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Market is OPEN -- See you Wednesday on the Porch or Curb


HAPPY NEW YEAR and Welcome to the 2021 January 3rd and 4th Stones River Locally Grown Online Farmers Market, our first Market of 2021!

The Market opens 8:00 am on Sunday Morning and closes 10:00 pm Monday evening. Order early before quantities available run out! https://stonesriver.locallygrown.net

We look forward seeing you on the Porch or Curb Wednesday January 6th from 5-6:30pm with deliveries following. Please comment to Manager when you checkout that you would like curb service and approximate time of arrival so we can have your order ready and watch for you. https://stonesriver.locallygrown.net

Also be sure to check back again over the next 2 days as some of our Growers may be updating their inventories.

Reminder…Delivery Service is available within a 10 mile radius of Murfreesboro, outside areas will be considered and delivery is available to Woodbury at a host location. If this is the first time you’ve requested delivery please put your address in comments before you check out….Method of Payment is Cash, Checks, Cards or Invoice. For Delivering and Invoicing please make sure your account information is current.

Thank you for supporting our Locally Grown Market, it means a lot to our Growers and Community by Shopping Local and Staying Local!

News from the Market:

Hope everyone has had a nice Christmas and New Year and looking forward to 2021. I would like your input…what would you like to see available on the Market? Share your thoughts with me via email or when you pickup your order.

News from Our Growers:

Farrar Farm LLC: Congratulations to Jeff Farrar with his new position with MTSU, unfortunately he will be needing to take break from the Market and will return as soon as he can.

Trinity Rose Oberhasli Dairy Goats: We will return late March with our Goat Milk items.

Simons Co. Elderberry: This is the time of year that our body defenses tend to get down, you need to defend it by building up your immunity using our Elderberry Syrup, your health will thank you later.

Body and Soul Teas:
Enjoy our Herbal tea blends for sipping and soaking. My current product line includes herbal tea blends, bath teas, and herbal steams. During the colder weather our Herbal Steam #2 is design to ease upper respiratory discomfort.

Terry Treasures: Are you stuck inside or having a hard time finding a Get Well, Thinking of You type gift for someone, I create cactus and succulent gardens. Each design is unique, no two are exactly alike. Planters and designs vary in size from extra small to large. If you have a special container you would like me to use, I can also do that. Prefect for that someone you can decide what to give them, these will brighten their day every day of the year. Easy to maintain, I include directions.

Sassy Cassie: Warm these cold days up with from our New Soup Collection (find in Frozen Soup Category), Available this week 4 Creamy base soups and 3 that are Dairy and Gluten Free. Available in 32oz. containers. Comes frozen, store for 2 months or heat right away. Serves 2-4.

Sow’s Ear Piggery: we have stocked newly processed pork with updated quantities and new products. New this week: Top Round Roast, Tenderloin, and Boston Butt. Also available: ground pork, chops, bratwursts, cutlets, and more! More new products to be listed in coming weeks. As always, our pigs are free range heritage breed, and fed non-GMO diet.

Barefoot Acres Herbs:
I make salves, herbal teas, and tinctures. I grow all the herbs used in my products except for CBD, which is grown locally by a friend. Find our products under the Herbal Healing Category in Herbal Healing Salves and in Tinctures. Newly added: MINERAL TOOTH POWDER (Soap and Skin Care/Toothpaste) just makes your mouth feel good. It is made with bentonite clay powder, baking soda, pink Himalayan salt, our own peppermint and stevia herb, organic cinnamon powder, whole crushed cloves, and activated charcoal. Simply dampen your toothbrush (shake off excess water) and dip it in the powder. As you brush it will feel more like toothpaste. Brush as usual.

RC Farms:
We are new to the ‘Internet’ marketing concept, please bear with us while we figure things out. We are a Middle Tennessee Family Farm that is rooted in family history and growing for over 50 years. We pride ourselves in serving our local communities with Fresh Pesticide Free Produce, soil produced as well as hydroponically produced. We have Smoked Meats and Grass Feed Beef available in different options as well as a variety of Jams.

Dogwood Valley Greenhouse: I have a variety of houseplants available this month, including Rex begonia, large Citronella, Aloe Vera, and a selection of African violets which will vary from week to week. Watch for some new hanging basket houseplants coming soon. It will not be long till the first perennials will bloom!

Quarter Spring Farm: can help you keep your resolutions this year. Our tasty, all-natural birds are great for you. And our goat’s milk soap is great for your skin. If you resolved to be more stylish this year, check out our reusable cloth napkins. Start your year off right with a gift for yourself or a friend from your friends at quarter spring farm.

The Flour Girl: I hope everyone had a great time celebrating the holidays. Getting back into the swing of things after the holidays is hard. Consider trying some of my gluten-free bread and blueberry muffins this week for an easy breakfast or snack. Both are some of my best-sold gluten-free items. As always, thank you for supporting my business!

Mama D’s Bakery: Hi everyone! Happy New Year! This week we have gone back to our regular options, and as we head towards Valentine’s Day and Spring, we will be adding new items! This week we have available: Chocolate Swiss Roll, Cinnamon Rolls, Caramel Apple Cinnamon Rolls, Blueberry Lemon Yeast Rolls, banana breads and pumpkin breads (with the option of nuts or not), bagels (plain, cinnamon raisin, blueberry, and everything), donuts, cheese Danishes, pies(chocolate fudge, pecan, chocolate chip pecan, pumpkin and sweet potato), cookies, granola and protein bars, breads, and fruit scones. Thanks so much to everybody for your business, and a Happy New Year week to you all!

Flying S Farms:
This week produce available include; Cabbage, Sweet Potatoes, Turnips, Winter Squash: Red Kuri Hubbard, both delicious as a side dish or pies!, along with Acorn, Butternut and Carnival Squash. Processed items: Assorted Friendship Breads, Pumpkin and Orange Cranberry Breads, Brownies and Lemon bars, Pumpkins Cookies will be available a couple more weeks. Artisan Breads…OLIVE BREADS are back! Biscuits (Sour Cream or Buttermilk, also I’m happy to freeze them for you). Cast Iron Skillet Cornbread with White or Yellow Corn. As well as our Sour Dough Breads in loaves and rolls. Need Jams? Warm up with our HOT Pepper Jams:…Ghostly Pear Jelly, Seriously HOT Strawberry, Habanero Peach, Jalapeno Cowboy Candy, these all go well with our Cast Iron Skillet Cornbreads they are great for spicing up many things! Christmas Jam (Cranberry + Strawberry), Almost Seedless Blackberry and Black Raspberry, Blueberry Jam, Wild Fox Grape and Pomegranate. We are always Jammin’ so be sure to check back. Do you have a favorite that I don’t have listed, let me know.

Look forward seeing you “On the Porch or At the Curb" of Quinn’s Mercantile Wednesday January 6th from 5:00 – 6:30 pm, please contact me if you are unable to make delivery or are running late, please phone, email or text me so we can make arrangements to get your order to you. if we don’t hear from you, your order will be donated and you will be invoiced for the amount since we still need to pay our Growers for their products. Remember we do have Delivery if you think you will be later than 6:30 pm.

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