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CLEARY HILL FARM
Anderson County
We're at all the markets throughout the week with our 100% Anderson County produce. We'll have vine-ripe tomatoes- red, pink and cherry; cucumbers- seedless, slicing, pickling; squash- zucchini, yellow, crookneck, zephyr, patty pan; red onions- candy, red and green cabbage; potatoes- Norland Red, Kennebec, Yukon Gold new potatoes; assorted bell and hot peppers; eggplant, leeks, collards, kale, fresh herbs; and fresh elephant garlic. We will also have roma and tenderette beans and hopefully half-runners by the weekend!
THE PAW PAW PLANTATION
Powell County
I will be at ever market this week with:
· Tomatoes
· Rhubarb
· Sassafrass
· Cucumbers
· Yellow squash and zucchini
· Home baked sourdough and sweet breads
· Kentucky agate slices and gemstones (Agate is the official State Rock of Kentucky, and I slice agate geodes with diamond saws and handcraft all of the gemstones I have for sale.)
Roland McIntosh from the Paw Paw Plantation
SCOTT EVANS
Madison County
I will be at the Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday markets with yellow summer squash, yellow and green zucchini, patty pan squash, cucumbers, eggplant, green and red tomatoes, banana peppers and jalepenos.
PITTMAN FAMILY FARM
Casey County
I'll have summer squash, cucumbers, beets, potatoes, and more at the Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday markets. Everything is from Casey County.
STEVE'S PLANTS
Boyle County
You can find me Tuesdays and Thursdays up on Broadway and Maxwell, Saturdays in the Pavilion and Sundays on Southland Drive. I'll have HOMEGROWN candy onions, Red Bull red onions, "no-spray" broccoli and cabbage, and wild blackberries, plus local blueberries and black raspberries.
JOHNSON BROTHERS FARM
Scott County
We're at all the markets through the week broccoli, beans, flower baskets, tomatoes, potatoes, peppers, delicious cantaloupes, watermelons, and more!
SMITH FAMILY FARM
Franklin County
Come see us Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday for tomatoes, squash, corn, green onions, beautiful flowers and tomato plants, hand decorated gourds and more!
BILL BEST
Madison County
I have my homegrown heirloom tomatoes in! You'll have to get to the market pretty early to catch me before I sell out but I'll be there on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays.
TYLERS
Clark County
Peaches are in from the Southern States! We also have delicious cantaloupes, tomatoes, green beans and potatoes. Find us at all of the markets.
LA PETITE CREPERIE
Fayette County
La Petite Crêperie brings a little taste of France to the Bluegrass.
The idea for opening a walk-up crêperie was hatched many years ago when I was a student in France. After discovering crêpes they became a staple of my diet because as a hot, quick meal they fit right in with the poor student budget. The best part was that they were never far away. Walk-up crêpe windows are like hot dog stands in New York; they are everywhere.
My husband Mark and I took many more trips to France and ate countless more crêpes. We decided that the good people of Lexington should be able enjoy them here. After years of tweaking batters and looking for just the right griddle, and after serving hundreds of crêpes to our friends, family and my French students, we think we've hit on a good combination.
La Petite Crêperie hopes to recreate the experience of ordering a French crêpe à emporter. Half of the fun is watching, smelling, and anticipating how delicious it's going to be. Our batter contains only eggs from the market, Weisenberger white and wheat flours, Kentucky produced whole milk, water, canola oil, sugar and salt. Our sweet crêpe fillings include honey and jam from Farmers' Market vendors, and the butter and sugar crêpes are made with homemade butter from the market. We also make a hearty breakfast crêpe with market eggs, cheese and vegetables. Our menu will vary as other fruits, berries and vegetables come into season.
La Petite Crêperie will be open most Saturdays at Cheapside from 7:00 am until 2:00 pm. and most Sundays at Southland from 10:00 until 2:00. You can visit our website, www.petitecreperie.com to find out exactly where we will be and when. Bon appétit!
THREE TOADS FARM
Clark County
Visit us at the Lexington Farmers' Market on Saturdays. We'll have cut lilies, lisianthus plants, jams and jellies. Feel free to give us a call (859-771-2085) if you have questions or want to reserve flowers. We can deliver them locally, too. We're excited for the move back outside!
Many thanks and we look forward to seeing you soon!
Bob and Charlie
HOME PICKINS
Jackson County
I'll have plenty of delicious fresh eggs and hormone free, free range hens. Come see me this Saturday at Cheapside Park. Thank You for your support!
ELMWOOD STOCK FARM
Georgetown, Scott County
Look to Elmwood Stock Farm to secure your own share of locally grown,
organic, wholesome, healthy farm food each week of the growing season. We
are attending the Tuesday market on Broadway, Saturday downtown, and
Sunday on Southland Drive - with our organic meats, eggs, produce and
other items each week through the year.
Certified Organic PRODUCE we are harvesting this month starts off a little
behind schedule, but seems to be catching up fast!
Our current harvest includes Kale Greens (red Russian, green curly,
and Lacinato), Collard Greens, Turnip and Mustard Greens; Kohlrabi; Sugar
Snap Peas and Shell out Peas; Spinach; Purple Top White Globe Turnips; Red
Beets; a variety of fresh Culinary Herbs and Edible Flowers.
We expect to start harvesting soon: Broccoli, Summer Squash and Zucchini,
Baby Squash Mix, and Cucumbers.
MEATS and POULTRY our inventory of grass-fed Angus organic beef has been
restocked, along with a full selection of certified organic hens and packs
of whole cut-up chickens. We have Cornish hens, chicken liver, and ground
turkey. Feel free to order ahead for quantity amounts or a particular cut
for that special meal, and we'll have it ready for pickup at any of the
farmers markets.
EGGS we offer our certified organic eggs from free-ranging hens outdoors
on grass pasture each market. Both whole dozen and half-dozens available.
Our hens are always
outside, enjoying the green growing grass & clover and rewarding us with
beautiful big brown eggs packed full of flavor, orangey color, and
healthful omega-3-fatty acids.
These days, more than ever, it's important to know the source of your
family's food and you can look to a local organic farm to meet your body's
nutritional needs resulting in good health. Visit our website to learn
more, review our price lists, and pre-order your special items.
http://www.elmwoodstockfarm.com/
OLIVA BELLA EXTRA VIRGIN OLIVE OILS FROM ITALY
Ciao Lexington.... "WE'RE BAAACCCKKK" at the Saturday Farmers Market!
You will find our booth at the entrance of the market near Main Street.
Come taste our Olio Rustico from Sicily, our 8 year old Balsamico from Modena, our Pomodori and Cipollini sauces that we make in house.
We will also have our European breads and Benedetto Cavalieri pasta from Italy.
Remember we have moved our store location to 400 Old Vine Street, suite #104, right next to Wines on Vine. Call 859 983 3567 if you get lost or need directions.
ABIGAIL'S HONEY
HONEY - I will have lots of CLOVER HONEY this weekend. Something special for the mead maker. I will start having a few 12 lbs jugs of honey. This will be for a short time as the honey flow season will end very soon. Remember - if your honey starts to crystallize - just put the jar in the dashboard of your car on a sunny day for an hour. Will reliquidfy again. And think before you cut down a blooming plant. A honeybee needs two million blossoms to make only one pound of honey. Less plants. Less honey.
SOAP - APPLE CINNAMON will be ready for your pleasure. A fresh crisp smelling green soap.
HOMEGROWN AUTHORS - From 10am to noon, I will be at the HOMEGROWN AUTHORS table signing my two books, "Death By A Honeybee" and "Death By Drowning". There will be a friend tending my regular booth who still will give you great service - so stop by and say hello.
SUPERLATIVE COFFEE ROASTERS
Fayette County
We'll see you at the Farmer's Market this Saturday! A cup of Fresh Roasted and Fresh Brewed Coffee is ready to greet you as you shop the market.
Cheers!
Jenny Super and Patrick Meyer
Owners. Craft Roasters.
"Local Raw Honey" by NICK and BEV NICKELS
Fayette County
The 2011 season for the outdoor Lexington Farmer's Market is in full operation. On Saturday July 9th we will be downtown at Cheapside Park and on Sunday July 10th we will be on Southland Drive. We will be at both markets unless it rains, so come on out and replenish your local honey and pollen supplies.
You may still purchase honey, pollen, and/or beeswax candles from us anytime from our home at 1909 Nicholasville Road. Call us first at 859 276-0258, and we will put what you want on our back porch for you to pick up. You may also call to make an appointment to look at Bev's candle selection.
Out home is located one block north (toward downtown) of the intersection of Southland Drive and Nicholasville Road. Turn on Goodrich Avenue and take the first driveway on your right, and you will be in our back yard. There will be a silver travel trailer (Airstream) under an awning directly in front of you. Your honey will be on the back porch. If we are not home, just leave the money on the counter. There is change in a small jar on the counter if you need some.
Web Site
www.KentuckyHoney.com
Thank you, Nick & Bev Nickels
BLUE MOON FARM***Sustainably Grown***
Madison County
We are deep into summer here, wishing for rain. As I climbed our back hill last night (a "shortcut" from our river bottom gardens up to our ridge-top house, shown to us years ago by Rosamond, our 1st and last Malamute,) I saw numerous baby toads. The hill is steep, putting my face and line of vision much closer to the ground than if I were on flat ground and the little toads were no bigger than a nickel. I like it that creatures like the toads, and numerous and varied birds share this spot with us. Orioles and indigo buntings are some of our working companions.
It was great to see all the smiling faces last week, our first dry holiday weekend of the season. We're gearing up for another rocking market this week, with the advent of Sam Livesay's Pulaski County sweet corn and early heirloom tomatoes. We are thrilled that our garlic harvest is all housed in our old tobacco barn, ready to compliment your culinary efforts.
We will this week, have our fresh GARLIC by the bulb, GARLIC POWDER and SMOKED GARLIC POWDER, as well as our famous GARLIC SCAPE PESTO. Pair it with some of Lexington Pasta's fresh pasta and dazzle your family.
Our candy onions are about played out, but we'll have RED CIPPOLINI ONIONS and BABY LEEKS to round out our allium offerings. We'll hope to scare up a few more SNOW PEAS and some OYSTER MUSHROOMS from Bracken County, and we'll be bringing some fresh cut BASIL and CILANTRO.
PORK from Stone Cross Farm.....How about a mixed SAUSAGE barbeque... ITALIAN, BRATWURST, POLISH, CHORIZO, HOT DOGS....all nitrate-free! or PORK CHOPS, COUNTRY STYLE RIBS or TENDERLOIN.
GRASS FINISHED BEEF from Colcord Farm.....RIBEYE, SIRLOIN, NY STRIP STEAKS OR FILETS, or out-of-this-world BURGER. Top the burgers with our GARLIC SCAPE PESTO, or customize with different CHEESES for each diner! We have KY CHEESE from Kenny's in Barren Co, and Stone Cross Farm in Spencer Co. This week we'll be sampling KENTUCKY ROSE and SUNDRIED TOMATO BASIL CHEDDAR from Kenny's, and a yet to be revealed cheese from Stone Cross Farm. ARTISAN BREADS from Sunrise Bakery to accompany any meal (great, for dipping in olive oil and balsamic), plus delicious PASTRIES, MUFFINS and GARLIC BAGELS for breakfasts. For a quick and easy pizza, start with our Garlic-Topped FOCACCIA and add your favorite toppings, then heat in the oven or on the grill!
Last week we are introducing our first TEA. We call it Blue Moon Farm Sunday Tea, as it's a tradition here every Sunday. It's a blend of herbs and tea, and is as delicious and relaxing as it's aroma suggests!
Our own knock-your-socks-off GARLIC POWDER and SMOKED GARLIC POWDER, PEPPER POWDERS, CHAMPAGNE DRESSING and sauces and spices from Bourbon Barrel Foods....Soy Sauce, Worcestershire Sauce and perfect for grilling....Kentuckyaki Sauce. Vanilla aged in bourbon barrels, and Salt, pepper and paprika smoked over the staves of bourbon barrels!
See you this weekend!
HENKLE'S HERBS AND HEIRLOOMS
Jessamine County
We will be at the corner of Short and Upper Street this Saturday. All of our offerings are sustainably grown, Kentucky Proud, 100% homegrown, and pesticide free. We are delighted to inform you that we do not sell anything that we do not grow. We will have the following: -Fresh cut basil -Large basil pots -Yellow squash and zucchini -Fresh cut mint -Yummy blackberries -Cucumbers -Assorted hot and sweet peppers -Eggplant -Fresh cut dill heads -Tomatoes should start trickling in by next weekend! See you at the market! TRIPLE J FARM Triple J Farm will be selling our pasture raised, grain finished beef this Saturday at the market, with a large selection of cuts available, feel free to pre order!!! Also, we will be selling our farm fresh, free range eggs. In addition, we will have a wide variety of culinary potted herb plants available to start those herb gardens. We will also be selling our farms compost to help get those gardens and flowers looking fabulous! We hope to see you all on Saturday!!! QUARLES FARM
Shelby County Another week of harvesting hay has passed and there's still acres of hay yet to roll and bring to the house. We're pickling beets and yellow squash and should be making zucchini relish in the next week or so. Pickling cucumbers are about 2 inches long and will soon be picked and put in the jar. Summer is in full swing at Quarles Farm and it waits for none of us. We hope your Fourth of July celebrations were fantastic and we sincerely thank those of you who served our beef and other items to your family and friends. Without you there would be no need for us to be at a market with our goods. With the Fourth, we usually think of grilled foods and cold salads but there are also ways to eat comfort foods in hot weather without having to heat up the kitchen. Take one of our chuck roasts and crank up the crock pot. You can have roast, potatoes and carrots when you get home from work without loosing your cool. And the next day you can cut up pieces of the left over roast for a nice salad with roast cubes in it. Or maybe a nice roast beef sandwich with a cool fresh vine ripened tomato, a nice bit of cheese and come crisp lettuce. You can get all of that, plus a nice loaf of sourdough bread at the market. Daylilies are still in full bloom at the farm. The field is ablaze with color and the late bloomers are starting to pop open. Come on out to 9548 Waddy Road, Waddy, KY and see what we've got. We can guarantee that we have a better selection than any garden center in the area. Visit us at quarlesfarm.com or quarlesdaylilies.com to see some of the pictures or friend us on Facebook to see what we're doing on a weekly basis. We'll be at Cheapside on Saturday and Southland on Sunday with a freezer full of beef and a table full of breads, canned goods and vegetables. Come by and try us out. Remember, we're eating the same food at our dinner table that we select to take to market. If it doesn't taste good we don't want it and we don't want to sell it to you! BLUEGRASS CHEVRE Fayette/Clark County We'll have lots of cheeses this week, and have been getting requests and recipe ideas for pimento cheese with fresh chevre. So, we're going to give it a try. Come by for a taste and tell us what you think. The blackberry sorbetto was a big hit last week, so we'll definitely have it again. Look for our big blackboard which finally came yesterday, after a week-long delay in shipping. Don't forget to get your Farm Tour tickets ... We'll be on it and we have more goats than ever, more fabulous "white goats" coming this month from a farm dispersal sale, plus some really adorable bottle babies. You might say we've gone wild with goats! Cheers! Susan and the gourmetgoats@msn.com CAFFEMARCO Bourbon County "Fair Trade, organic, hand-crafted, and utterly delicious." -The Lexington Herald-Leader CaffeMarco 729 Main St. Paris, KY Tel. (859)684-7555 www.caffemarco.com Boone Creek Creamery Handmade Artisan Cheese Boy are we glad that Spring is finally here, and we're excited to introduce our handmade cheeses to the Lexington Farmer's Market. This week we will have several cheeses available but be sure you check out our traditional Amish Cup Cheeses and our bourbon infused Kentucky Derby. Boone Creek Creamery specializes in Old World cheeses that are often difficult to find - wonderful cheeses like Lancashire, Stilton, Cheshire, Wensleydale, Pyrenees, Cantal, or Beaufort. Of course we've added our own touch to create some new classics like our Ginger Stilton, Tuscan Sun, Abbey Road, and our exclusive Coffee Gouda. You won't see hydraulic presses and fancy modern equipment in our micro-creamery. Instead, we make our cheeses by hand using traditional European techniques to protect the delicate curds. This is a lot more work and very time consuming, but we believe it creates better cheeses with rich complex flavors. We hope you agree. Our cheese is made from all natural JD Country Milk, a family owned Mennonite dairy farm in Logan County. The cows are pasture grazed and never given any antibiotics or hormones. Instead they are fed a vitamin enriched diet and all the grass they can eat. The milk is not homogenized and is pasteurized at just 145 degrees, then quickly cooled to preserve the natural flavor and enzymes that Mother Nature intended. We think the milk tastes better because the cows are happy. We also offer cheese making classes, supplies, and equipment. For details, call or visit our website. Boone Creek Creamery 859-402-2364 www.boonecreekcreamery.com HILLSIDE HERITAGE FARM Garrard County Hillside Heritage will be offering our complete line of pork cuts this weekend! Our specialty sausages, now sold in 1 lb. bulk packages, as well as in links, have been a bit hit with our customers. A recent addition is smoked pork sandwiches and smoked bratwurst available for purchase on Saturdays and Sundays. You won't be able to resist the wonderful aroma coming from our tent. Try a sandwich and you'll find out that Clay is quite an excellent cook! See you this weekend!
John Contini 4344 Poor Ridge Pk. Lancaster, KY 40444 www.hillsideheritagefarm.com 859.339.0747 COOKIN' UP KENTUCKY Fayette County Hey folks,
I look forward to seeing you all this Saturday at the market. I will have the grilled pork loin and local peach sandwich. I am also introducing a new spin on our fresh-squeezed lemonade: local blackberries. Be sure to check out our take-home BBQ; there will be take-home ribs this week.
Chef Jacob HARDWOOD PIZZA COMPANY
Fayette County Hardwood Pizza Company is a small, progressive pizza company that is literally out of the box. You gotta see it to believe it! Our mobile wood-fired oven cooks authentic Neapolitan style gourmet pizzas at over 900 degrees! Whether it's a classic Margherita pizza, a Garlic Scape Pesto Pizza or Goat Cheese, Walnut + Onion pizza...watch as your custom pie is prepared, cooked and served piping hot in a matter of minutes from start to finish. The tastes and scents created by the heat of the wood fire produce a truly unique and original treat - an inspired blend of spices, fresh farmer's market toppings and tangy sauce scattered over a light crisp, chewy crust cooked to perfection. At Hardwood Pizza Company, we interpret old world cooking traditions for modern times. Follow us on Facebook and Twitter to see what's on the menu every Saturday at Farmers Market. We are located on Main Street in front of the 5/3 Pavilion. Remember to visit our website at http://www.lexingtonfarmersmarket.comfor more information about the market. If you would like your name removed from the Lexington Farmers' Market Weekly Newsletter mailing list, please send a reply message with "REMOVE" as the subject. You can do the same thing if you've changed your email address, just reply with your new information and your name. If you received this email from another source and would like to be added to our list, send a message to jeff@lexingtonfarmersmarket.com with "SUBSCRIBE" in the subject line. | 
