Saturdays Farmers Market

(Sourdough Monkey Bread Muffins)

So today we are pulling things hot fresh out of the oven and getting prepared for the market tomorrow.  We have several new varieties as well as our standards.  Here is what we will be bringing to Hillcrest Farmers Market tomorrow:

NEW!...Sourdough Monkey Bread Muffins, Sourdough English Muffins, and Grandma's Sunday Vanilla Cake (it's like eating vanilla ice-cream in cake form).

Also, we will have our slightly sweet sourdough bread (large and small loaves), Cuban bread, a variety of focaccia's, country dinner bread, Mississippi mud chocolate cake, and Grandma's sugar cookies.

Heirloom container gardens, potted herbs, and handmade containers.

(Our Slightly Sweet Sourdough English Muffins)

 See you tomorrow!

 

 

Westover Hills Farmers Market

Here is today's lineup:

Heirloom slightly sweet sourdough bread
Cuban bread
Country dinner bread
a Variety of focaccia breads
*New* Grandma's Sunday cake with white icing
Mississippi mud chocolate cake
Heirloom sugar cookies
and Fresh heirloom tomatoes and jalapenos from the garden

Also, we will have our handmade containers, potted herbs, summer annuals, and container gardens!

See you tonight 4-7p.m!

Saturdays Line Up:

*New* Cuban bread

  Slightly sweet heirloom sourdough bread

Country dinner bread

 A variety of focaccia's  plus a new flavor

 *New* lemon poppy seed cakes

 Mississippi mud chocolate cake

Heirloom sugar cookies

 Garden fresh heirloom tomatoes

 and Garden fresh heirloom jalapeno's!

We will also have container garden heirloom pepper plants that just need watering and harvesting!  Also, some potted herbs, summer veggie plants, and handmade pots.

Hillcrest Farmers Market 7a.m.-Noon!

Westover Hills Farmers Market Today

(Country dinner bread about to go into the oven)

 

Today we are introducing two new baked items:  Cuban bread and lemon poppy seed cakes! Listed below is what else we will bring today:

*New* Cuban bread

Slightly sweet sourdough bread

Country dinner bread

A variety of focaccia's 

*New* Lemon poppy seed cakes

Mississippi mud chocolate cake

Sugar cookies

Garden fresh tomatoes

and Garden fresh jalapeno's!

We will also have container garden heirloom pepper plants that just need watering and harvesting!  Also, some potted herbs, summer veggie plants, and handmade pots.

 

Saturday's Lineup:

Here's what we will have:

Heirloom sourdough bread (slightly sweet), a variety of focaccia breads, honey whole wheat bread, country dinner bread, lemon poppy seed muffins, cinnamon streusel muffins homemade deserts, tomatoes, and jalapenos.  Plus, patio pepper plants that just need watering and harvesting as well as handmade containers.

Will see you Saturday!

Its Tuesday Again. . .

With two hours until departure the focaccia's are about to go into the oven and the country dinner bread is just coming out.  We have a few new* additions to our baked items for the Westover Hills Market today along with our "ready to harvest" container gardens.  Below is a list of what to expect today:

Country dinner bread

Heirloom sourdough bread (slightly sweet)

*New* Honey whole wheat bread

A variety of focaccia breads

Mississippi mud chocolate cake

Heirloom pound cake

*New* Lemon cakes

*New* Heirloom sugar cookies

and Peanut butter chocolate chip cookies 

Also, we have four varieties of mature heirloom pepper plants (with lots of fruit on them) that just need to be watered and harvested once fruit matures to their true color. 

See you this evening from 4-7 p.m. at Westover Hills Farmers Market in Little Rock!

Whats new for Saturday. . .

We have heard from several customers that they wished that they had started a garden this year or that they wanted to and just did not get it all together.  So, knowing this we have several varieties of pepper plants that are already bearing fruit in containers waiting to be used in or as a garden.  Some of these pepper plants have herbs planted beneath them as companion plants that will also remain all fall and into the winter months.  Quantities are limited!  Below are a few pictures of the potted peppers.

Here is a list of what else we will be bringing:

Heirloom sourdough bread (slightly sweet), country dinner bread, a variety of focaccia breads, Mississippi mud cake, heirloom pound cake, banana muffins, cinnomon streusel muffins, peanut butter chocolate chip cookies, and more!

Plus heirloom plants and herbs (some in garden containers) and handmade pots.

Baby bell pepper plants

Baby bell fruit

Corno di Toro (Italian yellow pepper that sweet and spicy)

Young Corno fruit

We will have other varieties of pepper plants as well so come check them out!

See you Saturday!

Its Almost Saturday!

Independence Day has now passed and summer is in full swing now.  What better way to enjoy the summer than to head to the farmers market?  So, on that note here is what we will have tomorrow:

Heirloom sourdough bread (slightly sweet), country dinner bread, rosemary and oregano focaccia, Caribbean muffins, oatmeal-cranberry muffins, Mississippi Mud Cake, pound cake from a 100-year old recipe, Snickerdoodle apple cobbler bars, and peanut butter-chocolate chip cookies. AND herbs, potted herbs, summer plants and handmade planting containers.

Baked items are super fresh, plants are healthy, and the handmade containers are waiting to be planted in.  See you Saturday!

Market Day!

Everyone has stayed busy today getting ready for the Westover Hills Farmers Market.  Fresh baked goods have been going in and out of the oven since 6:30 this morning! Plants and containers are waiting to be loaded and as soon as 2:15 p.m. hits were gone! So, here is what will show up at Westover Hills:

Rosemary Fococcia, Heirloom Sourdough bread (slightly sweet), country dinner bread, pound cake which recipe as been passed down to us from the 1800's, peanut butter chocolate chip cookies from the 1930's, lime melt away cookies, and more!

Also, herbs, plants, handmade containers, and potted herbs.

Come check us out!

New Additions. . .

Tomorrow is Saturday once again and we have new items!!!  We are introducing our heirloom sourdough bread (slightly sweet) and Caribbean sunrise whole wheat oatmeal muffins.  Also, we will have country dinner bread, rosemary fococcia, snicker doodle apple cobbler bars, cranberry oatmeal muffins, and heirloom pound cake from an 1800's recipe!

We will have some heirloom plants, herbs, potted herbs, and handmade containers as well.

Friday Update!

Here's what we will have this week at the Hillcrest Farmers Market:

Heritage baked items: Snickerdoodle Apple Cobbler muffins, Shaker Applesauce Muffins, Oatmeal Cranberry Muffins, Country Dinner Bread, and Rosemary Focaccia Bread.  We sold out completely the first hour at last Tuesdays farmers market!

Fresh herbs: Thyme, mint, and rosemary.

New potted herbs, heirloom flowers, and handmade pots.

We are Expanding with New Products!

(Country Dinner Bread) 

We are now expanding our family farming operation to include baked items along with plants and produce. Our goal is to let people experience both heritage produce and heritage foods since we believe both have superior taste to a lot of our modern day food found at grocery stores.  So that said here is what we will be bringing this Saturday to Hillcrest Farmers Market:

Fresh Baked Items: Shaker Applesauce Muffins, Oatmeal Muffins, Soft Pretzels, Rosemary Focaccia Bread with fresh garden rosemary, and Country Dinner Bread.

Plants: A variety of tomatoes, peppers, and herbs.  Summer flowers. . . marigolds, miniature teddy bear sunflowers, and more.

Also, we will have handmade containers and potted herbs and flowers in handmade containers.

          P.S Our dinner bread sold out 15 minutes after last Tuesdays market opened! 

Tuesday Market!

Our farming operations are expanding!!!  

We are now offering heirloom baked goods from old recipes collected over the years.  So, with our expanding we will now be at the Westover Hills Farmers Market Tuesdays from 4 p.m. - 7 p.m.  Below is a list of what we will be offering today.

Produce: Fresh salad mix, fresh mint, and rosemary.

Baked Items: Country Dinner Bread, Old Fashion Teacakes, Old Fashion Teacakes with organic peach topping, White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies, and Chocolate Chip Cookies.

Plants: Flowers- Dwarf Teddy Bear Sunflowers, Love-in-a-Mist (cultivated in English gardens since the 1570's!), Pink Sunday Sage, Calendula, and Marigolds.  All flowers have just begun to bloom promising longer summer life.

A variety of herbs, potted herbs in handmade containers, and varieties of peppers and tomatoes of which one yellow cherry tomato whose origin can be traced to 1930!

Plus! Handmade containers.

Here are some pictures of today's inventory:  

Country Dinner Bread.

Old Fashion Teacakes with organic peach topping.

Teacakes.

Chocolate Chip Cookies.

White Chocolate Cranberry Cookies.

June 8th Market

It's hard to think that June is already here!  But, with tomatoes on the vine and squash ripening summer is fast approaching.  

This Saturday (tomorrow) we will be at Hillcrest Farmers Market with some summer produce, the last lettuce of the season, fresh herbs, potted herbs, new summer annuals, plants, and handmade containers.  Also, the summer annual flowers have just begun to bloom promising blooms all season long.  Below I have a list of what we will be bringing.

Produce:

Straight neck yellow squash, Baby loose leaf lettuce, fresh rosemary, fresh spear mint, and fresh pepper mint.

Plants:

-Flowers: Calendula, Marigolds, Teddy Bear Sunflowers (dwarf), Pink Sunday Sage.  All flowers are are just beginning to open for maximum summer blooming.

Variety of Peppers, Herbs, potted herbs, and Tomatoes including yellow cherry tomatoes that date back to 1931!

Plus:

Handmade containers and garden guys!

Westover Hills Farmers Market

Well I am fixing to load the truck with fresh mint, rosemary, lettuce, and some of the last summer plants (i.e. tomatoes and peppers).  Westover Hills Farmers Market will be this evenings destination.  An outreach of Westover Hills Presbyterian Church the market is located at: 6400 Kavanaugh, at the corner of McKinley and Kavanaugh just south of Westover Hills Presbyterian Church.

See Ya there!

Sick!

The title tells all.  I felt a little under the weather going to bed last night but, at 2:30 a.m.  I knew the market was out of the question today.

Sorry for the short notice.  Wishing good health to all. . .

Friday Update

Well it's Friday again.  The day that everything is set aside and put in it's place to be loaded up for Saturdays market in the morning.  
Along with my usual assortment of veggie plants i.e tomatoes and peppers I'm bringing fresh herbs and baby loose leaf lettuce to the market.  Also, flowers (plants to go into the garden) that have blooms and are just beginning to open so you know that you've got a long season of blooms.

Here is a list of Saturdays inventory:

I will have: Fresh rosemary, fresh spearmint, fresh peppermint and baby loose leaf lettuce.

Plants: 
Flowers - Calendula, Marigolds, Teddy Bear sunflowers, and Pink Sunday Sage.

Tomatoes: Arkansas Travelers, Beefsteak, Chadwick Cherry, Cherokee Purple, Green Zebra, and Yellow Cherry dating back to 1931.

Peppers:a variety of sweet and Spicy.

Herbs: 5 different basil varieties, oregano and thyme.

As usual I will be at Hillcrest Farmers Market in Little Rock from 7 a.m until Noon.

River Market

I will be at the River Market in Little Rock from 7 am till 3 pm today!

Produce!

I've got small bundles of loose leaf lettuce and kale I'm bringing to Hillcrest Farmers Market tomorrow!

It's Market Eve. . .

Find me this Saturday at Hillcrest Farmers Market 2200 Kavanaugh Blvd. Little Rock, AR 72205

This week I have the last and most special tomato variety that I will introduce this season.  It's a yellow heirloom cherry tomato whose origins have been stored at the USDA since 1931!  These plants are supposed to reach  from 7 to 12 feet tall and produce loads of great tasting fruit.  I have a limited supply with pre-orders all ready so hurry!

Also, I have cucumber starts and Yellow Prolific Straight Neck squash starts and below I have a list of Saturdays inventory.  

Tomatoes: Amish Paste, Arkansas Travelers, Beefsteak, Chadwick Cherry, Cherokee Purple, Green Zebra, and *a special variety* a yellow Cherry whose origins have been stored at the USDA since 1931 ... grows huge with massive yields.

Peppers: Emerald Giant Bell, Jalapeno and Cayenne.

Basil varieties that include- Thai, Lemon, Cinnamon, Lime, Sweet Genovese, Dark Purple Opal. 

Herbs: Oregano and thyme.

Flowers: Pink Sunday Sage (ornamental).

And lastly herb collections in handmade pots.

Don't forget our handmade containers!