2009.10.30
What's on the Salem Farmers Market this weekend
Beth Carson shares the weekly market report:
Salem Farmers Market
October 30, 2009
Today on the Market: Your favorite growers are with us today and they have lots of fresh fall produce to choose from! Today’s items include:
Fruits and Vegetables: tomatoes, butter beans, green peppers, onions, eggplants, turnips, acorn squash, butternut squash, Crenshaw squash, potatoes, beautiful Bent Mtn. cabbage, mustard/kale/collard greens, and sweet potatoes. Lots of freshly picked local apples!
Other Items: Fresh local honey, and chow-chow. Also, Indian corn, corn stalks, hay bales, and several varieties of pumpkins to grace any front door!
Tomorrow : Rain or Shine we will be open! Customers can expect to find the above produce along with the following delicious items:
Baked goodies: Artisan breads, cakes, cookies, pies, yeast rolls, fried pies, freshly baked cinnamon rolls, muffins, scones, jams, and jellies. Yes, Mrs. Chappell will be bringing her now famous fried pies!
Meats: Highland farms will be offering hormone free and antibiotic free grass finished beef.
Other goodies: Fresh local honey, garlic products, Flowerpot bread, soup mixes, and cat and doggie treats.
Crafts: Yellow Mountain Crafts will be on the market this morning with homemade soaps (try the Magnolia Blossom!), lotions, and scented sprays to freshen up linens and other areas of the home.
Gardening: Fall is for planting! Check out Accent Nursery’s line of beautiful shrubs!
Pumpkinfest this weekend!
Saturday, 31st - "Pumpkinfest" - Salem Farmers Market, 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. Presented by Salem Parks & Recreation and Q99-FM .
Admission: $1, kids wearing costumes get in free. Trick or treating on Main Street will be held from 10 - 11 a.m., Valleydale hotdogs and chips from Frito Lay will be served throughout the day. Come take a walk through our Chefs vs. Surgeons Jack O' Lantern patch and vote for your favorite!! There will also be carnival games, a pumpkin give-away, costume contest, hay rides, and a pumpkin auction where all proceeds will benefit C.H.I.P. (Child Health Investment Partnership)
