Tag Archives: Farmer’s Market

Red Currant and Ginger Jam

Red Currant and Ginger Jam

If you have never tasted currants, your first impression may be that you aren’t missing anything.  Don’t give up.  These beautiful little berries can be addictive although a bit of an acquired taste.  We grew-up with a scraggily, misshapen currant bush that each year earned its spot in the yard by kicking out baskets and [...]

What a bunch of Buffalo!

What a bunch of Buffalo!

Have you ever seen a Buffalo in person?  As you know, they are ginormous, woolly things that meander around with the confidence that nothing will ever mess with them …and I agree.  So when we ran into TMZ Farm at the Ann Arbor Farmers Market I was surprised by his enthusiasm over his Buffalo tenderloins [...]

Revised Farmer’s Market Post

Revised Farmer’s Market Post

After attending the Ypsi Farmer’s Market several times I have learned that the Ypsi market has been in an attendance decline for several years!  The sparse number of booths is not a result of the early season but the norm.  Due to the sparsity of shoppers, fewer and fewer vendors are setting up shop at [...]

Crazy Little Rabbit

Crazy Little Rabbit

Spoiler Alert: All vegetarians and vegans please proceed to the next article.  The rabbit dies in the end. Last weekend while perusing the first farmer’s market of the year we met Karl.  Karl has a lot of product from his farm and as it turns out …he has rabbit.  Just as Karl mentioned this specialty [...]

Meet Farmer Sam and Everything Meat Karl!

Meet Farmer Sam and Everything Meat Karl!

Grand Season Opening April 25th 8am – 2pm May 9th – Paint a Pot for Mother’s Day – FREE May 16th – Make a Card for Recovering Soldiers and Veterans – FREE May 30th – Plant Day – Come to the Market, get your Plants and Flowers and start planting! The Ypslanti Farmer’s Market opened [...]

Farmers Markets

I’m a total sucker for Farmer’s Markets.  I buy bread I can’t possibly finish, preserves that will be in my frig for months, eggs that come in brown, blue and green, but it’s all good.  Typically these products are grown locally.  They are produced by smaller farms that often use more ecologically sound growing methods [...]

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