Good afternoon!

Andra from Sow’s Ear Piggery sends the following note:

Sow’s Ear Piggery wants to give a heads up to customers: if you anticipate wanting pork products in the next 2 weeks, please place your order this week to cover our absence the following week. Products come frozen for use at your convenience. As always, our pork is non-GMO, non-antibiotic, non-soy. We will be back on the market in October.

The market is open as usual, and will remain open for your orders till Tuesday at 10 pm. If you have already placed your order, you may place a second one to add pork products to your order (or for any other reason). The software will do all the paperwork for us.

(Clockwise from upper left) Breakfast Sausage, Tenderized Cutlet, Thick Cut Pork Chops, Kabob/Stew Cubed Shoulder.


See you on Thursday!

Blessings,
Linda & Michael

Here is the complete list for this week.

Good morning!

Did you know that by ordering on the locallygrown market, you are virtually assured of receiving the “cream of the crop” from each farmer? You will receive the best products picked and made with pride especially for YOU! You can’t get any fresher and higher quality than that! Thank you for supporting your local farmers and small businessmen and women.

The market is open as usual, and will remain open for your orders till Tuesday at 10 pm.

Please be sure to read the section of the page entitled “Important Ordering and Pickup Information.”

Farm News of the Week

Diana from Cindy’s Suds in Manchester writes:
Years ago, my sister, Cindy, decided to make her own laundry soap because she wasn’t interested in all the “smells and bells” of most commercial laundry detergent. She tried several recipes and found the one she liked the best. She would make it for herself and our parents. My dad started calling it “Cindy Suds” in her honor. Recently, I started to make it using her favorite recipe. Cindy Suds is bottled in clean, reused, half gallon and gallon plastic containers. For more information, please check out Cindy Suds on the market under “Home & Garden Supplies,” send an e-mail to CindyLaundrySuds@gmail.com, or call (931) 570-1240. Trial sizes of Cindy Suds will be available for one dollar at market pick-up this Thursday. Hope to see you there!!

Amy from Solace Farm in Coalmont writes:
I’ve added a shampoo bar, a new formula that I am really loving. I’ve listed a feminine fragrance, with a unisex version coming as soon as it finishes curing. I’ve also added some handmade reusable, recycled shopping bags made from feed sacks. These are super-sturdy and attractive, and they’re in the Household Items under Handmade Items.

Catherine from Flying S Farms in Woodbury sends the following message:
Fall is in the air we adding several Pumpkin items; Pumpkin Breads with Cranberries and nuts or plain. Pumpkin Bars with Belgium Dark Chips with or without nuts. Also delicious Pumpkin Cookies.

Spice things up with our Hot Peppers, Red or Orange Habanero, Scott Bonnets (aka Jamaican Hot Pepper) Fatali, Thai, Anaheim Green Chili, Jalapeño, Poblano and Cayenne, be sure to check our posting to see what is coming in.

And for a short time we will have Pullet eggs.

(Clockwise from upper left) Pumpkin Bread with Cranberries, Pumpkin Bars with Chocolate Chips, Habanero Orange Peppers, and Anaheim Green Chile Peppers.

Good morning!

Did you know that by ordering on the locallygrown market, you are virtually assured of receiving the “cream of the crop” from each farmer? You will receive the best products picked and made with pride especially for YOU! You can’t get any fresher and higher quality than that! Thank you for supporting your local farmers and small businessmen and women.

The market is open as usual, and will remain open for your orders till Tuesday at 10 pm.

Please be sure to read the section of the page entitled “Important Ordering and Pickup Information.”

Farm News of the Week

Good morning!

Did you know that by ordering on the locallygrown market, you are virtually assured of receiving the “cream of the crop” from each farmer? You will receive the best products picked and made with pride especially for YOU! You can’t get any fresher and higher quality than that! Thank you for supporting your local farmers and small businessmen and women.

The market is open as usual, and will remain open for your orders till Tuesday at 10 pm.

This week our very busy farmers haven’t had time to share their weekly news with me, and I haven’t had time to look through the entire list to see if anyone has any new items. So sorry. Please take the time to shop your favorite categories on the market. And then, if you possibly can, check out one more category and see if you can find something new and interesting to try.

Please be sure to read the section of the page entitled “Important Ordering and Pickup Information.”

Good afternoon!

There is still time to order a wide selection of farm-fresh local products from our market! We have lots of items just waiting to see you on Thursday!

This evening I would like to encourage you to recruit a new customer for us. Tell them to mention your name at pickup on Thursday, and you will receive a credit on your next order equal to 10% of their order this week! Is that clear as mud? Talk to us on Thursday and we’ll explain it. We would also like to give you some business cards to share with your friends. But the offer begins now.

Thanks for helping us to make your market ever bigger and better!

Good morning!

Did you know that by ordering on the locallygrown market, you are virtually assured of receiving the “cream of the crop” from each farmer? You will receive the best products picked and made with pride especially for YOU! You can’t get any fresher and higher quality than that! Thank you for supporting your local farmers and small businessmen and women.

The market is open as usual, and will remain open for your orders till Tuesday at 10 pm.

Please be sure to read the section of the page entitled “Important Ordering and Pickup Information.”

Farm News of the Week

(L to R) Bulk Garlic CNG, Fig Leaves, Small Natural Sheep Wool Pillow, Deodorant.

Flying S Farms in Woodbury has added ‘Jade’ Stringless Beans, and Erdmann Farm has added “Yaya” Carrots.

Good morning!

Did you know that by ordering on the locallygrown market, you are virtually assured of receiving the “cream of the crop” from each farmer? You will receive the best products picked and made with pride especially for YOU! You can’t get any fresher and higher quality than that! Thank you for supporting your local farmers and small businessmen and women.

The market is open as usual, and will remain open for your orders till Tuesday at 10 pm.

Please be sure to read the section of the page entitled “Important Ordering and Pickup Information.”

Farm News of the Week

(L to R) Artisan Bread Loaf, Fresh Local Brown Eggs.

Flying S Farms in Woodbury has added some new items to the market:

(Clockwise from upper left) ‘Jade’ Stringless Beans,

Good morning!

Did you know that by ordering on the locallygrown market, you are virtually assured of receiving the “cream of the crop” from each farmer? You will receive the best products picked and made with pride especially for YOU! You can’t get any fresher and higher quality than that! Thank you for supporting your local farmers and small businessmen and women.

The market is open as usual, and will remain open for your orders till Tuesday at 10 pm.

Please be sure to read the section of the page entitled “Important Ordering and Pickup Information.”

Farm News of the Week

Erdmann Farm has returned to the market, and has added Burgundy Okra, “Marketmore 76” Cucumbers, “Anaheim” and “Islander” Peppers.

Dogwood Valley Greenhouse is still awash in color, and your perennial garden can be colorful in August too! Carefully consider sequence of bloom when you select new plants. Try adding a couple of these to make the sunny areas colorful in late summer: Carnations, Coneflowers, and Gauras, all of which will bloom all summer; also Daylilies, Pincushion Flower, and Tradescantia, all of which bloom earlier in the season and then return for an August encore.

For the shady areas, you might try some of these beauties: Species begonias, Toad Lily, and Plumbago, all to be accented with various shades of colorful foliage of Coral Bells and Hosta. We also have some very nice late-blooming azalea bushes which are not listed on the market. If you’re interested in these, please drop me an email at tnhomeschooler@yahoo.com .

Still waiting their turn to bloom are the Anemones, Asters, and Sedums. All are spectacular in an early fall garden.

If you haven’t tried some of these beauties, you owe it to your perennial garden to add a few now! All are available on the market from Dogwood Valley Greenhouse. Late summer is a fine time to transplant flowering perennials, if you are diligent to keep them well-watered during our traditionally drier August.

(Clockwise from upper left) Gaura, Hardy Begonia Species, Coral Bells, Dwarf Red Carnation.

Good morning!

Did you know that by ordering on the locallygrown market, you are virtually assured of receiving the “cream of the crop” from each farmer? You will receive the best products picked and made with pride especially for YOU! You can’t get any fresher and higher quality than that! Thank you for supporting your local farmers and small businessmen and women.

The market is open as usual, and will remain open for your orders till Tuesday at 10 pm.

Please be sure to read the section of the page entitled “Important Ordering and Pickup Information.”

Farm News of the Week

(Clockwise from upper left) Peach-Mango Habanero Jam; Mango Habanero BBQ Sauce; Carrot-Habanero Hot Sauce; Carrot-Habanero Hot Sauce, Caribbean Style.


From Andra at Sow’s Ear Piggery:
We are very happy to share some new cuts with our latest pork order. I need more time to sort through the total order in terms of number and weight of cuts, so this week we are offering a limited quantity of these new items: tenderized pork cutlet (great for chicken-fried pork or pork parmigiana; cubed shoulder (for stew or kabobs); and thick-cut pork chops (with or without extra fat cap). We also have ground pork (versatile cut for burgers, meatlballs, or in a sauce over pasta); mild and spicy breakfast sausage (great on nachos too!); and pork shoulder for smoked, pulled BBQ. As always, our products are from pasture-raised pigs, non-GMO, never fed antibiotics animal by-products, or growth supplements.

(Clockwise from upper left) Tenderized Pork Cutlet, Cubed Pork Shoulder, Ground Pork, Thick Cut Pork Chops.


Flying S Farms has added some jams and jellies.

(L to R) Peach Jam, Green Garlic

Native Fare has added some new vegetables in place of some that are finished. Don’t forget to order their yummy blueberries, available both fresh and as a Fresh Blueberry Crumble Pie!

(Top) Kennebac NEW Potatoes, Duke & Northland Highbush Blueberries.
(2nd row) Blueberry Crumble Pie, Fresh Basil.
(3rd row) Skiitake Mushrooms, Zinnias in a Mason Jar.
(Bottom) Oyster Mushrooms, Goat’s Milk Fudge.


Wayne Diller added White Fingerling Potatoes.

Is your garden looking a little tired & drab? Does it need some colorful perennials? Dogwood Valley Greenhouse plants are available all year round, unlike the box stores. And I pay special attention to sequence of bloom when I add new plants to the market. Right now I have several in bloom, including the “old reliable” carnations, which have bloomed all summer. These garden carnations have shorter stems and smaller blooms than the florist types, but they bloom prolifically, and their scent is heavenly! I have restocked several types of Coneflowers, and although these plants are young and small, they have been blooming very nicely for most of the summer. Some of the reblooming daylilies, as well as Pincushion Flower and Tradescantia, are back in bloom after a short rest. The gauras aren’t prolific bloomers, but their delicate dancing flowers will continue all summer till frost. The less common Species begonias are just coming into bloom now in the shady greenhouse. These are native to this area, but I cannot tell whether they are true perennials, or whether their prolific self-seeding is the reason I have them every year. I also currently have Toad Lily and Plumbago in bloom, more shade-lovers whose blooms are sure signs of shortening daylength. Coral bells are also very colorful in the late summer shadey garden, with bright foliage color choices between lime green and burgundy, some with striking markings. Still waiting their turn to bloom are the Anemones, Asters, and Sedums. If you haven’t tried some of these beauties, you owe it to your perennial garden to add a few now!

(Clockwise from upper left) Pincushion Flower, Tradescantia, Plumbago (Leadwort).

Good afternoon!

My apologies to Andra Martens and to the gentle reader for omitting some very important news from Sow’s Ear Piggery.
Here is Andra’s announcement:

Farm News of the Week

This week, purchase any pork product from Sow’s Ear Piggery, and get a free sample of our sliced ham. We’ve been wet curing and smoking ham for a few years for friends and family, but are not permitted to sell without a manufacturer’s license (something under consideration). As always, our pastured pigs are raised non-GMO, without corn, soy, growth additives, or antibiotics.