Dear Powelton Market Friends and Neighbors,
Lots of you made it to the market last Saturday.
Cheers!
It is still the height of the growing season
for Rachel Glick, and she will again have a
wide assortment of cut flowers for us. When
you are at her table be sure
to check out the display of gourds. I especially
like the green & white one that looks for
all this world like a dragon! (Maybe I've lived
near Drexel too long?) Anyhow, Rachel promises
to have a supply of gourds ready for us
to buy on September 11th. Here's another helpful
hint from Rachel. For those of you who last
week bought bouquets with coleus (the one with purple
and green leaves), remember that when the
rest of your flowers are spent, you can
stick the stem your coleus in water where it
will grow a remarkable root system. You can
then plant it indoors in a pot or
outdoors in your garden.
Bob Fahnestock will continue to have peaches
(and aren't this year's varieties just fantastic!)
and tomatoes, and now, Part III from the Fahnestock
Fruit Farm, Apple Season, begins. This week
Bob will have Honeycrisp and Gala, which are
both sweet, crisp eating apples. Be sure
to try the samples Bob will have for us and
choose (and of course buy) your favorite.
John King will have yams, lima beans, turnips,
and carrots this week, and will continue
also to have kale, collards, cabbage, and even
lettuce, in addition to fruit galore: blueberries,
raspberries, plums, and melons etc. John
will also have purple and white eggplant; he
tells me that the white ones are especially
good when grilled.
Lorelle Becton will be selling small samples
of her honey scrub, and will introduce her new
ginger-citrus soap. Users of her citronella
mosquito repellent tell me that it really works,
even in this damp mosquito-breeding summer,
and suggest that Lo's peppermint sprayed on
the back of your neck is very cooling on the
occasional hot days we do have in this very
unusual summer.
UNI/UCHS ran out of some veggies last week
and had to make a quick trip to their garden
to replenish the supply. Now that is fresh vegetables!
This week they will again have kale, chard,
tomatoes, okra, eggplant, and collards; mint,
basil, and thyme; and yogurt, cheese, and
pesto.
This from Pat McBee at the Voter Registration
table:
"Pat McBee (and maybe a helper) will be
at the market to gather and share ideas about
getting out the vote. Idea of the week:
make sure your family is all set. Do the young adults
need to get registered or to be encouraged to
vote? Do parents of young children
need child care while they go to vote?
Does anyone need an absentee ballot? Do old
ones need help getting to the polls? Has anyone
moved since the last election? Pat will
have both registration forms and applications
for absentee ballots. Stop by and share your
ideas for getting out the vote. (Planning meeting
for voter drive in 24th Ward, today, Thursday,
August 19, 3208 Hamilton Street.)" Information:
215-349-6959 or pmcbee@juno.com)
Brent Fox of B & L Grassland Farm will not
be at our market this week; he will
be back on August 28th with his pastured meat
and chicken.
Rebecca Manlin Strauss of Urban Girls Produce
tells me that they will not be at our market
this week, and unless they find someone to help,
they will not be back this season. Maybe you
can help! Bob Pierson, Director of Farm-to-City, just
sent me this: "Know anyone interested
in running a produce stand in the Powelton Farmers'
Market? Gina Humphreys, from a farm family near
Pennsville, Salem Co. South Jersey, is looking
for a reliable person to come to the farm, pick
produce, then take the produce on Saturday mornings
to the farmers' market and sell. Market hours
are 10 - 2 (9:30 to 2:30 including setup and
breakdown). Gina offers a profit-sharing deal.
The market, operated by Farm to City, will run
every Saturday from August 21 through end of
October. Any reliable person seriously interested
should contact Gina at her Philadelphia number
215 817-5614."
I hope to see a whole big bunch of you Saturday!
We're there from 10:00 until 2:00.
sue minnis
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