When you come to the market, you never know what you’ll find. That is, unless you consult this handy-dandy weekly Now Habersham article. This week vendors are bringing a variety of good eats and treats: heirloom tomatoes, sunflower oil, cantaloupe, eggplant, international hot peppers, farm fresh eggs, and a delicious mix of home baked breads. This local market really does have something for everyone. Enjoy!
Conveniently located near downtown Clarkesville, the Clarkesville Farmers Market is a 100% chemical free outdoor market (which includes six Certified Naturally Grown farms) that’s open Saturdays, 9 a.m. until noon. It’s located next to The Old Clarkesville Mill (683 Grant Street).
This week’s vendors:
A Frayed Knot: Linda makes handmade and hand sewn items in Habersham. This week she’s bringing a couple of new items: large stand-up zippered cosmetic bags and zippered pencil cases. She’ll also have boutique baby bibs (designer fabrics backed with minky or cotton chenille) for the messy babies you know, reusable and water-resistant waxed canvas lunch bags (two left), chunky zipper fabric pouches, leather key fobs, and cotton webbing wristlet fobs.
Angel Mountain Sweets: Don and Sherrie will have an array of goodies for all. Come by for homemade sweet rolls, yeast dinner rolls, cakes and more. Don’t forget our assortment of cookies for your kids’ snack time at school. Mocha Cafe cookies for those with a more sophisticated palate!
Christi’s Creations: Some of you may know that Christi takes her creativity beyond baking. This week, the market is so excited to introduce Christi’s hand-painted greeting cards. Please stop by the booth and check them out! The girls will also have lemon blueberry muffins, oatmeal chocolate chip cookies, zucchini bread, cinnamon scones, cranberry almond chocolate granola bars, fresh baked rosemary bread, and homemade caramel corn. While you’re there, be sure and pick up some wonderful handmade herbal and fruit teas to take home and enjoy later. Please come early for the best selection!
Jarhead Farm (CNG): Cliff is bringing his hard-to-find international (yet locally grown) harvest including: Rutgers and Borghese tomatoes, Philippine Sitao long beans, Thai White seeded long beans, Ping Tung Long eggplant, green peppers, Hokkaido and Calabaza, plus the “hottest” peppers in el mundo. He’ll also bring it a little closer to home with Georgia heirloom winter squash. Last but not least, Cliff is going to have his phenomenal selection of whole fruit jams for you to try and take home.
READ: Jarhead Farm grows Certified Naturally Grown
Mill Gap Farm (CNG): If you didn’t get a chance to meet Chuck Mashburn earlier this summer when was at the market, you’re in for a treat. He’ll be back this Saturday with some truly unique offerings. He’s setting up with red pontiac and kennebec potatoes, baby corn, small okra, artisan bread from Turkey red winter wheat, his wife Amy’s Burmese peanuts, Jerusalem artichoke pickles, and Amy’s morning rolls. He’s also bringing sunflower salad oil.
Pure & Simple: Lisa is excited about her two new products in the mix: hair lotion/beard oil & essential oil roll-ons in three popular scents―citrus, lavender, and peppermint. She’ll have a variety of naturally handmade soaps, lip balm, sugar/salt scrub, deodorant, sunscreen, bug repellent, household cleaner, pain cream, body butter, hair oil, hand sanitizer, facial cream, liquid soap, foaming soap, dog & people shampoo bars, laundry soap, bath salts, shave soap, and herbal teas.
Silver Lining Herbal & Gardens: Kristin is bringing cantaloupe, tomatoes, green beans, butternut squash, cucumbers, farm-fresh eggs. She’s also bringing Bebe’s beautiful flower bouquets, her wonderful natural herbal products (lip balm, salve, sugar scrub, Skeeter Beater, and more). And for those can tell the difference: home baked Shinola Granola.
The Herb Cottage Market: Tracy is going to have a nice mix naturally-made items this week: Lavender oil, Plantain oil, Jewell Weed oil, Citronella oil, Sage Muscle Soothing oil, Lavender Rose Petal Massage oil, Honeysuckle Skin Nectar, Queen of Hungary Water, Opal Basil Vinegar, Herbal Vinegar Hair Rinses with Garden Mint, Lavender Honey Body Balm, Rose Petal Body Balm, Herbal Healing Balm, Rose Petal Facial Hydrating Mist, Cinnamon Shave Soap, Lemon Balm Goat’s Milk soap, and Rosemary Coconut Shampoo Bars.
