Only 5 doz eggs left!!

We’re open til 8pm, and Landon Buehler has several dozen eggs available!! This sun keeps shining and we’ll be back in steady production!!

And The Farmhouse Bakery will be back from Vacation in 2 weeks!

Spring Market, and $1 off King's Chicken!

This week only – save $1 on the non-GMO canned Chicken from King’s Poultry Farm!!

And save the date! Our Spring Farmer’s Market is March 26th!! 4-7pm!! We have more vendors signed up than ever before!! And as spring approaches we’ll see the return of your favorite produce, including salad greens, microgreens, and more! :-).

Hello to our newest Market family member!

Congratulations to Rachel and Jared Lusk, who welcomed their second daughter, Jane Alisen, into the world Sunday at 7lbs 8oz!!

The long wait for big sister Rosalie was finally over!! We are so happy Mother and Baby are doing well :-)

Rachel will have much more important things to do now than make pizza crusts and bagels ;-) (and hopefully that’ll include lots of rest for Momma!)

Our Featured Vendor Tonight...

We’d driven past the gorgeous homestead on State Route 201 hundreds of times on the way to my parents, always remarking what a lovely spread – and were completely intrigued one day a few years ago when a large sign went up at the end of their drive declaring it Honey Creek Farm – Farm Stand, Open! We were vastly curious who was behind this new addition to the local food scene!

If you’ve met May Alanzi at her home farm stand, the downtown Troy farmer’s market, or one of our Night Markets at First Place, so many things are quickly evident – while she’s the least pushy and most modest vendor you may ever meet, the variety of unique goods she offers is astounding. From gangly gourds, exotic vegetables, gorgeous floral arrangements, and fragrant herbs to homemade jams (for a crazy low price, I might add), unusual baked goods and quaint carpentry projects, the woman seemingly does a bit of everything… with a knack for the most creative and unusual ideas!

When asked whether she’d always wanted to farm, she didn’t hesitate – “not necessarily”, although she always loved spending the 3 months every summer at her grandparents farm (the Honey Creek Farm where she and her husband now reside). She moved away from home, and spent a long time in New York, where she dreamed about round bale houses and being an architect while working toward her degrees in Political Science and Anthropology. Unable to completely escape that farming bug, she worked in a nursery and became a Master Gardener in order to learn as much as possible, before finally moving back home to Tipp City where her parents now lived at her grandparents farm – and still do, raising their own garden and encouraging May’s wide variety of farming and homesteading endeavors.

Her grandmother passed down a love for doing crafts, as well as a fully stocked basement with “all the supplies you could imagine” just waiting for May’s creative juices to flow. And she still loves doing woodworking in her grandpa’s workshop… “when I have time”, she admits, before laughing that she never really has time, shaking her head at herself. Surprise surprise!

Most people may expand slowly but surely – not May, having constructed her own high tunnel (think unheated greenhouse for extending your growing season) this past year and adding chickens and goats to her growing farm. I wouldn’t have thought it possible she could get more excited, yet she did when talking about the goats, saying she chose Nigerian dwarfs as they’re small (under 30”) and manageable, particularly for her two nieces whom she’s taken under her wing as apprentices the last two summers. Wanting to practice last year with just two female goats, she intends to find a buck this summer – let the breeding and continued expansion begin!

It comes as no surprise she hates asking for help (“that’s just not a good motto!”) – her independence is obvious, stating she prefers to figure things out, and “research research research”, even if it means putting 7 years worth of work into her strawbale house before ever actually beginning construction. And if you’ve had the pleasure of seeing her incredible home up close (she said yes to hosting one of our Community Potluck’s this summer!! Woohoo!!) you’d understand how awestruck I was while she nonchalantly showed me around as if it were ordinary for people to not only draft and design their own home, using the most natural of resources, but document and photograph the entire project down to the minutest detail, with the thought of writing a book on the experience. No kidding!

Looking around open-mouthed, I kept thinking this was the kind of thing you read about in books, wondering how these people actually pull off something so extraordinary. And she’s right in our backyard, growing vegetables for us?! What a woman! And what an asset to our Market family :-)

Eggs are Going, Going...

J & S Buehler have just added a few dozen eggs to the Market! Who will be the lucky few to grab them up?

The Farmhouse Bakery is with us Tuesday!!

How exciting – The Farmhouse Bakery will be on hand during Customer Pick-up Tuesday with all kinds of samples and extra products for sale!!

From culinary school in Arizona to the Ritz in Naples – and aren’t we glad they’re now right here in Troy?!

We're OPEN for orders!!

We’re BACK tonight with the return of Custom-Roasted Coffee from Innisfree on the Stillwater Farm!!

Plus a new deal from King’s Poultry Farm – 4 individual-sized Pot Pies for $20!!

Plus, grab Simple Living Farm’s Spinach before it’s gone!!

The days are getting longer, and we’ll soon see the steady return of Eggs, and Davidson Family Grower’s Greens!! Woohoo!! ;-)

Baked Goods in honor of Maple Syrup Season!!!

While Braden of Sugar Grove Maple Products is well under way tapping trees and collecting sap…

3 Customer Favorites are BACK, from 6635 StudeBaker!

Maple Buttermilk Bread, Maple Pecan Cookies, and Maple Sugar Scones, oh my!!! :-)

Stevia Sweetened Desserts from The Farmhouse Bakery!

The Farmhouse Bakery just added new PIES and MUFFINS, as delicious as they are beautiful, to the Market!!

And best of all… there’s NO ADDED SUGAR in any of them! Gently sweetened with Stevia, these delicacies are a MUST!! ;-)

If you typically stick with Sugar Free items, let us know – they’re able to bake to your preferences :-)

Organic Ground Beef, Meat Specials, and a Giveaway!!

We’re open tonight with the return of favorite products, new specials, and a Giveaway!!

Here’s a deal from King’s Poultry – Receive a free reusable King’s Poultry tote with any $30 Market purchase (that includes 1 King’s Poultry product)!

And Bair Trax Dairy is back with their Ground Beef from their Certified Organic dairy cows!!

The Buehler Family has MANY different Specials on their Beef and Pork this week!!

And check out the Sale on Certified Organic Backs and Gizzards from Michael’s Pastured Poultry!