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Market is OPEN -- See you Wednesday
THE STONES RIVER LOCALLY GROWN WEEKLY MARKET IS OPEN …..
GOOD MORNING! and …Welcome to the Sunday August 28th and Wednesday August 29th Online Farmers Market,
Market opens on Sunday Mornings at 8AM and closes Monday evening at 10PM.
Look forward seeing you Wednesday August 31st on the Porch of Quinns Mercantile from 5:00 – 6:15pm when you pick up your order.
PLEASE READ THIS….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.
Growers on the Market this week: subject to change during the week
A&J Naturale
Bead Wench
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
JillianFaithArt
Oakview Farm
Pennie’s Delights
Periwinkle and Pine Co
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
Growers News:
Welcome Back Oakview Farm: We have our delicious Chess Pie on the market this week! We also have freshly made Peach Jam and Pear Butter. These Jams/butters were made with fresh, local fruit and lots of love! We hope you enjoy.
Sow’s Ear Piggery: we have new pork ribs and pork tenderloin, along with bratwursts, kielbasa and Italian Sausage. The usual ground pork, breakfast sausage, chops, cutlets, stew meat, and roast are available, too. Non-GMO, no corn, no soy, free-range pork.
Rainbow Hill Farm:
Yellow Delicious: Very sweet to the taste. It is a favorite for salads, apple sauce, and apple butter.
Gala Apples: They are sweet, fine textured, and aromatic, can be added to salads, cooked, or eaten raw, and are especially suitable for creating sauces.
Honeycrisp: Pleasant sweet-tart flavor that varies in strength depending upon the maturity of the apple.
Ozark Gold: Has Golden Delicious in its breeding. Flavor is more tart.
Honeycrisp: Pleasant sweet-tart flavor that varies in strength depending upon the maturity of the apple.
Flying S Farms: Most of our Chickens have come back to work! Others are still on STRIKE! But we do have few dozen available this week. We also have Zucchini, and large Zucchini that is delicious cut in flat half and put on your grill or frying and baking or making Zucchini Fritters or Pancakes! also Okra – standard and the thick wall okra called Star of David great fried and it can be grilled! Bell Peppers, Yellow Straight Neck Squash, Scallop Squash, Cucumbers, Melons: Watermelon, Cantalope and Canary, Onions, Bi-color Corn Peaches and Cream, Tomatos, Fresh cut Lemon Balm, Baked goods have returned, Sweet Breads, and Sour Dough Breads, Biscuits…are available this week! Kieffer Pears and possible Bartlett Pears, check back.
UPDATE CONCERNING OUR DELIVERY SERVICE:
We offer Delivery 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, August 31st 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