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From vendor features & product spotlights,
to other important information,
including reminders of market closings,
upcoming classes, and events!
BIG Congratulations are in order!!!
I am SO happy to introduce the newest addition of our ever-growing local market family!!
Levi and Jacqueline King, of King’s Poultry Farm, welcomed their fourth child into the world –
Matthew Christopher, 7lbs 3oz and 19inches long!!
CONGRATULATIONS to the entire King family, and here’s hoping little Matthew fits into the routine with his older brother and sisters seamlessly… and likes to sleep!! :-)
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And as we open, the WINNERS are...
The Gift Basket winners have been drawn, and you may pick up your prizes next week,
September 5th, from 5-7pm during our regular pick-up hours!!
CONGRATULATIONS to…
MARIA CRIST – Beef ’n Noodles Dinner Gift Basket
CRYSTAL LEONARD – Great Grillin’ Gift Basket
MARTHA PIERCE – English Tea Gift Basket
KAREN BOONE – Body Care Gift Basket
JUDY VERVALIN – Brats and Buns Dinner Gift Basket
SHERRY EDDINGFIELD – Breakfast Gift Basket
Thanks to everyone who entered, and especially thank you to all the vendors who donated the items for these incredible baskets!!
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LAST CHANCE to order for the week, and sign up for our FREE Gift Basket Giveway, OR Refer-A-Friend in time for the August drawing!
Just go to the MCLG category on The Market webpage, and enter the Gift Basket(s) of your choice to your order form!
Good Luck to everyone – see you Tuesday at pick-up!!
Adams Greenhouse and Tin Roof are BACK!
We are OPEN for orders!!
LAST CHANCE this week to enter the GIFT BASKET drawings by “ordering” any (or all!) under the MCLG category!
The six lucky winners of these FREE Gift Baskets, with an incredible assortment of our vendor products, will be drawn next week at pick-up!
And the winners will pick up their prizes the following week, on September 5th :-)
BACK on the market this week, after their trips to the area Fairs…
Adams Greenhouse with his chicken and quail eggs, as well as cucumbers and other produce!
And Tin Roof Mobile Food with their whole chickens and homegrown beef!
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Garlic Festival tomorrow!!
I hope your plans for a restful Sunday include a trip over to Bellefontaine for the annual Garlic Harvest Celebration at Jandy’s Farm, that begins at 1pm!
Jan and Andy are the epitome of ecological farmers, and their festival each summer showcases the crop for which they are best known – garlic! They grow and sell TWELVE varieties of softneck, hardneck, and rocamboles – everything from personal fave Asian Tempest (not for the faint of tastebuds!) to long-lasting Siberian and mild, kid-friendly Silver White. You’ll find plenty of unusual varieties such as local cultivar Peach Mountain – and be sure to pick up their handy cheat sheet, Growing Great Garlic!
Not only will Jan and Andy have their garlic for sale, but they’re joined by other local food and craft vendors for a unique event, complete with a folksy string band sure to have you tapping your toes! The garlic-inspired burgers and popcorn are always a hit ?
The celebration also has an intimate feel, as you’ll meander through their farm’s lovely vegetable and flower gardens… always well-maintained, always flourishing, always inspiring! We took one look at the way they made a tunnel with bent cattle panels that allowed their sour gherkins plenty of room to grow on the neat trellis, and we just had to replicate it at home – we’ve used that “tunnel trellis” for pole beans, cucumbers, and peas with much success!
Visit their listing on www.localharvest.org under Jandy’s Farm, their Facebook page at Jandy’s Farm, email janandy1988@yahoo.com or call (937)468-2853… 3624 Township Road 136, Bellefontaine OH. Just please remember, this is their home! They simply ask – NO PETS PLEASE, respect the garden paths, and supervise your children!
And there’s still plenty of time to place your market order for the week before we close Sunday at 8pm!
Bair Trax Dairy will be on hand during customer pick-up Tuesday evening with yummy samples and info on their Certified Organic farm!
And DON’T FORGET to “order” and enter the drawing for our market Gift Baskets under the MCLG category – Good Luck to everyone who has entered thus far!?
www.miamicounty.locallygrown.net!
News from Mainstreet Piqua on tomorrow's Duck Drop!
Last chance to participate in Piqua’s annual Duck Drop!! Here’s the news from Mainstreet Piqua…
“The Rockin’ River Duck Drop will be held this Saturday, August 19th in downtown Piqua. The duck drop is a race of rubber ducks down the Miami River. The duck drop takes place right before the last Rock Piqua Riverfront Concert of 2017. The theme for this free concert is country and will have music from Piqua’s own ReFlektion and Clark Manson. This FREE concert starts at 7pm with Reflektion and Clark Manson should start around 9pm. Featured beers for the event will be Bud, Bud Light and a selection of Warped Wing Brewing Company beers.
There are prizes for the 1st, 2nd, 3rd and last and lazy duck. Mainstreet Piqua hosts a variety of events including Taste of the Arts, the Piqua Community Farmers Market, and Christmas on the Green. We are down on duck sales this year – which means your chance to win is higher than ever before! Ducks can be adopted on the Mainstreet Piqua website: http://mainstreetpiqua.com/adopt-a-duck/.
These are the prizes this year:
1st Place – $1000 Cash (Donated by Unity National Bank)
2nd Place – $500 Landscaping Makeover (Donated by Lillicrap Mulch & Timber Services)
3rd Place – $250 Shopping spree at Barclay’s Men’s-Women’s Clothier
Last and Lazy Duck – $400 Recliner (Donated by Town & Country Furniture)
You can adopt a Single Duck for $5, a Quack Pack (6 ducks) for $25 and the Grand Quack (25 ducks) for $100! Feel free to pass this email along to other Piqua and Miami County residents you think would enjoy this “quacktastic” event!
Lots of love + quacks to you all!"
New products added to the Gift Baskets!
How can you have a good burger without cheese? So Covington Cheese Co. added her raw milk cheese to our Great Grillin’ gift basket!
And Mother Suds Soap Co. thought the Body Care Product basket was incomplete for summer without a travel-sized tin of Baby’s Bottom Salve – with so many uses, you’ll find it indispensable, whether or not you have kids (or grandbabies!)
Happy Shopping – and here’s hoping for beautiful weather as you head to the farmer’s markets tomorrow morning!
We are OPEN for orders with Gift Baskets and New Products!!
New this week -
More delicious produce, from apples and pumpkins to black tomatoes and fennel!
Pumpkin muffins and granola, snickerdoodle cookies, cotton candy fudge, and a sale on Organic pasta!
Plus new rustic crackers compliment our SIX types of artisan raw milk cheeses, including Asiago, Brie, Swiss, and Farm Fresh Cheddar!! How can you go wrong with cheese and crackers?!
And SPECIALS this week on Swamp Rot soap, Normandy herbal cheese mix, and Taste of Italy blend! Something for everyone, whether sweaty, hungry, or both :-)
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Enjoy the Fair!
What a beautiful day to enjoy the Miami County Fair!
Be sure to stop by Tin Roof Mobile Food and Adams Greenhouse at the Fair – they’ll soon be back with us on the Virtual Market!
So glad to have Mother Suds Soap Co. back this week, especially with that ultimate summer essential, Baby’s Bottom Salve – in a travel tin!
Hope to see you at pick-up Tuesday, when Amber Lange, Rosebud’s Ranch and Garden, will be my volunteer at pickup – she’ll have a variety of delicious products for you to sample and enjoy!
The market closes TONIGHT at 8pm!!
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Enter our Gift Basket Giveaway!
Miami County Locally Grown opened back in August last year –
and in honor of our stellar first year of operation, the Virtual Market vendors have put together a collection of incredible Gift Baskets we are going to GIVE AWAY,
as a THANK YOU to our wonderful customers!
No catch, folks – you have TWO MARKET WEEKS (from Tuesday August 15th to Sunday August 27th) to enter the drawing for the Gift Basket of your choice… or enter the drawing for each!
Look for the NEW category, MCLG, on The Market webpage :-)
When you “order” a Gift Basket, your name will be entered in the drawing for that Basket – and we will draw the WINNERS at pick-up on TUESDAY AUGUST 29th!
Winners will be congratulated on the weblog as we open the market that night, and also reminded via email that they can pick up their Gift Basket the following Tuesday, SEPTEMBER 5TH, during our regular pick-up hours from 5-7pm.
ANY CUSTOMER WHO HAS PLACED AT LEAST ONE MARKET ORDER FROM JUNE 13th TO AUGUST 27th IS ELIGIBLE TO ENTER… SO be sure to place your market order this week to ensure your eligibility!
Up for grabs are the following:
BREAKFAST SAMPLER GIFT BASKET –
4pk Sausage Patties – Phil and Matt Buehler
Cheese – Covington Cheese Co.
Biscuits OR English Muffins (customer preference!) – 6635 StudeBaker
1 Dozen Pastured Eggs – Adams Greenhouse
4pk Granola Bars – A Taste of Sugar Bakery
8oz Maple Syrup – Sugar Grove Maple Products
BEEF ‘N NOODLES DINNER GIFT BASKET –
28oz Canned Beef – Ike Family Farm
1lb Egg-less Noodles – Jeanne’s Kitchen
Marble Potato Mix – D and D Potato
Sweet Onions – Simple Living Farm
Lettuce – Davidson Family Growers
Ranch Dressing Mix – McGuffey Herb and Spice Co.
ENGLISH TEA GIFT BASKET –
Scones – 6635 StudeBaker
English Spice Tea – McGuffey Herb and Spice Co.
8oz Honey Bear – Pumpkin Patch
Streusel Coffee Cake – Sugar Pie Bakery
BRATS AND BUNS DINNER GIFT BASKET –
4pk Beef Brats – J and S Buehler Family Farm
4pk Brat Buns – 6635 StudeBaker
16oz Sorghum Syrup – End of the Road Farm
Lettuce – Davidson Family Growers
Heirloom Tomatoes – Simple Living Farm
Jane’s Italian Dressing Mix – Rosebud’s Ranch and Garden
GREAT GRILLIN’ GIFT BASKET –
Chicken Wings – King’s Poultry Farm
1lb Ground Beef – Bair Trax Dairy
Hamburger Buns – 6635 StudeBaker
Yellow Squash – Live Simply Live Richly Farm
Sassy Salt – Rosebud’s Ranch and Garden
Tomatoes – Greenlee Farm
BODY CARE GIFT BASKET –
1 pkg Lemongrass Lavender Shower Fizzies – Becky’s Buckeye Naturals
1 Bar Baby’s Bottom Soap – Mother Suds Soap Company
1 Shampoo Bar (Beer or Apple Cider Vinegar Formula) – Becky’s Buckeye Naturals
1 Lip Balm (Spearmint or Lemon Chamomile: Your choice!) – Mother Suds Soap Company
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