After much thought we have decided not to attend market this coming weekend (May 31.) Instead our first week will be June 7th. We just do not have much to offer, so we decided to hold off one more week.
Sorry for the inconvience this might have caused anyone, but we hope to see you on the 7th...
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Showing posts with label market. Show all posts
Thursday, May 29, 2008
Tuesday, May 27, 2008
Market this weekend...
Our first market of the year will be on May 31rst! This coming Saturday 9-12.
What will we have, you may ask...
UM! I'm asking myself that as well...
The cool weather recently has really SLOWED down our crops. When in the middle of April we planted 18 day radishes we were worried that they would be ready before our first market. We were confident that our 30 day Broccoli-Rabb, our 34 day turnips ,and the 28 day cress would all be ready....
Now we are crossing our fingers that those 18 day radishes will make it!
We will have a little rhubarb (a little being the key word.) We will also have some tomato and pepper starts (some Ark of Taste varieties) and then their will be honey caramels!
But we will be there, so if we look particularly sad and pitiful standing there in front of an almost empty table, please come and visit with us a little...
What will we have, you may ask...
UM! I'm asking myself that as well...
The cool weather recently has really SLOWED down our crops. When in the middle of April we planted 18 day radishes we were worried that they would be ready before our first market. We were confident that our 30 day Broccoli-Rabb, our 34 day turnips ,and the 28 day cress would all be ready....
Now we are crossing our fingers that those 18 day radishes will make it!
We will have a little rhubarb (a little being the key word.) We will also have some tomato and pepper starts (some Ark of Taste varieties) and then their will be honey caramels!
But we will be there, so if we look particularly sad and pitiful standing there in front of an almost empty table, please come and visit with us a little...
- Countryside Farmers' Market at Heritage Farms
- Time: Saturdays 9 a.m.-noon
- Dates: May 31st — October 4th
- Location: Heritage Farms, 6050 Riverview Rd., Peninsula (south of Rt. 303 & Riverview Rd. intersection)
Monday, November 19, 2007
Market...
Market on Saturday went well, in fact it went very well. In spite of the fact that we were new faces (customers were not used to buying from us) and that we only brought what we had left over in the field (radishes, turnips, kale, squash, baby pac choi, and honey) we only brought a few things home and felt very welcomed. I have photos I will post later.
We sold out of turnips in about 20 minutes, and about an hour before market closed a guy came and asked if he could buy the rest of our baby pac choi. I looked down at what was left on the table and said "Well, you can certainly have these, but we have another half bushel in the truck, would you like those to?" He would!
Now that is a lot of baby pac choi, and if you would like you can enjoy it at Great Lakes Brewing Company this evening (Monday the 19th.) So we ended up selling out of that as well. And the honey caramels went pretty fast! So it was a good day...
We sold out of turnips in about 20 minutes, and about an hour before market closed a guy came and asked if he could buy the rest of our baby pac choi. I looked down at what was left on the table and said "Well, you can certainly have these, but we have another half bushel in the truck, would you like those to?" He would!
Now that is a lot of baby pac choi, and if you would like you can enjoy it at Great Lakes Brewing Company this evening (Monday the 19th.) So we ended up selling out of that as well. And the honey caramels went pretty fast! So it was a good day...
Sunday, November 11, 2007
Honey caramels!
What is one to do with 13 gallons of honey?
Well some of it can be bottled and sold that way, but there is only so much honey people want at one time. So what to with the rest?
Why make caramels of course! It took a while to get the recipe right, but I think we have it! Basic pure ingredients, 75% honey only 25% sugar, and most importantly no corn syrup. Corn syrup (of which most contains at least some HFCS) is used in LOTS of candy recipes as it acts to help candies behave when being cooked. When not using it you need to add in lots of care and extra time. A batch of my honey caramel cooks for over two hours slowly rising in temperature, to creamy perfection!
Today and yesterday were the start of honey caramel production, it is a leap of faith for we have no idea how much we may sell at the one market left for us this year. ((Shameless plug, alert!!!)) We will defiantly be selling these at the Peninsula Holiday Market, where you can meet on November 17th! Hope to see you there!
OH! And Congratulations Micheal Symon! You make Cleveland proud!
Well some of it can be bottled and sold that way, but there is only so much honey people want at one time. So what to with the rest?
Why make caramels of course! It took a while to get the recipe right, but I think we have it! Basic pure ingredients, 75% honey only 25% sugar, and most importantly no corn syrup. Corn syrup (of which most contains at least some HFCS) is used in LOTS of candy recipes as it acts to help candies behave when being cooked. When not using it you need to add in lots of care and extra time. A batch of my honey caramel cooks for over two hours slowly rising in temperature, to creamy perfection!
Today and yesterday were the start of honey caramel production, it is a leap of faith for we have no idea how much we may sell at the one market left for us this year. ((Shameless plug, alert!!!)) We will defiantly be selling these at the Peninsula Holiday Market, where you can meet on November 17th! Hope to see you there!
OH! And Congratulations Micheal Symon! You make Cleveland proud!
Friday, November 2, 2007
Frosts...
Jack Frost has definitely been nipping on the farm this week! We have had a frost almost every night, and the garden is showing the damage. Eggplants are the worst hit for sure!
But all the summer stuff is gone. Peppers, tomatoes & squash, all finished. But in early September we planted a load of frost tolerant stuff and it is still growing! Pac Choi, lettuces, turnips, greens, and radishes all doing well, especially those we put under our hoops!
Now we just hope that it grows enough, does not die of a hard freeze, and that we have stuff to offer (besides winter squash and kale) at the Peninsula Holiday Market we will be attending on the 17th of November.
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