Wednesday, August 26, 2015

Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market: August 26th Market Report


It's Market Wednesday and a great day to visit Uptown Westerville! Yep, today is the definitive farm fresh day! Partly cloudy skies, temperatures in the low 70s, medium range humidity, and a light breeze. (Is this really August???)

This week's vendor line-up: Fox Hollow Farm, Branstool Orchards, Pleiades Maple Products, Miss Cristy's Bakery, Sweet Thing Gourmet, Montezuma Sauces and Salsas, Sugar B Bakery, Kokoborrego Cheese Co./Sippel Family Farm, Malabar Peach and Apple Orchard, J-Pops, Bridgman Farm, Lona Belle's Home Baked Goods, Doran's Family Farm, Ohio Farm Direct, Flying J Farm, Bird's Haven Farms.

This week's community partner is Westerville Public Library!

We will not see Annabelle's Blooms this week, but Anna Brown will return next week with her beautiful cut flowers.

Browse. Visit. Taste. Shop. Enjoy.

Home grown. Home made. All Ohio. 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. Each Wednesday through October 28th @ N. State and E. Home.

See you at the market!

Pictured: Cherry Tomatoes from Bird's Haven Farms.

Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market: August 19th Market Report


It's Market Wednesday in Uptown Westerville! We expect to see a beautiful, hot and humid, typical August afternoon today. And, we are hoping those southwestern breezes in the forecast are consistent!

Browse. Visit. Taste. Shop. Enjoy.

Today's vendor line-up: Bird's Haven Farms, Fox Hollow Farms, Branstool Orchards, The Blueberry Patch, Miss Cristy's Bakery, Sweet Thing Gourmet, Montezuma Sauces and Salsas, Sugar B Bakery, Kokoborrego Cheese Co./Sippel Family Farm, Annabelle's Blooms, J-Pops, Bridgman Farm, Lona Belle's Home Baked Goods, Doran's Family Farm, Ohio Farm Direct, Flying J Farm.

This week's community partner is Westerville Electric Division.

Pleiades Maple Products will not be at market today due to outside temperatures (90° or more too hot for maple syrup and sugar products).

Malabar Peach and Apple Orchard is an outside possibility today. We aren't expecting Mike, but have a place for him just in case.

What can you find on Market Wednesday this week? Delicious, grown under the Ohio sun in rich Ohio soil - fresh-picked produce including sweet corn, tomatoes, peppers, onions, kale, blueberries, cucumbers, squash varieties, peaches, melons, and apples, cheese (sheep's milk and cow's milk), pie (that's right, we said pie!), empanadas, tartlettes, fresh-baked bread and bagels, cookies, coffee breads, moon pies, fruit ice pops in fabulous flavors, meats and poultry, and fresh eggs.

Stay cool, today!

Each Wednesday, from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. @ N. State and E. Home through October 28th.

See you at the market!

Pictured: Heirloom tomatoes from Bridgman Farm.

Wednesday, August 12, 2015

Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market: August 12th Market Report


Hokey Smokes! What a great stretch of beautiful summer weather. We deserve it! It's a farm fresh Market Wednesday in Uptown Westerville!

Browse. Visit. Taste. Shop. Enjoy.

This week's Market Wednesday line-up: Flying J Farm, Bird's Haven Farms, Fox Hollow Farm, Branstool Orchards, Pleiades Maple Products, Miss Cristy's Bakery, Sweet Thing Gourmet, Montezuma Sauces and Salsas, Sugar B Bakery, Kokoborrego Cheese Co./Sippel Family Farm, Annabelle's Blooms, Malabar Peach and Apple Orchard, J-Pops, Bridgman Farm, Lona Belle's Home Baked Goods, Doran's Family Farm, Ohio Farm Direct.

This week's community partner is Westerville Police Division.

Home grown. Home made. All Ohio. Each Wednesday from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. thru October 28th @ N. State and E. Home Streets.

See you at the market!

Pictured: Bridgman Farm's awesome Sungold cherry tomatoes. (This might just be what a ray of sunshine tastes like!)


Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market: It's Farmers' Market Week!


Thank you for supporting farmers' markets!

 

Uptown Westerville Farmers' Market: August 5th Market Report


The weather forecast calls for a beautiful August Market Wednesday afternoon in Uptown Westerville. Browse. Visit. Taste. Shop. Enjoy. It's a great day to visit the market!

This week's vendor line-up: Ohio Farm Direct, Flying J Farm, Bird's Haven Farms, Fox Hollow Farm, The Blueberry Patch, Pleiades Maple Products, Miss Cristy's Bakery, Sweet Thing Gourmet, Montezuma Sauces and Salsas, Sugar B Bakery, Kokoborrego Cheese Co./Sippel Family Farm, Annabelle's Blooms, J-Pops, Bridgman Farm, Lona Belle's Home Baked Goods, Doran's Family Farm.

Branstool Orchards did not have enough peaches to come to market today, however they are selling their peaches today at the orchard store in Utica. More on their website: http://branstoolorchards.com/

We expect to see Mike Dippold of Malabar Peach and Apple, Mike says he picked about a half truck bed of peaches (that may be about 800 to 1000 pounds of peaches (a full truck bed is about 2000 pounds), so he'll have a small selection of peaches. We'll post on facebook once Mike pulls into the lot this afternoon, so check back to be sure.

This week's community partner is Westerville Senior Center.

Home grown. Home made. All Ohio. 3 p.m. to 6 p.m., each Wednesday through October 28th @ N. State and E. Home Streets in Uptown Westerville.

Have a great day! And... we'll see you at the market!

Pictured: Blueberries from The Blueberry Patch.