Monday, November 10, 2014

Fall Visit To The Spring-House

The Spring-House in Eighty-Four, PA
LFLF made a trip down to the Eighty-Four Livestock Auction today and then popped over across the street to have lunch at The Spring-House.  The signs are up and the flyers are out for Thanksgiving - you can order fresh turkeys and lots of other homemade food for the holiday.  Keeping with the spirit, I had an open-faced hot turkey sandwich with mashed potatoes & turkey gravy ... mmmmmm!
After lunch we browsed the store and also picked up some thick bacon.
Pie Pumpkins & Gourds With A Crabapple Garland!  
 Coming around past the gourds & pie pumpkins was this wonderful variety of winter squash, aka "Grumpy Frumpy Pumpkins"!  They're always my favorite for display and then they can be used for cooking.
The Spring-House Display of "Grumpy Frumpy Pumpkins"!
The Spring-House is loaded with all kinds of home-made and local baked goods, candy, honey, and other canned goods.  Here are some of the all natural breads on display ...
The Spring-House All Natural Breads
Finally, here's a picture of the dairy case ... after all, this is The Spring-House and it all started as a dairy farm! 
The Spring-House Dairy Case - Farm Fresh Whole Milk

Sunday, November 2, 2014

Brisk Market At Beaver

Beaver Farmers' Market Customers Bundled Up!
Saturday was probably the first of the really cool days to come.  It got up to 45 degrees, but coming off of 70 degrees a week ago, it seems bone chilling!  That and a little rain still didn't keep the customers at home yesterday. 
Picking Out A Cabbage From Oak Spring Farm
It does change what people are buying though.  Big bags of leafy greens and leeks, cabbage, potatoes, and apples were the order of the day.  We got a bag of one of our hard to find favorites - Melrose apples.
In our previous post, LFLF mentioned Thanksgiving decorations ... that proved to be a prophetic comment.  Look at the great display of winter sqaushes that can be used for decoration and then cooked up later ...
Douds-Floyd Farm Centerpiece Squashes!
 
Breads, baked goods, & apple cider were also being snapped up off of the tables ..
Colorful Halloween Cookies At Pat's Pastries
Shopping For Apples