough Breads, Plain and the our Wheat Bread is Back – YEAH! Our Jam’s are being restocked this week, check back.
Growers on the Market this week (subject to change during the week):
A&J Naturale
Bead Wench
Beaded Beauty
Bean Man
Belle Fleur Farm
Bluhen Farms
Body & Soul Teas
C&M Valley Farm
Canna Pham Farm
Dogwood Valley Greenhouse
East Fork Farm/ Worm Castings
Ewe and Me Creamery
Flying S Farms
Handmade by Andrea
HempinShrooms
JillianFaithArt
Linwood Lamb
Oakview Farm
Periwinkle and Pine Co
Pinky’s Micros
Quarter Spring Farm
Quinn’s Mercantile
RC Farms TN
Rus-T-Acres
Sap Creek Gardens
Singing Bee Honey
Sow’s Ear Piggery
Spring Meadow Farm
Thweatt Things
The Market methods of Payment is Cash, Checks or Credit/Debit Cards, Invoice ($1.00 fee). Reminder, please make sure your email and address is current.
Thank you for supporting your Locally Grown Market, it means a lot to our Growers and Community by Shopping Local and Staying Local!
Special THANK YOU to Quinn’s Mercantile for their support of our Locally Grown Market and the use of the front porch. Please be sure to check out the Store, several great gift and useful items, along with items made or produced in Tennessee
We look forward seeing you “On the Porch or At the Curb" of Quinn’s Mercantile WEDNESDAY, May 18th from 5:00 – 6:15 pm, please contact the Manager if you are unable to make delivery or are running late, please phone, email or text the Manager (615.542.1078) so we can make arrangements to get your order to you.
If we do not hear from you, your order will be donated and you will be invoiced for the amount of your order. We still need to pay our Growers for their products. Remember we do have Delivery Service. If you think you will be later than 6:00 pm, when our Delivery Staff begins delivering orders, please contact us, so we can make arrangements with you.
How to contact us:
Email: stonesrivermarket@gmail.com
Website: https://stonesriver.locallygrown.net
Facebook: www.facebook.com/StonesRiverMarket
Locations: Quinn’s Mercantile on Wednesdays: 301 North Spring Street, Murfreesboro
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