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2009 High Country Farm Tour | Blue Ridge Women In Agriculture

Gary Boyd — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 14:00:34 +0000

I am a big fan of the Watauga County Farmer’s Market and have always wanted to attend one of the High Country Farm Tours…I won’t make it this weekend, but, if you can you should. The ticket revenue goes to a good cause…Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture.

Saturday August 8th and Sunday August 9th

1 pm to 5 pm both days

Join local farmers and Blue Ridge Women in Agriculture for a fun-filled summer weekend! Enjoy the bounty of food and flowers in the beautiful North Carolina mountains while supporting local sustainable farms in Allegheny, Ashe, Watauga and Wilkes Counties. Interviews with the farmers will be posted on the High Country Farm Tour Blog.

Wrist bands are $20 in advance or $25 if purchased at a farm, and are good for one carload of people for the entire weekend—or pay $10 per farm.

From the BRWIA’ s website their mission statement is:

BRWIA’s mission is to empower women and their families with resources, education, and skills related to the production and consumption of sustainably-grown food from the community.

Based in Boone, North Carolina, BRWIA serves members across the High Country of the state.

If you would like to attend, follow the link below to the BRWIA website to find out where to purchase tickets and directions yo the participating farms…

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June 13. 2009 | Watauga County Farmers' Market

Gary Boyd — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 14:12:30 +0000

Tomorrow should be a good day to visit the market…And the featured product brings back spring memories of my Grandma’s house. Fresh peas just barely cooked with fresh butter…Such a lunch side dish…less than an hour from pea patch along the front fence to the dinner table…Go have a mess of peas for me…

This Saturday morning’s market and also the Wednesday evening market from 4 – 7 will feature sugar snaps, squash, lettuce, strawberries and onions from Zydeco Moon Farm. Donald and Roger Owens will also be at both markets with herb plants, tomatoes, squash both yellow and zucchini, cucumbers, cabbage, sugar snap peas and broccoli.

This Saturday’s special event is Spring Greens Day and musical entertainment will be provided by The Forget Me Nots. You will find a nice variety of greens at the market this weekend, and in addition Deb Lowe will have Limbertwig and Fuji apples, onions, blueberries. raspberries, dill, touch-me-nots and columbine. Matt Cooper will have fresh cut thyme, oregano and chives. Fog Likely Farm will be providing cut flowers in painted cans, burlwood planters, and red rhubarb.

Wednesday’s afternoon market will also have live music with Southern Exposure starting at 4pm. Along with the great spring vegetables you will find plenty of meal ideas such as fresh handmade pasta including spinach cavatelli, four-cheese ravioli, walnut pesto ravioli and hand cut fettucini from Andrea Morrell, the Pasta Wench. James Wilkes will offer honey, granola, eggs, whole grain breads, cranberry pecan scones and various muffins.

More… June 13. 2009 | Watauga County Farmers’ Market.

May 23, 2009 | Watauga County Farmers' Market

Gary Boyd — Fri, 22 May 2009 12:52:19 +0000

From the morning email…

Watauga County Farmers’ Market will be celebrating Herb and Plant day on May 23 with the music of The Sheets Family. Deborah Jean and Randy Sheets and daughter Kelly are well known for their tight harmonies and are listed in the Blue Ridge National Heritage Directory. We are sure you will enjoy their music this Saturday.

The Wednesday morning markets have been moved to Wednesday afternoons for the 2009 season. The time is tentatively set for 4 – 7PM, starting on June 17.

Find us at the Horn in the West in Boone, turn next to First Citizens Bank on Highway 105 Extension and go to the top of the hill. Call WCFM manager Karen Bauman at 1-828-355-4918 or visit our website at http://wcfm.info for more information. We will be there rain or shine!

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Wish I Was Going To The Market…

Gary Boyd — Fri, 03 Oct 2008 17:55:43 +0000

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The folks at Watauga County Farmers’ Market would like to thank everybody who braved the drizzle to support the market this past Saturday. The market will be open all four Saturdays in October, rain or shine, or even in the snow if need be. The outlook for Saturday the 4th calls for a nice day, and we hope to see you at the market.

There are plenty of good things left to harvest. Robert Church will have a good supply of Irish potatoes on hand as well as several varieties of apples including Wolf River, JonaGold, and Macintosh. Jerry Harvey may possibly have more yellow and white sweet corn, but he will certainly have plenty of pie pumpkins to bring to market.

The flavors of summer have not left, and Don Owens will have red, striped, pink and yellow tomatoes this weekend, yellow and zucchini squash, bell and hot peppers. Cheryl Piracci will have San Marzano tomatoes and quick marinara sauce recipes to go with them. Cheryl also will have her homemade pesto, pistachio orange biscotti, and even her own special garlic jam. Charles Church will be busy harvesting potatoes, onions, garlic, chard and butternut and spaghetti squash. Charles will also have humanely raised pork to offer.

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If you are in the High Country this weekend, stop by the Market and pick up some of those good mountain vegetables…