Archive | July, 2008

Bertha’s Burstin’ Loaves bursting with…

While our garden may not be much to look at due to a fair amount of rain and not enough weeding, we have found some nuggets that should tantalize your tastebuds. It seems our Vidalia onion sets did quite well! As I write, Katrina and Rachael are roasting up the onions we harvested yesterday from [...]

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PEEKABOO!

Dear Friends and Family, PEEKABOO! My daughter, Eva, and her friend, love coming to the market and play. Last Saturday they set up their own “fort” underneath one of the tables. It is this type of family, fun, and relational atmosphere that makes the Harrisonburg Downtown Farmers Market and the Staunton Farmers Market such a [...]

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Local, Worry-Free, Meal

You may have heard that cilantro and jalapeño peppers are now on the salmonella “watch list”. One thing you can be pretty sure of, the people from Las Vegas and other areas who got infected probably didn’t buy their produce from the Downtown Harrisonburg Farmers Market. See: http://www.signonsandiego.com/news/state/20080710-1117-nv-salmonella-vegas.html. So rest easy and buy a loaf [...]

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Sweet Honey from the Glen

We have heard bits and pieces of why locally raised honey is better but we would like to hear from you. There’s the word that the stuff in the supermarket has been “stretched” with some kind of evil sweetener or that locally grown honey is helpful against allergies, but all I know is that it [...]

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