(Top, L to R): German Chocolate Cake, Snickerdoodles, Old Fashioned Carrot Cake.
(Bottom, L to R): Chocolate Cookie Dough Fudge, Customized Character Cake.

Native Fare returns to the market this week with several vegetable offerings.

“Contender” Bush Beans, Japanese Cucumbers, “Cow’s Horn” Okra, New “Kennebac” Potatoes, Winter Butternut Squash.



Sow’s Ear Piggery meats are back on the market this week, and will be great on the grill on these beautiful summer nights!

(L to R) Pork Chops, Shoulder Roast.

This coming week, Sow’s Ear Piggery pork products will be in vacation mode. We will be back on the market the following week with all our USDA non-GMO heritage pork cuts, including ribs, chops, belly, ground pork, and sausage. There is still a lot of summer for grilling! We’ll be back soon!


Also for the next couple of weeks, Flying S Farms will be on vacation mode.


The chickens from Knottynuffacres will be taking a short summer vacation, but we look forward to seeing their eggs again in a few weeks. Meanwhile, Deb will continue to make her delicious bread, and is planning to add a couple of other products soon.

Here are some of the beauties currently at their peak at Dogwood Valley Greenhouse:

(Top, L to R): Small Aloe Vera Plant, Hardy Species Begonia, Northern Lady Fern.
Coleus Hanging Basket, Flame Violet Hanging Basket.
Lavender intermedia, Lemongrass,
Rosemary.
Plumbago, Pink Yarrow.

Native Fare Farm returns this week with their fabulous summer vegetables. They have added the following to our market:

(L to R): Green Bush Beans “Contender”; “Great American” Green Cabbage; Radishes “Cherry Belle”.
Sweet Corn “Peaches and Cream”; Japanese Cucumber; New Potatoes “Kennebac”.
Cauliflower “Snow Globe”; Spaghetti Winter Squash; Curly Kale.

Native Fare has also added a few other products:

(L to R): “Duke & Northland” Highbush Blueberries; “Firestone” Peaches; Multi-color, Cage-free Eggs.
Fresh basil; Baby goats: Lamancha buckling and doeling; Hummingbird (Cypress) Vine.

I am excited to announce that I have ventured (successfully!) into the realm of liquid soap making! I have 4 options of a liquid version of my Classic Lard soap available on the market, and I will be adding a liquid 100% coconut oil soap soon as well. I have versions of the liquid lard soap for both the standard pump dispensers and the foaming dispensers, in scented and unscented. I am currently packaging this soap as a refill for your existing dispenser bottle, so it comes in a re-purposed plastic bottle – if you are interested in a dispenser bottle as well, let me know, I have some amber glass bottles with quality metal pump dispensers available.

(L to R): Foaming Soap; and creamy soap without and with fragrance.

From Linda at Dogwood Valley Greenhouse:

Please look through the perennials to see all the exciting ways to brighten up your garden! It is not too late to plant, and several types are still in bloom at this time. But you must be sure to keep them (as well as your spring plantings) well watered during this excessive summer heat.

I have been able to find a few new varieties to add to the listings from Dogwood Valley Greenhouse. Some of them include:
Coneflower – not just in pinks anymore! I now have a white one and a nice orange.
Blackberry Lily – not really a lily, but actually a little iris, is a summer charmer
Daylilies – I love the little bicolor orange & red, as well as several with red throats or markings. Unfortunately they are out of bloom now, but their photos give you a good idea of their colors so you can add now and enjoy next summer.

And for your herb garden, I have a few new offerings:

Large basil container – a one gallon pot containing 2 green and 2 purple basil plants, ready to harvest and enjoy this evening!
Elderberry bush – berries may have anti-inflammatory, antiviral, and anticancer properties.
I have also made available several of the “old favorites” from last year, such as Greek oregano and various thymes and mints.

Lastly, the “fresh-cuts” are now available in limited quantities. Why buy fresh-cut herbs from Dogwood Valley Greenhouse?
1. All “fresh-cut herbs” are just that – cut the morning of market day, before the weather is too hot, increasing the flavor.
2. I discard the larger stems. Hence you get a lot more usable leaves and tender shoots than you might find elsewhere.
3. My herbs are organically grown, although I do not list them as “organic” because of the expenses involved with the certification process.
4. I never spray my herbs with any pesticide stronger than Insecticidal Soap, and that only very sparingly. You’re not eating chemicals. Hence you should be sure to wash your herbs before use, in case there might be a six-legged hitchhiker in the bag.

(Top, L to R): Coneflowers in several colors; Hen & Chickens.
(2nd Row, L to R): Blackberry Lily; Daylilies in several colors; Basil Container.
(3rd Row, L to R): Greek Oregano; Thymes and Mints in several flavors.
(Bottom, L to R): Several fresh-cut herbs (Emglish thyme, lavender, Orange mint).

Frontier Family Farm has added two types of new potatoes to the market.

Solace Farm has added a new scent of Goat Milk Soap (sandalwood vanilla) in two types (celtic knot and bar).

Triple T Farms has processed a beef animal and increased their listed market inventory.

Ground Beef and Chuck Roast, grass-fed.

Some of the stars of the season at Dogwood Valley Greenhouse are:

(Top, L to R): Toad Lily, Chocolate (and several other) Mint, Coneflowers in several colors.
(Bottom, L to R): Painted Fern, Plumbago, and Yarrows in several colors.

(L to R)
(Top) Small Broccoli Heads; Pickling Cucumbers; and Onions “Candy.”
(Middle) Squashes “Flying Saucer,” “Straight Neck,” and “Sunburst.” (Bottom) Squashes “White Scallop” and “Zephyr.”

Frontier Family Farm has added blueberries and green beans. They will sell out fast, so get yours soon!

Triple T Farms has added Grass-fed Brisket.

Solace Farm Homestead has a variety of animals – chickens, geese, turkeys, ducks, Scottish Highland cattle, goats, alpacas, sheep, a miniature horse, bees, dogs and cats. We do virtually everything by hand here, from growing corn to grinding it into cornflour, spinning yarn, tanning goatskin, butchering goats, splitting firewood, making pasta, laundry soap, granola, etc. We are dedicated to meeting as much of our own needs as possible, then providing excess to our local customers.

Our farm is located on a reclaimed stripmine, gardening in raised beds made with reclaimed cinder blocks and filled with leaf mulch, old hay, compost, and a variety of manures. We are Certified Naturally Grown, and therefore follow all organic guidelines. For bug control, we utilize the poultry as much as possible as well as garlic and Neem oil sprays and hand-picking. We have a large unheated hoophouse for winter growing, enabling us to have greens, carrots, beets, etc. most or all of the year. We share our strawberries and garlic on the market, as well as herbs year-round. I often have other produce.

We currently have around 40 duck hens and a few drakes, as well as Scottish Highland beef available most of the year. We never use any hormones, and only use antibiotics in medical situations. We never feed grain – only grass, hay and mineral supplements, with a protein supplement in winter.

We also have alpacas, and I do all the processing of raw fleece and spinning of yarn myself.

I also make lotion bars, body butters, and deodorants, and soaps both vegetable-oil based and goat’s milk, in both scented and unscented varieties. I source my supplies from reliable sources, and buy organic as much as possible.