Market is open for ordering

The Market is open Thursday Noon – Monday 9:00 a.m. After that, ordering is disabled until Thursday noon-ish. Pick up your order Tuesday 4:30-6:30 p.m. only at Rancho Alegre Farm at 2225 Givens Road, Dacula, GA 30019. New to The Market? Learn about how it works here.

MARKET NEWS – REMINDERS AND SOME COUNTRY STORE NEWS!

Remember: market hours are only 4:30 to 6:30 – producers are delivering up to 4:30 and I close the doors at 6:30. I will try to send out Tuesday market reminders early in the day but I might not always get to, so don’t rely solely on me. Thanks for your kind attention to this matter :-)
Also, we know that everyone gets busy and occasionally has to send someone else to pick up their order for them. We ourselves had a substitute out working the market this week. If you do send someone in your place, please verify with them that they have your complete order before they leave the farm.

Be on the lookout for laundry soap in the country store this week, and also for some exciting changes with the way the store looks. We’ve got plans for some great new furniture and shelving and things! Be sure and tell us what you think.

CLICK HERE NOW to Shop Gwinnett Locally Grown!

My best to all -

Shop often and eat well!
Market Manager
grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com

Fresh Wishes,
Pilar Quintero
Market Host
Rancho Alegre Farm

Please email grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com for questions pertaining to Market or Raw Milk. It is very difficult to return phone calls. If you are interested in Goat’s Milk, contact Nik The Goat Guy at 404-542-0981. We generally have some goat’s milk available during market hours, whether you have placed a market order or not. Please contact him first though to confirm. Remember to interact with us on Facebook and follow us on Meetup to get notification on all our wonderful events and news.

SUNDAY MARKET REMINDER

This email is a gentle reminder that ordering through Gwinnett Locally Grown will close today at noon.

The Market is open Thursday Noon – Monday 9:00 a.m. After that, ordering is disabled until Thursday noon-ish. Pick up your order Tuesday 4:30-6:30 p.m. only at Rancho Alegre Farm at 2225 Givens Road, Dacula, GA 30019. New to The Market? Learn about how it works here.

MARKET NEWS

Sorry I forgot to send out a reminder yesterday. Enjoy a couple extra hours of ordering time. I’ll close the market at noon today.
See you Tuesday!
-iris

My best to all -

Shop often and eat well!
Debbie Moore
Market Manager
grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com

Fresh Wishes,
Pilar Quintero
Market Host
Rancho Alegre Farm

Please contact grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com for questions pertaining to Market or Raw Milk. It is very difficult to return phone calls. If you are interested in Goat’s Milk, contact Nik The Goat Guy at 404-542-0981. We generally have some goat’s milk available during market hours, whether you have placed a market order or not. Please contact him first though to confirm. Remember to interact with us on Facebook and follow us on Meetup to get notification on all our events and news.

MARKET IS OPEN FOR ORDERING NOW!

The Market is open Thursday Noon – Monday 9:00 a.m. After that, ordering is disabled until Thursday noon-ish. Pick up your order Tuesday 4:30-6:30 p.m. only at Rancho Alegre Farm at 2225 Givens Road, Dacula, GA 30019. New to The Market? Learn about how it works here.

MARKET NEWS – MORE NEW OR NEARLY NEW ITEMS!
Just a quick note today because I’m fighting carbal tunnel and out to buy a new computer desk. I will be more newsy on Sunday :-)

Remember: market hours are only 4:30 to 6:30 – producers are delivering up to 4:30 and I close the doors at 6:30. Think of us as a retail store with set ours – Publix and Kroger only have set hours, even if you order special things. I don’t live at the farm and am only there certain times. I will try to send out Tuesday market reminders early in the day but I might not always get to, so don’t rely solely on me. Thanks for your kind attention to this matter :-)

We hope everybody enjoyed the soap sables from Tuesday from our new vendor! I use them as a facial bar, and they are lasting a long time!

Lisa has lots of pickling cucumbers and onions on market this week. And I was really excited to see spaghetti squash on market. Yum!!!

More later….

CLICK HERE NOW to Shop Gwinnett Locally Grown!

My best to all -

Shop often and eat well!
Debbie Moore
Market Manager
grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com

Fresh Wishes,
Pilar Quintero
Market Host
Rancho Alegre Farm

Please email grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com for questions pertaining to Market or Raw Milk. It is very difficult to return phone calls. If you are interested in Goat’s Milk, contact Nik The Goat Guy at 404-542-0981. We generally have some goat’s milk available during market hours, whether you have placed a market order or not. Please contact him first though to confirm. Remember to interact with us on Facebook and follow us on Meetup to get notification on all our wonderful events and news.

SUNDAY MARKET REMINDER

This email is a gentle reminder that ordering through Gwinnett Locally Grown will close tomorrow (Monday) 9.a.m.

The Market is open Thursday Noon – Monday 9:00 a.m. After that, ordering is disabled until Thursday noon-ish. Pick up your order Tuesday 4:30-6:30 p.m. only at Rancho Alegre Farm at 2225 Givens Road, Dacula, GA 30019. New to The Market? Learn about how it works here.

GARDEN NEWS
We are making a concentrated effort to grow veggies for market and are starting work on the fall garden. Fall gardens consist of short-season cool-weather crops so we will see what we can come up with.

If there is something in particular you would like to see, either in the fall or for next spring’s plantings, please let us know. Farmers and gardeners need to start planning in the late fall or early winter for the next seasons’ crops in order to have time to order seed, sometimes start them in a greenhouse, then plant and grow. Some things like strawberries and garlic, need planted in the fall for harvest the next summer.

If there’s something you would buy, please let us know! Barring any type of calamity, we fully plan on having organic strawberries next May or (or thereabouts. the weather last year was awfully weird and some crops ran a full month later than usual!)

Anyway, I’ll have my pen and paper at market Tuesday to take notes!!!!

My best to all -

Shop often and eat well!
Debbie Moore
Market Manager
grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com

Fresh Wishes,
Pilar Quintero
Market Host
Rancho Alegre Farm

Please contact grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com for questions pertaining to Market or Raw Milk. It is very difficult to return phone calls. If you are interested in Goat’s Milk, contact Nik The Goat Guy at 404-542-0981. We generally have some goat’s milk available during market hours, whether you have placed a market order or not. Please contact him first though to confirm. Remember to interact with us on Facebook and follow us on Meetup to get notification on all our wonderful events and news.

GWINNETT LOCALLY GROWN IS OPEN FOR ORDERING!

The Market is open Thursday Noon – Monday 9:00 a.m. After that, ordering is disabled until Thursday noon-ish. Pick up your order Tuesday 4:30-6:30 p.m. only at Rancho Alegre Farm at 2225 Givens Road, Dacula, GA 30019. New to The Market? Learn about how it works here.

MARKET NEWS – MORE NEW OR NEARLY NEW ITEMS!
Natural Elements Organic Soaps: FIRST TIME LISTING! Soaps are 100% natural, organic and have anti-bacterial, anti-fungal, anti-inflammatory, and antiseptic properties to speed up the healing processes. NEOS uses all kinds of super-healthy oils in the making of their soap (see product listings). Each product contains Omega 3,6,9, A, D, and K giving your body all the essentials it needs. The intensely moisturizing formula is what makes it so good at battling dry skin disorders such as Eczema, Psoriasis, infatigo, lesions, boils, acne, or shingles. Available in five varieties: Fresh & Local: Bath & Beauty: Soap.

Hand-Crafted Olive Oil Soap: Dawewood Farm: FarmHouse Hand-Crafted Olive Oil Soap is made from saponified olive oil, distilled water, sodium hydroxide, fragrance oil & spices, herbs or grains if indicated. Great for sensitive skin, moisturizing and has such a luxurious lather! Available in five fragrances. Fresh & Local: Bath & Beauty: Soap

Lucky Dog Healthy Dog Treats: Lucky Dog Treats are organic and healthy dog treats with ingredients that include our farm fresh eggs (organic/non-gmo/non-soy), pumpkin (loaded with fiber and betacarotene), parsley for breath (parsley is also high in vit C and A, aids arthritis, helps reduce some cancers, aids in asthma and is a good source of folic acid!), wheat germ (rich in fiber, vitamins B and E and one of the best sources of zinc!), Coconut oil (skin health, digestion, immune booster, metabolic health), flax seeds (rich in omega 3 fatty acids, they also help to pass toxins out of the body!)cinnamon (anti-oxidant and anti-inflammatory), ginger (anti-inflammatory boosts blood circulation) The big plus is that dogs LOVE THEM! Lucky dogs indeed! Fresh & Local: Pet Food & Treats

Organic Fruit & Nut Granola: Tasty and VERY healthy granola mix! This is my own recipe with a combination of whole oats, slivered almonds, pecans, dried cranberries, sunflower seeds, sesame seeds, flax seeds, coconut oil, pure maple syrup, brown sugar, cinnamon and local raw honey. Packaged in pint Mason jars for you to re-purpose. I have heard wild rumors that Ellen may be working on an additional flavor to offer! Fresh & Local: Baked Goods: Cereal & Granola.

MARKET UPDATES
Veggies: Currently we have peppers, okra, butternut squash and some cherry tomatoes (Sungold is my favorite snack this time of year!) The late summer heat is making it kind of difficult to project what will be sellable six days out as farmers typically add inventory on Wednesdays. I’ll share in Sunday’s blog if new things come up!

Flavored Butters & Cheeses – I texted a little with Russell last night while he was out in the field on his tractor. He’s trying to get the silage made for his cows (cutting the corn plants off and fermenting it for feed later in the season, with all of those healthy probiotics!!!) so he can get to his value-added products, so he can get them on market, so we can order them to enjoy. We made silage for our beef herd back in the day, and I imagine August in Georgia, using an open-air tractor is much worse than in September in Ohio with an air-conditioned cab. I don’t know how Russell stores his but ours was a concrete bunker requiring a bulldozer, topped with a huge tarp and tires to keep the tarp in place. Strenuous, sweaty work indeed!

Pork & Beef: Benji has seven cuts of his yummy pork listed this week and Fred has 17 cuts of his wonderful grass-fed, grass-finished beef! Brady has pork shares available. I’m still looking for a freezer ~ sigh ~

Chicken: Tracy has moved to delivering every six weeks or so and we are scheduled for a drop this Saturday! Please consider buying your own package (starts at $99) next go-around as we simply do not have storage space for six weeks for market :-(

CLICK HERE NOW to Shop Gwinnett Locally Grown!

My best to all -

Shop often and eat well!
Debbie Moore
Market Manager
grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com

Fresh Wishes,
Pilar Quintero
Market Host
Rancho Alegre Farm

Please email grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com for questions pertaining to Market or Raw Milk. It is very difficult to return phone calls. If you are interested in Goat’s Milk, contact Nik The Goat Guy at 404-542-0981. We generally have some goat’s milk available during market hours, whether you have placed a market order or not. Please contact him first though to confirm. Remember to interact with us on Facebook and follow us on Meetup to get notification on all our wonderful events and news.

MARKET HOURS EXTENDED THIS MORNING!

Due to the crazy hours everyone has had getting their kids ready to start school, we have decided to extend market hours this morning. You will be able to order until 11:00 a.m. today. Enjoy!

My best to all -

Shop often and eat well!
Debbie Moore
Market Manager
grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com

Fresh Wishes,
Pilar Quintero
Market Host
Rancho Alegre Farm

Please contact grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com for questions pertaining to Market or Raw Milk. It is very difficult to return phone calls. If you are interested in Goat’s Milk, contact Nik The Goat Guy at 404-542-0981. We generally have some goat’s milk available during market hours, whether you have placed a market order or not. Please contact him first though to confirm. Remember to interact with us on Facebook and follow us on Meetup to get notification on all our wonderful events and news.

SUNDAY MARKET REMINDER

This email is a gentle reminder that ordering through Gwinnett Locally Grown will close tomorrow (Monday) 9.a.m.

The Market is open Thursday Noon – Monday 9:00 a.m. After that, ordering is disabled until Thursday noon-ish. Pick up your order Tuesday 4:30-6:30 p.m. only at Rancho Alegre Farm at 2225 Givens Road, Dacula, GA 30019. New to The Market? Learn about how it works here.

MARKET NEWS – MORE COOL THINGS
I ran into Ricky from Back River Farm at the Snellville Market Saturday morning and encouraged him to add everything he could list to our market since Leah Lakes and Sylvan Falls Mill is out for a couple months. I see we have
• Butternut Squash (what is your favorite recipe?)
• Okra
• Sungold Tomatoes (awesome! and more orange than gold…)

Other cool things:
• Kombucha By The Bottle – Pilar has been working hard to get her commercial license to sell Kombucha by the bottle through stores and restaurants. We will probably have extra in the cooler when you come for pick-up at market Tuesday, and hope to have free samples available too! Just think, you will soon be able to claim “I knew her when…” when she goes big-time!
• Granola from Dawewood Farms in Mason jars (we recycle for her!)
• Doggie Treats, also from Ellen at Daweood Farm – we even make our furry friends happy at market!
• Chickens (& rabbits) – live chickens and rabbits from Lisa at Bo & Lisa’s. If you would like her to process your rabbit or rooster, please contact her, I’m not sure how that works. If you would like a few laying hens to raise your own fresh eggs, she has them! (If I remember correctly, the minimum one should have in a flock is 3 because they are social animals and do better in a group.)
• Butter & Mozzerella – hopefully everything will go well this week and Russell will have butter and mozzerella again (stockpile folks!). No word yet on flavored butters yet … Russell, if you’re reading this, I’m dieing over here!
• Boston Butt Steaks from Anderson Farm – Uncured ham steaks cut from the Boston Butt- 3/4" thick, 2 per pack, 14- 16 oz. each steak.

Be sure to check the market Monday morning too, in case somebody slips some more delicious things on the listings late tonight! I have heard rumors of slicer tomatoes, spaghetti squash and eggplant coming soon. Fingers crossed!

My best to all -

Shop often and eat well!
Debbie Moore
Market Manager
grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com

Fresh Wishes,
Pilar Quintero
Market Host
Rancho Alegre Farm

Please contact grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com for questions pertaining to Market or Raw Milk. It is very difficult to return phone calls. If you are interested in Goat’s Milk, contact Nik The Goat Guy at 404-542-0981. We generally have some goat’s milk available during market hours, whether you have placed a market order or not. Please contact him first though to confirm. Remember to interact with us on Facebook and follow us on Meetup to get notification on all our wonderful events and news.

MARKET IS OPEN WITH SOME MORE NEW ITEMS!

The Market is open Thursday Noon – Monday 9:00 a.m. After that, ordering is disabled until Thursday noon-ish. Pick up your order Tuesday 4:30-6:30 p.m. only at Rancho Alegre Farm at 2225 Givens Road, Dacula, GA 30019. New to The Market? Learn about how it works here.

MARKET NEWS – MORE NEW OR NEARLY NEW ITEMS!
Beets and Onions – Pickled – No Sugar: Bo & Lisa’s Lil Patch: Made from organic beets , organic onions, and gluten-free organic pickling spices, along with vinegar. Chill and eat with salads , hamburgers or plain. Note: these beets and onions are pure, and simple , with no sugar. Store bought beets are full of high fructose corn syrup and you of course do not want that. Fresh & Local; Processed Foods: Pickles & Relishes

Nature’s Call Toilet Spray: Dawewood Farm: Here is Ellen’s description: "This awesome product should be mandatory in all bathrooms and ladies purses! No dangerous fumes or aerosols to inhale. As we like to say “spray into the toilet before going #2 and no one will ever know!” This septic safe product creates a barrier on the top of the toilet water where “fumes” are trapped. Simply shake the canister 4-5 times and spray directly into the toilet water before you go #2! You will want one for every bathroom in the house and one for the purse too! Seriously." The original product by a nationally known company hit the internet about a year ago. I thought, “well…..” Lol! Fresh & Local: Bath & Beauty

HandCrafted Olive Oil Soap: Dawewood Farm: FarmHouse HandCrafted Olive Oil Soap is made from saponified olive oil, distilled water, sodium hydroxide, fragrance oil & spices, herbs or grains if indicated. Great for sensitive skin, moisturizing and has such a luxurious lather! This soap comes in Peppermint, Lavender, Coconut, Kudzu and Cranberry. Please indicate which fragrance you prefer in the comments section when you check out. Fresh & Local: Bath & Beauty

All Natural Tooth Powder – Peppermint Clove: Bo & Lisa’s: From Lisa: "Wow! I am on my 4th month of using this Tooth Powder. I would say it should last one person 4-6 months. My teeth feel squeaky clean after i rinse, even though it kinda of looks like dirt while i am brushing. The taste is pleasant, the smell is pleasant, and the ingredients are great for your gums and teeth!! All you do is dip your dry toothbrush in the powder once and brush away. Your teeth and gums will thank you. The ingredients are quite expensive, however a little goes a long way. My friend Sandra gave this to me and has given me permission to make it and offer you this treat for your teeth. We use only the good stuff: Bentonite Clay, naturally extracted Baking soda, unrefined sea salt, Clove Powder, Myrrh gum powder, unrefined Stevia powder, and a few essential oils. SPECIAL NOTE: do you know that fluoride is now found to be extremely destructive to your thyroid? That feeling “I’m tired, sluggish, feel fat feeling”, well that’s your thyroid on fluoride! We are committed to coming up with products to help you eliminate these chemicals from your life. One by one together we make progress toward that goal! Thank you for being a supporter of our passion and our Lil Patch. " Good stuff! Find it here: Fresh & Local: Bath & Beauty

DON’T FORGET ELLEN’S FABULOUS POUND CAKE IS HERE!
The pound cakes are online! I think most of you have tried the to-die-for pound cakes we’ve occasionally had as an add-on at market. Now they are available to order! FarmHouse Pound Cakes, Grower: DaweWood Farm. Because Ellen has so many varieties available, here’s how to order:

1). Place the order like you would any other product, either regular pound cake (under Baked Goods, then “Sweets” OR Baked Goods, then “Gluten-Free”.

2). When you check out, there is a space for comments under products you order where you can leave a grower/producer a message.

3). Let Ellen know which flavor you would like, which she lists in the description.

Easy-Peasy – Scrumptious Pound Cakes every week. Sounds kind of dangerous to me, lol!

Dave brought some extras last week, but I can’t be sure there will be any add-ons in the near future, so it’s best to place an order. The freeze well. If you can keep them long enough to get them in the freezer. [How do I know THAT?]

Ellen also has doggie treats and granola which I will be profiling soon, as well as another new vendor coming on board. In the mean time, look around and see all the exciting new things!

THE BEST GARLIC RECIPE. EVER!
Did anybody roast their garlic last week? My husband does not care to eat it like a veggie, so I will be waiting till he goes out of town to do it. And probably not for a Tuesday lunch, you know, right before market, lol. But I can’t wait!

Repeating the recipe information:

Here is the recipe for Roasted Garlic Lisa from Bo & Lisa’s found. I am an avid fan of Pioneer Woman, a tv show on one of the cable cooking channels, in no small part because she lives on a working ranch, which is well-integrated into her show. 

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SPECIAL NOTE: Leah Lakes and Sylvan Falls Mill will be out for the next couple months. The delivery schedule was changed and they will not be in this area on Tuesdays :-( (They are up in the mountains.) I will try to find another veggie vendor to fill in, but the heat of the summer down around here is starting to fry the gardens, and most farmers plan their markets in the fall and winter for the following year. If you know of anybody who may have veggies available to sell through our market, please have them contact me at grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com. Products must be certified organic, certified naturally grown, or pesticide-free.

My best to all -

Shop often and eat well!
Debbie Moore
Market Manager
grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com

Fresh Wishes,
Pilar Quintero
Market Host
Rancho Alegre Farm

Please contact grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com for questions pertaining to Market or Raw Milk. It is very difficult to return phone calls. Remember to interact with us on Facebook and follow us on Meetup to get notification on all our wonderful events and news. If you are interested in Goat’s Milk and can pick up any day but Tuesday, contact Nik The Goat Guy at 404-542-0981. Goats have to be milked every day and a week-end pick-up would be lovely. For right now, we generally have some goat’s milk available during market hours, whether you have placed a market order or not. Please call Nik first to verify. Please contact him first though, we can’t accommodate walk-ins due to hosting private events almost every week-end!

THE MOST AWESOME ROASTETD GARLIC RECIPE EVER! (& MARKET REMINDER)

This email is a gentle reminder that ordering through Gwinnett Locally Grown will close tomorrow (Monday) 9.a.m.

The Market is open Thursday Noon – Monday 9:00 a.m. After that, ordering is disabled until Thursday noon-ish. Pick up your order Tuesday 4:30-6:30 p.m. only at Rancho Alegre Farm at 2225 Givens Road, Dacula, GA 30019. New to The Market? Learn about how it works here.

FEATURE FOCUS: GARLIC
We have three vendors (as of this writing) who have garlic listed, and all the listings are different!

GARLIC BRAIDS: Sylvan Falls Mill. Mike dropped on off last week so you all could see the size and beauty of a braid. This is something I’ve always wanted to do, is learn how to make garlic braids! Made from a combination of hard and soft neck varieties, hung to air dry, and braided together, these will last six months to a year. If you have foodie friends, this is an awesome Christmas present!!!

RED TORCH, or an offering of ASSORTED VARIETIES: Leah Lakes Farm. Red Torch is freshly dug. I have only had dried garlic (to my knowledge) so I intend to buy some this week to see if there’s a detectable difference.

The above three offerings are found under Fresh & Local: Vegetables.

BULK GARLIC: Bo & Lisa’s Lil Patch: Lisa is offering a bulk buy of garlic and is the farmer who found the Pioneer Woman recipe (link listed below.) Her garlic is found under Fresh & Local: Featured Special Sales (first listing), 10-12 heads of garlic for a special price for a limited time.

THE BEST GARLIC RECIPE. EVER!
I don’t know why, but when I was growing up, we never raised garlic. I started growing it in my own garden when my kids were little, but it was used strictly for flavoring, mostly in Italian dishes.

Then a few summers ago, a group I was traveling with stopped at a hole-in-the-wall dive out in the middle of nowhere, Texas (which, judging by the number of cars in the parking lot, was going to mean excellent results.) We ALL ordered Roasted Garlic, served as a vegetable-appetizer.

Oh. My. Gosh. We did indeed, sweat it out of our pores for three days but it was sooooooo worth it!

Here is the recipe for Roasted Garlic Lisa from Bo & Lisa’s found. I am an avid fan of Pioneer Woman, a tv show on one of the cable cooking channels, in n0 small part because she lives on a working ranch, which is well-integrated into her show.

ONE FINAL NOTE, MOTHER EARTH MEATS: Ordering for this cycle (Tracy is moving to six-week drops rather than one a month), officially ended Saturday, but you can probably still get in on the August 9 delivery if you call him by tomorrow (Monday) evening. I shared a link on our FaceBook page about an announcement Tracy recently made. Due to how FaceBook has changed who you see in your newsfeed, you may not have received that post. Please check it out.

My best to all -

Shop often and eat well!
Debbie Moore
Market Manager
grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com

Fresh Wishes,
Pilar Quintero
Market Host
Rancho Alegre Farm

Please contact grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com for questions pertaining to Market or Raw Milk. It is very difficult to return phone calls. Remember to interact with us on Facebook and follow us on Meetup to get notification on all our wonderful events and news. If you are interested in Goat’s Milk and can pick up any day but Tuesday, contact Nik The Goat Guy at 404-542-0981. Goats have to be milked every day and a week-end pick-up would be lovely. For right now, we generally have some goat’s milk available during market hours, whether you have placed a market order or not. Please call Nik first to verify. Please contact him first though, we can’t accommodate walk-ins due to hosting private events almost every week-end!

LOTS OF NEW PRODUCTS ON GWINNETT LOCALLY GROWN MARKET THIS WEEK!

The Market is open Thursday Noon – Monday 9:00 a.m. After that, ordering is disabled until Thursday noon-ish. Pick up your order Tuesday 4:30-6:30 p.m. only at Rancho Alegre Farm at 2225 Givens Road, Dacula, GA 30019. New to The Market? Learn about how it works here.

MARKET NEWS – NEW OR NEARLY NEW ITEMS!
Below is a recap of recently uploaded new items ready for scrumptious seasonal eating, just for you and your family! You may want to recheck listings on Monday mornings to add to your order – some farmers project what will be ripening for the week for all of their markets on Sunday evenings! (Which explains why there are more items listed on Mondays when I close the market than Thursdays when I open it, lol!)

POUND CAKE IS HERE!
The pound cakes are online! I think most of you have tried the to-die-for pound cakes we’ve occasionally had as an add-on at market. Now they are available to order! FarmHouse Pound Cakes, Grower: DaweWood Farm. Because Ellen has so many varieties available, here’s how to order:

1). Place the order like you would any other product, either regular pound cake (under Baked Goods, then “Sweets” OR Baked Goods, then “Gluten-Free”.

2). When you check out, there is a space for comments under products you order where you can leave a grower/producer a message.

3). Let Ellen know which flavor you would like, which she lists in the description.

Easy-Peasy – Scrumptious Pound Cakes every week. Sounds kind of dangerous to me, lol!

SUNDAY’S FEATURE: Will be Garlic. Most of our veggie vendors have it listed, including garlic braids by Sylvan Falls Mill, and a special by Bo & Lisa’s Lil Patch. I will have the best recipe ever for roasted garlic and focus on the garlic selections available this week. Stay tuned!

Now, onto the New or Nearly New listing highlights:

Lettuce – Concept, Grower: Leah Lake Farm - Exceptionally sweet, thick, juicy leaves for baby lettuce or full size-heads.Concept exhibits the characteristics of both romaine and summer crisp lettuce.

Lettuce – Tropicana, Grower: Leah Lake Farm – Tropicana is a classic green leaf lettuce. Soft frills around the edge are offset by a juicy center rib, making these leaves perfect for layering on a sandwich or as the base in a coarse-cut salad. Citrus, cranberry, and walnut are great flavor pairings for this lettuce.

Potatoes – Red Pontiac, Grower: Leah Lake Farm - From the heart of the garden, Red Pontiac is one of the finest quality red-skinned potatoes. The appealing, oval, white-fleshed tubers have smooth, thick, deep red skins and shallow eyes. With exquisite creamy texture they are unmatched baked or boiled.

Potatoes – Yukon Gold, Grower: Leah Lake Farm – Yukon Gold is so richly flavored that your guests will ask if you already added the butter! This superb baking variety sets an early harvest of large, scrumptious spuds you will find irresistible in soups and side dishes as well as straight from the oven! Yukon Gold is the most popular yellow-skinned variety for baking.

Tomatoes (Cherry), Grower: Back River Farm – Excellent Flavor and a favorite!

Veggies – Tomatoes (Cherry Sungold), Grower: Back River Farm – Intense fruity taste – you will want more!

Veggies – Zucchini, Grower: Back River Farm – Very tasty, wonderful grilled. Also great stuffed and baked.

Blue Lake Pole Beans, Grower: Bo & Lisa’s Lil Patch – From our Certified Naturally Grown Farm, these green beans are stringless, sweet, and flavorful. Can be eaten fresh, frozen, or canned.

Cantaloupe- Certified Naturally Grown, Grower: Bo & Lisa’s Lil Patch – No description yet, but Lisa will be on that soon!

Boston Butt Steaks- 3/4", Grower: Anderson Farms: Pork Steaks cut from the Boston Butt- 3/4" thick, 2 per pack, 14- 16 oz. each steak.

CLICK HERE NOW to Shop Gwinnett Locally Grown!

My best to all -

Shop often and eat well!
Debbie Moore
Market Manager
grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com

Fresh Wishes,
Pilar Quintero
Market Host
Rancho Alegre Farm

Please contact grow@ranchoalegrefarm.com for questions pertaining to Market or Raw Milk. It is very difficult to return phone calls. Remember to interact with us on Facebook and follow us on Meetup to get notification on all our wonderful events and news. If you are interested in Goat’s Milk and can pick up any day but Tuesday, contact Nik The Goat Guy at 404-542-0981. Goats have to be milked every day and a week-end pick-up would be lovely. For right now, we generally have some goat’s milk available during market hours, whether you have placed a market order or not. Please call Nik first to verify. Please contact him first though, we can’t accommodate walk-ins due to hosting private events almost every week-end!