A Visit To The Sewickley Farmers' Market !

 

Shoppers At The Sewickley Farmers' Market

Once again, you can't miss the signs directing you to the Sewickley Farmers' Market!  It was a brilliant sunny & warm Saturday & LFLF was out and about o this side of the Ohio River.

Sewickley Farmers' Market - Follow The Signs --->





Dillner Family Farm Customers

Peas, Strawberries, & Eggs From Dillner Family Farm

Green Onions, Beets, & Rhubarb At Dillner Family Farm

Today we stuck with photos of the farmer vendors ... leading off with Dillner Family Farm  and  Clarion River Organics . 
There are also plenty of food & specialty vendors to choose from here.  You can certainly take home something ready to eat or pick up unique gift items!

Clarion River Organics - A Great Selection of Greens!

McElhaney Family Farm - Customers Making Their Beef Selections

Cherry Valley Organics - Yes, We Have Lemon Grass!

Cherry Valley Organics - Soaps & Lip Products

Cherry Valley Organics had a very nice selection of personal care products in addition to the herb & veggies plants offered today with more organic produce as the season progresses ...
Speaking of the season progressing, the folks from Brown's Pure Maple Products said that they had a late start to the season this year.  Normally finishing around the 1st of April, they went a week longer with their maple taps up in Venango County ... everyone seems to be a week or two behind this spring.

Buying Maple Syrup From Brown's

Here's a close-up of the maple syrup products ... too many to fit in one picture!

Half of The Selection at Brown's Pure Maple Products ...

The Other Half of Brown's Pure Maple Products!

 

Snow For The Locals!

Snowy Market Greetings From Phil of Douds-Floyd Farm, Dick of
McElhaney Family Farm, & Wayne of Oak Spring Farm!

What a way to get in the Christmas spirit!  Only one more market day left on Saturday 12/21 at the Beaver Farmers' Market, but the farmers & vendors were out today in the snow for their loyal customers.  LFLF got there around 11:45 to select our Christmas wreaths from May-Malone Farm & pick up some Christmas cookies from Pats' Pastries.  

Wreath Customers At May-Malone Farm

The vendors and customers had to deal with the falling snow and slush in the parking lot, but they were still out there. 

Snow Covered Kale At Enon Country Gardens

Wood Street Bread Company Serves Up The Fresh Bread!

Let It Snow, Let It Snow, Let It Snow!

Finally, we picked up a head of cabbage for cabbage & noodles and a gallon of cider pressed on Wednesday from Oak Spring Farm .......
Something I just noticed ...... it's near market end, but all of the customers are different people in the pictures.  We muffed a picture of shoppers buying beef from McElhaney Family Farm --- too blurry in a bit of a snow squall when we snapped the pic! 

Winter Squash, Cabbage, & Golden Delicious Apples

Last Saturday At Market!

Customers At Douds-Floyd Farm

Last Saturday was a BEAUTIFUL day at the Beaver Farmers' Market!  The weather was perfect & at this time of year the selection of veggies, fruit, & flowers is wonderful. 

Beaver Farmers' Market Shoppers

LFLF came home with green peppers, plums, buffalo chip cookies, cucumbers, onions, & sweet corn.

These Plums Are Delicious!

You never know who you'll see at the market ..... another supporter of local agriculture, of course (!), is Pennsylvania State Senator Elder Vogel Jr., talking here with Mr. McElhaney of McElhaney Family Farm.  This is the 1st year for the farm at the Beaver Farmers' Market ... they've been raising Shorthorn beef cattle & selling quality dry-aged beef for decades from their farm in Hookstown, PA.

Richard McElhaney & PA State Senator Elder Vogel Jr At Market

Local Oktoberfest Dinner!

McElhaney Family Farm Truck

LFLF made a great Oktoberfest dinner today using local ingredients sourced from the Ambridge Farmers' Market this week.  First we grilled beef Bratwurst from McElhaney Family Farm.
Then we used red cabbage, a medium onion, 2 Cortland apples, & apple cider in our German style sweet & sour cabbage recipe.  It all came from the market!  Our recipe also included brown sugar, cinnamon, nutmeg, & apple cider vinegar .....
The last local part of the meal was a nice dish of steamed edible pod peas ........

Ambridge Farmers' Market Open!

Ambridge Farmers' Market

LFLF was finally around on a Thursday and made it to the Ambridge Farmers' Market!  Lot's of hanging baskets, onions, asparagus, lettuce, rhubarb, snow peas, honey, & strawberries.  We seem to be a couple of weeks ahead on everything in Western PA since it's been such a warm spring.  There is also a hot food vendor as well as a local beef farm - McElhaney Family Farm - perfect for the grill!

Board Meeting At The Market - Decisions, Decisions!

Time For Lavender!

Sewickley 2.0 - Me & Mrs. Jones

Me & Mrs. Jones ---- how many times have they heard this line?!? I came across a couple of great products at the market on Saturday after just missing the morning rain. I didn't get to meet Mrs. Jones, but I did sample her potato salad and her "Multi-Purpose Sauce!". http://www.mrsjonesthesauce.com/ After heeding the call to "Taste What You've Been Missing", I brought a jar of the sauce home. I was making stuffed peppers for dinner with a recipe that called for 1 & 3/4 cups of tomato sauce ....... I used 8oz. of tomato sauce and substituted Mrs. Jones Multi-Purpose Sauce for the rest of the sauce. The stuffed peppers were great! It added great flavor & a bit of a kick to the stuffed peppers. What next ....... brush on as a barbeque sauce?

One of the farmers at the market who suggested the use of the sauce as a beef marinade or barbeque sauce was Dave McElhaney of McElhaney Family Farm. http://www.familyfarmbeef.com/ They have a steady stream of customers buying their dry aged beef from the freezer truck. Later in the season, I'd like to get over to their place and get some pictures at the farm ...... stay tuned. Here's a great chance to get local beef to stock your freezer or for the grill!

More about the market on my next post ........