 Vendor Updates In addition to these vendors, many additional farmers and vendors will be present at one or all of the markets!
Blue Moon Farm {Facebook}{Website}{Email}
Madison County 
Our entry didn't make it into this enews last week, so you didn't hear about our trailer trials and tribulations from the previous Saturday night, and didn't know that we had LAMB for your Easter dinners! The trailer is back in commission again, due to the talents and diligence of Leo! (Not saying there weren't some bad words flying around!!) :-)
I realized today that our newest family member arrived after we were done with market last November, so you've never seen her photo! Her name is Moondancer (AKA "Dani"), and she is a Tortoise Shell Siamese from a rescue in Georgia (Second Hand Siamese). She has the palest blue eyes we've ever seen! She is about 9 months old now, and keeps us jumping....and laughing! She especially LOVES her brother Mouse (AKA "Guitar Shorty")!
This week we'll have Leg of Lamb again, as well as Shoulder, Loin Lamb Chops and Ground Lamb. PORK- Bacon, Sausage, Chops, Country Ham and Roasts from Stone Cross Farm. Colcord Farm's Grass Fed/Grass Finished BEEF Steaks, Roasts, Ground and Brats.
The wonderful hydroponic GREENS from Vibrant Greens in Madison County were the hit of the weekend last week....Romaine, Red Leaf, Oakleaf Lettuces, Mizuna, Arugula, Sorrel and Kale. Some Sweet Basil too!
We should have some more beautiful LILAC Bouquets this week, probably without daffodils, but perhaps with some wildflowers.
Garlic Scape Pesto, Garlic Powders and the first BABY GREEN GARLIC!! This is the latest it has ever been! Limited quantity!
So many folks lost perennial HERBS through the winter. It was just TOO COLD!! We have lots of HERB SETS for you to replant....Rosemarys, Lavenders, Mints, Thymes, Tarragon, Oregano, Bay Leaf, Aloe too! It will soon be safe to plant outside in the warm spring sun!
Herbal scented handmade SOAPS from Stone Cross Farm to pamper yourself, or give as a gift! We'll have their great CHEESES too. Try a sample!
Have you seen the Stone Ground Corn Meal, Grits and Tortilla Chips we're offering for Sunflower Sundries? Imagine a tortilla chip from locally grown corn!!
All your favorite ARTISAN BREADS from Sunrise Bakery, their delicious PASTRIES, and the best GARLIC BAGELS in town (or maybe the universe!)
Stay tuned to our Facebook page for ASPARAGUS sightings for the weekend!
Spring in Kentucky is so beautiful, and is one of the best times to shop the farmers' market! Grab a friend and come on down! See you there- Saturday on Short St. behind the old courthouse, Sunday Southland Drive 10AM-2PM in front of Goodyear.
Boone Creek Creamery {Facebook}{Website}
Fayette County
We will have our cheeses at the Market this weekend.
Our cheese is made from all natural JD Country Milk, a family owned Mennonite 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 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.
This week we will have over a dozen different cheeses available. Stop by and sample our Butterkase (Amish Butter Cheese), Mama Mia, Sassy Redhead, Tuscan Sun, Smoked Cheddar and of course our bourbon infused Kentucky Derby. Oh, and don't miss the Caerphilly, a tangy traditional Welsh coal miners cheese.
Thanks for your support. See you at the market.
Boone Creek Creamery
859-402-2364
www.boonecreekcreamery.com
ed2@kycheese.com
CaffeMarco {Website}
Bourbon County 
" certified organic, Fair Trade, hand-crafted and utterly delicious "
the Lexington Herald-Leader
Roasted in downtown Paris Kentucky on Friday, April 25
All Coffees $10.
Black bag - full bodied dark roast Brown bag - velvety Moka Java Gold bag - elegant espresso blend Blue bag - palate cleansing light roast Green bag - water processed decaf
Staying small and staying fresh is how we stay appealing to you.
* custom grinding available *
Crank & Boom Craft Ice Cream Fayette County Crank & Boom Craft Ice Cream is thrilled to return to the Lexington Farmers Market on Saturdays and Sundays. We will be scooping your favorite ice cream flavors along with selling pints so that you can stock up for the week. Crank & Boom is a small batch artisan ice cream maker using local ingredients to create fun, creative and tasty flavor combinations. We use Kentucky Proud milk and many other locally sourced ingredients like organic strawberries, local blueberries, Buffalo Trace bourbon, and stout beer from Country Boy and West Sixth Brewing. Contact Us! Address: 1030 South Broadway Ste. 2, Lexington, KY 40504 (Inside Thai Orchid Cafe) Phone: (859) 288-2176 Elmwood Stock Farm {Facebook}{Website}{CSA}{Pinterest}{FarmFan} Scott County At Elmwood, we are very excited to introduce our new FarmFan program for you, our most loyal customers! We'll give you points for shopping with us, and we'll send out updates via text message right before each market with availability information for that day. This is our way to keep you informed and to say "thanks" for spending your hard earned dollars at our stand at the Lexington Farmers Market. Simply log on to: http://farmfanapp.com/elmwoodstock/signup to get started, find us at the market, and check in when you shop with us to begin accumulating points. Or, stop in at our table this week to get setup. As the season changes, we continue to work to offer you the highest quality USDA Certified Organic produce, eggs, and meats that we can. We will be set up each Saturday all year long! Feel free to phone ahead for special orders. CSA FARM SHAREs are now available for the 2014 Summer Season. We offer 3 share sizes, several pickup locations around Lexington and Central KY, and egg and meats can be added to your produce shares. Visit our website for easy online signup! http://elmwoodstockfarm.csasignup.com/members/types PRODUCE we are offering now includes several varieties of Potatoes along with Sweet Potatoes. Cold temperatures are a challenge, and a few green items under cover are slowly growing, the availability is week-to-week. 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, each egg is hand washed and inspected for cracks. 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. Each hen's diet includes certified organic grain which is non-gmo. BEEF, LAMB and POULTRY Each week we bring a complete inventory of our 100% grass-fed Angus organic beef and our 100% grass fed lamb. We also offer certified organic whole chickens, cut-up chicken pieces, and flavorful hearty stewing hens. In addition, we have specialty beef sausages, chicken liver, beef broth bones, roasts for soups and stews, and even bones for your pet! 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 quantity packages to secure your winter supply of wholesome meats. PANTRY We are grinding our own heirloom organic corn to offer you non-gmo fresh cornmeal. Other items include dried beans (ying-yang, black turtle, peregion, and red kidney), popcorn, and dried tomatoes. We sent our organic tomatoes to be professionally packed into delicious Elmwood Salsa, available in BPA-free glass jars. 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 La Petite Sucre {Website}{Facebook}{Instagram} Fayette County We had a wonderful day last Saturday at the Farmers Market, meeting new customers and seeing returning  customers!! We sold out our macarons by 11.30 pm. We LOVED meeting everyone and shared our handcrafted French Macaron! Looks like the weather would be nice again this weekend, so come and stop by at the Farmers Market. We look forward seeing everyone! La Petite Sucré (pronounced su-cray, meaning sweet) is a small boutique specializing in macarons and custom design macarons. Macaron is a gluten free French confection made of almond flour and meringue filled with choices of ganache, buttercream, caramel or jam filling. Our macarons are about one and seven inches in diameter and each is handcrafted carefully to create a perfect confection that is visually appealing and will delight your taste buds. Our macarons are slightly crispy on the outside, and soft/chewy on the inside. They are best consumed at room temperature. Our macarons are baked to order in a certified commercial kitchen located at Lexington, Kentucky. We make our macarons from scratch using the finest ingredients available (hormone free eggs, real butter, the finest chocolate and no preservatives). Local Raw Honey by Nick and Bev Nickels {Website} Fayette County Spring is Here! We WILL be at the following markets this week: Downtown at Cheapside Park, Saturday, April 26th (opens at 7 am) Southland Drive, Sunday, April 27th (from 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.
Henkle's Herbs & Heirlooms {Facebook}
Jessamine County
Look for us and our big box truck on Saturday at the corner of Short and Upper and on Sunday at Southland Drive. All of our offerings are sustainably grown, Kentucky Proud, 100% homegrown, and pesticide free. We will have the following:
-Robust and ready to plant heirloom and hybrid tomato transplants, lots of pinks
-Sweet bell pepper transplants
-Hot pepper transplants
-Our large basil pots will be available soon!
With the completion of our greenhouse/wood fired boiler project we have been receiving some great press, check out our mention in the April edition of the Chevy Chaser/Southsider magazine as well as Rona Roberts blog, SavoringKentucky.com. You can also stay up to date on all of the exciting new stuff going on at the farm on our Facebook page.
We look forward to seeing you at market.
Hood's Heritage Hogs {Website}{Instagram} Robertson County Hood's Heritage Hogs will be having a sale on sausage. All 7 flavors $6 per package or 4 for $20. Let's clear the freezers to make room for more! No msg and made with all-natural ingredients. Magic Beans Coffee Roasters {Website}{Facebook}
Fayette County
Magic Beans is excited to announce some new additions to our lineup. First up, a big welcome to our new market helper, Lillie Ruschell, who will be joining our Saturday morning team to serve up coffee and smiles. A lot of you will recognize Lillie from Doodles. Come say hello! Up next, we will be adding a special dark roast Guatemalan coffee from Huehuetenango to our regular lineup throughout the summer. Huehuetenango is nestled at the foot of the Cuchumatanes, Central America's highest non-volcanic mountain range, near the border with Mexico to the north. The area has historically been the home of various tribes of Mayan descendents, and the name has been variously translated as "place of the ancients" or "place of the ancestors". Jesuit priests first introduced coffee to the area in 1773 and the country has since become known for some of the highest quality coffees of Central America. The Huehuetenango highlands in turn are known for producing some of the most distinguished coffees of Guatemala. The rising hot air from the isthmus of Mexico's Tehuatepec plain works in concert with the descending cool air of the Cuchumatanes to create a regional climate that allows for coffee cultivation at altitudes up to 1,900 meters above sea level. This particular coffee comes from the San Pedro Necta area, where the humid subtropical climate gives the coffee beans a beautiful appearance and encourages uniform maturation. The beans are matured under shade trees, which in this instance gives them a more developed natural sugar and slightly less caffeine. Cupping notes: Jasmine and orange blossom aroma, gentle acidity, sweet with a well-rounded flavor, strong cocoa notes, a light body, and a clean finish. Our last big announcement is the addition of cold brew coffee to our regular market offerings. Starting this Saturday, we will be serving iced coffee made with our new cold brew concentrate. A lot of other coffee places cold brew in plastic buckets, but we went the extra mile to ensure your coffee meets our quality standards, so we developed our own proprietary all-glass system during the winter months. We will also be selling 1-liter bottles of the concentrate, enough to make roughly 2 liters of iced or hot coffee, depending on your strength preference. Our first batch will feature our new cold brew blend, consisting of our Ethiopian and Peruvian coffees, in a carefully developed proportion. We expect the first batch to sell out quickly, so we are taking pre-orders on our website, at www.magicbeanscoffee.com And of course, we'll still be serving pourovers of our regular offerings every Saturday as well.
Quarles Farm {Website}{Facebook} Shelby County The weather is finally starting to break and we're starting to see some sun and warmer weather. A very welcome sight indeed. The lambs, kids and young calves are enjoying the warmer days and so are we. The lettuce and other vegetables seeded in the ground a few weeks ago are sprouting and it appears the growing season is on the way. While waiting on our veggies to mature, we still have coolers full of beef, lamb and goat. The tables are full of canned goods such as corn relish, squash pickles, green tomato relish, which is also known as chow chow, and a wide selection of interesting jams. There's also breads that aren't your usual zucchini bread. Lemon poppy seed zucchini as well as blueberry poppy seed and many other favorites are available each week. Give a leg of lamb a try for Easter instead of ham. Good local lamb that is carefully tended to give you the most flavor in each bite. All our animals graze the fields daily and have access to wholesome grass to provide a succulent main dish for your meals. Our goat or lamb is a wonderful change from some of the more readily available meats. Stop by Cheapside on Saturday or Southland on Sunday for breakfast, brunch or lunch. Have a sausage, egg and cheese biscuit or bacon and eggs. We're grilling burgers, brats and jumbo hot dogs all made with our beef and containing no fillers. It's all beef and all good. Check us out at our website at quarlesfarm.com or visit us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/Quarlesfarm?ref=hl We try to keep folks up to date on what we're doing and how you're food's grown. Our food is your local connection to healthy eating. Stonehedge Farm Produce {Facebook} Woodford County Barring any catastrophe, we plan to be at market this coming Saturday. We are still unsure about Sunday. We will be bringing greenhouse grown basil and cilantro, baby kale and Swiss chard, a little baby lettuces, and a small assortment of veggie plants for home gardens. Also, we have about five shares remaining available for our 2014 CSA. -Jim & Adrienne Three Toads Farm {Facebook} Clark County  Gosh, last Saturday we were sold out just after 10:30! We know everyone is SO recited to have Spring here in the Bluegrass and we REALLY appreciate your support! This week we'll have - TULIPS - two varieties of the wildly flamboyant Parrot tulips! Black Parrots and Green Wave. This may be our last week for tulips - dang! - LILIES - huge flowers, long stems and amazing fragrance! This week we'll have both the giant white Rialto and luscious soft pink Sorbonne (pictured). -- LAVENDER 'PHENOMENAL' - this is a totally new variety of Lavender that we got from a wonderful grower in the Skagit Valley of Washington state. Phenomenal has a higher oil content (making it more fragrant) and stronger disease resistance than other Lavenders ... and we've fallen in love with it! It stands up to heat, humidity and extreme weather (like our crazy winters). -- SPEARMINT - we're growing true spearmint for our friends at Louisville Stoneware and will have some at the Market. Sure, it's fabulous with Bourbon, but it's also excellent in any kind of icy drinks and teas! Butterflies and hummingbirds also love, love, LOVE it's pink-purple flowers. -- NASTURTIUMS - we're growing climbing Nasturtium for some of our Mothers Day pots and will have a few single plants. We love the flower's happy faces! Please give us a call (859-771-2085) or message us on Facebook if you have questions or to reserve flowers. Thanks so much for your support and we hope to see you Saturday! - Charlie Hendricks, Elizabeth Montgomery and Val Schirmer | 
