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 Cr�perie brings a little taste of France to the Bluegrass.
The idea for opening a walk-up cr�perie was hatched many years ago when I was a student in France. After discovering cr�pes 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 cr�pe 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 cr�pes. 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 cr�pes to our friends, family and my French students, we think we've hit on a good combination.
La Petite Cr�perie hopes to recreate the experience of ordering a French cr�pe � 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 cr�pe fillings include honey and jam from Farmers' Market vendors, and the butter and sugar cr�pes are made with homemade butter from the market. We also make a hearty breakfast cr�pe with market eggs, cheese and vegetables. Our menu will vary as other fruits, berries and vegetables come into season.
La Petite Cr�perie 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 app�tit!
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. I also have fresh picked blueberries and wonderful flower arrangements. 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.
SUPERLATIVE COFFEE ROASTERS
Fayette County
We wanted to say thank you and best wishes to our fellow market participants. We have decided to close Superlative Coffee Roasters so you won't see our booth or smell our fresh roasted coffee on Saturdays ... at least for a little while. It's all good, though. Jenny will be working for another company and traveling quite a bit and as a result it makes sense to close the roastery and put the little red roaster into storage. We have enjoyed our time at the market, in the rain, in the snow, in the dark, and in the intense heat! We've met so many great people and were very proud to be part of a unique group of farmers and producers who make the Lexington Farmers Market such a special place. It really is the greatest little market in Kentucky.
Thank you all for making it a wonderful and rewarding experience for us and we hope to see you soon ... as customers!
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 16th we will be downtown at Cheapside Park and on Sunday July 17th 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
The market is really rocking these days, with sweet corn and tomatoes in season. We've seen a substantial increase of new faces, and hope that they find something great to keep them coming back even when corn's not available!! The Sunday market at Southland last Sunday was as busy as we've ever seen!
It has been such a strange growing season this spring that we'll have FRESH SNOW PEAS again this week! They are SO great in a stir fry, soup, or salad! We love them in our pasta sauce too! For your stir fry we'll also have BABY LEEKS, RED CIPPOLINI ONIONS, FRESH GARLIC, maybe a few PEA SHOOTS (another absurdity for mid-July!), your choice of FRESH CUT BASIL or CILANTRO to season. OYSTER MUSHROOMS from Bracken County. For the meat eaters we'll have PASTURED PORK of all kinds from Stone Cross Farm in Spencer County or GRASS FINISHED BEEF from Colcord Farm in Bourbon County. Great for stir fry or grilling! Have you ever done a "mixed grill" of sausages? It's great for a party...something to please every taste!
It's BLT time!! We've got the "B"....Stone Cross Farm's yummy BACON!! Check out Sam Livesay's Briary Creek Farm for beautiful HEIRLOOM TOMATOES....some are so big that one slice will cover your sandwich! Top with our GARLIC SCAPE PESTO for a different twist!
We'll have lots of beautiful FRESH CUT BASIL in big bunches. Add some to your salads, use like lettuce on a sandwich, use in pasta sauce or for pesto. Pesto freezes beautifully.....just imagine a dinner on a cold and blustery January night....pasta with your homemade pesto......YUM!! And did you know that you can make pesto from CILANTRO instead? It is fantastic with fish or chicken, on pasta, or in a burrito.
Sunrise Bakery will supply us with fresh ARTISAN BREADS, PASTRIES, GARLIC BAGELS and MUFFINS, Stone Cross Farm and Kenny's supply us with KY farm fresh CHEESES, and Bourbon Barrel Foods makes the sauces....SOY, WORCESTERSHIRE, & KENTUCKYAKI, and SMOKED SALT, PEPPER and PAPRIKA, and BOURBON VANILLA EXTRACT..
Our own "knock-your-socks-off" GARLIC POWDERS and PEPPER POWDERS, GARLIC SCAPE PESTO and CHAMPAGNE DRESSING (another great topper for your BLT!).
Did I forget to mention FRESHLY HARVESTED GARLIC??? It is SO good at this time of year! Crunchy and juicy like a good apple, with a great shelf life! This week we'll have the first bagged garlic in addition to big Music bulbs.
Stop by and have a look, Saturday back behind the History Museum on Short Street 7:30-2:30 or Sunday in front of Goodyear on Southland Drive 10-2.
If you're planning a night out on the town, consider Dudley's on Short, Table 310, Saul Good Restaurants, Good Foods Cafe or Stella's KY Deli who do a great job in supporting local farms!! And check out Shorty's Market for local produce and meats when the farmers' market is not open!
We'll look forward to seeing 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 Our daylilies are still showing some great color and we're enjoying them to no end. We're having open gardens Friday-Sunday at 9548 Waddy Rd, Waddy, KY. Stop at the Saturday or Sunday market and then take a nice drive down I-64 to come see some great later blooming daylilies. We got some lovely rain last Friday; the pastures and gardens have responded beautifully. Winter squash vines are growing like crazy and summer squash and tomato vines are bearing heavy loads. I picked the first gallon of blackberries this weekend. We're canning pickled beets and squash pickles as fast as we can and soon will be making some zucchini relish to restock the larder. If you haven't tried the relish on our brats then you're missing a great treat! Don't forget, we can recycle any of the jars and rings from any of our canned goods that you purchase. If you don't use them for canning , let us recycle them! We'll be at Saturday and Sunday markets with full freezers of beef , baked goods, canned goods and some vegetables. Stop by to see us, visit for a while and pick out a fine steak for a special occasion or some ground beef for a good meatloaf. Our ground chuck or ground round is also great in any recipe that calls for hamburger. We also have beef sausage in links or in bulk that makes a different alternative to pork sausage. Give it a try and see what you think. Check us out at quarlesfarm.com or look at our daylily photos at quarlesdaylilies.com. Friend us on Facebook and we'll keep you up to date with what's going on "down on the farm!" BLUEGRASS CHEVRE Fayette/Clark County We'll be on the Farm Tour July 23, so don't forget to buy your tickets at the market this weekend. We have more goats than ever, and there are so many colors and spots, it looks like confetti in our barn! You are also welcome to bring a picnic and have lunch under the trees - while the goats look on from across the fence, of course! And you'll want to meet our baby goats "The Littles." Cheers! Susan and the [email protected] 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,
Cookin' Up Kentucky has another busy weekend and unfortunately, we will be unable to offer the breakfast burrito and any other grill items this Saturday.
We will have our famous omelette and fried green tomato sandwich along with local BBQ to take-home or to enjoy for lunch. Be on the look out for our fresh squeezed lemonade with local blackberries!
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 [email protected] with "SUBSCRIBE" in the subject line. |