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Market is OPEN -- See you Wednesday
REALLY….THE MARKET IS OPEN, had a slight operator malfunction this morning! Enjoy the Market, be sure to read the weblog and support local Artisans and Growers.
THE STONES RIVER LOCALLY GROWN WEEKLY MARKET IS OPEN …..
GOOD MORNING! and …Welcome to the Sunday October 30th and 31st Online Farmers Market,
Market opens on Sunday Mornings at 8AM and closes Monday evening at 10PM.
Look forward seeing you Wednesday November 2nd on the
Porch of Quinn’s Mercantile from 5:00 – 6:15pm when you pick up your order.
Growers on the Market this week, subject to change.
A&J Naturale
Bead Wench
C&M Valley Farm
Carole’s Herbs (CS3 Farms)
Dogwood Valley Greenhouse
East Fork Farm/ Worm Castings
Ewe and Me Creamery
Flying S Farms
JillianFaithArt
Linwood Lamb
McIntosh Field & Flower
NashPhilly
Pennie’s Delights
Pinky’s Micros
Quarter Spring Farm
Quinn’s Mercantile
RC Farms TN
Rainbow Hill Farm
Rus-T-Acres
Sap Creek Gardens
Singing Bee Honey
Sow’s Ear Piggery
Spring Meadow Farm
Sundae’s Best Dog Treatery
Sweet Beets Farm
Sweet Girl Honey Farm
Thweatt Things
Valentine Family Farm
News from some of our Growers:
Sow’s Ear Piggery: Would like to introduce customers to some new products with a special offering.This Sausage Sampler includes 3 pork products in one order: a 2-lb. sleeve of Italian sausage, mildly seasoned; a 4-link package of Bratwursts (@ 1 lb.); and a 12-oz. coil of Kielbasa. All from natural pasture raised heritage grazing hog, fed with non-GMO pelleted feed and fresh produce
Rainbow Hill Farm:
We still have Gourmet Cabbage available, these are large heads 10-15 pounds! This is a sweet cabbage, great for kraut, slaw and cooking.
Reminder, this is the only time of year that you can get the freshest apples. Not refrigerated and ready to eat, dry or make sauce with them. We’ve already sold out of several popular varieties, don’t wait, get your order in!
Available this week:
Fuji: attractive pink apple, crisp with sweet flavor and keeps well.
Granny Smith: very hard and tart green apple.
Winesap: hard tart apple, great for cooking.
Jonagold: This apple is a cross of Jonathan and golden delicious. A tart flavor with some sweetness. Good for both cooking and eating fresh.
Rome: Dark red, mild flavor, somewhat sweet. Good for both cooking and eating fresh.
Yellow Delicious: Very sweet to taste. It is a favorit for salads, apple sauce and apple butter.
Carole’s Herbs (CS3 Farm): We are back with some old and new items. Apicius Gourmet Mustard, Camomile Boby Butter, Elderberry Syrup, Herbal Healing Salve, Hint of Mint Body Butter, Kombucha Soby, Lavender Gourmet Mustard, Lemon Herbal Tea, On Guard Body Butter and Oolong Tea, Red Hawaian Salt, Black Hawaian Salt and Scarbourough Fair Gourmet Mustard.
Valentine Family Farm: Botanical Simple Syrup; we use water, bee balm, low processed sugar and lemon zest. This is great for sweetning ice or hot tea, and selzer water. Meadow Pickles in chips or spear or plain or spicy, Pickled Cauliflower, Pickled Eggs, Pickled Okra plain or spicy. Spicy Picked Sausage.
Pennies Delights: you’ll catch me on the Porch on Wednesdays with some of my items. On the Market we have: Iced Cinnamon Rolls, Apple Filed Cinnamon Rolls or Strawberry Cheesecake Cinnamon Rolls, Strawberry Cupcakes, Sugar Cookies, Snickerdoodle Soft Cookies, Brownies, Breads: Banana Nut, Lemon Blueberry, Pumpkin and Zucchini, Peach Cobbler and seasonal items.
Pinky’s Micros:
As the season gets colder, alot of the season fresh product get less available but we’ve got you covered with our nutrious food items, our Sprouts and Microgreens can do just that.
We now have 2 oz. and 4 oz. units available of our Microgreens and Sprouts! This week we have these delicious Microgreens and Sprouts available.
Basic Salad Mix, Broccoli, Pea shoots,
Radish microgreens, Sunflower micro greens.
NashPhilly: We have a new item that will go well as a side dish for any event you might have. Find “Seasonal Side Dishes” Brussel Sprouts with Carmelized Onions and Bacon! In “Noodles, Pasta and Italian Sauces” find our Beef and Cheese Lasagna in a large family portion or Single Portion and Fettuccine Alfredo with Chicken.
Dogwood Valley Greenhouse: It is that time of year to Pre-Order our Beautiful Christmas Kissing Balls and Christmas Wreath with a choice of Red or Green Ribbon. You’ll make a deposit and pay balance when you pick up your wreath or kissing ball.
Spring Meadow Farm: Aji Dulce Pepper, Arugula, French Breakfast Radish, Green Tomatoes, Curly Leaf Kale, Lemon Balm, Roma Tomato, Siberian Kale, Spring Mix, Super Greens, Tomatillo, Tomato Mix, Turnip Greens.
Rus-T-Acres: New this week Beauregard Sweet Potatoes, Decorative Corn, Firewwod Bundles, Ham Roast, Hot Breakfast Sausage, Medium Breakfast Sausage, Pork Chops. We will soon have our new supply of meats in, we are at the mercy of our processor!
Flying S Farms: Chicken Eggs, Acorn, Carnival winter squash, Sweet Peppers, Long Island Pumpkins, Tomatos, Sweet Potatoes, Baked goods, Sweet Breads, and Sour Dough Breads, Biscuits…are available this week! Starting to increase our Jam and Jellies. New: Apple Jamely (almost a jelly but thick like a jam) Blueberry-Apple Jam, our Almost Seedless Red Raspberry Jam is back! Added Delicous Apple Butter this week and will soon have Pumpkin Butter!.
DELIVERY SERVICE AVAILABLE:
We offer after market Delivery Service for $10 within a 10 mile radius of Murfreesboro, outside areas additional $1.00 per mile is added. 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 is an additional $5.00 fee added if Delivery is requested AFTER MARKET HAS CLOSED ON MONDAY EVENING. This fee is so we can make arrangements with our Delivery Staff to prepare your order to be delivery.
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, October 26th from 5:00 – 6:15 pm, please contact the Manager if you are unable to pick up your order 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.
We will always try and reach you as a reminder about your order, we can make arrangements for you 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
map: https://goo.gl/maps/GAkJS1wawb