Showing posts with label fresh produce. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fresh produce. Show all posts

Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Flat Rock Tailgate Market News - October 20, 2011

Fall has definitely arrived and with it brings our next to last market. Come out this week and next week so you don't miss out on local fresh produce. Also find out how you can continue to eat local produce all winter long by using a local CSA.

Deep Woods Mushrooms:
I will have a limited amount of fresh shiitakes, lots of dried shiitakes, so stock up for winter. I'll also (hopefully) have wild mushrooms (if I have time to get out in the woods).

Holly Spring Farm & Nursery:
Despite the cooler weather, we still have lots of tomatoes. We'll also have beets, carrots, eggplant, peppers, lettuce, Swiss chard and winter squashes.

Good Things Grow Here:
This week I will have lots of potatoes, seasonal greens, lettuce, eggplant, and eggs.

Deerwood Nursery & Farms:
A sudden drop in the temperatures this week reminds us it is fall rather than summer. I was glad I roasted two chickens. Granddad's chicken salad with grapes will make one meal and Mexican chicken soup will make another one. Wasn't that easy? (Stop by if you need recipes for these easy meals.) If you have football games in your schedule, you may want to pick up some ribs or Italian sausage for easy grilling. We have fresh and frozen chickens as well as ten different pork cuts. There is definitely something for everyone's table. While the tailgate market has been wonderful, keep in mind you can continue to get Deerwood chicken and pork even after the market ends. Stop by our booth to pick up contact information. We look forward to seeing you Thursday!! Rick and Karen JordanDeerwood Nursery and Farms

Marvelous Pies:
This week we will have an assortment of our holiday favorites. Pumpkin pies, apple pies, sweet potato pies and bar cookies. Email us if you need a whole cake for $25, triple chocolate, flourless, gluten free chocolate and red velvet are available to pick up on Thursday IF pre-ordered.

Carolina Herb Farm:
I will have cut lettuce by the bag, lettuce baskets, and some herbs.

Shepherds' Flock Farm:
Howdy, everyone from Shepherds' Flock Farm. This thursday I have two new jellies for you to try; Poor Man's Honey, and Strawberry, Pineapple Jalapeno. I have also added Mango recently, and Fire n Ice. I will also be bringing apples. I am taking pre-paid orders for our last week festival on apples. I hope you will come and see us. The weather will be great. Still running my jelly special buy 5 and get one free. See ya Thursday!!!!!!! And, as usual, there'll beLOTS more!

Winter Sun CSA:
Coming to the market this week with information and an opportunity to sign up for local food all winter long. Winter Sun Farms is a CSA program of Blue Ridge Food Ventures that takes fresh produce from local, sustainable farms and then preps, packages, and freezes it until winter. CSA members receive 7-8 packages of these frozen fruits and veggies each month from December through March. WSF butternut squash puree becomes a quick soup or dip; edamame from Jake's Farm just need to be heated and salted; frozen diced tomatoes, green beans and bell peppers make a quick minestrone, etc. At each pick-up other local products are also offered such as eggs, pasture-raised meats, wild caught salmon, fish cakes, tempeh from local soybeans and other great BRFV products.

Don't Forget These Upcoming Events:

Thursday, October 27 (last market day)
Harvest Festival - Halloween festivities and lots of free samples!!

Saturday, December 10 from 2 - 5pm
Christmas Market...in front of Hubba Hubba...watch for posters and flyers!

Wednesday, July 20, 2011

Flat Rock Tailgate Market News - July 21, 2011

THE FLAT ROCK TAILGATE MARKET

 Thursday, July 21st

 3:00 to 6:00 p.m.

 
 

 

The Bounty Is In!!

 

And welcome to two new vendors: 

Mike Christensen with local honey and Amy Johnson with gourmet tea blends, toffee and salts.

 

Good Things Grow Here -  Richard will have kale, red white and blue Yukon gold and Swedish peanut potatoes, green leaf lettuce, onions, garlic, green beans, eggs and possibly more.
 
Hill's Plant Farm - Sweet Corn, Kohlrabi, Cherry Tomatoes & Fresh Cut Flowers.
 
Marvelous Pies - Thank you to all of our wonerful customers!  With the purchases of Blueberry Pies, we are supporting our sponsored blueberry farm, Arrowhead Acres, for this year!  We have already purchased close to 50 gallons of berries.  From the kitchens of MARVELOUS PIES this week we will bring more freshly baked AND frozen blueberry, peach & blueberry/peach mixed pies.  Think ahead for gatherings, birthdays, Thanksgiving and Christmas.  All the frozen pies will stay fresh frozen through the end of this year.
Ma Belle France - I will have my usual Quiches (5 kinds) and Soups, as well as Ratatouille.  As for pastries I will have my usual Reine de Saba (chocolate/almond cake) … out of this world!  And some Fruit Tarts.  And I will have my delicious Triple Berry Sorbet, perfect for a hot summer afternoon.

 

Cane Creek Valley Farm - We have USDA Certified Organic green beans coming in right now on the farm and we would like to make them available for those of you that like to put some up for the winter by canning or freezing them...3/4 bushels wooden crates for $28...just send us an e-mail indicating how many you want and we will bring them to the Flat Rock Tailgate Market for you this Thursday!  E-mail:  info@canecreekorganics.com

Holly Spring Farm and Nursery Paul and Simone report that this week they'll have a large selection of tomatoes, including gourmet salad tomatoes, red-ripe tasty Early Girls, and their wonderful heirlooms.  They'll also have beans, cucumbers, squash and, new this week, eggplants.

Ann and Hoyt Jones with their fabulous local PEACHES!

 Old Rose Treasures Farm - Frank will have antique roses, beets, hardneck garlic and free range eggs.

 

Three Arrows Cattle Farm - Wells will have ground beef, patties, chuck shoulder, rump and sirloin tip roasts, cube steak, stew beef, short ribs, soup bones and liver.

Deep Woods Mushrooms - I will have shiitakes and chanterelles and milky caps, shiitake mushroom logs with growing instructions as well as AMC cookbooks and "Shiitake Happens" T shirts.

 Shepherds’ Flock Farm - We will have more good peaches, along with squash, lemon cucumbers and zucchini.  I will also have my whole wheat biscuits and all my jellies and jams.  Honey will also be coming in about two to three weeks.  My e-mail is laughterg@att.net.  Hope you will come and see us.  We really appreciate everyone who comes and buys our goodies, and a big thank you to our volunteers.

Laurel Springs Nursery - This week we will have perennials and groundcovers for your summer garden.  Garden phloxes, black eyed susans, native sunflowers, green and gold and more.  Plus summer blooming shrubs like limelight hydrangeas, big leaf hydrangeas, and St. Johns wort, and edible plants like blueberries, figs and grapes. 
 
Let's not forget: 
Cheeses, seafood, all those baked goods and prepared Greek foods.
 
 
Eat fresh. Eat Local.

Thursday, June 23, 2011

Flat Rock Tailgate Market News - June 23, 2011

THE FLAT ROCK TAILGATE MARKET

 Thursday, June 23

 3:00 to 6:00 p.m.

 
 
 
Trickle Creek Farm with BLACKBERRIES!  Don't miss lucsious beauties as they have a very short season!

Deep Woods Mushrooms - Greg has fresh shiitakes and wild mushrooms...chickens (that's a mushroom) and CHANTERELLES!!
 
Shepherds' Flock Farm - At Shepherds' Flock Farm we will once again have peaches, and lots of jams. Strawberry Margaritta, Peach, Peach w/rum, peach w/ almond, and so many more flavors. Hope you will come and see us Thursday at the market. A special thank you to all the volunteers from our family
 
Kay Farm:  New potatoes, both red and white, LOADS OF RASPBERRIES, two varieties of zucchini, onions, red leaf lettuce, cabbage.
 
Three Arrows Farm & Cattle Company - This week we will have ribeye steak, ground beef, hamburger patties, stew beef, cube steak, chuck, rump, round and shoulder roast, short ribs, soup bones and liver.
 
Good Things Grow Here - Lots of Kennebec and Red Pontiac potatoes, Summer Squash. Snap beans, Italian wide beans and eggs.
 
Mollie LeBude:  We'll also have shiitake mushrooms!  Pictured are our volunteers Shoko, Phyllis, and Mike inoculating logs last year.  We'll have collards and kale, and more beautiful cut flower arrangements.



Ma Belle France - Soups: Chilled cucumber-mint soup, chilled carrot-pineapple soup, asparagus soup, mushroom soup, ratatouille, and (maybe) gazpacho

Quiches: mushroom quiche, tomato-goat cheese quiche, spinach-feta quiche, quiche Lorraine

Pastries: Reine de Saba (chocolate-almond cake … just the best in the world!), Peach-almond tart, Kiwi tart

Pissaladiere (specialty from Nice, France – onion-anchovy-olive-herbs deliciously baked on a puff pastry).

Laurel Spring Nursery:  This week laurel springs will have plants for the edible landscape including strawberries, ripening blueberries, grapes, persimmon, and paw paws.  We will also have beautiful summer flowering perennials for our pollinators, echinacea, liatris, crocosmia, phloxes, and more. 

Holly Spring Farm & Nursery - Paul and Simone.  We'll have lettuce, new potatoes, Asian greens, Swiss chard, collards, curly Kale, and new this week, sweet and tender red beets, as well as our early blueberries.  See you at market.

Marvelous Pies:  We will have peach pies, strawberry pies, chess pies & truffles. Chocolate cake & chocolate dipped rice krispie treats. See you Thursday!

Jennifer Perkins of Looking Glass Creamry:  If people want to visit the farm since we are usually not open to the public they can do so on the ASAP family farm tour this weekend which runs 1-6pm on Saturday and Sunday.  There are 41 farms on the tour this year and they do have to buy a pass for a carload of people to visit the farms on the tour.

Cane Creek Organics:  Cane Creek Organics 2nd Annual Farm Day!!
It's Farm Day Time - next Saturday, June 25th - Buy Your Tickets Now!!  (Only 4 days left!)
 
Live Music by Garry and Catfish Joe, Farm Fresh BBQ and sides dinner, Hayride Farm Tour, Inflatable 401 slides, FacePainting, Games, Petting Zoo and MORE!  All incuded with each ticket:  $15 adults, $5 kids (must purchase byJune 23 - have to be ready to cook it all!).  Saturday, June 25 from 4 - 9pm.  We need you to come and bring some friends!  Great relaxing evening for the entire family on the farm overlooking Cane Creek Valley! Buy Tickets - At the Flat Rock Tailgate Market or Just Click on this Link :  http://www.canecreekorganics.com/Events_June_11.html. 
 
Sundance Power Systems:  Kelley will be representing this amazing and worthwhile company this week at the market.  She says:  "Have you wondered how solar energy works or how it could benefit you?  Would you like to learn about current financial incentives?   Sundance has been a trusted solar partner since 1995 by designing and installing high performing solar hot water and solar electric systems for both residential and commercial applications.   We invite you to see how you too can save with solar!"

Other Market Favorites:  Papous Greek prepared foods, grass fed Lamb, chicken, bagels, flowers, goat and cow cheeses, shrimp and fish, herbs, artisan breads & baked Goods.< /span>

 




Eat Fresh!  Eat Local!
See you at the Market!

Thursday, May 26, 2011

Flat Rock Tailgate Market News - May 26, 2011

THE FLAT ROCK TAILGATE MARKET
Thursday, May 26th
3:00 to 6:00 p.m.
This week enjoy Live Music by David Potter
Holly Spring Farm and Nursery - "We were blessed with 3/4 inch of rain Sunday night and the tomato plants grew at least 3 inches taller overnight. This week will be the last of the Asparagus, as we make our last cutting before laying the crop by to rejuvenate for next season. But, we still have plenty of greens, including, Lettuce, Swiss Chard, Collards, Kale and Kohlrabi. Also this week, besides Sugar Snap Peas, we'll have English Peas & Baby Carrots."
Deep Woods Mushroom - I'll have lot's of shiitakes and more I hope!
Welcome Back: Cane Creek Nursery - We will have broccoli rhabb, maybe broccoli, kolrhabi, lettuces, kales, chards & mustard greens. Also all natural, free range eggs & pork sausage.
Forest Creek Farm & Nursery - We'll be bringing some shiitake mushrooms, greens and cut flowers.
Papou's Greek - We will have our usual Spanikopita, Tiropita & dressing. Specials this week are Roasted Red Pepper & Mushroom Soup and a Veggie & Kalamata Olive pasta sauce.
Shepherds' Flock Farm - Hello, this week I will have Strawberries. I will have my Jam cookies everyone has been wanting me to make again and tomato pies. Let's not forget the lettuce, greens & arugla. I have added a new flavor to my jellies; watermelon preserves. Lavender tea & Lemonade will also be available. Hope you will come and see us Thursday.
Kay Farm - Strawberries, huge romaine and red leaf lettuce, herbs & fava beans.
Three Arrows Farm & Cattle Company - We will have all cuts of our beef.
Marvelous Pies - This week I will have more of the very popular Kentucky Derby Tarts! Generous slices of Triple Chocolate Cake with chocolate ganache. Strawberry Pies, fresh from Beechwood Farms, in SC. Red Velvet Cupcakes with fresh cream cheese vanilla frosting. Frozen Custard Cups with mulberries from a local farm here in SC.
Other Market Favorites - Native trees, shrubs, annual, prennial & herb plants. Artisan baked goods, free range chicken & eggs. Handcrafted goat & cow's milk cheeses. Fresh fish & seafood. Pizza kits to make at home.
Bring a basket. Bring a friend
Eat fresh. Eat local
See you at the Market!!

Wednesday, May 4, 2011

Flat Rock Tailgate Market News - May 5, 2011










The Flat Rock Tailgate Market Opens for the Season May 5th from 3 - 6 p.m.


Welcome Back to Our Regulars:

(Other regular produce vendors will join us when more crops are in)

Flat Rock Village Bakery - Will have all the usuals....cookies, organic breads and pastries, savory and sweet tarts, scones and CUPCAKES!

Good Things Grow Here
- Exquisite colored eggs, first of the season radishes, lettuce, spring onions, baby bok choy and possibly more.

Old Rose Treasures Farm
- Antique roses, free range eggs, heirloom tomato plants and perhaps some delicious leafy greens.


Shepherds' Flock Farm
- Lots of new and different flavored jams: Strawberry Margarita, and Orange Liq. Hot Pepper, new jam cookies and cheese sticks that go great with the spicy jams. Also South Carolina berries, (grown by Shepherds' Flock Farm) and gallons of berries (orders only please to ensure freshenss). To order just call 674-4230. The famous tomatoe pies will be back! Call if you would like a larger pie.

Looking Glass Creamery
- Chocolate Lab, Early Bird, and Feta, as well as the usual chevre
varieties. Come by for a free sample of each and every one!

Deep Woods Mushrooms - Shiitake, Morels and Ramps.

Holly Spring Farm and Nursery
- We welcome everyone to the start of the fresh and local food season, with: Asparagus, food of the Pharaohs, (check it out, or ask us at market), plus, Luscious Lettuce, sweet and crisp; Spring Onions and Radishes; Sugar Snap Peas so sweet and tender that you don't have to cook them, and, delectable Swiss Chard and tender Spring Collards. In addition, we'll have a variety of Tomato Plants for transplanting.

Carolina Herb Farm
- Tomato and peppers plants, cut leaf lettuce by the bag and all the usual herb plants.

Hill's Farm Plants, Inc. - Plant starts and planters, flowers, herbs, produce

Forest Creek Farm & Nursery - Cut flowers, the first few greens for salads, and if the weather holds out, shiitake mushrooms!


Pyrwood Dairy
- Goat cheese, particularly chevre

Highlander Farm -Eggs and lamb

Lowcountry Seafood
- Shrimp and seafood

O & S Nursery - Native plants and earthworm castings

Three Arrows Farm - Individual cuts of beef - chemical free and grass fed

Welcome To Our New Vendors:

Laurel Springs Nursery - Blooming native azaleas including flame, disease resistant dogwoods, blueberry bushes, fruiting native plants for people and wild life, specialty trees and shrubs for a more natural landscape.

Ma Belle France - 4 kinds of quiches both individual and family size (quiche Lorraine, spinach-feta, mushroom, and tomato-goat cheese); 3 kinds of soups (asparagus soup, mushroom soup, both light and delicious, as well as a carrot-pineapple soup to be eaten cold); ratatouille, a very flavorful vegetable stew from Proven; 2 kinds of pastries (pear-almond tarts and Reine de Saba … a scrumptious chocolate cake).

Kay Farm - Strawberries, romaine and red leaf lettuce, herbs (rosemary and oregano), eggs, arugula.

Papous Greek - Greek salad dressing, spanikopita, tiropita and prepared Greek meals...YUM!

The Sweet Monkey Bakery - Bagels, quick breads, croissants, panca

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Flat Rock Tailgate Market News - June 17, 2010

The Flat Rock Tailgate Market
Thursday, June 17th, 3 - 6 pm


This Week at the Market
 
It's berry time and you'll find Blackberries, Blueberries and Raspberries at the market.
 
NEW THIS WEEK:  Mama Christina's Pizzells.  Pizzells are traditional Italian cookies that are made from local, organic ingredients.  Can't wait to try them!
 

 
Magdi Kassab:  Semolina cookie (mamoul) filled with dates, YUM!  Rhaibi, a little gem of a cookie that defies description and Baklava.  He'll also have olive spread w/pecans & fresh dill, houmus & babaghanough to spread on a pita or pick up a few of his famous spinach pies.
 
 
Holly Spring Farm & Nursery:  The first of their blueberries, new potatoes, plus sugar snap peas, beets & Swiss chard.
 

 
Frank Dezzuto:  Antique roses, baby beets, turnips, onions & lettuce.
 
Lisa Marvel:  Chess pies, decadent organic carrot cake,
chocolate dipped brownie bites & edible flower pots.
 
 
Shepherd's Flock Farm: Fresh raspberries & lettuce grown without any fertilizers or chemicals.  Featured jelly this week is raspberry and raspberry with jalapeno.  Stop by an sample some.
 
Market Favorites:  Fresh Atlantic shrimp, get them while you can!!  Plus whole fish, grouper fillets, scallops & more. Fresh shiitake and wild mushrooms, free-range eggs, pork, beef & chicken. Fresh goat cheese, hearth baked breads, tarts & cookies.  There's been lots of greens, lettuces, cabbages and cauliflower too. 
  
Betty Bessette:   Five varieties of mustard, four varieties of jams, three varieties of scones, and three varieties of corn bread bites. For your furry friends there will be three varieties of dog bones.
 
Molly Le Bude:  Zucchini and summer squash, a few first bunches of fresh garlic!  More salad mix, bunched cilantro & basil, cut flowers and hopefully some shiitakes.   
 
You can still find a good variety of native, annual, perennial and herb plants that are ready to plant now.
 
Remember, Fresh is Best
Support Your Local Farmer  
 
SEE YOU AT THE MARKET