• 3 cups spinach (chopped)
• 1 cup fresh corn (about 2 cobs)
• 1 roasted red bell pepper (diced)
• 1 cup tomatoes (diced)
• 2 cans tuna (drained)
• 1/2 cup purple onion (diced)
• 1 avocado (sliced)
• 1 hard-boilded egg
• 1/4 cup olive oil
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 1 tablespoon sugar (or honey)
• 1 clove garlic (minced)
• 1 teaspoon salt
• Pepper to taste

• Spinach
• Corn
• Bell Peppers
• Tomatoes
• Purple Onions
• Eggs
• Olive Oil
• Honey
• Garlic
• Salt

Madison County

This week we will have blueberries, shuck beans, and (of course) heirloom tomatoes.  Varieties in season now include:  Vinson Walt, Russian 117 bi-color, Claude Brown Yellow Giant, and Basin Mountain Tommy Toes.

Many thanks to all the loyal market supporters who braved the rains last Saturday and came down to shop as though it was a beautiful day!  We thought Sunday was going to go the same way, but just after opening, the sun came out!!  What a joy after so many days of rain, rain and more rain!  The market rocked!

We spent our 4th of July "holiday" making GARLIC SCAPE PESTO (almost 40 gallons!), and made some more after Sunday market, so we've got about 60 gallons safely stored away at this point.  It feels great to have it done, but it sure makes for a tired couple of weeks!

This week we'll have lots of tender BABY CILANTRO, our beautiful MIXED LETTUCES, delicious KALE, CANDY ONIONS, FRESH SHALLOTS, and 2 varieties of FRESH GARLIC.....California Early (mild) and Music (strong).  Maybe even some in bags!  GARLIC POWDERS too, of course!

Along with our own offerings, we'll have hydroponically grown BUTTERHEAD LETTUCE from Vibrant Greens in Madison County, and all the regular PORK from Stone Cross Farm, Grass Finished BEEF from Colcord Farm, Kentucky LAMB and more! 

Tomatoes are in season and we have the BACON and LETTUCE to make the perfect BLT!  Smear a little of our CHAMPAGNE DRESSING on your bread in place of mayo for a gourmet treat!  We'll also have many choices of ARTISAN BREADS from Sunrise Bakery from which to choose.

And for something as an alternative to butter on your sweet corn, try our GARLIC SCAPE PESTO!

Our photo this week is of a mother hummingbird sitting on her nest a few years ago.  We feel so fortunate to have seen this once in our lifetime, as they are pretty rare to find.  Taking the photos was NOT easy!  The nest was in a small tree on the side of a steep hill, and we had to balance a ladder for me to climb up to look in the nest.  Well worth the struggle!!

So far the weather looks good for this weekend, so grab a friend and come on down! 

We were featured on Food News and Chews on Fox TV Sunday night. Here's a link.  

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.

You won't see hydraulic presses and fancy modern equipment around here. 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.

Thanks for your support. See you at the market.

Boone Creek Creamery

859-402-2364
www.boonecreekcreamery.com
ed2@kycheese.com

" hand-crafted, Fair Trade, certified organic, and utterly delicious "

Scott County

We appreciate seeing so many familiar faces returning to the markets on Saturday and Sunday outdoors, as well as lots of new people just moving to the area.  We will continue to attend each market each week including Tues, Wed, Thurs, rain or sun or something in between - hope to see you as well!

PRODUCE we are harvesting now includes Broccoli, Green Beans, Beets (Red, Gold, Candy Stripe), Carrots (Orange and Yellow), Cabbages (Savoy, Green, Red, Napa), Greens (Kale, Lacinato, Red Russian, Collard), Summer Squash (Yellow Squash, Green Zucchini, Patty Pan, Baby Squash Mix), Swiss Chard, Cucumbers (Slicing, English, Salad), Kohlrabi, Garlic, Green Bell Peppers, Turnips, and more coming on each day.

NEW  We have found a professional charcutier to make delicious sausages, bratwursts, and franks for us from Elmwood organic beef.  It has been several years since we had our all-beef sausages to offer, and we are really excited about these tasty and high quality offerings.

EGGS We offer each market our certified organic eggs from free-ranging hens who 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, along with our certified organic whole chickens, cut-up chicken pieces, and flavorful hearty stewing hens.  In addition, we have 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.  View our website for special Beef & Chicken Bundles, and other quantities packages.

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 contact Elmwood for more information(scroll up a little for a quick link!)

Elmwood Stock Farm

859-621-0755

Our homegrown tomatoes are here!  Look for us and our big box truck at the Wednesday market at Commonwealth Stadium, behind the old courthouse 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:

-Homegrown heirloom and hybrid tomatoes, many varieties

-Roma tomatoes, great for sauces and salsa

-Multi colored cherry tomato pints

-Baby lettuce mix, likely the last week for it

-Yummy blackberries

-Assorted hot and sweet peppers

-Fresh cut basil

-Yellow squash

-Fresh cut cilantro

-Fresh purslane

-Our popular uglies but goodies

Check out what's new at the farm on our Facebook page, we look forward to seeing you at the market!

Johnson Brothers Farm

Scott County

The Johnson Brothers would like to invite you to try some of their excellent local and sourced produce.  Stock up on some summer essentials:  Grainger Tomatoes, Roma & White Half Runner beans, red and yellow watermelons, peaches, blueberries, pickling cucumbers, red and white new potatoes, and candy onions.  See you at market. 

The outdoor Lexington Farmers Markets for 2013 are now open. We will be at the following markets this week:

        Downtown at Cheapside Park, Saturday, July 13th (opens at 7am)
        Southland Drive, Sunday, July 14th (10am-2pm)

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.

Our 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. 

Madison County Produce by Scott Evans

Madison County

This week I should finally have some tomatoes: Red, Yellow, and Pink...both Heirloom and Hybrids.  I'll have okra, lots of squash, cucumbers that are good for slicing, sweet banana peppers, hot banana peppers, bell peppers (green and purple & white), and potatoes.

Magic Beans Coffee Roasters {Website} {Facebook}

Big, exciting changes are underway at the Magic Beans Roasting Studio! Ever since we started, last December, we have have introduced a new "featured" coffee each month. We have offered a variety of different single-origin coffees, and our selection has varied from week to week. Now, we are regularly selling enough coffee that we can start roasting twice a week. This will enable us to offer three different coffees in a regular rotation, in addition to our monthly featured origin. Our aim is to always have available one coffee from each of the major growing regions: The Americas and the Caribbean, Africa and the Middle East, and Indonesia and the Far East.

Our regular lineup through the fall will consist of the following coffees: 

• Mexico Chiapas, Triunfo Verde Co-Op, Fair Trade Organic
• Ethiopia Yirgachefe, Natural Process, Konga Co-Op
• Sumatra Mandheling, Giling Basah Process, Fair Trade Organic

We'll have the Mexican and the Ethiopian available by the bag and brewed to order at our pour-over coffee bar starting this week. We'll have the Sumatran coffee available starting Saturday, July 20. Each of these coffees will be roasted on average three times a month, or about once every 10 days. For those who demand the ultimate in freshness, check out our Roasting Schedule online. We will always have at least one coffee that was roasted within the past three or four days.

Got coffee questions? Come by and talk to us!

Mary Tyler "The Peach Lady" {Facebook}

Clark County

Peaches! Peaches! Peaches!

Our sweet juicy peaches are ripe for the pickin'.  Good every day, all day!  Even help soothe your afternoon hunger pangs with Mrs. Mary's tree-ripened peaches!  No need to reach for the vending machine change, instead sink your teeth into some peachy goodness.  And while you're at it, get enough for the entire office or even your grouchy sister's brother's mother's cousin's consin's dog Rover.  These peaches are so tasty they'll even put a smile on her face!

McMaine Farms

Madison County

This week we will have yellow squash, zucchini, zephyr and pattypan squash.  We will have all sizes of slicing and pickling cucumbers.  There will be many varieties of eggplants and lots of cherry tomatoes.  And for peppers, we will have both hot and sweet banana, cayenne, and jalapeno.

Quarles Farm {Website} {Facebook}

After last week's deluge of rain everything is still sopping wet here in Shelby County and the chance of severe thunderstorms comes again this afternoon.  And someone turned up the thermostat outside this week.  Animals are looking for cool places trying so seek relief from the humidity and cool places in this weather are certainly in short supply! 

This week you'll find us again with the grill fired up at Cheapside on Saturday and Southland on Sunday.  If you get out of your car at either location and get a whiff of those succulent burgers and brats, just follow your nose and bring your appetite.  The burgers and brats are made from our beef as well as the onions and soon tomatoes from our garden.  These burgers aren't those little thin things you get from the drive thru.  These are hand made, thick, juicy and topped with some of the market's best local cheeses.  Place your orders for lunch or breakfast when you first get to the market, do some shopping and then stop by to pick up your meal.  There's also plenty of sweet tea, lemonade and other drinks available.  We'll also be at Commonwealth Stadium on Wednesday. 

The coolers will be full of beef and lamb, the tables full of breads, jams, relishes and plenty of veggies.  Candy onions are ready and there's lots of other flavorful selections to be had.  Stop in , stay a while.  We're waiting for you....

Follow us on  Facebook or check out our website.

Raggard Creekside Farm

Shelby County

Local Kentucky Peaches will be overflowing from our farm stand.  Our farm is located in Shelby County along the banks of a fresh, clear water stream.  We bring you only the best and most fruits and vegetables.  This week, along with our DELICIOUS peaches, we will have sweet corn, string-less tenderette beans, and juicy tomateos.  

Stonehedge Farm {Facebook}

Our fields are running over.  And our family is glad to deliver that bounty to you!  The offerings this week are plentiful:  Heirloom tomatoes (multicolor cherry, brandywine and more); Squash (zucchini, yellow, coosa, pattypan, acorn, and spaghetti); Beans (tenderette, purple filet, yellow wax, and Roma); Hot peppers (ghost, habenero, cayenne, jalapeno, pablano); Sweet peppers (banana, yummy, and bell); Greens (kale, collard, chard); Onions (candy, red candy, and white); Eggplant; Okra; Cucumbers; Tomatillos; Ground cherries; Cabbage; Fennel; Green Tomatoes; Herbs (basil, parsley, cilantro); Flowers (Zinnias and Sunflowers).  All Locally Grown! 

Coming soon:  Celeriac; Golden Celery; Charentais melons

-Adrienne & Jim 

The Paw Paw Plantation

Powell County

This week I'll have Rhubarb, tomatoes, candy onions and sweet bread.  I'll bring sassafras for tea. And I'll have specimens of Kentucky Agage and and gemstones.  I'll also have Paw Paw trees for sale.

-Roland

This week we will have some GREAT flowers, including: 

• At least two varieties of Oriental lily: the awesome double, 'Roselily' (photo) and 'Merostar,' which is a gigantic red Oriental with white edges and fabulous fragrance. Both are magnificent as cut flowers. 
• TWO varieties of pollenless sunflowers which we put together in a bouquet with Zebra grass. If you have a tall vase or stone crock, a couple of bunches of these sunflowers and grass bouquets make a stunning centerpiece for a very modest cost. 
• Soft pink bunches of Lisianthus. This was named Cut Flower of the Year a few years back for good reason. Lisianthus is very tricky to grow, but as a cut flower, it lasts 3 weeks in the vase, sending out wave after wave of new blooms. While we grow several colors, the pink has decided to get a head start on the others! 
• Lemon basil zinnia bouquets will be packed with fragrant (and edible!) lemon basil, brightly colored zinnias and snapdragons, white yarrow and more. 
• Sweet peas are a flower that we don't see a lot, outside of florists, this time of year. We sourced our seed from Laughing Owl nursery in England because they're developing some of the best cut flower sweet peas in the world. We're growing them in the greenhouse, where we can keep it cooler, and they're almost 10 feet tall. We cut stems long, with blooming flowers, buds and the curly tendrils. 

Saturday looks to be entirely pleasant this week, so we hope you'll start off your day at the Lexington Farmers' Market! As always, just send us a note on Facebook or give us a call (859-771-2085) if you want to reserve flowers, have a question, or are wanting tot have some very special flowers for a very special event. We'd love to help!

Thanks very much for buying local and we hope to see you soon!

- Charlie Hendricks, Elizabeth Hendricks and Val Schirmer

Wildflour Scones & Tea {Facebook}

Scott County

We will be set up this Saturday at 5/3 Pavilion from 7am until we sell out and at the UK Farmers Market at Commonwealth Stadium Wednesday from 3-6pm. Come enjoy a locally made breakfast or afternoon treat with us!

This week our flavors will be:

-Lemon Blueberry featuring blueberries from Home Pickin's Farms
-Buttermilk & Kentucky Honey featuring raw honey from Bev and Nick Nickels
-Beer Cheese & Scallion featuring Brown's Tastee Beer Cheese and green onions from Johnson Brothers Farms
-Maple Bacon Date featuring Brownings Applewood bacon (Grant County)

-Raspberry Cornmeal featuring Steve's Plants and Silas Farms black raspberries and cornmeal from Elmwood Stock Farms

 
We will have our sweet fruit iced tea this Saturday! This week we will be serving peach iced tea as well as brewing Caffe Marco coffee, locally roasted in Paris.
 
Visit our Facebook page for more info and flavor postings on Fridays. 

Facebook.comWildflourSconesandTea
See you Saturday!

In Your Community

We've officially transitioned from spring to summer in our education and outreach! This past week marked the start of our Eat Like It's Summer campaign. Following in the shoes of our spring campaign, this summer we will continue to promote seasonal offerings at market and encourage all Lexington residents to stop by and try what summer has to offer. 

We'll be passing out summer produce vouchers at community organizations around Lexington, hosting cooking demonstrations at market (there's one this Saturday!), and setting up tasting stations at local elementary schools between now through the end of August.

Stephanie Hopkins

Food Desert Initiative Coordinator

Stephanie@lexingtonfarmersmarket.com