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Market is OPEN -- See you Wednesday
THE STONES RIVER LOCALLY GROWN WEEKLY MARKET IS NOW OPEN for taking orders!
Market opens October 22nd Sunday 8:00 AM and Closes Monday October 23rd at 10PM.
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 October 1-25th 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.
With Holiday Season fast approaching be sure to check out our Markets Craft Section, several useful items especially the theraputic beads from Bead Wench, Thweatt Things has added new items, Periwinkle and Pine has beautiful wreaths for every season.
If you know a Crafter and would like to be part of the market, please contact me. Fall if approaching fast and Holiday Season is right around the corner, easy shopping for gifts on the Market.
Growers this week – SUBJECT TO CHANGE
Bead Wench
C&M Valley Farm
Carole’s Herbs (CS3 Farms)
Dogwood Valley Greenhouse
East Fork Farm/ Worm Castings & Luffa
Flying S Farms
Heath Homespun
JillianFaithArt
Lavendar Cottage
Linwood Lamb
McIntosh Field & Flower
Pennie’s Delights
Periwinkle and Pine Co
Pinky’s Micros
Quarter Spring Farm
Quinn’s Mercantile
RC Farms TN
Rainbow Hill Farm
Rus-T-Acres
Sow’s Ear Piggery
Sunshine Farms
Sweet Beets Farm
The Natural Nook
Valley View Farm and Garden
Yentz Family Farm
WATCH FOR PRODUCTS FROM OUR NEW GROWER: WELCOME: Valley View Farm and Garden is a small farm in Manchester. We raise alpacas, grow a large variety of vegetables, live plants, fruits (blueberries, blackberries, strawberries, melons), fresh herbs, and cut flowers (non-certified organically grown). We also feature handmade crafts, some made from our alpaca fiber, art work, dried flowers, dried herbs and peppers, bird houses, and crocheted items. We offer a summer CSA and do tours and events on the farm. We also raise butterflies and bees.
Yentz Family Farm: Our garden is slowly winding down and we are waiting for some fall veggies to be ready. We have several types of peppers and herbs to select from but this week we would like to highlight some of our newly added products. We have added Pumpkin Hand Pies, Pumpkin Bread, Cinnamon Rolls and Garlic Butter Dinner Rolls. We have also added Chocolate Chip Cookies and Chocolate Brownies that are available in single serve options. We will be adding full size pies and small desert platters for the holidays that make great holiday or hostess gifts along with gift baskets loaded with our snacks and goodies. Be on the lookout for our new additions!
Rainbow Hill Farm: We have several varieties of apple this week and our famous ‘huge’ Cabbage great for Kraut, slaw or rolls ups!
Rome – Dark Red, Mild Flavor, good for both cooking and baking
Jonagold -This apple is a cross of Jonathan and Golden delicious, a tart flavor with some sweetness.
Winesap – A hard tart apple. Great for cooking
Yellow Delicious – Very sweet to taste. It is a favorite for salad, apple sauce and apple butter.
Lavender Cottage: We have added Freeze Dried: Bell Pepper Powder, Tomato Powder, Kale Powder and Tomato. Also have Dried Salsa Mixes. We also have several Freeze Dried fruits and veggies. If anyone is looking for a particular freeze dried candy please by all means send me an email and I’ll do my best to have them available for next week. Freeze Dried Cantaloupe Bites, Golden Watermelon Bites, Gummy Geeks (Originally Nerd Gummy clusters), Dried Jalapeno Pepper, Dried Mixed Color Bell Pepper, Dried Rancher Puffs (Originally Jolly Ranches), Dried Scuttles (originally Skittles), Dried Strawberry Bites, Dried Sun Kist Cherry Tomatoes, Dried Taphy Bombs (aka Originally Salt Water Taffy), Dried Tomatoes and Dried Watermelon Bites, always check back, consently adding new items.
The Natural Nook:
Start buildng up your immune system. I will be offering homemade elderberry syrup as an effective remedy against colds and viruses as well homemade bone broth packed with collagen that can be used as broth in soups or just warmed to drink as is for health benefits.
Quarter Spring Farm: is proud to present pounds and pounds of perfectly pastured poultry products for your palate’s pleasure. Our scintillating skin softening soaps are suavely secented and smell supberb. We also have lamb products.
Pinky’s Micros: You are missing out if you don’t eat these greens…healthy..put them in a smoothy, top you salads or sandwich, make rollups….Microgreens pack 40x more vital nutrients than their mature counterparts. Extremely dense in vital enzymes, minerals, vitamins, omega, and high does of chlorophyll. There aren’t many foods you could eat that are that packed of nutrients and harvested a day before delivery for freshness.
Put them on your sandwiches, top your salads, or use them in place of lettuce.
Flying S Farms: Our fall/winter produce are coming in Broccoli Heads, Butternut Squash, Head Cabbage, Carnival Winter pumpkin, Napa Cabbage, Radishes – Diakon, White Hailstone, Cherry Bell, Mixed Kale, Cherry Tomato and Mt. Merit slicing tomato. Jams will be added as we get them made this week, newest is our Concord Low Sugar Jelly from our vines on our farm! Seriously HOT Strawberry is back in stock! Watch for more jam to be add over the next few weeks.
NashPhilly: CONGRATULATION TO Dustin of NashPhilly, he will be back on the market after he returns from his ‘Honeymoon’ in approximately 2 weeks.
Quinn’s Mercantile: has hosted us on the front porch for several years and it is very much appreciated. They have some great gifts for almost any occassion available along with Murfreesboro ornaments.
We look forward seeing you “On the Porch or At the Curb" of Quinn’s Mercantile WEDNESDAY, October October 25th 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