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REMINDER -- Market is OPEN until 10pm


REMINDER — Market is OPEN until 10pm tonight, still time to get your order in or add to your existing order.

THE STONES RIVER LOCALLY GROWN WEEKLY MARKET IS OPEN!

Market opens April 2nd Sunday 8:00 AM and Closes Monday April 3rd at 10 PM

The Market will always open SUNDAY at 8 AM with or without Weblog. Weblog may occasional be delayed.

Thank you for supporting our local farmers, bakers and craftsmen.

We will look forward seeing you Wednesday April 5th on the porch of Quinn’s Mercantile from 5:00 – 6:15pm when you pick up your order.

PLEASE LET US KNOW IF YOU WILL BE LATER THAN 6:15..we can make arrangements for you to pickup your order.


Some Growers News:

Quarter Spring Farm: Update on Sundays Blog.

Lots of folks like to eat lamb for Easter, and this week Quarter Spring Farm has you covered. We still have a large variety of lamb cuts available, as well as our plethora of pasture raised poultry. And if you wind up getting dirty on your Easter egg hunts, we have plenty of skin softening goat’s milk soap and lotions available for you.

Billie Rose Bread and Butter: New this week are our delicious cookies are soft and chewy with the perfect amount of ginger! Each turbinado-sugar-coated goodie measures about 5-6” across. Ingredients include: gluten free flour, butter, molasses, brown sugar, ginger, cinnamon, clove, egg, baking soda, turbinado sugar, salt. Enjoy!

Sow’s Ear Piggery: Due to April 1 storm dropping our magnificent cedar tree on utilities and outbuilding, we have lots of clean up to do and need time this week to address damages. We will be off market this week.
We hope to be back on the market next week.

Carole’s Herbs (CS3 Farms): Alpine Daikon Radishes, Carrots, Dinasaur Kale, Fresh Spinach, Foraged Salad Mix and Spring Lettuce

Periwinkle and Pine Co. Returning after a health ordeal with my knee. Find my wreath in Craft Section ‘Wreath’… Brighten up your home or door with our Easter Bunny Wreath, Just Peachy Wreath, Purple Spring Newt Wreath, Yellow Spring Wreath or a Welcome Wreath. Custom wreaths are available by contacting me.

Pinky’s Micros: 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. Put them on your sandwich, top your salads with them, or use them in place of lettuce.

Our new Spring Seasonal Chef’s Blend is coming soon.
Every season we’ll be creating new blends to represent each season. Along with Pea, Radish, Broccoli, Basic salad Mix, and Sunflower.
Enjoy a dazzling array of new flavors. Plants are at their absolute peak of flavor intensity at this stage of life. They pack 40x more vital nutrients than their mature counterparts. Come check us out.

NashPhilly: Added this week; 1# of Home made gnocchi made my yours truly, in a rich and garlicy white sauce. Finished with Italian herbs. Sure to be the the best gnocchi in Murfreesboro. Ingredients: Potatoes, flour, eggs, salt, white pepper and nutmeg. Heavy cream, garlic, parmesan cheese, rosemary, thyme, oregano, and parsley. Heating instructions. Combine gnocchi and Alfredo sauce in pan on stove top and cook until hot.

Also by request…Penne noodles and chicken toasted in my garlic red sauce.Smothered with mozzarella, provolone, ricotta, parmesan cheeses, and finished with crushed red chili flakes and of course Italian herbs. Not designed to knock to your socks off spicy but this will have a distinct spiciness to it. This dish can be made without the crushed chili flakes. When placing the order just leave a note to exclude it! Sure to feed a family a four easily. Ingredients: Penne Pasta, chicken, San Marzano tomatoes, garlic, bay leafs, basil, mozzarella, provolone, ricotta, parmesan, parsley, thyme, rosemary, oregano, red crushed chili flakes, salt and pepper. Heating instructions. Leave out one hour prior to cooking* Preheat oven to 400 degrees f. Place in the oven and cook with foil on it for 45min. Remove the foil and cook for an additional 15 minutes. The top part should start to golden brown as this point. Cook until the internal temp reaches 165 degree.

Shroomegy Gourmet Mushrooms: It’s been a busy few weeks here at Shroomegy. We are working hard to bring you great fresh mushrooms! I have been using Lion’s Mane powder in my morning coffee in the ratio of 3 parts coffee to 1 part mushroom powder to up my antioxidants. I feel great! We are also working on a new mushroom jerky recipe with oyster mushrooms. I will be sure to add it to the recipes when I get it just right.

Spring Meadow Farm:
They Are HERE!!..the most anticipated fruit of the season is Ready & Ripe! Sweet Delicious Chandler Strawberries are Here! They are bursting with Sweetness and handpicked just for You. No chemicals on our berries. Raised on our farm.

As well this week, Bok Choy, Butterhead Lettuce, Speckled Bibb Lettuce, Spinach, Spring Mix of Greens, Fresh Cut Mint, Pasture Raised Chicken Eggs, Granola, Egg Salad and Spinach Cheese Quiche. Coming soon the most anticipated fruit of the season…Strawberries – still need alittle more time but the few that have ripened were really delicious!

RC Farm: Enjoy our large selection of produce grown in our greenhouse and/or hydroponically. We have added several other items to our inventory. Fried pies, cakes, pies and breads.

Flying S Farms: Flying S Farms: Let’s talk Chicken Eggs, they are picking up their production! We can now offer by the dozen or a bundle of 3 dozen!. Brownies, Friendship Breads and Sour Dough to choose from. We are having a SALE…purchase a Pumpkin Butter and get one free!! Still available is our delicious Apple Butter and Fig Jam from local Turkey Fig Tree are great anytime of the year. Apple Jamely (almost a jelly but thick like a jam) HOT Jams – Seriously Hot Strawberry and Habanero Peach are a hit. Warm some up and put over cream cheese and serve with crackers – yummy!


DELIVERY SERVICE AVAILABLE:
We offer after market Delivery Service for $12 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.

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 or Invoice (a $2.00 fee is added for invoicing). 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, April 5th 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 Wednesday