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


Welcome to the August 1st and 2nd Stones River Locally Grown Online Farmers Market.

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 August 4th from … 5-6:30pm … with deliveries following. Please comment to the 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

Reminder…Delivery Service is available within a 10 mile radius of Murfreesboro, outside areas additional $1.00 per mile is added. Delivery is also available to Woodbury to 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 or Credit/Debit Cards or we can email an Invoice including a $1.00 Invoice fee. For Delivering and Invoicing please make sure your account information is current.

Welcome to our New Grower:

Sap Creek Gardens: We are Sap Creek Gardens born in middle Tennessee. Our main focus is in growing medicinal and culinary herbs as well as antique roses. We will also offer herbal extracts.

News from Our Growers:

Welcome Back…. Sassy Cassies and Carole Herbs (CS3 Farms)

Sassy Cassies: We are back from a little Summer break and rolling out our August Featured Dish at the Stones River Market today. Chicken Marsala is our Featured Dish for August. We lightly dredge, then brown, chicken breast medallions. Then they slow cook for hours in a succulent Marsala sauce, using local Blue Oyster mushrooms. A bed of seasoned linguine rounds out this Italian classic. As an added bonus, all our yeast rolls are on sale for $10 (6 rolls) this month.

Carole Herbs (CS3 Farms): We have bitter melon, lost of winter squash and some herbal and regular tea, all of which is great cold or on ice for a hot summer day. We also have a little bit of ginger fig shrub available.

Trinity Rose Oberhasli Dairy Goats: Will be taking a week off, will return next week.

Ewe and Me Homestead: Have you tried Sheep’s Milk, if NOT you are missing out on a delicious and healthy milk. Use like you would ‘milk’, makes delicious ice cream and cheese.

Rainbow Hill Farm: OUR PEACHES HAVE ARRIVED, order early before we run out. Also enjoy our delicious Sangre potatoes, they are thin skinned potato that bakes or boils well. Creamy with a sweet taste. Organically grown.

East Fork Farm/Worm castings: What are worm castings? Worm castings contains minerals such as concentrated nitrates, potassium, magnesium, calcium, and phosphorus. They are 100% organic fertilizer that can increase a plant’s yield, protects both soil and plants from diseases, repel insects and help the soil retain moisture. Can be used as a top dressing, side dressing, worked into the soil or brewed into a liquid form (Worm- Tea- Ni) to water your plants. Worm castings have a very long shelf life and never lose their potency if they are kept DRY. Once wet, the castings need to be used within 48 hrs. 100% safe to be used around pets and children. Can be used to revitalize old soil in gardens and around your household plants. East Fork Farm organic worm castings have a neutral PH of 7.0.

Mama D’s Bakery: Hi everyone! We have everything available this week! We have a Sourdough Sandwich Loaf, Oatmeal Cookies, Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies, Strawberry Swirl Bread, Raspberry Swirl Bread, and Apple Cinnamon Swirl Bread, Blueberry Muffins, Crusty French Bread, Organic White Wheat Bread, Mocha Muffins, Chocolate Swiss Roll, Cinnamon Rolls, Caramel Apple Cinnamon Rolls, Blueberry Lemon Yeast Rolls, Banana Bread and Pumpkin Bread(with the option of nuts or not), Bagels(plain, cinnamon-raisin, blueberry, and everything), Donuts(cake and yeast), Cream Cheese Danishes, Pies(chocolate fudge, pecan, chocolate chip pecan, pumpkin and sweet potato), Cookies, Granola and Protein Bars, Yeast Breads, Sourdough Breads, and Fruit Scones. Thanks so much to everybody for your business!!

RnR Farm: We have the best selection of naturally grown lettuce in Middle Tennessee. Also plenty of items to mix in your salad for a complete meal. Tomatoes of many types, cucumbers, and new this week, Lemon Cucumbers. Little yellow balls of goodness that are amazing sliced and put on any RnR Farms lettuce.

Oakview Farm: We know it’s still summer but our ‘winter’ squashes are growing fast. Winter Squash are a harder skin and with a thicker texture than Summer Squash, stores well. Acorn, Buttercup, Yokihama and Small Sugar Pumpkins are available this week along with Mango Mint Jam, Okra, Yellow Squash, Japanese Cucumbers and Lemon Balm.

Spring Meadow Farm: Back this week with several delicious items! Mint, Garlic Bulbs, Kale, Lemon cucumbers, Red Pontiac Potato, Sunburst Squash, Assorted Cherry Tomato’s and White Kennebec potato’s.

Quarter Spring Farm: Summer is great. Long days at the lake and long nights around the campfire. Good times with friends and family. And bugs. Lots of bugs. If you want to enjoy being outside without being feasted on by flying foes, try our Bug Off bar from Quarter Spring Farm. It is formulated to be easy on your skin and the planet, but hard on bugs. We have several new scents available for our lotion bars and have released our seasonal summer soap scents: Kiss from a Rose and Cream Soda. Be sure to check them out this week on the market.

Sow’s Ear Piggery: We continue to have lots of great choices of products for grilling and smoking. As always, our pork is raised outdoors, in sunshine and fresh air. No antibiotics or hormones. Fed non-GMO feed and fresh vegetables.

Dogwood Valley Greenhouse: Something NEW! Rudbeckia, NEW FOR 2021! This popular plant produces a mass of golden yellow daisy-like flowers from July to September. The flowers are borne to a height of 24 inches, above slightly hairy, lance-shaped foliage. Dazzling mounds of yellow flowers with a deep brown center. Rudbeckia is very long blooming, unbothered by insects or drought. Grows in rich, moist soil in full sun to part shade. Plant in the border garden or cottage garden, where the nectar rich flowers will attract butterflies. Use as a cut flower. Hardy in zones 4-9.
Also several varieties of Mints and herb plants available and Hosta Plants this week, miniature and midsize as well Hanging Baskets.

Short Mountain Cultures: We have so many delicious and usable items to select from its hard to just select a few to highlight. Our Bulk Dry Products are plentiful, Fermented and Culture Products are always delicious and beneficial. We feature Hatcher Dairy Milks and various other products for body and health.

Flying S Farms: Be sure to order your favorites this week, taking a week off next week. Summer Produce is becoming more available. Most requested Tomatoes, Corn. Other items include: several Assorted Sweet Peppers, Assorted Eggplant varieties, Cabbage, Potatoes, Variety of Summer Squash, Cantaloupe and Watermelon.

Always a 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 Tennessee made items. Quinn’s Mercantile will soon be adding be listing some of their wonderful Tennessee made items that you can will be able to order through the market.

Thank you for supporting your Locally Grown Market, it means a lot to our Growers and Community by Shopping Local and Staying Local!
We look forward seeing you “On the Porch or At the Curb" of Quinn’s Mercantile Wednesday August 4th 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. After trying to reach you and 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