Local Shopping Labor Day Weekend !

Shoppers At Beaver Farmers' Market

Who wasn't out over the weekend shopping for picnics and cookouts?  It's been HOT, but that's all the better for the tomatoes & egg plants, I guess! 

Enon Valley Garlic Customers

Shoppers were loaded down and lined up at the booths.  LFLF came away with 3 hardy mums, a mess 'o yellow summer squash, some peppers, and a small container of cookies.  Never mind that the icing was melting in the heat! :)
On Sunday, we hopped over to Janoski's Farm and Greenhouse for our contribution to a family cookout.  We picked up sweet corn and also watermelon, grapes, and cantaloupe for a fruit salad.  We saw this sign, but our selections looked great ...

Janoski's - You Can't Change The Weather!

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!