Keswick Creamery had too many tomatoes in their little farm garden, so Melanie threw them together with some extra Bovre (their cow milk cheese that’s like chevre), garden herbs, their own eggs and made some delicious little tarts. Great cold, or reheat at 400 for 5 minutes for a brown and bubbly cheesy treat!
If you’re totally starting to geek out over the awesome potential of Urban Farming (the ultimate in local food), check out the Common Good City Farm fundraiser party at Potter’s House (1658 Columbia Rd) at 7pm tonight (Friday 9/18)! Live music, delicious food, $15 donation.
Happenings at market:
- 9am Scott and Brandt will be playing that classic market old-time music.
- 11am Matt Levine and friends play bluegrass music ’til closing time.
- Farmers’ Market Bike Clinic: Air, Oil, Advice, and More! Hundreds of MtP citizens and beyond have had their clunkers made ridable, and more riders on the road makes riding safer for everyone.
- Be sure to head up to Bancroft Elementary from 10a-2p after you do your shopping to check out the big Mount Pleasant Solar Co-op Fair!
On to the seasonal foods:
Tree and Leaf Farm: Asparagus long beans (up to 3′ long! some claim they really taste a bit like asaparagus), Romano beans and haricot vert beans. Striped German heirloom tomatoes, Sungold cherry tomatoes, and pear tomatoes. Red spring radishes, Forono beets (longer than usual, good for lots of round slices), fingerling potatoes, sweet and hot peppers, winter squash, salad greens with edible nasturtiums, lots of torpedo onions, collards, kale, swiss chard. Check it out, Tree and Leaf’s Red Thumb potatoes were hand delivered by Dep Sec Merrigan to serve at the USDA cafeteria!
Truck Patch Farms: Tons of hot peppers - great for pickling! Stir fry mix, baby chard, curly kale, arugula, and lettuce. Basil, mint, chives, garlic chives, and dill. Heirloom, cherry and beefsteak tomatoes. Summer and Zucchini squashes, with adorable little squash flowers, depending on how wet it is. Cantaloupes and seedless and Sugarbaby watermelons. Pickling cucumbers. Green, yellow, and purple beans. Black Angus grass fed beef, pastured pork products and eggs. Order in advance at order@truckpatchfarms.com for chickens.
Richfield Farm: Broccoli, cauliflower, maybe some romanesco, but Ian’s gamble on an early planting didn’t pay off this year. Winter squash and some decorative gourds. Tomatoes, peppers, eggplants, zucchini and other summer squashes, and 2 more fields of corn. Cantaloupes and watermelons. Shelled and unshelled lima beans, green and yellow beans. Bouquets. Raw honey.
Quaker Valley Farm: Fresh pressed apple cider. Concord grapes and green grapes. Last of the yellow peaches, called Encore. Sweet white corn. Blackberries and red raspberries. Melons and cantaloupes. Honeycrisp, Ginger Gold, Antique Smokehouse and Gala apples. Tomatoes, eggplants, onions and red, white and blue potatoes. Apple and tomato sauce, the best jam in DC, honey, apple butter, eggs, and popping corn.
Painted Hand Farm: All cuts of naturally-browsed goat meat and humanely-raised veal, German-Style Bratwurst links, pork-free sausages, ask about life on the farm!
Groff’s Content Farm: Family farm raises 100% grass-fed and -finished lamb and beef, pastured Berkshire pork, beautiful pastured eggs and chickens. Plus tasty pet treats. Save the date: October 11th is Family Fun Day at the farm! Just an hour and a half drive north up 270 and past Frederick.
Keswick Creamery: Raw milk cheeses, blue cheese, feta, ricotta, quark and yogurt, and chocolate pudding. Get your Tomato & Cheese Tart!
Cherry Glen Goat Cheese Company: Beautiful goat cheeses, creamy, perfect.
Atwater Bread: Organic sourdough and yeasted breads: Peasant Wheat, Caraway Rye, Cranberry Pecan, Kalamata Olive, traditional San Francisco Sourdough, Ciabatta, Country White, Chili Cheddar, French Baguette, Spelt, Sunflower Flax, and more. Brownies, cookies, scones, muffins, and granola.
Panorama Bakery: Baguettes, croissants, pain au chocolat, sliced loaves, danishes, sticky buns, apple turnovers, yum!
Reid Orchard: Many flavors of cider, table grapes, peaches, nectarines, blackberries, plums, apples, tomatoes.
Audia Farms: This little market jewel of a vendor needed to take a break from the long drive into town. Keep coming and telling me your stories about what you liked about them and I will use it as leverage to lure them back!
See you Saturday! Please bring your own bags for shopping.