LFLF On The Road!

Local Janoski's Farm Display At Hookstown Fair

LFLF has been busy and on the road lately, but not too busy to snap a few shots of Local Farms & Local Food!  How about this beautiful display by Janoski's Farm at the Hookstown Fair?  You know where to go when Pumpkinland opens up!

Stopping In At Rhodes Farm Market

LFLF made sure to swing by Rhodes Farm Market on the way home from the Canfield Fair on Saturday ...... we picked up sweet corn, a perfectly ripe cantaloupe, and a quart of nectarines.  They had to be the sweetest "end of the season" nectarines ever! 

Klotz Farm Market Sweet Corn - Rt 42 Garrett County , MD

Last, but not least, we picked up fresh sweet corn for lunch on a trip to Deep Creek Lake on Sunday.  The Klotz Farm Market stand had a lot more to offer in the way of veggies, fruit, mums, & pumpkins, but LFLF was on a "hit-n-run" mission!   They used to have a roadside wagon stop, but seem to have graduated to a market building a short distance away this year .......

A Stop At Rhodes Farm Market!

Rhodes Farm Market - Route 46 - Near Canfield, Ohio

LFLF had a chance to stop at Rhodes Farm Market on Ohio Rt 46 after attending the Canfield Fair on Saturday.  We've stopped here many times before, but that was when they had an older white farm stand right next to the road.   The new building is set back from the road and now has coolers with milk, cheeses, eggs, etc. 

Pickling Cukes, Garlic, Onions, & Dillweed

There were plenty of items to choose from for canning & pickling ..... we left with sweet corn, Ginger Gold apples, watermelon, cantalope, granola, & oatmeal raisin cookies.

Rhodes Farm Market - Winter Squash & Greenbeans

I don't believe there are Sunday sales since this neatly kept market is run by a Mennonite family.

Canfield Fair Leads to Local Food

A favorite stop after visiting the Canfield Fair is Rhodes Farm Market on Ohio Route 46 between Canfield & Columbiana. They had an absolute abundance of cantaloupes on special for $1 each, but I was looking for a watermelon. We got the watermelon, nectarines, and some crab apple jelly from a local producer. This was a "must have" since it's rarely available unless you preserve it yourself.

And what about these great looking peppers? In the excitement(!) of choosing which jelly to buy, and while balancing a watermelon, LFLF walked away without any peppers .... but hey, there's always the Beaver Farmers' Market on Saturday.

As a final tribute to the Canfield Fair, here's a look at the Grand Champion Largest Squash enthroned at the fair! How's that for local farming?

It wasn't that long ago when a giant 1000# squash was the "world class" growers' ultimate goal!