Market preview July 31 & August 3 (Chef Demo Rescheduled)

Last Saturday at the market we had a large and steady crowd coming through, that is until the massive downpour of rain started and continued until the end of the market! At least someone enjoyed playing in the rain!  

We have a very very exciting week at the market!!  On Wednesday Sleepy Hollow Orchard, a vendor I'm sure many of you have been waiting patiently for, will arrive and will be here until the end of the season with fresh picked fruits, starting with plums and apples!  On Saturday we will have another new vendor selling Kettle Corn (!!!) as well as having a guest appearance from chef Nick Karas of Nap's Cucina Mia!  He will be using fresh market produce for a food demonstration and will be giving out samples! **Due to scheduling conflicts, we are going to have to reschedule our food demonstration by Nap's Cucina Mia chef Nick Karas.  Check back later to see when he will be at the market, thank you!** Saturday we will also have live music by Sean Howard, who has been our connection for local musicians working hard to schedule musicians each week!  There will be no artist on Saturday, but check out the calendar and/or artisan/musician tabs to see which artists will be returning for a second showing at the market.

Carrots from
Mt. View Acres

Also, check back on the blog soon to see pictures and a bio of Triple B Farms. I finally made it out for a visit and had the pleasure of meeting the assortment of animals they have running around!

3 Ponds Farm:  beets, mint, herbs, lettuce, rhubarb, onions, yellow and green zucchini, tomatoes, pickle, garlic, beans, white potatoes *special on zucchini*

Brianne's Apple Dumplings & More:  pastry pockets, fruit filled rolls, piekins, gobs, cookies (Saturday only)

Country Bread Barn:  bread, rolls, cinammon rolls, canned goods (Saturday only)

Eight Maples Farm:  potted plants, green beans, yellow beans, red potatoes, tomatoes, zucchini, cucumbers, *watermelon and cantaloupe coming soon!* (Saturday only)

Flinn's Treasure Tree Nursery:  broccoli, cauliflower, cilantro, kale, beets, turnips, italian flat beans, green beans 

Home Made Ice Cream Express:  vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, bananas & cream, cherry vanilla, butter pecan  (Wednesday only)

Kettle Corn:  Popcorn vendor (Saturday only)

Laney's Produce:  tomatoes, peppers, green beans, corn, zucchini, cucumbers, cantaloupe, sweet banana peppers, green peppers, onions, green onions (Saturday only)

Mountain View Acres: blueberries, carrots, potatoes, pickles, raw milk cheese, jellies/jams, tomatoes, cucumbers, cabbage, onions, squash, zucchini, beans, dill, sweet banana peppers, hungarian wax peppers, pork, chicken turkey, eggs, goat's milk soap

Natalie's Goodies:  pastries, cookies, cinnamon rolls, jellies/jams

Petersons Produce:  squash, zucchini, beans, blueberries, pickles, broccoli, banana peppers, red and white potatoes, beets, lettuce, onions, cabbage, syrup, eggs

Rebecca & John Spade:  organically grown potatoes (Kenebac, Norland Red, Yukon Gold), garlic, brown eggs (Saturday only)

Sleepy Hollow Orchard:  plums, apples

Stoke Hole Pottery:  Pottery (temporary hiatus)

Someone enjoy pickles
from Triple B Farms

Triple B Farms: tomatoes, red potatoes, beets, cucumbers, pickles, green beans, squash, zucchini, beets, cantaloupe, red cayenne peppers

Yarnicks:  tomatoes, peppers, radishes, 1/2 bushel beets, kohlrabi, eggplant, cabbage, carrots, zucchini, kale, lettuce, green onions, herbs, sugar snap peas, broccoli, strawberries, candy onions, fresh garlic, sweet corn, cantaloupe, fresh cut flowers

Musician:  Sean Howard

Food Demonstration:  Nick Karas of Nap's Cucina Mia **RESCHEDULED for a later date**

Recipes to sample...

Blueberry Scones -- One of Janet Huber's (3 Ponds Farm) customers used her blueberries to bake the most delicious scone I've ever had the pleasure to try, I don't have her recipe (yet) but wanted to post one for others to try, enjoy!

Ingredients you'll need from the market:  blueberries

Refrigerator Garlic Dill Pickles -- I just made these today so I won't know how they taste until a week from now, but if you'd rather not take the time to can and don't have an over abundance of cucumbers, this recipe was simple and can be made quickly! (Next week I'll post a Shaker Pickle recipe I got from my neighbor)

Ingredients you'll need from the market:  pickling cucumbers, dill, garlic

Roasted Vegetable & Refried Beans Tostadas -- A delicious way to use a wide variety of summer vegetables.  I even made my own refried beans for this the last time I made it, not that I'll spend all that time again, but it was delicious!

Ingredients you'll need from the market:  zucchini, peppers, other vegetables you like roasting (beets, eggplant, carrots, onions...)

Remember, if you're interested in receiving a weekly email newsletter, please send us your email at indianafarmmarket@gmail.com 

After this Saturday I will be taking a 2 week break from the market for a family vacation and a wedding, while away on vacation I will not be updating the blog or checking emails (sorry but I am a firm believer in no technology while away).  Before I leave I will try and update the blog and send a newsletter!  Thanks and see you all on Saturday!!!

Customer Appreciation Day Details

Weekly Email Newsletter

Hello everyone! We now have an email address specifically for the Farmer's Market.  If you're interested in receiving a weekly email update about upcoming events at the market please email the address below so we can add you to our mailing list!  I will also have a sign-up sheet at the market on Saturday.  Thank you!

indianafarmmarket@gmail.com

Market preview July 24 & 27

Blueberry season is among us, and has been for a little while now. Last week a group of us with small children went to Stutzman's Farm for a morning of blueberry picking, and there's nothing like a blueberry right off the bush! It was a wonderful experience for everyone, so if you have a time you can go out there picking you should check it out! If you don't have time, don't worry, a number of our vendors sell fresh picked blueberries at the market! There is a lot going on in Indiana this weekend, but be sure to stop at the market first thing Wednesday and in the morning Saturday to get all your produce needs! After you stop at the market on Saturday, be sure to head on over to the Indiana Community Gardens at Mack Park for their first Taste and Tour ICG Garden event!  There will be activity stations on creating a garden, identifying plants, eating garden goodies, composting, and using rain barrels.

In the next couple weeks and into September there will be some special happenings at the market.  

First, on Saturday, August 3 we will have chef Nick Karas from Nap's Cucina Mia preparing fresh, delicious food samples from produce taken directly from the vendors.  Watch him as he prepares a delicious dish and stay for the samples!  

Next, sometime early in September, the Indiana Community Garden will be pairing with Cozy Corner Cafe for some salsa sampling in the market's community booth.  Try the different levels of heat in the salsa made by the Cozy Corner Cafe which will be using ICG grown tomatoes, and give a small donation to keep the garden a growing success!

Finally, we have a huge event planned for our customer appreciation day at the market on Saturday, September 21! The YMCA will have a kids corner with activities for children, there will be a giveaway of a market goods basket, free farmers' market gear, music provided by Coastal Remedy, a possible tomato themed day full of tomato taste-testing from various vendors, and the Home Made Ice Cream truck will be there as well!  It is sure to be an exciting and fun-filled morning at the market, thanking YOU our customers who show your support by coming to the market each and every week!  Be sure to look around town for flyers advertising our event!

Who will be at the market this week (on Saturday we have two new vendors, be sure to check them out!)

3 Ponds Farm:  beets, mint, herbs, lettuce, rhubarb, onions, yellow and green zucchini, tomatoes, pickle, garlic, peas, beans, white potatoes *A special on yellow zucchini this Wednesday*

Brianne's Apple Dumplings & More:  pastry pockets, fruit filled rolls, piekins, gobs, cookies (Saturday only)

Country Bread Barn:  bread, rolls, cinammon rolls, canned goods (Saturday only)

Eight Maples Farm:  potted plants, green beans, yellow beans, red potatoes, tomatoes, zucchini, cucumbers (Saturday only)

Flinn's Treasure Tree Nursery:  broccoli, cauliflower, cilantro, kale, beets, turnips, italian flat beans, green beans (Wednesday only this week)

Home Made Ice Cream Express:  vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, butter pecan, apple dumpling, banana cream  (Wednesday only)

Laney's Produce:  tomatoes, peppers, green beans, corn, zucchini, cucumbers, cantaloupe, sweet banana peppers, green peppers, onions, green onions (Saturday only)

Mountain View Acres: blueberries, potatoes, pickles, raw milk cheese, jellies/jams, tomatoes, cucumbers, cabbage, onions, squash, zucchini, beets, pork, chicken turkey, eggs, goat's milk soap

Natalie's Goodies:  pastries, cookies, cinnamon rolls, jellies/jams

Petersons Produce:  squash, zucchini, beans, blueberries, pickles, broccoli, banana peppers, red and white potatoes, beets, lettuce, onions, syrup, eggs

Rebecca & John Spade:  organically grown potatoes (Kenebac, Norland Red, Yukon Gold), garlic, brown eggs (Saturday only)

Stoke Hole Pottery:  Pottery (Saturday only)

Triple B Farms: tomatoes, red potatoes, beets, cucumbers, pickles, green beans, squash, zucchini, beets, cantaloupe, red cayenne peppers

Yarnicks:  tomatoes, peppers, radishes, 1/2 bushel beets, kohlrabi, eggplant, cabbage, carrots, zucchini, kale, lettuce, green onions, herbs, sugar snap peas, broccoli, strawberries, candy onions, fresh garlic, sweet corn, cantaloupe

Center for Community Growth featured Artisan:

Mark McClure--paintings

Musician:

Mike Anderson--Acoustic Guitar

Recipes to try...

I've been overwhelmed with cucumbers just from my own garden, so I've found some creative ways to use them all up before I bite the bullet and start canning pickles!

Orzo Cucumber Salad (After I made this I realized it is so much better without the orzo, just eating it with cucumbers is delicious!!)

Market produce you'll need:  scallions, parsley, cucumber

Chilled Cucumber Soup

Market produce you'll need:  scallions, cucumber, jalapeno, basil

Beets & Bacon--A recipe that I had the pleasure to try from Peterson's Produce last Saturday.  Fry 4 slices of bacon, cut up.  Add 1/2 onion and fry.  Add juice from beets, dash of salt and pepper, 1 Tbl vinegar, 3 Tbl sugar, and 1 Tbl cornstartch.  Stir until mixture thickens. Grate whole beets into sauce, simmer together, serve hot (from crockpot).  

Market produce you'll need:  beets

Market preview July 17 & 20

With temperatures reaching the near 90s this week you may be tempted to stay inside with the cool air conditioning or spend your afternoons relaxing poolside, but brave the heat to check out what we have at the market this week, and cool down with Home Made's Ice Cream on Wednesday!
Zucchini season is truly among us, for fellow gardeners I'm sure you know what it's like to find out one zucchini you missed picking has turned into a baseball bat sized zucchini, and at the market you'll find zucchini galore as well!  I have had zucchini five nights in a row, but in five different forms (you got to keep things interesting!)  Just this morning I added some leftover zucchini to a banana/berry smoothie and it blended right in!  If you have some awesome zucchini recipes, please share them!
This weekend we will have live music by Hiram and the Walkers (Judy and Ken Holiday) as well as a new artisan, Matt Williams, who makes some creative and beautiful bird houses!

*If you are looking for something to do this Thursday, check out downtown's Taste and Tour of all the local restaurants that line the streets of Indiana.  Ask your chefs, "Do you buy produce locally?" and encourage the discussion of keeping things local!!*
*Saturday is the Citizens Helping Citizens 5K starting right beside the market, be sure to come early if you want some goodies before the runners finish their race! :) *

***Mark your calendars, Nap's Cucina Mia chef Nick Karas will be at the market Saturday, August 3 for a food demonstration and sampling using fresh market produce!!!!***

Come for the food and stay for the social gathering that is the farmers' market!

Who will be at the market this week...

3 Ponds Farm:  beets, mint, herbs, lettuce, rhubarb, onions, yellow and green zucchini, tomatoes, pickle, garlic, peas, tomatoes

Brianne's Apple Dumplings & More:  pastry pockets, fruit filled rolls, piekins, gobs, cookies (Saturday only)

Country Bread Barn:  bread, rolls, cinammon rolls, canned goods (Saturday only)

Eight Maples Farm:  potted plants (Saturday only)

Flinn's Treasure Tree Nursery:  broccoli, cauliflower, cilantro, kale, beets, turnips, italian flat beans, green beans

Home Made Ice Cream Express:  vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, butter pecan, vanilla fudge swirl, chocolate raspberry torte  (Wednesday only)

Mountain View Acres: blueberries, potatoes, pickles, raw milk cheese, jellies/jams, tomatoes, sugar snap peas, cucumbers, cabbage, onions, squash, zucchini, beets, pork, chicken turkey, eggs, goat's milk soap

Natalie's Goodies:  pastries, cookies, cinnamon rolls, jellies/jams

Petersons Produce:  squash, zucchini, beans, blueberries, pickles, broccoli, banana peppers, red and white potatoes, beets, lettuce, onions, syrup, eggs

Stoke Hole Pottery:  Pottery (Saturday only)

Triple B Farms: tomatoes, red potatoes, beets, cucumbers, pickles, green beans, squash, zucchini, beets, cantaloupe

Yarnicks:  tomatoes, peppers, radishes, 1/2 bushel beets, kohlrabi, eggplant, cabbage, carrots, zucchini, kale, lettuce, green onions, herbs, sugar snap peas, broccoli, strawberries, candy onions, fresh garlic, sweet corn, cantaloupe

Center for Community Growth featured Artisan:
Matt Williams--Bird Houses

Musician:
Hiram and the Walkers--Judy and Ken Holiday

Recipes to take home...
Greek Salad--I added chicken marinated in fresh oregano, olive oil, & lemon juice for a protein boost (chickens from Mountain View Acres of course!)
Ingredients you'll need from the market:  tomato, cucumbers, oregano, parsley, red onion, peppers, lettuce, garlic

Grilled Beet Salad--I had just a couple beets leftover and decided to grill them and add them to some fresh lettuce for a lighter, cooler meal on these hot hot hot days!
Ingredients you'll need from the market:  beets, arugula, garlic


Our farmers' market needs continual support to ensure that it can keep running year after year, so please next time you come to the market invite a friend and share the experience and the benefits of having access to fresh, safe foods!  See you at the market!

Market Preview for July 10 and 13

I hope everyone had a fun and relaxing holiday weekend, and that you were able to spend time outdoors with friends and family despite the heat! The market was quite busy last Wednesday with customers stocking up for their 4th of July weekend!
 Saturday was a bit on the slower side, but there were two special attractions at the market, Tim Ball's one-man-band, and
Chere Winnek-Shawer's handmade jewelry and accessories.  The jewelry was a huge attraction that drew in numerous customers and quite a bit of pieces were sold. Chere Winnek-Shawer may make another appearance at the market sometime in August, so check back to see when!

*I attended the Borough Council meeting last week and spoke in favor of our farmers' market and why farmers' markets are good for communities.  I also suggested that the farmers' market could use the new 7th street location for next year's Wednesday markets to increase space (and visibility!) A small bit was written in the newspaper about my statement, and we noticed a turn of heads from many council members when I stated that the farmers' market has been turning away Wednesday vendors due to lack of space.  Above all we need our communities support to keep the farmers' market a happening place in Indiana. If you're reading my blog then you probably already shop at the market and know the importance of it, so what I'm asking you is to spread the word.  Let others know why you think farmers' markets are special and how crucial it is to know where your food is coming from.*

Who will be at the market this week...

3 Ponds Farm:  beets, mint, herbs, lettuce, blueberries (by Saturday), rhubarb, onions, zucchini, tomatoes, pickle

Brianne's Apple Dumplings & More:  pastry pockets, fruit filled rolls, piekins, gobs, cookies (Saturday only)

Country Bread Barn:  bread, rolls, cinammon rolls, canned goods (Saturday only)

Eight Maples Farm:  potted plants (Saturday only)

Flinn's Treasure Tree Nursery:  broccoli, cauliflower, cilantro, kale, beets, turnips

Home Made Ice Cream Express:  vanilla, chocolate, butter pecan, birthday cake, black raspberry, chocolate raspberry torte  (Wednesday only)

Mountain View Acres: blueberries, potatoes, pickles, raw milk cheese, jellies/jams, tomatoes, sugar snap peas, cucumbers, cabbage, onions, squash, zucchini, beets, pork, chicken turkey, eggs, goat's milk soap

Natalie's Goodies:  pastries, cookies, cinnamon rolls, jellies/jams

Petersons Produce:  squash, zucchini, blueberries, pickles, broccoli, banana peppers, red and white potatoes, beets, lettuce, onions, syrup, eggs

Stoke Hole Pottery:  Pottery (Saturday only)

Triple B Farms: tomatoes, red potatoes, beets, cucumbers, pickles, green beans, squash, zucchini, beets

Yarnicks:  tomatoes, peppers, radishes, 1/2 bushel beets, kohlrabi, eggplant, cabbage, carrots, zucchini, kale, lettuce, green onions, herbs, sugar snap peas, broccoli, strawberries, candy onions, fresh garlic, sweet corn, cantaloupe

Center for Community Growth will not have a featured artisan this week but we will have an informational booth. If you know of anyone interested in selling at our booth during a Saturday in August or September, please have them contact us!

Musician:

Wednesday:  Folk Group:  Lea Masiello, Susan Wheatley, Louise Bem, Terri Koenigsberg, Annette Bernazzoli

Saturday:  Steve Grace using the bike powered band!

A special request was made for some beet recipes, so below you can find a couple (one that I am trying this week), as well as zucchini, tomato, and cucumber recipes (their season is upon us!!)
If you have any recipes that you love, please share them with me and I will happily post it on the blog for others to try!!

Kolokithokeftedes (Greek Zucchini Fritters)--I personally made these and they were amazing!  Make sure you use a non-stick skillet though, I found out the hard way! I served this with pitas and greek grilled chicken as well as fresh tomatoes on the side, delicious!
Fresh produce you'll need:  zucchini, cucumbers, garlic, onions, dill, tomatoes on the side

Roasted Beet and Barley Salad
Fresh produce you'll need:  beets, celery, radishes, scallions, basil

Whole Wheat Zucchini Bread--If you buy an abundance of zucchinis, you can shred them and freeze them until later and use that to make this bread, or make it now with fresh zucchini!
Fresh produce you'll need:  zucchini, basil

Tomato and Banana Pepper side--no formal recipe here, just something that you can find at my dinner table and my parents dinner table every night in the summer.  Cut up tomatoes and hot banana peppers, mix with a bit of salt and a dash of olive oil.  Spoon onto fresh bread and enjoy!!
Fresh produce you'll need:  tomato, banana pepper

Roasted Beets and Potatoes--an amazingly simple and delicious side to almost any grilled meat.
Fresh produce you'll need:  potatoes, beets, red onion, garlic


I won't personally be at the market the next two Saturdays, but come out and find our Center for Community Growth representatives Gerald Smith and intern Melissa King, we look forward to seeing you!!

Fourth of July Week preview--July 3 and 6

*Happy July Fourth Everyone!!!!*

What a PERFECT week to come to the market and get all your Fourth of July celebration needs from local farmers with the freshest produce around!!  Not only will you find fresh produce for your cookouts and picnics (sweet corn is here from Yarnicks!), but you can also find all sort of wonderful baked goodies to bring to those picnics and cookouts!  Stop by on Wednesday to stock up on all the fresh produce and goodies you desire, and then stop back on Saturday with family and friends that may be visiting you this weekend to enjoy live music, a featured artisan, and the community event that is the market!  

After you visit the market Saturday morning, take a stroll downtown to some of the local coffee shops and eateries that showcase some of Indiana's finest dining to family and friends!  Cafe Amadeus and The Artist Hand Gallery brew some of the best coffee around, while at The Cozy Corner Cafe you can find amazing breakfast and lunch, with a lot of locally sourced ingredients as well as some fresh picks from the Indiana Community Garden in their Garden Special Weekend Feature!  With so much going on this week in Indiana, we hope you and your family have a wonderful holiday and we hope to see YOU at the market!!

Who will be at the market this week...

3 Ponds Farm:  ruhbarb, herbs, lettuce, mint, beets 

Brianne's Apple Dumplings & More:  pastry pockets, fruit filled rolls, piekins, gobs, cookies (Wednesday & Saturday this week)

Country Bread Barn:  bread, rolls, cinammon rolls, canned goods (Saturday only)

Eight Maples Farm:  potted plants (Saturday only)

Flinn's Treasure Tree Nursery:  broccoli, cauliflower, cilantro, kale, beets, turnips (Wednesday only this week)

Home Made Ice Cream Express:  vanilla, chocolate, strawberry, butter pecan, teaberry, & maple-walnut (Wednesday only)

Mountain View Acres:  lettuce mix, strawberries, tomatoes, onions, kohlrabi, cabbage, herbs, beets, cucumbers, eggs, pork, turkey, chicken, raw milk cheese, goat's milk soap, apple butter

Natalie's Goodies:  pastries, cookies, cinnamon rolls, jellies/jams

Petersons Produce:  lettuce, onions, syrup, raspberries, eggs

Plum Creek Soaps:  Homemade soaps and personal beauty products (Wednesday)

Stoke Hole Pottery:  Pottery (Saturday only)

Triple B Farms: yellow squash, beets, peas, red potatoes, green zucchinis, blueberries

Yarnicks:  tomatoes, peppers, radishes, 1/2 bushel beets, kohlrabi, rhubarb, eggplant, cabbage, carrots, zucchini, kale, lettuce, green onions, herbs, sugar snap peas, broccoli, strawberries, candy onions, fresh garlic, sweet corn 

Center for Community Growth featured Artisan:

Chere Winnek-Shawer--jewelry, purses, weavings, stained glass, garden stones

Musician:

Tim Ball--one man band

Recipes, recipes, recipes galore!

Cabbage Spring Rolls:  For a quick lunch this week I made a yummy and refreshing cabbage spring roll with some leftover produce from Saturday's market.  It's super easy and is so delightful on these hot and muggy days!  Take the cabbage leaves off the cabbage and blanch them (put in boiling water for 30 seconds then in an ice bath for 30 seconds and lay to dry).  Cut-up the leftover cabbage (approx. 1 cup), shred a couple carrots, dice a green onion, and add avocado if you have any.  Cut some cilantro in the mixture and add approx 1 tablespoon sesame oil (or whatever you have on hand), lime juice and lime zest, salt and pepper.  Place mixture in cabbage leaves, roll up, and serve with soy sauce with a dash of red pepper flakes.  Sooo yummy, I should have taken a picture!!

Chili-Lime Corn on the Cob (I personally like my corn grilled with just a bit of butter and salt, but if you want to spice things up try this recipe out!)

Roasted Carrot and Black Bean Tacos (Carrot greens are safe to eat in small amounts!)

Grilled Portobello Mushrooms with Grilled Veggies (I made this recipe and the first day put it over a bed of greens, so refreshing, and the second day I used the leftovers and made a sandwich topped with avocado mash, good two days two ways!!) 

*The reason there are a couple carrot recipes listed this week is because I've been harvesting carrots everyday from our backyard garden!!*

As always, we appreciate your support of the market, by coming out each week and shopping locally YOU keep the farmers' market here in Indiana.  See you soon!