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New Vegetables on the Market!


The summer bounty increases! Frontier Family Farm has listed some new vegetables on the market! You will find salad/slicing Cucumbers,“Carmen” sweet green peppers, and “Better Boy” table tomatoes. All are raised hydroponically and organically (uncertified). If you have already placed your order for this week, you may order again with no problems.

Please remember to place your market order very soon. This week’s market will close for ordering at 10 a.m. tomorrow (Wed), for delivery fresh from local farms on Thursday. Don’t forget all our yummy vegetables, eggs, creamline milk, and new perennial plants & hanging baskets!

Pickup will be at Square Books, 113 E. Main St, Manchester, from 3:00-4:30 on Thursday. Please e-mail me or call (931) 273-9708 if you would prefer to pick up on Friday morning between 10 am and 1 pm.

Thanks for your orders last week! Please encourage your local friends and family to shop with us and support local farmers!

Here is the complete list for this week. See you on Thursday!

~ Linda

How to contact us:
On Facebook
By e-mail
By phone: (931) 273-9708
On Thursdays: Here’s a map.

It's Time to Order from Manchester Locally Grown Farmers' Market


Manchester Locally Grown online farmers’ market is now open for ordering. The summertime bounty continues, with vegetables, bakery goods, herbs & spices, milk, eggs, and live plants on the market this week. Take a look at our offering and support your friends and neighbors who produce these quality items on their own farms. Remember: ordering will close on Wednesday at 10 a.m.


(L to R) ‘Cylindra’ Beets from Solace Farm; Stonehead Cabbage from White City Produce & Greenhouses; Apricot Nectar Cake from Debbie’s Delites; Bright Pink Coneflower Plant from Dogwood Valley Greenhouse; Molasses Cookies from Brooks Girls Cookie Creation.


REMEMBER—

Double-check your order placement. If you place an order and you do NOT receive an Order Confirmation e-mail within several minutes… you do NOT have a successfully placed order! Try logging back in and see if there is anything in your cart. If so, press the Place Your Order button; then you should receive an e-mail to confirm the order. If you are having problems with an order, e-mail us so we can help you get the order you want: tnhomeschooler@yahoo.com


We’ll see you for pickup of your order on Thursday between 3:00 and 4:30 at Square Books, 113 E Main, Manchester. We can also hold your order in the refrigerator for you till Friday morning, if that’s more convenient for you. Just call (931) 273-9708 if you prefer to utilize this free service. Square Books will be open on Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Thanks so much for your support of Manchester Locally Grown Market, all of our growers, local food, and our right to eat it. Don’t forget to spread the word about our wonderful market to everyone you know.

~ Linda

Here is the complete list for this week.

How to contact us:

On Facebook
By e-mail
By phone: (931) 273-9708
On Thursdays: Here’s a map.

Just a Short Time Left to Order!


Please remember to place your market order very soon. This week’s market will close for ordering at 10 a.m. tomorrow (Wed), for delivery fresh from local farms on Thursday. Don’t forget all our yummy vegetables, eggs, creamline milk, and new perennial plants & hanging baskets!

Pickup will be at Square Books, 113 E. Main St, Manchester, from 3:00-4:30 on Thursday. Please e-mail me or call (931) 273-9708 if you would prefer to pick up on Friday morning between 10 am and 1 pm.

Thanks for your orders last week! Please encourage your local friends and family to shop with us and support local farmers!

Here is the complete list for this week. See you on Thursday!

~ Linda

How to contact us:
On Facebook
By e-mail
By phone: (931) 273-9708
On Thursdays: Here’s a map.

It's Time to Order from Manchester Locally Grown Farmers' Market


This weekend I had the privilege of attendig a Farm-to-Table event in Winchester. It was amazing to see all those people enjoying a meal which had been prepared using all local products. We don’t need supermarkets when we have so many great local farmers!

Manchester Locally Grown online farmers’ market is now open for ordering. 32 types of summer vegetables, 47 types of bakery goods, and 30 types of herbs & spices, as well as milk, eggs, and live plants, are on the market this week. Take a look at our offering and support your friends and neighbors who produce these quality items on their own farms. Remember: ordering will close on Wednesday at 10 a.m.


(L to R) Grape tomato “Smarty” and Fresh-cut Zinnias from White City Produce & Greenhouses; Pink Anemone plant and Dwarf Red Carnation plant from Dogwood Valley Greenhouse; Granola “Berry-Berry” from Triple B Farms


REMEMBER—

Double-check your order placement. If you place an order and you do NOT receive an Order Confirmation e-mail within several minutes… you do NOT have a successfully placed order! Try logging back in and see if there is anything in your cart. If so, press the Place Your Order button; then you should receive an e-mail to confirm the order. If you are having problems with an order, e-mail us so we can help you get the order you want: tnhomeschooler@yahoo.com


We’ll see you for pickup of your order on Thursday between 3:00 and 4:30 at Square Books, 113 E Main, Manchester. We can also hold your order in the refrigerator for you till Friday morning, if that’s more convenient for you. Just call (931) 273-9708 if you prefer to utilize this free service. Square Books will be open on Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Thanks so much for your support of Manchester Locally Grown Market, all of our growers, local food, and our right to eat it. Don’t forget to spread the word about our wonderful market to everyone you know.

~ Linda

Here is the complete list for this week.

How to contact us:

On Facebook
By e-mail
By phone: (931) 273-9708
On Thursdays: Here’s a map.

Just a Short Time Left to Order!


Please remember to place your market order very soon. This week’s market will close for ordering at 10 a.m. tomorrow (Wed), for delivery fresh from local farms on Thursday. Don’t forget all our yummy vegetables, eggs, creamline milk, and new perennial plants & hanging baskets!

Pickup will be at Square Books, 113 E. Main St, Manchester, from 3:00-4:30 on Thursday. Please e-mail me or call (931) 273-9708 if you would prefer to pick up on Friday morning between 10 am and 1 pm.

Thanks for your orders last week! Please encourage your local friends and family to shop with us and support local farmers!

Here is the complete list for this week. See you on Thursday!

~ Linda

How to contact us:
On Facebook
By e-mail
By phone: (931) 273-9708
On Thursdays: Here’s a map.

It's Time to Order from Manchester Locally Grown Farmers' Market


Manchester Locally Grown online farmers’ market is now open for ordering. Perennial, fern, house, shrub, & herb plants; chicken & duck eggs; herbal & handmade products; popcorn, sunflower seeds, & granola; pies, cakes & cookies; fresh & dried herbs are available this week.

Summer vegetables are at their best, with beans, beets, cabbage, carrots, corn, cucumbers, eggplant, garlic, lettuce, okra, onions, peppers, yellow & zucchini squash, and tomatoes all on the market.

Take a look at our offerings and support your friends and neighbors who produce these quality items on their own farms. Remember: ordering will close on Wednesday at 10 a.m.

White Half-runner Beans, Cherokee Purple heirloom tomato, yellow crookneck squash, & Jalapeno pepper from White City Produce & Greenhouses; Mixed lettuce from Frontier Family Farm


REMEMBER—

Double-check your order placement. If you place an order and you do NOT receive an Order Confirmation e-mail within several minutes… you do NOT have a successfully placed order! Try logging back in and see if there is anything in your cart. If so, press the Place Your Order button; then you should receive an e-mail to confirm the order. If you are having problems with an order, e-mail us so we can help you get the order you want: tnhomeschooler@yahoo.com


We’ll see you for pickup of your order on Thursday between 3:00 and 4:30 at Square Books, 113 E Main, Manchester. We can also hold your order in the refrigerator for you till Friday morning, if that’s more convenient for you. Just call (931) 273-9708 if you prefer to utilize this free service. Square Books will be open on Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Thanks so much for your support of Manchester Locally Grown Market, all of our growers, local food, and our right to eat it. Don’t forget to spread the word about our wonderful market to everyone you know.

~ Linda

Here is the complete list for this week.

How to contact us:

On Facebook
By e-mail
By phone: (931) 273-9708
On Thursdays: Here’s a map.

Manchester Locally Grown Farmers' Market Closed


Manchester Locally Grown online farmers’ market will be closed this week and next, while I’m on vacation. Have a great couple of weeks, and look for a market announcement on Sunday morning, July 27.

Just a Short Time Left to Order!


Please remember to place your market order very soon. This week’s market will close for ordering at 10 a.m. tomorrow (Wed), for delivery fresh from local farms on Thursday. Don’t forget all our yummy vegetables, eggs, creamline milk, and new perennial plants & hanging baskets!

Pickup will be at Square Books, 113 E. Main St, Manchester, from 3:00-4:30 on Thursday. Please e-mail me or call (931) 273-9708 if you would prefer to pick up on Friday morning between 10 am and 1 pm.

Thanks for your orders last week! Please encourage your local friends and family to shop with us and support local farmers!

Here is the complete list for this week. See you on Thursday!

~ Linda

How to contact us:
On Facebook
By e-mail
By phone: (931) 273-9708
On Thursdays: Here’s a map.

Market News


Manchester Locally Grown online farmers’ market is now open for ordering. Vegetables, plants, eggs, herbal & handmade products, popcorn & granola, desserts, & sunflower seeds are available this week. Take a look at our offerings and support your friends and neighbors who produce these quality items on their own farms. Remember: ordering will close on Wednesday at 10 a.m.

We have some additions to the products on the market this week:

  • Casey Family Farm has added a “special” – order two half-gallons of creamline milk, and you will pay a discounted price.
  • Fresh-Cut Zinnia Bouquets from White City Produce & Greenhouses
  • Several new herbs, fresh-cut at the farm, from a couple of our farmers.
  • Summer Bibb lettuce from Frontier Family Farms
  • Dogwood Valley Greenhouse has updated their availability list, and added some new types of lavender plants. It’s still fine to plant if you take care to water new transplants frequently and deeply.
  • Are you late planting your vegetable garden this year? No problem! Dogwood Valley Greenhouse also has is selling a good assortment of vegetable plants for the Trail Life group (similar to Boy Scouts) in Manchester. These fund-raiser vegetable plants are in good potting mix in gallon pots. The boys have tomato plants for $5 and pepper plants for $3, noticably less than the big box stores. The tomatoes are very big and strong, with some flowers. The peppers are somewhat smaller but very healthy. They have several different varieties of each. To order, e-mail me directly. I will deliver orders to this week’s market.
  • Don’t forget to watch in the next couple of weeks for the addition of products by two new farmer/producers.

  • Thanks so much for your support of Manchester Locally Grown Market, all of our growers, local food, and our right to eat it. Don’t forget to spread the word about our wonderful market to everyone you know.

    (L to R) Bibb Lettuce from Frontier Family Farms, Creamline milk in half gallons from Casey Family Farms, Small-grained Heirloom Popcorn from Wayne Diller, Fresh-Cut Zinnia Bouquet and Fresh Sage from White City Produce & Greenhouses.

    REMEMBER—

    Double-check your order placement. If you place an order and you do NOT receive an Order Confirmation e-mail within several minutes… you do NOT have a successfully placed order! Try logging back in and see if there is anything in your cart. If so, press the Place Your Order button; then you should receive an e-mail to confirm the order. If you are having problems with an order, e-mail us so we can help you get the order you want: tnhomeschooler@yahoo.com

    We’ll see you for pickup of your order on Thursday between 3:00 and 4:30 at Square Books, 113 E Main, Manchester. We can also hold your order in the refrigerator for you till Friday morning, if that’s more convenient for you. Just call (931) 273-9708 if you prefer to utilize this free service. Square Books will be open on Friday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

    ~ Linda

    Here is the complete list for this week.

    How to contact us:

    On Facebook
    By e-mail
    By phone: (931) 273-9708
    On Thursdays: Here’s a map.

    It's Time to Order from Manchester Locally Grown Farmers' Market


    Good morning! We hope you had a wonderful time these last few days, celebrating our country’s birthday.

    It’s time to place your weekly order from Manchester Locally Grown online farmers’ market. Go here to see all the products available this week from our local farmers.

    I will send a message containing this week’s news this afternoon. Running a little behind this weekend.

    ~ Linda