Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2008 22:46:07 -0400
From: Debbie Roos
Subject: at the farmers’ markets this week
Make sure to leave time in your schedule to check out one of Chatham County’s three farmers’ markets this week! Farmers are harvesting a fantastic array of produce including strawberries, leeks, snow peas, greenhouse tomatoes, lettuce, spinach, salad mix, squash, carrots, garlic, sugar snap peas, Swiss chard, broccoli, onions, bok choy, mizuna, mustard, radishes, beets, cabbage, cauliflower, fresh-cut herbs, and more!
You’ll also find free-range eggs, goat cheese, pasture-raised pork & chicken & lamb & goat, cheesecake, baked goods, jams and jellies, cut flowers, vegetable and herb transplants, goats’ milk soap, hostas and other herbaceous perennials, bedding plants, hanging baskets, and more.
Tuesday: Fearrington Farmers’ Market from 4:00 pm-early evening
Thursday: Pittsboro Farmers’ Market from 3:30-6:30 pm
Saturday: Siler City Farmers’ market from 10:00 am-1:00 pm
Visit Cooperative Extension’s Growing Small Farms website at
http://chatham.ces.ncsu.edu/growingsmallfarms/marketinfo.html for details.
Have a great week,
Debbie
Debbie Roos
Agricultural Extension Agent
Organic and Sustainable Agriculture
North Carolina State University
North Carolina Cooperative Extension
Chatham County Center
Growing Small Farms Website:
http://www.growingsmallfarms.org
Post Office Box 279
Pittsboro, NC 27312
Phone: 919.542.8202 Fax: 919.542.8246
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