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Posted by Springfield Locavore 3 years ago.
I wrote awhile back about our volunteer pumpkin plant. It grew spontaneously from the remains of the pumpkin that we had sitting in front of our house last fall. Audrey II is Growing!, originally uploaded by Wally Hartshorn. It is...
Posted by Springfield Locavore 3 years ago.
I mentioned the other day that at the Old Capitol Farmers' Market I had bought eggs from Bear Creek Farm and Ranch. I forgot to mention that they have a web site. (The web site address is printed on the...
Posted by Springfield Locavore 3 years ago.
Farmers Market Haul - Reds, Greens, and Blues!, originally uploaded by Wally Hartshorn. In addition to our CSA share, here's what we picked up from the farmers market on Saturday: Tomatoes (from Garrett Hydroponics), snap peas, cherries, blueberries, broc...
Posted by Springfield Locavore 3 years ago.
Hill Street Farm CSA Week 7 Share, originally uploaded by Wally Hartshorn. This week's share included 2 pounds of Red Gold potatoes, a mini cabbage, Walla Walla spring onions, kale or chard (we chose kale), Genovese basil, kohlrabi, and 1...
Posted by Springfield Locavore 3 years ago.
One thing I forgot to mention when I wrote earlier about the first Illinois Products Farmers Market was that there was a story about it on the front of the City/State section of the June 27 edition of the State...
Posted by Springfield Locavore 3 years ago.
Here are some photos of the first Illinois Products Farmers' Market, held on Thursday (June 26). Here's the entrance to the Commodities Pavilion. As you can see, it's open air but also under a roof, so there's shade if the...
Posted by Springfield Locavore 3 years ago.
I went to the first Illinois Products Farmers' Market (aka the evening farmers market) during the 4:00 hour. It looks like it will be a big hit, because there were plenty of people there! I had to park maybe a...
Posted by Springfield Locavore 3 years ago.
Just a quick reminder that Thursday evening the first evening farmers market will be held. The State Journal-Register had an article in today's paper, Think fresh: New farmers market will feature Illinois products. (Incidentally, the SJ-R also had another...
Posted by Springfield Locavore 3 years ago.
Gather round, children, and I'll tell you the tell of the Volunteer Pumpkin! Last fall we had a couple of pumpkins sitting in front of our house. After Halloween was done with, we just left them there to show our...
Posted by Springfield Locavore 3 years ago.
Farmers Market Haul, originally uploaded by Wally Hartshorn. In addition to our CSA share, here's what we picked up from the farmers market on Saturday: Strawberries, sweet cherries, blueberries, eggs, and potatoes. We ate some of the strawberries at a......
Posted by Springfield Locavore 3 years ago.
Hill Street Farm CSA Week 6 Share, originally uploaded by Wally Hartshorn. This week's share was more varied than earlier shares, a nice change from the never ending stream of lettuce varieties! According to the letter, this week's share includes...
Posted by Springfield Locavore 3 years ago.
I posted a few days about hoping to go to the first Local Flavors dinner and then about being unable to go. (We need a babysitter with no social life.) Well, two local blogs have reports of their experiences attending...
Posted by Springfield Locavore 3 years ago.
And there was much rejoicing! (Well, okay, I was happy. My wife is a vegetarian, so she gave me and the chicken a wide berth.) I will freely admit that it wasn't the world's greatest chicken (the cooking, I mean)....
Posted by Springfield Locavore 3 years ago.
My first ever attempt at cooking chicken is in the oven as I'm typing this. In about 30 minutes, I'll know whether I completely ruined 3 pieces of that wonderful cut-up fryer I got from the James Family Farm. Why...
Posted by Springfield Locavore 3 years ago.
The State Journal-Register ran two articles last month about a Springfield chapter of Food Not Lawns forming. Kathryn Rem's article Be at one with your land ran on May 7. Another article, Local Food Not Lawns chapter focuses on homegrown...
Posted by Springfield Locavore 3 years ago.
Back on May 17, the State Journal-Register had an article headlined "Farmers market coming to fairgrounds." Every Thursday evening, from June 26 through October 30, the Commodities Pavilion in the Illinois State Fairgrounds will be the site of the Illinoi...
Posted by Springfield Locavore 3 years ago.
Chicken (cut-up) from James Family Farm (12 miles + 137 miles), originally uploaded by Wally Hartshorn. In addition to fresh eggs, you can also get chicken from the James Family Farm. You need to reserve it in advance, however. Three...
Posted by Springfield Locavore 3 years ago.
Eggs with Character (Plus Free Chicken Poop), originally uploaded by Wally Hartshorn. Here are the first eggs I got from the James Family Farm, with the duck egg perched in the middle. They vary in size, shape, and color, unlike...
Posted by Springfield Locavore 3 years ago.
Eggs from James Family Farm (12 miles), originally uploaded by Wally Hartshorn. Here are the first dozen eggs (plus a duck egg) that I got from the James Family Farm. (Note the phone number stamped on the package: 306-4977!) Back...
Posted by Springfield Locavore 3 years ago.
This morning I wrote about Local Flavors, a twice-a-month series of dinners at 5 local restaurants where local food would be served. (In addition to the article in the SJ-R that I mentioned, it was also discussed in the article...
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