Henkle's Herbs and Heirlooms
Jessamine County
If knowing the origin of what you consume is important to you, as it should be, then we are the folks to shop with. EVERYTHING we offer is started from seed and grown by us just 15 miles away at our farm in Nicholasville. We opt to use biological controls and to release beneficial insects like lacewings and lady beetles instead of spraying with pesticides that kill honey bees and other beneficial predators to create a pest management system that is friendly to the food we bring to market as well as the environment.
Look for us and our big box truck at the corner of Short and Upper on Saturday and at Southland Drive on Sunday. All of our offerings are sustainably grown, Kentucky Proud, 100% homegrown, and pesticide free. We will have the following:
-Heirloom and hybrid tomato transplants, multiple varieties
-Baby lettuce mix
-Large basil pots
-Fresh cut mint
We look forward to seeing you at the market!
BLUE MOON FARM***Sustainably Grown***
Madison County
Our heartfelt thanks to all our loyal customers who braved wet and very, very cold conditions last weekend to shop the market. It was a tough second week, but we made it through! Hoping instead for bright, sunny and warmer weather this week! This weekend our SPRING MIX and MIXED LETTUCES will make their debuts at the market! Beautiful mixes of tasty and colorful lettuces, perfect with our BABY GREEN GARLIC chopped on top and our own CHAMPAGNE DRESSING. It is being served this Sunday at the Good Foods CoOp's annual meeting dinner! We'll have more fresh LEEKS too, and the very first of the fresh cut CILANTRO!! ASPARAGUS from Colcord Farm in Bourbon Co. Try it steamed with some GARLIC SCAPE PESTO or CHAMPAGNE DRESSING drizzled over! SHIITAKE and OYSTER MUSHROOMS from Bracken Co. All kinds of KY made CHEESES from Kenny's Farmhouse Cheese, BREADS, PASTRIES and more from Sunrise Bakery, PORK- BACON, CHOPS, SAUSAGES, ROASTS from Stone Cross Farm, BEEF- STEAKS and BURGER from Colcord Farm......STEAKS still on SALE, 30% OFF. Homemade SOAPS from Stone Cross Farm, Bourbon Barrel Foods SOY, WORCESTERSHIRE, KENTUCKYAKI, VANILLA, PEPPER and PAPRIKA, and our own GARLIC POWDER, smoked and not.
ELMWOOD STOCK FARM Georgetown, KY After a relatively mild winter, we are glad to be back outdoors to offer several fresh spring veggies we normally don't see until late May! The super popular Red Stemmed Spinach is ready, along with regular green Spinach, Swiss Chard, Kale Greens, Green Garlic and baby Lettuce Heads - all Certified Organic. In addition, we will have your pantry staples of Sweet Potatoes and Red or Yellow Onions. Several new items are available at our booth including a selection of Organic Heirloom Dried Beans and Organic Heirloom Cornmeal (easy recipe included.) EGGS We offer each market our certified organic eggs from free-ranging hens that live outdoors on grass pasture. 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. MEAT and POULTRY We have restocked our inventory of grass-fed Angus organic BEEF, for a full selection of certified organic steaks, roasts, or ground beef patties for the grill! We will also have our grass-fed LAMB including chops, shoulder or leg of lamb, and shanks. In addition, we have a nice selection of certified organic CHICKEN & TURKEY, including boneless breasts, thighs, legs, wings or ground chicken. Next day for fresh, never frozen, whole chickens is May 12th. 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. View our website for special Beef & Chicken Bundles. These days, more than ever, it's important to know the source of your family's food and you can look to our local organic farm to meet your body's nutritional needs resulting in good health. Visit our website to learn more, review our price lists, pre-order your special items, or to contact Elmwood for more information. Information on our Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program is now available for the 2012 growing season. Like us on Facebook for more. http://www.elmwoodstockfarm.com/ http://www.facebook.com/ElmwoodStockFarm
Bleugrass Ch�vre
Fayette/Clark County
Finally, opening day has arrived! We'll see you at the market on Saturday with a few new offerings up our sleeve.
The goats have had a fantastic winter and all the kids have been huge and healthy. After all the browse died out, the grass stayed green and they've had "salad bar" all winter.
Come and visit us in our usual spot under the Pavilion.
We've been involved this winter with getting more Slow Food activities started in the Lexington area. So mark your calendars for Tuesday, April 24, 7-9 p.m. for a LOCAL cheese and craft beer tasting at Good Foods on Southland Drive, sponsored by Slow Food Bluegrass. Good Foods' cheese afficionado Pat Wiley will be hosting, and the cost is $12, $10 for Slow Food members and co-op owners. Sign up at the customer service desk ahead of time or on that night. Come and experience what exceptional cheeses our Kentucky artisan cheese makers are producing. I am so proud of us!
Cheers,
Wildflour Scones & TeaBourbon County Serving freshly baked scones using local ingredients from the Lexington Farmer's Market and surrounding area markets. We have three scone flavors this week including: *Buttermilk & Kentucky Honey *Elmwood Stock Farms Cornmeal Cherry
*Browning's Bacon (Bourbon Co.) Maple Date
Brewing English Breakfast and Honeybush hot tea and beginning this Saturday we will be serving Caffe Marco coffee!
We're so excited for our first summer at the Lexington Farmer's Market!
Thanks for helping our first season be outstanding!
Hillside Heritage Farm Garrard County
Hillside Heritage Farm once again thanks all of our customers who came out on this past weekend. The weather was terrible - it took a dedicated customer to appear in such weather.
The truck will be re-stocked with all of our delicious cuts of pork and sausages. And yes, even though we sold out Saturday, we still had bacon at home to put on the truck for this weekend! Remember, all of our pork is raised by our family on our family farm in Garrard County.
This is an exciting time around the farm. The ground is ready for planting corn and the rains we are getting were much needed - so once it drays we will be getting the corn in the ground. The turnips, rape and clover that we planted about a month ago on their winter lots is up and already showing signs of growth after last weekends rain. This past week, Hannah and I were greeted with two more new litters. Now there are 32 new baby piglets running all around and climbing all over mom every time she lays down. Several more litters will be arriving in the next few weeks.
Well, the grand baby finally got here last Wednesday evening. Seven pounds and nine ounces of little girl - momma and baby are doing well. Clay is planning on being at the Saturday market. Most of his college work is done except for final exams next week. He graduates May 6 with his bachelor's degree in Agriculture. I suppose now he will come home and tell his Old Man all the things I have been doing wrong over the years. Actually, we have made many changes while he was in school, adopting things he had learned. We are very proud of him - not many graduate in 4 years anymore.
We hope to see you all this coming weekend. We'll probably even have pictures of the grand baby to share!
John Contini 4344 Poor Ridge Pk. Lancaster, KY 40444
Proper Plants Russ and Lyn Madison We have lots to do in the greenhouses, so our trip to Farmer's Market on Saturday will be dependent on the weather. We have herb plants, vegetable plants, annuals in several sizes and 5 sizes of hanging baskets. We also have wonderful material to make up your own pots. Remember, during this "iffy" weather, portable containers, (pots, hanging baskets, etc.) are a great way to get early color! We have a huge selection of plants at the greenhouses on Military Pike in Lexington. Check out our website for directions, pricing, etc. Come by and shop the greenhouses out of the weather. "Like" us on Facebook for weekly specials to be used at Proper Plants. Happy Spring and hope to see you either at Farmer's Market or at Proper Plants.
"Local Raw Honey" by NICK and BEV NICKELS Fayette County The outdoors Lexington Farmers Market is now open Saturday, April 28th downtown at Cheapside Park (opens at 7am) and Sunday, April 29th on Southland Drive (10am-2pm). We will be at both markets this weekend if it doesn't rain. See you there!
You may purchase honey, pollen, and/or beeswax candles from us anytime from our home at 1909 Nicholasville Road in Lexington. 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 PAW PRINTS BAKERY Winchester, KY
Paw Prints Bakery will be at the kick-off of the 2012 Market Season this weekend! We will have Take-out Boxes, 1/2 lb and limited quantities of our 1 lb bags of our best flavors including Peanut Butter, Beef & Cheese, Chicken, Pumpkin and Apple Bits Bones. Remember our treats are handmade, all-natural, no preservative and made with KY Proud products! We will also have Puppy Pizzas and other fancy iced treats as well. We'll definately have UK Bones to celebrate #8 and cute little flowers for Spring! Come down, bring the dog and come see me for your dogs favorite treats!
Cheers,
Janice
Boone Creek Creamery Handmade Artisan Cheese Fayette County Wow, are we excited about the opening of the Market and we're looking forward to seeing all of our old and new customers. We'll be downtown on Saturday and on Southland Drive on Sunday. This week we will be introducing some new cheeses like our American Oak, a cheddar infused with oak barrel aged white wine and our Blackberry Serenade, an alpine Gruyere infused with blackberry wine. Delicious. You'll love our new Finnish Bread Cheese. When served warm, this Scandinavian delicacy is absolutely amazing. And check out three of our cheeses that were recently in the World Cheese Championships. -Kentucky Derby - A cheddar infused with Woodford Reserve to give this cheese a nice oaky finish. -Sassy Redhead - An American style cheddar with whole peppercorns and red pepper flakes, then dusted with red paprika on the top to give it a distinctive "red head". Spicy, but not flaming hot, it leaves a nice glow in your mouth. -Tuscan Sun - A taste of Italy with organic sun dried tomatoes and basil. We also offer cheese making classes, supplies, and equipment. For details, call or visit our website. See you at the Market. Boone Creek Creamery 859-402-2364 OLIVA BELLA Fayette County Come visit Oliva Bella at the Lexington Farmers' Market this Saturday! We will have our extra virgin olive oils, balsamico, bread, and locally made sauces, including our brand new Caponata, made with an authentic Sicilian recipe. We are so excited to be outside in the sunshine to meet new customers, see our current ones, and reconnect with our long lost summer loves!
ABIGAIL'S Fayette County
I will be at the LFM on Saturday. On Sunday, I will be at Morris Book Shop to sign my new book, Death By Bridle, from 1pm to 3pm. After you shop at the Southland Market on Sunday, come by Morris's in Chevy Chase and see me. Just a note - Death By A HoneyBee was on Kindle's top 100 books for Women Literature and Women Sleuths in March. Now let's talk about good things to purchase at the Market. HONEY - Have a mild Wildflower Honey. It's a pretty yellow honey and mild to the palate. I have it in 1 lb, 8 oz, and baby bears which are so cute. BALMS - Lavender, Honeysuckle and Honey Natural Hand Balms plus Peppermint Foot Balm and Lavender in cute tins. LIP BALMS - Yummy lip balms - Peppermint, Honey Natural, Mango Bango and Orange Dream POST CARDS - My husband says he is going to have new post cards ready for Saturday but I am keeping my fingers crossed. He still has a lot of yard work to do first, but stop by and see. He might surprise me. I love it when the Lexington Farmers' Market opens and all the fresh vegetables are on the tables alongside the breads, cheeses, and flowers. I can't wait for the strawberries which I put on ice cream and then pour honey over it. Great dessert. I spent two hours on Thursday getting a bee swarm down from a tree. It must have had 30,000 bees. I put them in a new hive body with food. The next morning I go back to check on them and they have flown the coup, so to speak. I thought that was downright rude of them after all the trouble I went to on their behalf. Miss Abigail QUARLES DAYLILLIES AND FARM
Shelby County
Spring garden is coming right along. The lettuce, onions, beets, carrots and peas are growing and the potatoes got planted this past weekend,. Swiss chard and spinach is coming up and the greenhouse is full of pepper and tomato transplants. New babies are being born in the fields and Momma cows are keeping watch over newborns slumbering in the warm spring sun.
It's not long until we'll be back outside at the pavillion. April 14th to be exact. It'll be a big weekend with the Sunday Southland market starting along with the the Lexington Home and Garden Show which will run from Thurday through Sunday of the same weekend. We'll be at all three places. Come see us. Until then we'll have one more weekend at Victorian Square. Hopefully we'll have a little more kale. It's trying real hard to bolt and doing a fine job. Yellow flowers are popping out from the kale and turnips and it'll soon be mowed off and plowed under.
We'll have our coolers full of beef this weekend. If you find that ham isn't high on your list for the Easter meal, consider a choice ribeye or New York strip steak. This year it's been warm enough you could actually consider a cook out for Easter and have a great family time with weiners, hamburgers and brats. We'll have all those and other cuts with us Saturday along with our tasty cakes and breads. A carrot apple cake with creamy buttercream icing is a perfect end to any meal. Many of our breads make a fine beginning for an Easter breakfast or brunch. We'll also have our salsas, relishes, chutneys, jams and jellies.
We certainly appreciate all of our loyal customers that have continued to visit us this winter at Victorian Square. You are wonderful folks and we are enjoying the opportunity to get to know you better. We encourage other market customers to visit the market next winter. You may be surprised at the variety of products that are available!
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! Remember to visit our website at http://www.lexingtonfarmersmarket.com for 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. |