Showing posts with label GreenStar Cooperative. Show all posts
Showing posts with label GreenStar Cooperative. Show all posts

Monday, August 10, 2015

A Stop At Huffman Fruit Farm!

Huffman Fruit Farm - Orchard & Fields 
LFLF was in Salem, Ohio today and made a round trip back to go to GreenStar Cooperative in Greenford, Ohio to pick up some clear plastic peck, 1/2 peck, & bushel liner bags.  The side trip took us right past Huffman Fruit Farm! We stopped in for sweet corn and whatever else caught our eye.
Huffman Fruit Farm Sales Barn
Be sure to check out the interior log walls of the store set up in the barn.  You can see the logs in the background behind the peaches.  There was quite a selection of produce, canned goods, local honey, and even Ohio grown popcorn!
Ohio Grown Popcorn For Sale 
We picked up popcorn, plums, and sweet corn ... the peaches & berries also looked great!
Huffman Farm Red Haven Peaches
Huffman Farm Plums & Blueberries
I didn't ask, but based on the nearby fields and the heaping baskets in the market, I bet you could get all of the tomatoes & peppers that you'd need for canning!
Baskets Of Tomatoes & Peppers 

Sunday, July 26, 2009

Local to You ....


It all depends on where you are ..... if you travel, you'll want to support the local farmers. This weekend, we traveled to the Lisbon, Ohio area and then on through Salem, Ohio to pick up 1/2 peck & peck sized clear plastic bags at the GreenStar Cooperative. We use them to package wool & fleece for sale. It's also a great place to get baskets, produce containers, and wooden crates if you're a market gardener (or for crafting and displays).



On the way back home, we stopped in at Gasper's Garden just outside of Washingtonville. When I got out of the truck, the driver in the truck next to me said hello. I returned the hello thinking that it was just a friendly stranger, but was surprised to see someone from our home area! It was one of the guys (Dave's straightman!) from Dave's Heating who does the annual service check on our oil furnace. Turns out that he was with his family at the Quaker City Raceway in nearby Salem and they always come out to Gasper's Garden for sweetcorn. They wait to get to the raceway and then go out to buy fresh local sweetcorn & fruit instead of packing it from home.
We left with blueberries, green gage plums, sweetcorn, & peaches.