Mid-Town Farmers’ Market fans and customers,
The market continues this Saturday, June 6 (7-11 am), and below are some expected highlights:
Rosie Hawkins will have blueberry muffins, blueberry bread, sweet potato bread, banana nut bread, coconut pies, sweet potato pies, brownies, fried apple and peach pies.- Bost Farm Rattlesnake beans, cucumbers, squash, new potatoes, cabbage, beets, carrots, kale, Lantana plants, cut zinnias
- Ya Ya’s Yummys will be selling Grape, Plum, and Apple Butter Jelly, Blueberry, Blackberry, Raspberry, Strawberry, and Peach Preserves, Mild and Hot Salsa, Gold Habanero Pepper Jelly, Green Jalapeno Pepper Jelly, Red Pepper Garlic Pepper Jelly, and (NEW) Sweet & Spicy Pepper Jelly, baking mixes, dip mixes (6), spaghetti sauce, butter pecan bundt cake, orange juice pound cake, and Italian herb bread
- GF Bakery & Market will have homemade salsas, jellies and jams. We will also have our baked goodies and a variety of pound cakes and muffins.
- Sonja’s Baked Goods will have spinach dip, 7 layer dip, humus, butter cookies, oatmeal cookies, double chocolate whoopie cookies, 7-Up pound cake, caramel cake, pineapple cake and sweet potato pie.
- Yokna Bottoms will have new potatoes, carrots, beets, broccoli, snow peas, cabbage, Swiss chard, Lacinato kale, Curly Scotch kale, White Russian kale, kohlrabi, mustard greens, garlic, radish, lavender bunches, herbs, and assorted flowers.
- The Original Grit Girl will have grits, cornmeal, masa, and polenta.
- Patti Belles will have jumbo sized, small, and medium shrimp, and Plus Crystal Seas shucked oysters. Special Saturday Deal: 5lbs of shrimp for the price of 4lbs plus a bag of Zatarains Shrimp Boil!
- Flora Gardens will have chicken and duck eggs, red candy apple and Texas super sweet onions, sauerkraut, sugar pickles, bell peppers, dill, flower bouquets and jams & jellies.
- Clear Creek Produce will be selling yellow squash, zucchini, cabbage, mustard, turnip, and collard greens, Romaine lettuce, broccoli, and maybe onions.
- Sherry@7D Farm will have whole grain breads made with fresh ground flour milled at our farm weekly. We will also have farm fresh eggs, monster cookies, tea cakes, challah sour dough, blueberry scones and rolls.
We will have live music this week (from ~8-10 on Saturday) from Ryan Miller. If you enjoy the music, please consider showing your support for the musicians, who are not getting paid for these gigs, with a tip (or some produce).
Make a note on your calendar that Children’s Day activities will begin this Saturday, June 6 with Miss Sue.
Please note that the Wednesday market is open from 8am to 1pm. Our vendors may arrive or depart any time during those hours, depending on availability of their product.
You can receive an update similar to this one each week on our Facebook page (https://www.facebook.com/mtmarket), along with additional content such as photos and videos from our vendors and from the market itself. We would love for you to take photos at the market, or photos of yourself eating food from the market, and post them on our Facebook page! Or, just make a quick comment on our page about your experience with the market.
We need volunteers to help at the market tent this summer. If you are interested in helping, please contact our volunteer coordinator Betty Crouther (arpate@olemiss.edu).
If you know of a vendor who is interested in selling at Mid-Town, please point them to our website (http://www.mtfarmersmarket.com/) where the application documents can be downloaded, or give us their contact information so we can mail the documents to them.
Directions to the market: From the Oxford Square, drive (or walk or bike!) north on North Lamar about ½ mile, and look for us on the left in the parking lot of the Mid-Town Shopping Plaza. Alternatively you can take the bus, utilizing the Oxford University Transit Red Route, which passes Mid-Town once per hour on Saturday mornings (http://www.oxfordms.net/visitors/transit/bus-routes-a-schedules.html).
See you at the market!
