The JNA farmers market is open for ordering.

Good morning.*
I hope you had a wonderful week and got some of this wonderful rain. The ground has been parched over here so I am grateful for all the rain we have gotten.
A few housekeeping notes, we are keeping a log of all the jars coming and going. There seems to be a lot of missing jars, if it is an oversight by the dairy, they pay for plastic but if it is on the customer side, the customer will be charged for plastic. Also, please make sure nothing goes into your jars but milk or water. Residue from teas or ferments will spoil the milk. Secondly, please be careful and drive slowly going in and out of the road. It is a narrow road and driveway. There are plenty of places to allow for two cars but it is unnerving if someone is speeding around a curve.

Off to the yummies, Good Shepherd Herbals continues her 20% off sale this week on teas. They have wonderful health benefits such as Wise Woman Tea for needed vitamins and minerals, Pregnancy tonic gives wonderful support to the reproductive system and Tranquility Tea is very relaxing for adults and children. They also make beautiful, skin nourishing soaps using the purest ingredients.
Harvest Meadows stills has cherry tomatoes, wonderful herbs just begging to be dried or made into a chimichurra sauce, one of my favorite ways to preserve them. They dropped of 2 bags of lettuce last week so look for greens to be on the market soon.
Amestoy Farm has been so busy growing some of the prettiest vegetables. His winter squash selection is varied and the pepper selection begs us to try a new variety just for the fun of it not to mention the flavor explosions. We can’t get enough of his potatoes. I chop them and fry them lightly in pork lard until golden brown. There are no leftovers.
We have cheese again thanks to Meadow Valley Farm. Remember, the final cost of the cheese is determined at pick up. We also have raw milk butter in the freezer.
Tonight is First Friday in Downtown Canton if you are looking for a family friendly event. Be sure to stop by Stout’s Growlers and say hi to Irene.
Blessings and thank you for supporting locally foods.
Mary Beth