I know you’ve heard it before, but the markets
are just getting better – especially if you like asparagus! We’re hitting high season for the tender
green veggie. Get it while you can, asparagus season is too short.
Tomorrow, we host a special Cooking for a
Cause. Enjoy a bbq pork sandwich, baked beans, chips, drink and dessert for $5
while helping us buy books for the new streetcar event, Clickety Clack – We’re
Reading Down the Track. Held every third Saturday from 9 to noon at the depot
west of the market, the next Clickety will feature a Thomas the Tank Engine
book. The meal will be served from 11 to 1. Buffalo Creek Incident will play.
We’ll have lots of fresh local produce and dozens
of hanging baskets. Tim Green will have his tomato and herb plants, Fairhaven
their lovely rustic planters and Sunny Lane Farm, their all-natural beef,
chicken, lamb and pork. And, of course, lots of other good things.
On Saturday, we will be packed with fun. It’s
our annual Let’s Plant a Tomato Day when every child (through college!) gets a
tomato plant expertly grown by Tim and Vi Green. (That's Tim below.)
The General Mills Relay for Life team will
serve breakfast. General Mills donates all the biscuits we use for Cooking for
a Cause which allows us to raise even more money for the many nonprofits who
serve. Be sure and say thanks as you get your delicious scrambled farm fresh
eggs, sausage, biscuit and gravy, hashbrown casserole and OJ or coffee for $6. 
The Fresh Ground Seed Library will give out free seeds on Saturday.
The streetcar will give free rides around the
park. The Granny Chicks will be on the market stage.
Dinner's Ready will be at the market Saturday with locally made frozen crockpot meals: White Chicken Chili, Taco Soup; Vegetable and Ground Beef Stew,Pork Tenderloin with Potatoes and Carrots. Cost-$15 Serves 4
Next Tuesday William Adkins will play and
Ghetto Taco is back with their street tacos.
The no animals in the pavilion rule went into
effect this week and so far we seem to have gotten the word out. We sure didn’t
want to turn folks away if they arrive with a pet so we’ve been working for
weeks, letting people know about the change. Hopefully the transition will continue
to go smoothly.
How can it already be May? Before long, school will be out and we’ll be
serving the Free Kids Summer Meals. One change this year is that on Saturdays
we will serve the kids breakfast from 9 to 10 and then from 10:10 to noon we’ll
serve them lunch. (We’ll need 10 minutes to reset the serving tables.) Last year we noticed that a lot of kids had
already eaten breakfast before they arrived, especially if it was later during
the market. So we hope to serve more children by serving lunch. Our first Free
Kids Summer Meal will be Saturday, May 26.
Speaking of free, we still have some free
seedlings to give away tomorrow and Saturday – serviceberry,
deciduous holly and spicebush. Be sure to grab some!
If all goes well, the sides are being rolled
up on the pavilion after tomorrow’s market. That’s our way of saying it’s time
for this weather to settle down!!
We’ll see you at the market, rain or shine.
