Summer is officially here, so there’s never been a better time to support your local farmers and hometown bakers.
Conveniently located near downtown Clarkesville, this 100% chemical free market (which includes four Certified Naturally Grown farms) is open Saturdays, 9 a.m. until noon, next to The Old Clarkesville Mill (683 Grant Street).
This week’s vendors:
Angel Mountain Sweets: They’ve got the fix for these hot summer days: Let them do the baking for you! Don and Sherrie will be bringing assorted loaves, cupcakes, cheese straws, biscuits, and more. This week’s special is delicious Devil’s Food Yogurt Cake.
Berryvine Farm: Cabbage, broccoli, blackberries, beets, yellow squash, cucumbers, beans, plums, chard, and kale from Christy’s Clarkesville farm.
Deepwater Farm: Douglas and Joanne will be bringing broccoli, kale, collards, and cabbage from their Cleveland farm.
Healing Earth Farm (CNG): Plump and delicious raspberries and blueberries; squash; raw honey; non-GMO, free-range eggs.
Jarhead Farm (CNG): Cliff is bringing chard, green beans, rape, beets, parsley, large leaf basil, tarragon, oregano, dill, whole fruit jams (Blue Caribbean, Strawberry Lantern, Apple Pie, Peach Cobbler, Cinnamon Plum, and more).
Melon Head Farm (CNG): Emma will be bringing lots of heirloom tomatoes; heirloom squash and zucchini; Marketmore and lemon cucumbers; strawberries, kale, rainbow Swiss chard; Music and early California garlic, fresh Italian basil, Thai basil, oregano, and mix of mints; peppers and artichokes.
Taylor Creek Farm: Michelle is back this week and will have zucchini, squash, cucumbers, fennel, carrots, kale, and maybe tomatoes.
Trillium Farms: Steve and Janie will be bringing fresh sourdough breads, a variety of delicious microgreens, new potatoes, kale, beets, and turnips.