Catherine from Flying S Farms writes:
The cold temperatures have taken their toll on our produce. Watch for more greens in the spring. We still have winter squash available. Warm up with our dried Thai peppers and frozen pepper purée, perfect when you want a touch of heat to any dish. We have restocked several of our jams, great for gifting with our breads. Our seasonal Christmas Jam is a treat, made with fresh strawberries and cranberries. Watch for more pepper jams/jelly overbite next week, they are wonderful over cream cheese or in a cheese ball.

(L to R) Top: Frozen Habanero Pepper Puree, Butternut Squash, Dried Thai Pepper Pods.
Middle: Banana Friendship Bread, Wild Blackberry Jelly, Christmas Jam.
Bottom: Red Velvet Cheesecake Brownies, White Chocolate Blueberry Friendship Bread, Green Flame Pepper Jelly.



Triple B Farms has a large stock of all their delicious coffee, great for Christmas gift giving, for treating visiting guests, and for daily use. Stock up now! Coffee for a cause, 10% of all profits from our coffee sales goes to A Soldiers Child foundation, which is a Tennessee charity to benefit the families of our fallen warriors. Not only are you getting the best coffee around, but you are giving to a cause right here at home.

(L to R): Ground, K-Cups, or Whole Bean Coffee in your choice of three blends.


Terra Hills products are off the market this week, as Terresa is on vacation. They will return after Christmas.


Don’t miss the great selection of seasonal offerings (desserts and other goodies) available from several of our farmers, including the following:

(L to R) Top: Pumpkin Spice Soy Candle from Full Circle Candles; Pumpkin Spice Granola from Solace Farm; Healthful Pumpkin Muffins from Hope for Health.
Middle: Pumpkin Pie from Kountry Vittles; Several Types of Pumpkins from Weaver Farms; Pumpkin Pie and several types of pumpkins from Erdmann Farm.
(Bottom) Pumpkin Roll from Kountry Vittles; Rag Quilt from Triple B Farms.

For this Christmas season, Manchester Locally Grown managers are offering Gift Certificates in $5 increments. Introduce your loved ones to our fantastic, fresh, local market with these great gifts! We also have some combination gift baskets, each containing items from several farmers.

From Sow’s Ear Piggery:
This week, we are adding a couple of new items: Pork Roast Steaks and Jowls. Brown then braise the steaks in the oven or on the stovetop until tender for a warm meal on a chilly winter’s day. Jowls can be treated like pork sides/belly. Our jowls are fresh, uncured, so could be cured and smoked for bacon or used fresh in a braised dish. Or for the very ambitious, jowls are the exact cut called for in the charcuterie specialty Gunaciale. All excellent uses of this coveted cut. And of course, we have our usual items such as ground pork, breakfast sausage, and stew meat. All of our meat is USDA inspected from non-GMO, non-soy/corn, non-antibiotic free-range pigs.

(Clockwise from upper left) Hog Jowl, Pork Roast Steak, Ground Pork, Cubed Stew Meat.


From Linda at Dogwood Valley Greenhouse:
Dogwood Valley Greenhouse still has several Christmas cacti which would make beautiful hostess gifts, or would go a long way to brighten up your own home. The red ones are out of bloom, and we have sold out of the white and light pink ones, but we have several bright pink ones, covered with blooms and buds.

We also have enough greens to make a couple more kissing balls and wreaths, if you missed ordering the last couple of weeks. Also, look for other types of houseplants coming onto the market after Christmas.

(L to R) Bright Pink Christmas Cactus, Christmas Wreath, Christmas Kissing Ball.

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