Cow Girl

Well, we don't have any cows yet, but my sweet DIL thought this hat would attract customers at the farmer's markets. Sorry Tristina, I didn't wear it long. Hats are just to durn hot!

I haven't been at many of the markets because I've been doing Census work. There's about another week left of that and then I need to spend another week or two drumming up business for our eggs in stores. Our feed supplier changed his ration and we've gone from 70 to 110 eggs a day. That's wonderful, but we need another store or two.

Grampa Tom has been doing most of the markets, but this day he was in the fields so I played hooky from my government job to run the stand at the Burlington Farmer's Market.

We've been doing 3 markets a week, but this week the market at Baxter's Winery in Nauvoo starts so we will be at 4. The garden isn't producing enough quite yet for us to handle to much so we will wait on the Hamilton market till I have a little more time to bake or the garden really gets going, whichever is first.

It has gone from drizzly cold a little over a week ago to muggy hot. Great for growing most things. My spinach is bolting. Tuesday will be the last of it. We do have baby swiss chard now though, better than spinach and it grows all summer.

I've added dried herbs to the menu we sell. If anyone has small food jars they'd like to donate, I need a bunch!

God Bless You All!

~Grama Sue

Great Grandma's Rose

Well, this picture didn't come out as well as I thought it would, but Grampa Tom's great grandmother's rose bush is still blooming! We think it will die every year, but it keeps coming back. This plant is probably 70 to 90 years old. Amazing.

We'll be at the State Park in Nauvoo tomorrow from 4-7 as long as it's not thundering and lightening! Hope it doesn't rain, but a little rain won't keep us away. Come see us!

God Bless You All!

~Grama Sue

Burlington Farmer's Market

Rain, rain go away, at least by 5 o'clock today!

That's market time at the Riverfront in Burlington. We'd think about staying home today, but we've promised people we'd pick up some of Inechens fabulous tomatoes. They grow them in dirt in a greenhouse near the Quad Cities and pick them when they are ripe on the vine. Burlington is as far south as they go, but we think people in Nauvoo, Hamilton and Keokuk deserve this incredible early crop too.

We'll have to take the tent sides and pull the tables inside. There won't be to many people there tonight, but thankfully there are some really faithful people who will come to the market no matter what the weather.

Here's the menu for tonight!

Lettuce

Herbs - Fresh & Dried

Radishes

Onions

Whole Wheat All Natural Muffins

Grandma Whitson's Addictive Cookies

Crispy Rice Treats

All Natural Egg Noodles

Grama Sue's Rainbow Eggs

God Bless! ~Grama Sue

Hamilton Farmer's Market

Grampa Tom will be at the Hamilton City Park from 3-5pm today.

Menu:

Greenhouse tomatoes grown in dirt.

Lettuce

Spinach

Herbs - Fresh & Dried

Radishes

Onions

Whole Wheat All Natural Muffins

Grandma Whitson's Addictive Cookies

Crispy Rice Treats

All Natural Egg Noodles

Grama Sue's Rainbow Eggs

Theif

We had a leghorn that kept getting into our garden. Yesterday she tore up a bunch of our peas. I stalked her until I caught her and now she's in my pressure cooker.

Here's a couple of the eggs I found inside of her. There were a few more tiny tiny yolks, but they broke when I tried to pick them out. Thought you might like to see them.

God Bless You All!

~Grama Sue

Farmer's Market Schedule for the Remainder of May

We are back at the markets! For the rest of May we plan to be at:

Tuesdays - Nauvoo Bounty Farmer's Market

4-7pm at the State Park on Hwy 96

Thursdays - Burlington Riverfront Farmer's Market

5-7:30m at the Port by the bridge

Saturdays - Keokuk Farmer's Market

6:30-11am at the mall

We also might show up at the Hamilton Farmer's Market at the city park on Wednesdays from 3-5pm if we have enough stuff.

God Bless You All!

~Grama Sue

Herbs

Got to go play in the dirt this morning! When I was a teen, I absolutely hated garden work, but now weeding is such a joy. Who woulda thunk? I weeded all my herb beds this morning and planted some cilantro and marjoram. I really need to plant some more basil and dill, just need to find a place! This is my perennial bed with a few self re-seeders and a few annuals to fill in the empty spaces till the perennials take over.

This year I should have:

Parsley

Thyme

Lemon Balm

Cilantro

Sage

Basil

Dill

Rosemary

Marjoram

Oregano

Spearmint

Garlic

And probably one or more that I am forgetting.

That's all for now folks!

God Bless You All!

~Grama Sue