Garrett and Lisa, the faces behind Songbird Coffee Roasters
Keenan Kamae and his Ukelele
Hirise Baking Company delivers
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Scrumptious Selections
Ridgeville's new vendor, Omer Reese, with a spectacular display of cheese.
Ridgeville is excited to host its third Farmers’ Market season, which will open June 3 and run through the end of September. We invite you to come out, invite your friends, have a picnic, bring your kids, ride your bike and meet-up with and buy fresh midwestern food, mouth-watering baked goods and delicious coffee; and crafty goods from our vendors.
Returning to market this year is anchor fruit vendor, Lyon’s Fruit Farm, of South Haven, MI. Offering a vast selection of fruits and berries, Lyons also sells asperagus, snap peas, herbs and flower baskets.
We also welcome new vendors Triple A Farms of St. Anne, IL (vegetables and pre ordered vegetable boxes ); Omer Reese of Wisconsin Artisan Cheese, whose specialty cheeses are smoked with apple wood and flavored with fresh herbs; Songbird Coffee Roasters, a shade grown single origin coffee roaster and baker; Whimsical Acres, whose main products are goat’s milk soap, body butters, lip balms, and scrubs, alpaca yarns and fiber from their own alpaca herd, gifts, hypertufa planters with herbs, and cut flowers; and Soap Sublime, a hand made soap maker who will also offer decorated cigar boxes.
Ride your bike! On the last Wednesday of each month, The ReCyclery will be on hand to give your bike a quick tune-up, or tell you how you can learn to do it yourself.
The Recyclery will be there offering free tune-ups and such!
Introducing THE TALKING FARM
Stop by their table to pick up a first round of produce from their new urban garden!
Michael from Heartland Cafe will be back with baked goods and cool drinks!
Debi Lewis & Deborah Fausch will be back with folksy fiddle and banjo tunes!
Bring your knitting for a market knitting circle on the quilts laid out by the Ridgeville tent!
And of course, all of our farmers will be there with farm-fresh produce!
A recipe for the jam strawberries & rhubarb available at Lyons Fruit Farm.
I used this recipe, with a few adjustments. I didn’t quite have the amount of fruit the recipe called for, so my batch made two good-sized jars of jam. It was incredibly simple to make, and because it makes a relatively small amount of jam, canning is not necessary.
Hope yours is delicious too!
One of the best things about our market is that we are situated in an outdoor environment that encourages shoppers to hang out and relax in the park, in addition to perusing the farmers’ tents. A group of families have even been packing picnic dinners to enjoy at the market, while their kids play at the adjacent playground, run around the ball courts or field, and enjoy the late afternoon sun. This is exactly the community feel we wanted to establish at our market and we are thrilled its been working out!
This week’s market saw the addition of new produce from our farmers. Lyons Fruit Farm had cherries (!!!) that they say will be getting sweeter and sweeter over the next couple of weeks, as well as cherry tomatoes & baby eggplant. Shady Hill Farm brought kohlrabi and mulberries. Soon we’ll be seeing more tomatoes, potatoes, and beans.
We also welcomed Heartland Cafe to Ridgeville. Michael brought fresh coffee, cinnamon rolls, muffins and cookies, as well as cold sodas and juice — and he was a hit! The baked goods provided dessert to the families picnicking by the playground and the cool beverages were in high demand in the hotness of the afternoon.
The Recyclery of Evanston made their first appearance at the market this week, offering free tune-ups, adjustments, etc. They’ll be returning the last Wednesday of each month, so be sure to ride your bicycle to the market on July 30, August 27, & September 24.
*Farmer Rob from Montalbano Farms had a scheduling conflict with this week’s market and was unable to come. He will be joining us again with his all-organic produce next week!
Starting today, The Recyclery will be at the market the last Wednesday of each month. Bring your bicycle by for a free tune-up, oiling, etc. Rain or shine!
From Rob at Montalbano (in addition to much of what he’s had the past two weeks):
